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Comment by James P. LaLone on February 25, 2010 at 5:46pm

LeRoy Barnett, former State Archivist of MI has compiled a list of indexes to MI newspapers. This list shows what items have been indexed, where the index can be found and either call number or the website url. The list is available at:
www.h-net.org/~hsm/pdf/IndexestoMichiganNewspapers.pdf

Comment by James P. LaLone on February 21, 2010 at 10:52am

More on LOM:
http://mimgc.org/LOM.html

Comment by Catherine Davis on February 20, 2010 at 1:18pm

In follow-up to James LaLone's post of Feb 17: the action he mentions is the implementation of two 2009 executive orders from the governor. To see the official announcement of the implementation, and also to read the state librarian's testimony before the Joint Appropriations Committee on K-12 Education, see http://www.michigan.gov/mde/0,1607,7-140-54504_19270_50202---,00.html, under the "News from Nancy" column.

Comment by James P. LaLone on February 17, 2010 at 8:27am

UPDATE:
Library of Michigan. On Friday, the State Librarian announced the following cuts effective 1 Oct 2010, based on a 23% budget reduction.

1. Elimination of the non-Michigan genealogy collection. Intent is to concentrate on a core curriculum of Michigan material
2. Elimination of the Federal Documents collection.
3. Consolidation of the remaining library material and relocation to the 4th and 5th floors
4. Approx. 1/3 cut in staffing
5. Possibility of leasing space vacated.

As to what will happen with the collections that are being discarded, one possibility includes finding a willing public institution to accept the material. At the moment, the possibility exists that failure to find a willing institute could result in the physical destruction of the collections. It is unclear from a statutory standpoint of what the law permits on the disposal of library assets. In fact it appears that the State is examining this issue as this very moment to determine their options.

This is coming from the State Librarian, not the Governor. Looks like we have another battle on our hands.

Comment by Diana Larson on February 15, 2010 at 8:46pm

Wow! Thanks Concetta! That will definitely give me a place to look. I am interested to see if the reason for my great-uncle's imprisonment has anything to do with the story that been handed down... :-)

Comment by Diana Larson on February 15, 2010 at 5:06pm

Hello everyone. I recently discovered that one of my ancestors was incarcerated the facility in Ionia, where he later died. Does anyone have any advice for how I should approach the Michigan prison records? I don't know where I should begin. Thank you so much!

Comment by Brenda K. Wolfgram Moore on February 15, 2010 at 4:47pm

Liz: there is another marriage site that is NOT all inclusive but they have alot:

http://www.mifamilyhistory.org/dibeanindex/

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Comment by Liz Loveland on February 14, 2010 at 2:57pm

Hi again everyone,
Thank you Catherine - I research in so many states that if I'm not looking at my notes I tend to forget what death dates are available at what sites (and in what states) when.

Thank you again Terri - looking at the records, it looks like Maud was 2 years 2 days old when she died, which would make 24 Nov the appropriate birth date for a death of 26 Jan. My educated guess is that one of the records has the wrong year listed, but I'm not sure which one!

The census shows that Ida had had two children that had died (and none that had lived), but I don't know if the other child was born to her and Thomas or to her and Samuel. I'm poking around FamilySearch Pilot and Seeking Michigan this afternoon looking for another record of a child's death.

Comment by Terri Carlson on February 14, 2010 at 10:59am

It's possible that Ida and her first husband Thomas Acker did not remain in Lapeer County. The death of a daughter Maud born to parents Thomas and Ida Acker is recorded in Richfield, Genessee County on 26 January 1889. Another daughter of the same name was born to Thomas and Ida Acker of Richfield on 24 November of the same year (pilot.familysearch.org). Not really a huge help but perhaps not insignificant either.

Comment by Catherine Davis on February 13, 2010 at 7:28pm

Liz,
Michigan death records for 1867-1897 are available on the family search Pilot site. 1897-1920 at seekingmichigan.org.

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