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Comment by Ceil Wendt Jensen on December 20, 2009 at 11:02pm

I host the Michigan Polonia site:
www.mipolonia.net
I'm developing a Polish genealogy research room at The Polish Mission:
www.polishmission.com

Comment by Catherine Davis on December 20, 2009 at 1:43pm

Commenting on Cynthia Dittman's post of November 16.

I assume you have looked for your grandparent's family through the usual "first channels" like the censuses, if you know they lived in Mt. Clemens and Bloomfield Hills. (By the way, Bloomfield Hills is in Oakland County, not Wayne Co. Both Mt. Clemens and Bloomfield Hills are in the Detroit metropolitan area, but are not in the same county as Detroit, which is in Wayne Co.)

Beyond that, have you checked the Seeking Michigan site that several people mentioned below? Have you checked the Macomb and Oakland County clerks' offices. Used the Genwebs for these counties? Do you know where in Germany your grandfather's family originated? If so, go to familysearch.org, go to the tabs at the top and use library & when the drop-down appears, click on catalog and then enter the name of the town where your grandfather came from. You may be lucky and find that you can get some civil or church records for that town. Even if you don't know German, you can read the bmd records using a dictionary and a chart showing the different Gothic scripts that may have been used. You can find the charts on the web.

You may also want to try looking at geneanet.com. It is a European based site, all with English translation, where Europeans post family trees. It's partially free, and there is enough free for you to discover if someone in Germany is also looking for the same family you are and that their work may give you some leads as to where to look further. The site has the same issues as American family tree sites in that you don't want to accept the data as necessarily corrrect, but you might at least get some info that you can look further into to determine its accuracy.

Comment by James P. LaLone on December 20, 2009 at 9:07am

The Library of Michigan issues an electronic newsletter "MICHIGAN GENEALOGIST", the newest issue is available here: http://www.michigan.gov/mde/0,1607,7-140-37818_51985_38271-227244--...

Comment by Catherine Davis on November 30, 2009 at 10:15am

I just joined this group and would like to comment on Danielle Weiner's post of July 14. Danielle, have you tried contacting the Benton Harbor Schools? Benton Harbor Area Schools,823 Riverview Drive, Benton Harbor, Michigan 49022,
269.605.1000. They may be hesitant to provide information about former students, but you never know.
Catherine

Comment by Jeanie DiLeonardo on November 29, 2009 at 1:35pm

I've had some great successes using the "Seeking Michigan" database of death certificates. It helped me to find out the correct surname of my Irish great-great grandmother, and just last night I found the death certificate for my Swedish great-grandmother, and one of her children who died at age 3.

Comment by James P. LaLone on November 29, 2009 at 9:04am

The Dec/Jan 2010 issue of INTERNET GENEALOGY is out and has several interesting articles: especially “20 Canadian Library Databases” & “Get Smart: Choosing An Online Genealogy Course”, among others. Especially interesting the article “Seeking Michigan” which is about the website offered through the Library of Michigan.

Comment by James P. LaLone on November 27, 2009 at 9:44am

Review of the Mid-Michigan Genealogical Society's book:
http://www.lansingcitypulse.com/lansing/article-3708-family-ties.html

Comment by Cynthia Marie Dittman on November 16, 2009 at 7:20pm

My name is Cynthia and I am researching the Surname Dittman. My great grandparents lived in Mt. Clemens, Macomb Co. and my grandparents then in Wayne Co, Bloomfield Hills. I would like to know more about my great grandfather, I know he had siblings in the area, but am having troubles researching them. He was born in Germany in 1895 and immigrated here. Any info or info on places to search would be awesome. Thanks.

Comment by James P. LaLone on November 9, 2009 at 9:38am

Did you know that there is a group in Michigan specializing in French-Canadian genealogy & history? See: http://fchsm.habitant.org/

Comment by Derek S. Davey on October 6, 2009 at 9:21am

What brings you here? Tonight I speak to Marshall Public Library group on how to start doing your genealogy! Starts at 7 pm in the Library in Marshall, MI.

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