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Comment by Mary Ellen Matise on September 10, 2009 at 9:08am

Is there a researcher in Copper Country - Upper Peninsula, Calumet, Lake Linden area who can help with some info about families in that area?

Comment by Glenn Dunavan on August 6, 2009 at 2:34pm

Harold.
Thanks.
Don't think he died in 1912 or prior to 1916. Yes he is a hard one the family has been trying to track him for half a century.

Comment by Harold Henderson on August 6, 2009 at 1:01pm

Glenn -- Thank you. I would be satisfied if there is no similar Elijah in the censuses. If there is, you might need to track them both to figure out which is which. As for the gentleman in 1912, I don't find him in the Cook County Clerk's (not yet complete) death certificate list nor in the pre-1916 Illinois death index from the state archives. It might be interesting to get on Footnote (either subscription or at a library that gets it) and track him in Chicago city directories for each year -- jobs or addresses might give some clues. Good luck, he sounds like a tough one!

Comment by Glenn Dunavan on August 6, 2009 at 12:40pm

Regards Elijah Brown/Elijah Buys ( Ancestry indexed him as Bruse as well as Simeon Buys/Bruse in the Wells Brown family of 1860.
I find the Buys family interesting because the Father Archibald Buys died between 1840 and 1850. Simeon is in household of his sister in 1850 Census. In Civil war in and IL company also , Married by 1870 with family in Chicago and then back in MI with death in early years of 1900.

Comment by Glenn Dunavan on August 6, 2009 at 12:29pm

Harold Henderson Regards your information on Elijah Brown.
Census records of 1880 pf Solomon , Norton, KS show Elijah Brown with wife Ella,
Age corresponds to the 1870 MI census and place of birth.
Also with the New Haven County MI marriage records.
Elijah Brown of 1970 is the only one in MI of the right age for the one in 1880, born in MI. and married to Ella.
A card written to Elijah Brown in Late 1812 about the birth of a new grandson by his daughter Avilla Violet Brown Delp was in his personal effects returned to her after her Death.
One picture in the family shows Elijah Brown holding a baby, he is an older gentleman says it was taken in Indiana, but not where or when.
Does this answer your questions.

Comment by Derek S. Davey on August 4, 2009 at 5:23pm

I have upcoming speaking engagements with the Western Wayne County Genealogical Society, Hillsdale Library, Dearborn Genealogical Society and the Genealogy group in South Lyon. If you are interested in learning more please contact me.

Comment by Micki Boyer on August 4, 2009 at 9:24am

Hi Ana,
That is simpler than it looks, but I can see where it would take the moderator who started the group to manage this. Thank for letting me see how you did this. It is very organized and would be easier to follow a family line that way.

Comment by Micki Boyer on August 3, 2009 at 9:38pm

Well, it would be nice to see how you've set it up. But this group was set up by someone else, so I think they'd have to be the one to approve how it goes here.

Yes, I'd like to see your site. Do I need to do anything?

Comment by Dr. Ana Oquendo Pabón, MD on August 3, 2009 at 6:25pm

Micki, sorry I'm replying so late.

I'm not sure I follow you but all our group members have to do is go to the specific municipality, post their query and read the most recent updates.

I also read every one's post, and the "view all" link allows one to sort and see the most recent posts by the area of discussion. So, no, it is not difficult. If someone misses something, I make sure to send them a head's up. Also, I am familiar with which names came from what municipalities throughout the generations and can also point to that discussion if someone is completely unaware of their origins. (Been researching with my brother for almost 30 years) There are 78 titled discussions headed by the area: Arecibo, Caguas, etc. and no other new discussion topics can be started. All have tags which includes their Barrios or districts as well. There is also a map of each specific municipality with their districts on each of those discussions. When someone posts a message under a location, it immediately is clear to the others who have ancestors in that town/ municipality to take a look. They also add a small note or reference if a related person was originally from another area, ie. before their particular town/ municipality was founded. For example, many people may not know that a town was once a part of another before it became its own entity. Each foundation date is on the individual municipality.

I find it difficult to find any surname info here, for instance for my Shaws or Gotts since everyone literally starts a new discussion or comment every time.

The same could be done with the Michigan counties and their townships.

Ana

PS: If you want, I can temporarily add you to my group and so that you can see what I mean. It is easier to understand if you actually can view it.

(Dr. Oquendo/ or Oquendo Pabón but not never just Pabón ;o)

Comment by Micki Boyer on July 31, 2009 at 10:38pm

Dr. Pabón
Do people have trouble with families that may have moved from county to county? Two of my ancestors disappeared from the records and could have gone anywhere. I'd think it would be difficult to check every county discussion all the time. Or is it simpler than that?

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