Yes, we understand that but perhaps the poll can be used somehow in compiling the data to keep the library open. It does show there are many genealogist out there. Doncha just go argh.. with the 'plain site' issues!!! like glasses on top of our heads! lol
I have a group for Puerto Rico, an island which has 78 municipalities each with its own 5-10+ districts. Since I agree that posts concerning queries about ancestors in specific areas of Michigan are bound to get buried in all the posts, maybe what I did may keep this from happening. I started a discussion for each municipality and all those with say an interst in ancestors for San Juan are all under San Juan, those for Arecibo are all under Arecibo and so on.
Likewise, those looking for ancestors in Genesee, Wayne, Huron, etc could look for their county discussion and place their information there. Just a thought. It works for us.
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?
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)
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?
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.
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.
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.
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.
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!
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.
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.
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.
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.
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
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.
The Jan/Feb 2010 issue of Family Chronicle has numerous interesting articles: “SERENDIPITY AND THE SMITH FAMILY”, They came from New Brunswick, settled in Saginaw, MI & then moved on to Washington. “HISTORY OF GENEALOGISTS: HISTORICAL SOCIETIES” & “THE OTHER AMERICAN CENSUSES!” which talks about various state censuses. Others: using hairdos for identifying time periods of photos & Coast Guard records.
The Mar 2010 issue of Family Tree Magazine has articles on African-American genealogy, disasters, Puerto Rican research, and for the tech in you- “GENEALOGY BROWSER TOOLBARS” to name a few of the articles.
The Jan/Feb 2010 issue of Ancestry has a recipe for Cornish Pasty from the Upper Peninsula, as well as many job descriptions that your ancestor may have engaged in, also “10 PLACES YOU DIDN’T THINK TO LOOK” deals with data you may have not looked at in some regular resources, plus other helpful articles.
We're planning trip to Michigan to do some research in Grand Rapids, Lansing, and surrounding farm towns. We also want to go to Harsen's Island (Clay, MI) and Grosse Pointe. Can anyone give me an idea of how safe these areas are for two elderly people alone, or what areas to avoid? Thanks
As far as I know, all these areas are safe for anyone. I've been to all of them. I would certainly recommend that you go to the Library of Michigan in Lansing, especially for research into Michigan families. It has an excellent Michigan collection and also has significant material from other areas as well. While in Grand Rapids, you should visit the Gerald R. Ford presidential museum. It is not geared for genealogy but does a wonderful job describing a significant era in US history.
Thank you Catherine. We haven't been to those areas in 20 years, but I know that my grandparent's home in Detroit isn't safe anymore, and we've heard some unpleasant things about some other areas. I just don't know the mid-west like I used to.
Concetta,
I am only interested in the Anishnabe people. A general Native American group is way beyond what I am comfortable with. I noticed that there is a Cherokee group here on this website.
Jim
Hi Jim,
Has anyone extracted the records from the Peshyabe microfilm? I have done the deaths for our Cemetery CD but I am not sure if we are going to use them as some of the writing is sooooooooooooo bad and we don't have access to alot of data as we try to add to the burial/cemetery records. Brenda
Brenda,
No one has extraced those records that I know of. Pat Hamp has a wonderful site on the MIGenWeb for MI Native Americans and doing some great things. Also have a friend working on a book on the Indians who served in the Civil War in Co. K which looks quite interesting. Unfortunately it appears that Vicki Wilson's page is no longer available as it had some good "how to" info. How are you doing? If you see Maria Harper, tell her I said hi.
Jim.
One of the books is the index for vols. 16-30. If you have access to PERSI through Heritage Quest then you can also see what things have been published on your surname or area of research in the MPHC.
The Feb/Mar 2010 issue of INTERNET GENEALOGY has lots of interesting articles or announcements on various ethnic groups French-Canadians, Greeks , Scottish, Africa-American & Devonshire wills (English). They also have a general one on “Best Canadian Genealogy Blogs”.
Hi, Derek, I am looking for any information on Henry H. Ely, died abt 1857 in Hillsdale co. He came from Wayne co NY, however he may have been born in NJ. He moved to Mi with his wife, Nancy Carothers, and other members of her family. Any ifo would be so appreciated. Thanks, Laura
Records of deaths in Hillsdale County Michigan were not recorded until 1867. Papers in that area would be sketchy at best. Collateral lines that may have been located in the area may offer clues on your ancestor. Any chance of other relation being in the same area and dying after the 1867 time period?
If you are an officer in a genealogy or history society the the following may be of interest. Contact Connie for more info:
The Michigan Genealogical Council is planning a workshop for society officers on Saturday, May 15. The areas of focus for officers will be programs and president. A combination of one-person and panel presentations will be used in the workshop. From the Council: The program details are not yet final but we will keep you informed as they develop. And you can help. If you or someone in your society is able/willing to be part of a panel on program or presidential ideas, or you have other suggestions, let us know. Comments, suggestions, and ideas may be sent to Connie Olson at cbk53@hotmail.com. Although we refer to this as an officer workshop, any society member is welcome to attend. The goal is to help each society to be as effective as possible. In the past we have found that the program presentations plus the exchange of ideas and networking have been very worthwhile. So mark your calendars for May 15 and plan to come. The more the merrier.
As Michigan turns 173, you're invited to the birthday party! Find out more about the Michigan Historical Museum's Statehood Day celebration when you discover your connections at www.michigan.gov/michiganhistory.
Library of Michigan status update:
Below is the board Granholm appointed for the future of the Library building. I do not have contact info for any of these people yet but if you know of their addresses or emails please let us know. My questions would be that 1) since the Library is not self-substaining is the proposed venture self-substaining (by this I mean that there are NO government funds going to the maintenance for it such as the Library) & how will this be done? 2) What will happen to the Library collection? 3) What guarentee is there that the new project will work indefinately and not end up an empty building in a few years? There are many more questions, but I will leave those up to you.
Granholm names four Lansing residents to innovation board
Four Lansing residents are among nine appointments announced today for a board designed to advise Gov. Jennifer Granholm on a proposed state museum in Lansing.
The governor created the board to evaluate Michigan State University’s proposal to transform the building now housing the Michigan Library and Historical Center into the Michigan Center for Innovation and Reinvention. MSU proposed the museum last year.
The new center would be a partnership between MSU, the state, the city of Lansing and other entities to deliver state library services and showcase state and MSU museum exhibits. The board is expected to issue its recommendations to Granholm by June.
Appointees are
Gregory Eaton of Lansing, partner with Karoub Associates;
Michael Flanagan of Lansing, state superintendent of public instruction;
Michael D. Moore of Lansing, president of Moore & Associates, chair of the Delta Township Library Board and member of the Historical Society of Michigan;
Bob Trezise of Lansing, president and CEO of the Lansing Economic Development Corp.;
Kate Pew Wolters of Grand Rapids, president of the Kate and Richard Wolters Foundation and chairperson of the Steelcase Foundation Board;
Ron Boji of Orchard Lake, president of the Boji Group;
Nancy Skowronski of Detroit, former director of the Detroit Public Library and member of the Michigan Library Association;
Rebecca Humphries of Lowell, director of the Department of Natural Resources and Environment; and
Michael O. Smith of Farmington, director of the Walter P. Reuther Library at Wayne State University.
I don't think I've ever posted here, though this was one of the first groups I joined back when I signed up in July. I am primarily researching in the North Branch Village area of Lapeer County. One of my lines moved down from Ontario to this area around 1886, naturalizing in 1895. My great-grandmother Ada Ella Evans was the youngest in the family and, as far as I can tell, the only one born in Michigan. Her siblings moved out to Dakota Territory while she was still young and she ended up moving out there as well and meeting my great-grandfather there. Her parents (Joseph John Evans and Mary Adams) appear to have continued to live in North Branch but they disappear from the census after 1920, and I've found no other records of them after this point. Joseph's brother Samuel Evans also moved down from Ontario to North Branch, where he married a woman named Ida (maiden name unknown) and they were still living there in the 1930 census, the last record I've found for them. Both of Samuel and Ida's children died, so their line stops with them.
This family has been one of the hardest for me to trace in both directions! I knew Ada's father likely came form England based on multiple records in Canada and the US, but it took me years to finally trace them back to England (thanks in part to the ideas of some people on this site) and even so, with such a common surname I'm only 95% sure I've found the right family in England. Ada's mother's name is so common and I've never found any relative of hers in Canada, so I've been completely unsuccessful at tracing her back to England, though records in Canada indicate her parents' names were William and Elizabeth. And I still haven't found any records of Ada's parents' deaths or anything else about them after 1920, nor any clues as to what happened in Samuel's and Ida's lives after 1930.
I forgot to mention that one of Ada's brothers ended up moving back to Michigan. Ernest Joseph Evans first moved back to Lapeer County and then got married and moved to Flint, Genesee County. He married a woman named Grace (maiden name unknown) and they had two known children, Floyd E and Emma G. I haven't found any records of this family after the 1930 census yet either.
It appears that Samuel Evans (b. 1858, England) married Ida Lewis Acker (b. 1865, Canada) on 14 Dec 1896 in Lapeer, Lapeer, Michigan. First marriage for groom, second for bride. Groom’s parents listed as John Evans and Grace Bray. Bride’s parents were Luther Lewis and Martha Haines. These sound as if they could be your Samuel and Ida. You can find this record under Michigan Marriages 1868-1925 on the FamilySearch pilot site (http://pilot.familysearch.org).
This record may provide a few more clues as to the parentage of Joseph and Samuel, if you don't already have them. Hopefully this helps.
Brenda K. Wolfgram Moore
Jul 30, 2009
Kathy Dauzet
( Benton Harbor ) will help.
http://www.usgennet.org/usa/mi/county/berrien/
Jul 31, 2009
Dr. Ana Oquendo Pabón, MD
I have a group for Puerto Rico, an island which has 78 municipalities each with its own 5-10+ districts. Since I agree that posts concerning queries about ancestors in specific areas of Michigan are bound to get buried in all the posts, maybe what I did may keep this from happening. I started a discussion for each municipality and all those with say an interst in ancestors for San Juan are all under San Juan, those for Arecibo are all under Arecibo and so on.
Likewise, those looking for ancestors in Genesee, Wayne, Huron, etc could look for their county discussion and place their information there. Just a thought. It works for us.
Jul 31, 2009
Micki Boyer
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?
Jul 31, 2009
Dr. Ana Oquendo Pabón, MD
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)
Aug 3, 2009
Micki Boyer
Yes, I'd like to see your site. Do I need to do anything?
Aug 3, 2009
Micki Boyer
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.
Aug 4, 2009
Derek S. Davey
Aug 4, 2009
Glenn Dunavan
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.
Aug 6, 2009
Glenn Dunavan
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.
Aug 6, 2009
Harold Henderson
Aug 6, 2009
Glenn Dunavan
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.
Aug 6, 2009
Mary Ellen Matise
Sep 10, 2009
Derek S. Davey
Oct 6, 2009
James P. LaLone
Nov 9, 2009
Cynthia Marie Dittman
Nov 16, 2009
James P. LaLone
http://www.lansingcitypulse.com/lansing/article-3708-family-ties.html
Nov 27, 2009
James P. LaLone
Nov 29, 2009
Jeanie DiLeonardo
Nov 29, 2009
Catherine Davis
269.605.1000. They may be hesitant to provide information about former students, but you never know.
Catherine
Nov 30, 2009
James P. LaLone
Dec 20, 2009
Catherine Davis
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.
Dec 20, 2009
Ceil Wendt Jensen
www.mipolonia.net
I'm developing a Polish genealogy research room at The Polish Mission:
www.polishmission.com
Dec 20, 2009
James P. LaLone
The Mar 2010 issue of Family Tree Magazine has articles on African-American genealogy, disasters, Puerto Rican research, and for the tech in you- “GENEALOGY BROWSER TOOLBARS” to name a few of the articles.
The Jan/Feb 2010 issue of Ancestry has a recipe for Cornish Pasty from the Upper Peninsula, as well as many job descriptions that your ancestor may have engaged in, also “10 PLACES YOU DIDN’T THINK TO LOOK” deals with data you may have not looked at in some regular resources, plus other helpful articles.
Jan 3, 2010
Micki Boyer
Jan 3, 2010
Catherine Davis
Jan 3, 2010
Micki Boyer
Jan 3, 2010
James P. LaLone
Jim
Jan 13, 2010
James P. LaLone
I am only interested in the Anishnabe people. A general Native American group is way beyond what I am comfortable with. I noticed that there is a Cherokee group here on this website.
Jim
Jan 13, 2010
James P. LaLone
Ok. As I said, I am interested in all of them, what are the families you are interested in?
Jim
Jan 13, 2010
Brenda K. Wolfgram Moore
Has anyone extracted the records from the Peshyabe microfilm? I have done the deaths for our Cemetery CD but I am not sure if we are going to use them as some of the writing is sooooooooooooo bad and we don't have access to alot of data as we try to add to the burial/cemetery records. Brenda
Jan 13, 2010
James P. LaLone
No one has extraced those records that I know of. Pat Hamp has a wonderful site on the MIGenWeb for MI Native Americans and doing some great things. Also have a friend working on a book on the Indians who served in the Civil War in Co. K which looks quite interesting. Unfortunately it appears that Vicki Wilson's page is no longer available as it had some good "how to" info. How are you doing? If you see Maria Harper, tell her I said hi.
Jim.
Jan 13, 2010
James P. LaLone
http://books.google.com/books?q=editions:0ejMYZO1zP9WjcwWxp&id=...
One of the books is the index for vols. 16-30. If you have access to PERSI through Heritage Quest then you can also see what things have been published on your surname or area of research in the MPHC.
Jan 13, 2010
James P. LaLone
http://guides.lib.msu.edu/page.phtml?page_id=2159
http://clarke.cmich.edu/resource_tab/native_americans_in_michigan/m...
Jan 22, 2010
James P. LaLone
http://www.michigan.gov/mde/0,1607,7-140-54504_18635_18644_42313-11...
Jan 22, 2010
Lee Bret Manske
Jan 22, 2010
James P. LaLone
There is a Sawyer, Michigan but no Sawyer Co., in Michigan.
Jan 22, 2010
Lee Bret Manske
Jan 22, 2010
James P. LaLone
Jan 24, 2010
Laura Schnabel
thanks
Jan 24, 2010
Derek S. Davey
What are you looking for in Hillsdale Co., MI? Let me know and I will help you.
Jan 24, 2010
Laura Schnabel
Jan 24, 2010
Derek S. Davey
Jan 24, 2010
James P. LaLone
The Michigan Genealogical Council is planning a workshop for society officers on Saturday, May 15. The areas of focus for officers will be programs and president. A combination of one-person and panel presentations will be used in the workshop. From the Council: The program details are not yet final but we will keep you informed as they develop. And you can help. If you or someone in your society is able/willing to be part of a panel on program or presidential ideas, or you have other suggestions, let us know. Comments, suggestions, and ideas may be sent to Connie Olson at cbk53@hotmail.com. Although we refer to this as an officer workshop, any society member is welcome to attend. The goal is to help each society to be as effective as possible. In the past we have found that the program presentations plus the exchange of ideas and networking have been very worthwhile. So mark your calendars for May 15 and plan to come. The more the merrier.
Jan 27, 2010
James P. LaLone
Jan 27, 2010
James P. LaLone
Below is the board Granholm appointed for the future of the Library building. I do not have contact info for any of these people yet but if you know of their addresses or emails please let us know. My questions would be that 1) since the Library is not self-substaining is the proposed venture self-substaining (by this I mean that there are NO government funds going to the maintenance for it such as the Library) & how will this be done? 2) What will happen to the Library collection? 3) What guarentee is there that the new project will work indefinately and not end up an empty building in a few years? There are many more questions, but I will leave those up to you.
Granholm names four Lansing residents to innovation board
Four Lansing residents are among nine appointments announced today for a board designed to advise Gov. Jennifer Granholm on a proposed state museum in Lansing.
The governor created the board to evaluate Michigan State University’s proposal to transform the building now housing the Michigan Library and Historical Center into the Michigan Center for Innovation and Reinvention. MSU proposed the museum last year.
The new center would be a partnership between MSU, the state, the city of Lansing and other entities to deliver state library services and showcase state and MSU museum exhibits. The board is expected to issue its recommendations to Granholm by June.
Appointees are
Gregory Eaton of Lansing, partner with Karoub Associates;
Michael Flanagan of Lansing, state superintendent of public instruction;
Michael D. Moore of Lansing, president of Moore & Associates, chair of the Delta Township Library Board and member of the Historical Society of Michigan;
Bob Trezise of Lansing, president and CEO of the Lansing Economic Development Corp.;
Kate Pew Wolters of Grand Rapids, president of the Kate and Richard Wolters Foundation and chairperson of the Steelcase Foundation Board;
Ron Boji of Orchard Lake, president of the Boji Group;
Nancy Skowronski of Detroit, former director of the Detroit Public Library and member of the Michigan Library Association;
Rebecca Humphries of Lowell, director of the Department of Natural Resources and Environment; and
Michael O. Smith of Farmington, director of the Walter P. Reuther Library at Wayne State University.
Jan 28, 2010
James P. LaLone
Review of the Lansing Centennial book:
http://www.lansingstatejournal.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=201020...
State of Michigan Archives now under the Dept. of Natural Resources:
http://www.michigan.gov/dnr/0,1607,7-153-54463_19313---,00.html
NOTE: Effective February 1st, the Archives of Michigan reading room hours will be:
Mon.-Fri. 1:00 p.m.-5:00 p.m.
Feb 8, 2010
Liz Loveland
I don't think I've ever posted here, though this was one of the first groups I joined back when I signed up in July. I am primarily researching in the North Branch Village area of Lapeer County. One of my lines moved down from Ontario to this area around 1886, naturalizing in 1895. My great-grandmother Ada Ella Evans was the youngest in the family and, as far as I can tell, the only one born in Michigan. Her siblings moved out to Dakota Territory while she was still young and she ended up moving out there as well and meeting my great-grandfather there. Her parents (Joseph John Evans and Mary Adams) appear to have continued to live in North Branch but they disappear from the census after 1920, and I've found no other records of them after this point. Joseph's brother Samuel Evans also moved down from Ontario to North Branch, where he married a woman named Ida (maiden name unknown) and they were still living there in the 1930 census, the last record I've found for them. Both of Samuel and Ida's children died, so their line stops with them.
This family has been one of the hardest for me to trace in both directions! I knew Ada's father likely came form England based on multiple records in Canada and the US, but it took me years to finally trace them back to England (thanks in part to the ideas of some people on this site) and even so, with such a common surname I'm only 95% sure I've found the right family in England. Ada's mother's name is so common and I've never found any relative of hers in Canada, so I've been completely unsuccessful at tracing her back to England, though records in Canada indicate her parents' names were William and Elizabeth. And I still haven't found any records of Ada's parents' deaths or anything else about them after 1920, nor any clues as to what happened in Samuel's and Ida's lives after 1930.
Feb 11, 2010
Liz Loveland
Feb 11, 2010
Terri Carlson
This record may provide a few more clues as to the parentage of Joseph and Samuel, if you don't already have them. Hopefully this helps.
Feb 11, 2010