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Subject: Re: [MIOAKLAN] HAL The new website with some deaths from 1897 to1920
Date: Fri, 27 Mar 2009 14:37:38 EDT
Marion!!! I'm so happy to hear that some one else hits the send button too
soon. It's so easy to do and especially on AOL. :)
In a message dated 3/27/2009 12:54:45 P.M. Eastern Standard Time,
writes:
Please excuse me. I hit the send button accidently.
I want to thank you very much for your suggestion about finding older
records.
Marion
----- Original Message -----
From: "Marion Brown" <>
To: <>
Sent: Friday, March 27, 2009 12:52 PM
Subject: Re: [MIOAKLAN] HAL The new website with some deaths from 1897
to1920
> In a message dated 3/27/2009 11:49:15 A.M. Eastern Standard Time,
>> writes:
>>
>> Marion,
>> This is a generalization, but I can safely say most official vital
>> records
>> don't go back that far. If they do, the record amount and quality tends
>> to
>> be kind of spotty. If you know what religion the parents are, I would
>> recommend attempting to find a religious record from the churches in the
>> area. That would at least give you a starting point, possibly some names
>> to
>> start searching for. Other options include newspapers, if there was a
>> birth
>> announcement, etc.
>>
>> Its tough - I have several people born in that time period I'm stuck on
>> because of the lack of official records.
>>
>> Concetta
>>
>
>
>> On Fri, Mar 27, 2009 at 11:39 AM, Marion Brown <>
>> wrote:
>>
>>> Does anyone know how to access similar records on births, adoptions,
>>> etc.
>>> for the periods of 1815 - 1860's? It is my understanding that Michigan
>>> Records don't go back that far.
>>>
>>> I'm seeking the parents of Irvilla Gates who is said to have been born
>>> in
>>> Canandaigua, New York in 1820. We find no birth record, adoption
>>> record, or
>>> other New York records for her.
>>>
>>> Marion
>
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