Thanks, Mel! I am so spoiled; sometimes entire family trees have fallen right into my computer. But ggrandma North Star really has me stumped! ===================================================== In a message dated 10/28/00 5:57:46 PM Pacific Daylight Time, tkelley@yosemite.net writes: > > > > (1) What kind of information do you get from looking up a marriage? (My > > grandaunt Lizzie Grant GOFF married William HANSEN in 1883, and I saw the > Gazette announcement. I already know Lizzie's dates. Would I get any > > additional info about parents etc by asking you to look up the marriage > > record? For example, info about her mother Minnie North Star GOFF?) > > Depends on the year of the marriage. We are still trying to get just what > years say what. The 1880's seem to include witnesses to the marriage and > where the party lived. > > > > > (2) How much searching do we have to do in other counties, since Mariposa > was divided up? What records do you have and what do they have? (For > example, > > Lizzie GOFF was born 12Aug1866 in Mariposa but died Lizzie HANSEN > 20Sept1941 in Merced. Do I need to contact Merced volunteers for DC lookup? > Would I get any additional info by doing so?) > > And regarding Merced, there are tons of records in The Old Courthouse > Museum. Wonderful place they have there! > Mostly I would say, if it happened in Mariposa, Mariposa has the record, > regardless of the year. > The death certs can be a wonderful source for info, IF the person supplying > the info actually KNEW the info. If they died in Mariposa and were buried > in Merced, Mariposa still has the death cert. > Regarding Merced.. they have some of the very best employees at the Merced > Cemeteries! Really! I have been down there a few times and they have walked > me out to graves, done computer searches to see if any others of the same > name are buried there. Really outstanding helpers. > If you have not done so already, contact the cemetery. They will tell you > who and where and sometimes you can make a connection because "families > married into" provide great leads. > > Mel >