Hi Harriet: Try this site: http://www.mifamilyhistory.org/mfhn_births/name.asp Did you send money or pay for information to Archives? When ordering Vital Stat. Documents (BMDs) in Manitoba, you must pay in advance and it takes 6 to 8 weeks (sometimes longer) to receive the document. Lauraine > > From: Harriet Cady <[email protected]> > Date: 2008/10/19 Sun PM 06:15:34 CDT > To: [email protected] > Subject: [CAN-USA-MIG] Nazaire Mercier > > I am lookiing for the birth record of George Mercier born to Nazire Mercier and Georgianna COUTURE Mercier. > I have done a request of Michigan birth records aka Archives and received nothing. > Harriet > > > > ----- Original Message ---- > From: Nancy Keith <[email protected]> > To: [email protected] > Sent: Saturday, October 18, 2008 8:08:48 PM > Subject: Re: [CAN-USA-MIG] HOW TO FIND ANCESTORS WHO MIGRATED BACK & FORTH:Nazaire Mercier > > > Harriet and Myra - and everybody else > > It is (relatively) easy to get a birth certificate from Michigan, provided > 100 years have passed since the birth and you have the basic information: > > Name > Date of birth > Place (at least the county) of birth > (Parents' names would help, but are not absolutely essential) > > As long as the birth was more than 100 years ago, it shouldn't be a problem. > Those records are available on film at the Library of Michigan plus from > each county courthouse.  They also are available from the State of Michigan, > but that tends to be quite a bit more expensive. > > You already know that Au Sable is in Iosco County.  I Googled Iosco County > Michigan and came up with loads of information, including: > > Nancy J. Huebel > Iosco County Clerk > [email protected] > > Office Hours and Court Services: > Monday-Friday: 9:00 am-5:00 pm > Saturday and Sunday: Closed > > 422 W. Lake Street, P.O. Box 838 > Tawas City, MI 48764-0838 > > Phone: (989) 362-3497 > Fax: (989) 984-1012 > > > This office should be able to help you. > > Additionally, there is always RAOGK - Random Acts of Genealogical Kindness. > > http://www.raogk.org/ > > You might be able to find a volunteer to do your legwork for you in Iosco > County or at the Library of Michigan. > > Happy hunting. > > Nancy > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Harriet Cady" <[email protected]> > To: <[email protected]> > Cc: <[email protected]> > Sent: Saturday, October 18, 2008 6:03 PM > Subject: Re: [CAN-USA-MIG] HOW TO FIND ANCESTORS WHO MIGRATED BACK & > FORTH:Nazaire Mercier > > > > Hi Myra, > > I also have great grandparents who moved to Rcohester, NH from Canada then > > to AuSable, Michigan in 1887 or there abouts and had a son while there. > > They already had a son Aselem but then they are back in NH at Rochester > > then they moved to Peterborough and then back in Rochester then back to > > Peterborough where my great grandmother, Georgianna Couture Mercier died > > in childbirth at age 40. > > I have tried unsucessfully to get their Michigan sons birth certificate > > for his daughter who is 96 going on 97 but to no avail. > > Harriet > > > > > > > >> I have a conundrum. There was a couple who moved from > >> AuSable, Iosco county, Michigan, USA to Hull, Canada (most > >> likely in Ontario), and back again. They had either 2 or 3 > >> children in Canada. > >> > >> What I DO have: > >> > >> James & Sarah Brown, the parents who moved to Hull, after > >> October 1882 (first child, Margaret, who was born in > >> Michigan), and before September 1886 (birth of their 2nd > >> child, Mary). They stayed there long enough to also have > >> Jennie, born Mary 1890, in Hull > >> > > > > > Myra > > > > The first problem you have is that Hull is in Quebec, not > > Ontario. it is across the river (and the border) from > > Ottawa which is in Ontario. > > > > If they had children born in Ontario in this time frame, > > those birth registrations are available to the public. > > Ancestry.com has indexed them all and has the images too. > > > > You can also get them at the Ontario Archives or the > > Archives of Canada in Ottawa. > > > > If they had children born in Quebec, you will have to look > > up Quebec resources to see what is available in this time > > frame. I know that Vital records before 1900 (vital records > > being baptisms, marriages and burials) are the > > responsibility of the Quebec National Archives so you might > > start your search there if your couple really did have > > children in Hull (Quebec) > > > > See http://olivetreegenealogy.com/can/ and choose either > > Ontario or Quebec to get links to online data and to find > > out what is available. > > > > Good luck > > Lorine > > When you want to respond to a query or comment posted on this List,  I find it MUCH easier to post a new message -- remembering to include the SUBJECT from the post you are responding to !!    Please make sure there is a SURNAME or place-name in the Subject. > > To search the archives: > http://archiver.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/search?path=CAN-USA-MIGRATION > The information page is: > http://lists.rootsweb.com/index/other/Immigration/CAN-USA-MIGRATION.html > > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message > When you want to respond to a query or comment posted on this List, I find it MUCH easier to post a new message -- remembering to include the SUBJECT from the post you are responding to !! Please make sure there is a SURNAME or place-name in the Subject. > > To search the archives: > http://archiver.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/search?path=CAN-USA-MIGRATION > The information page is: > http://lists.rootsweb.com/index/other/Immigration/CAN-USA-MIGRATION.html > > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message >