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