To Margaret Rose nee Wilson: I notice you are looking at Michigan naturalization, birth, marriage and death. Michigan State Archives is working on a new website: www.seekingmichigan.org This site is in its infancy and a lot of records are not yet up and running. But they have MI deaths and marriages not available on the www.familysearch.org records pilot site. It's worth a look for now, and to check back into from time to time to see if new records have posted. A lot of counties aren't done yet, but I've been lucky to find several records I couldn't get otherwise. Good Luck to you. Cyndi PS: Mary - WOW!!! Can you "adopt me" and help me too? LOL Great work!!! What fantastic assistance you provided, so much detail! Kudos to you. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Message: 1 Date: Wed, 22 Apr 2009 14:31:20 -0400 From: Mary Snow <marysnow@bellsouth.net> Subject: Re: [GALICIA] TWORK family To: galicia@rootsweb.com Message-ID: <49EF6278.8010403@bellsouth.net> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Hello, Margaret, In addition to the excellent information provided by Dennis and Marie, here are a few more tidbits. There is a microfilm available from the LDS for Lemont church records; information at this site: http://www.pgsa.org/stcyr.php There is a record of an Andrew Tworej's birth on September 12, 1896 at Ss. Cyril & Methodius Church Index, Lemont, IL.? His father was Sebastian and mother Maria Szewcek.? This does not match with the 1900 census record, which states Andrew b. Mar., 1895, nor your date of April, 1895; nor maiden name of mother.? You may be able to use name variations to find your Andrew.? As stated, parish records would be the place to seek the exact town in Poland, as well as naturalization records.? In the 1900 census, Sebastian was not yet a citizen.? In the 1910 census, Sylvester Twarok indicates he became a citizen in 1900, so Chippewa County may have this documentation, as well as Bay County where Sebastian/Sylvester lived by 1910.? The 1920 census says Sebastian Twork had applied for citizenship papers, meaning he was not yet a citizen, so another mystery presents itself. The 1900 census record in Sault Ste. Marie, Chippewa County, Michigan, shows birth dates as follows:? Sebastian Tworg, Jan. 1866, Gallatia; Mary, b. July, 1872, Gallatia; Frank, b. Oct. 1892, Gallatia;? Andrew, b. Mar., 1895, Illinois; Josie, b. Mar, 1898, New York; Annie, b. Oct, 1899, Michigan. You will see Twork information at this Pinconning, Michigan,? site with some dates that may be useful: http://www.mifamilyhistory.org/bay/1906-2008%20Birth-Death-Marriage%20Index. htm The death certificates of Sebastian, Mary, and Frank are another possible source. According to the Social Security Death Index, Frank died in 1971; his Social Security application (can be ordered through the SS-5 letter on site, but only available to US addresses) would have place of birth, names of parents, including mother's maiden name: http://ssdi.rootsweb.ancestry.com/ FRANK TWORK? ? b. 14 Sep 1892??? d. May 1971??? Place of death: Gladwin, Gladwin County, MI 48624 The County Clerk's office would be the source of Frank's death certificate. http://www.michigan.gov/hal/0,1607,7-160-17449_18635_20736-56581--,00.html Gladwin County Clerk 401 West Cedar Avenue Gladwin, MI 48624-2088 Phone: 989-426-7351 Fax: 989-426-6917 E-mail: countyclerk@www.gladwinco.com Frank's marriage to Anna Seger can be found in a search for Frank Twork at the pilot site of familysearch.org; in this marriage record, his mother's name is listed as Weikle; unfortunately, his birthplaces is listed simply as Poland.? Additional information on the records indicates Frank 'served in war against Germany. http://search.labs.familysearch.org/recordsearch/start.html#p=2;t=searchable ;c=1463145 Ancestry.com should have the WWI draft registration card for Frank, maybe with name of his birth town.? Subscription required to access record, though a search will show several possibilities for Frank in the WWI draft registration.? I do not find Frank returning through Ellis Island at the end of the war, however. http://www.jewishgen.org/databases/EIDB/ellis.html Best regards, Mary