please give me some ideas renee -----Original Message----- From: RJHodgesA@aol.com <RJHodgesA@aol.com> To: brandel_jerry@email.msn.com <brandel_jerry@email.msn.com> Date: Thursday, May 20, 1999 5:39 PM Subject: Mary Ann Hodges >Renee: > >Here at last is everything we presently know about Mary Ann Hodges, daughter >of David and Roby (Archer) Hodges: > >1. She was b. 1841 in NY State. > >2. She marr. Israel Lucas (probably in MI). > >3. They lived at least some of the time in or near Stanton, Montcalm Co., MI > >4. She d. 1869 and is bur. in Forest Hill Cemetery, Stanton, MI > >Renee, see what you can do with this. Remember, be very very very very >selective. The end result should be lots of additional information about >her, but not about any wrong people with the same or similar name. This is >the essence of genealogy research; checking out all of the false leads and >eliminating them, to be left with only the right facts. It's a lot of hard >work, but well worth it when you are done. > >I would suggest starting with the US census reports, always the best place to >start. > >It would be really great if you could get an obituary for Mary Ann (Hodges) >Lucas from one of the Stanton or Montcalm Co. newspapers from 1869, because >it would probably mention exactly where in NY she was b., and exactly when >she came from NY to MI (and then to IN and back again to MI). These are very >important facts we do not know, but would dearly like to. > >Let me know if you need help. Good luck. > >Bob Hodges