Hey I think Tom was joking!!! at least i hope he was kk On 2004年 9月 12日 , at 7:13, D Bulmer wrote: > Sorry, Nova Scotia is not an island !!!It is connected to the Province > of > New > Brunswick by the Isthmus of Chignecto. New Brunswick and Maine share a > border. > Dotsy > > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: <TomandPaula@aol.com> > To: <MI-GENEALOGY-L@rootsweb.com> > Sent: Saturday, September 11, 2004 1:59 PM > Subject: Re: [MI-Genealogy] Re: names in a diary from Tuscola > > >> Hi Carolyn, >> >> NS is probably Nova Scotia, which is an island in the Atlantic >> Ocean, >> east of Maine. >> >> Tom Balentine >> >> >> ==== MI-GENEALOGY Mailing List ==== >> MIGenWeb. Michigan Genealogy. >> http://www.rootsweb.com/~migenweb/ >> Locate resources, browse counties, search and contribute to special > projects. >> >> ============================== >> Gain access to over two billion names including the new Immigration >> Collection with an Ancestry.com free trial. Click to learn more. >> http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=4930&sourceid=1237 >> >> > > > ==== MI-GENEALOGY Mailing List ==== > MIGenWeb. Michigan Genealogy. > http://www.rootsweb.com/~migenweb/ > Locate resources, browse counties, search and contribute to special > projects. > > ============================== > Gain access to over two billion names including the new Immigration > Collection with an Ancestry.com free trial. Click to learn more. > http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=4930&sourceid=1237 >

Sorry, Nova Scotia is not an island !!!It is connected to the Province of New Brunswick by the Isthmus of Chignecto. New Brunswick and Maine share a border. Dotsy ----- Original Message ----- From: <TomandPaula@aol.com> To: <MI-GENEALOGY-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Saturday, September 11, 2004 1:59 PM Subject: Re: [MI-Genealogy] Re: names in a diary from Tuscola > Hi Carolyn, > > NS is probably Nova Scotia, which is an island in the Atlantic Ocean, > east of Maine. > > Tom Balentine > > > ==== MI-GENEALOGY Mailing List ==== > MIGenWeb. Michigan Genealogy. > http://www.rootsweb.com/~migenweb/ > Locate resources, browse counties, search and contribute to special projects. > > ============================== > Gain access to over two billion names including the new Immigration > Collection with an Ancestry.com free trial. Click to learn more. > http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=4930&sourceid=1237 > >

Hi Carolyn, NS is probably Nova Scotia, which is an island in the Atlantic Ocean, east of Maine. Tom Balentine

Nova Scotia? On 2004年 9月 11日 , at 9:23, Carolyn Ybarra wrote: > At 4:37 PM -0400 9/9/04, Carolyn McGrath wrote: >> I have transcribed a wonderful diary of a woman from NS who ended up >> in Caro, Tuscola. These are the surnames mentioned in her diary. >> Does anyone have > > Where is NS? > Carolyn > > > ==== MI-GENEALOGY Mailing List ==== > MIGenWeb. Michigan Genealogy. http://www.rootsweb.com/~migenweb/ > Locate resources, browse counties, search and contribute to special > projects. > > ============================== > Gain access to over two billion names including the new Immigration > Collection with an Ancestry.com free trial. Click to learn more. > http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=4930&sourceid=1237 >

This is Nova Scotia; Margaret Dickie Michener McCulloch was from Hantsport, Hants County, Nova Scotia. carolyn ----- Original Message ----- From: "Carolyn Ybarra" <ybarra@stanfordalumni.org> To: <MI-GENEALOGY-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Friday, September 10, 2004 8:23 PM Subject: [MI-Genealogy] Re: names in a diary from Tuscola > At 4:37 PM -0400 9/9/04, Carolyn McGrath wrote: > >I have transcribed a wonderful diary of a woman from NS who ended up > >in Caro, Tuscola. These are the surnames mentioned in her diary. > >Does anyone have > > Where is NS? > Carolyn > > > ==== MI-GENEALOGY Mailing List ==== > MIGenWeb. Michigan Genealogy. > http://www.rootsweb.com/~migenweb/ > Locate resources, browse counties, search and contribute to special projects. > > ============================== > Gain access to over two billion names including the new Immigration > Collection with an Ancestry.com free trial. Click to learn more. > http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=4930&sourceid=1237 >

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At 4:37 PM -0400 9/9/04, Carolyn McGrath wrote: >I have transcribed a wonderful diary of a woman from NS who ended up >in Caro, Tuscola. These are the surnames mentioned in her diary. >Does anyone have Where is NS? Carolyn

Thanks. I'll try it. Leota

I rescue old photographs that have people who are identified and have had great success in going to Genforum surname forums as well as the surname sites for Rootsweb. You might try posting your information there. Good luck! Kathy --- Lkajdas2@aol.com wrote: > Hi, > > I have several old pictures, all of which are > identified, of Oscar F. > Pierce's family. Oscar was born in May of 1858 in > NY. He married Evalina Cornelia > Dunham March 23, 1892. Oscar is buried in St. Johns, > MI. He has no direct > descendants. If you think you might be related to > Oscar, please let me know, and I > will be happy to share the pictures with you. Please > list the Pierces in your > family. Most of these pictures I would judge to be > 100 years or so old. > > Leota Kajdas > > > ==== MI-GENEALOGY Mailing List ==== > MI-Genealogy Subscribe and Unsubscribe Instructions > Administrator Contacts, Rules and Guidelines > http://www.rootsweb.com/~migenweb/maillist.html > > ============================== > Gain access to over two billion names including the > new Immigration > Collection with an Ancestry.com free trial. Click > to learn more. > http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=4930&sourceid=1237 > > __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? New and Improved Yahoo! Mail - 100MB free storage! http://promotions.yahoo.com/new_mail

Dont't know.. but what rich memories it brings back of when I was little and my mom and hers sister's all getting together regularly to make those rag carpets which are still useful prized possessions in by sisters' , brother's and cousins' homes ! best Kris in Japan On 2004年 9月 10日 , at 5:30, Carolyn McGrath wrote: > In an old diary, I have found the following: > > "It was the style then to make rag carpets, rugs and patchwork quilts. > There used to be considerable competition sometimes as to who would > have the prettiest ones. I have seen some really handsome carpets > they made and some of the quilts were real works of art. There was an > old lady did the weaving, who just passed away last year (this would > have been 1927) at the age of 98; it was told how many yards of rag > carpets she had woven but I do not remember the number - it was a > great many. What good times we used to have at the quilting bees. I > am sure we enjoyed ourselves as much and had as much fun as the ladies > of today do at their bridge parties." > > The woman writing this letter lived in Caro - does anyone have any > idea who the 98 year old woman might have been? > > carolyn in rhode island > > > ==== MI-GENEALOGY Mailing List ==== > Share memories about Michigan, to join MI-MEMORIES-L, send mail to > MI-MEMORIES-L-request@rootsweb.com with the single word subscribe in > the message subject and body. To join MI-MEMORIES-D, do the same thing > with MI-MEMORIES-D-request@rootsweb.com. > > ============================== > Gain access to over two billion names including the new Immigration > Collection with an Ancestry.com free trial. Click to learn more. > http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=4930&sourceid=1237 >

Hi, I have several old pictures, all of which are identified, of Oscar F. Pierce's family. Oscar was born in May of 1858 in NY. He married Evalina Cornelia Dunham March 23, 1892. Oscar is buried in St. Johns, MI. He has no direct descendants. If you think you might be related to Oscar, please let me know, and I will be happy to share the pictures with you. Please list the Pierces in your family. Most of these pictures I would judge to be 100 years or so old. Leota Kajdas

Hi, I am looking for descendants of Charles and Eliza (DRAPER) BROOKS. Charles was born in Vermont abt. 1790 and died in Fairfield Township, Shiawassee County on August 21, 1868. Eliza was born abt. 1797 and also died in Fairfield Township, Shiawassee County, MI, August 31, 1868. They are both buried in Elsie, MI. They had 6 children, all of whom were born in NY. I found Charles and Eliza living in Orleans County, NY in the 1850 census. Their children were: 1.Morrison 2. Almira, who was born in 1815 and died in Fairfield Township, Shiawassee County, MI in 1895. She married William H. DUNHAM on October 26, 1835 in Westmoreland, Onieda County, NY, and moved first to Ohio and then to Fairfield Township, Shiawassee County, MI. She is buried in Elsie MI. Almira and William had 6 children: Charles H., married to Katherine "Kitt" DOWNIE, Clarissa Melinda, who married Aretus S. SANDERSON, George William, married to Sarah, Evelina Cornelia, who married Oscar F. PIERCE, William, whose wife was Perlie R. AUSTIN, and Walter, who married Anna DRAPER. 3. Maryette (spelled, incorrectly, "Maraett" in the 1850 census) was born June 7, 1819 and died in Fairfield Township, Shiawassee County, MI on April 14, 1909. She married Edwin HOISINGTON, who died at Andersonville Prison. Maryette in buried in Elsie, MI. Maryette and Edwin had 6 children: Charles W., whose wife's name was Mary, Sarah, who married a Mr. OMEIGH, Clara A., married to Warren BROWN, Ida E., whose husband was Mr. SHEPARD, George, married to Alice SMITH, and Betsy. 4. Rosette, born abt. 1822 5. William R., born May 5, 1825, and died September 29, 1909. William married Hannah M. ALDRICH in 1851. They had 2 sons: Frank, born abt. 1854, and Fred, born abt. 1858. William died in Grand Rapids, MI. 6. George, born about 1829 If any of these names sound familiar, I would love to hear from you. Leota Kajdas

Hello again Carolyn- There are 2 local newspapers in Tuscola County-The Vassar Pioneer Times and The Tuscola County Advertiser. I don't think either one is online. You might have better luck with the obituaries at The Saginaw News-this is the only regional newspaper available in that part of Tuscola County. The Public Libraries of Saginaw lists old obit at its web site-I don't remember the web address, but I think you can get it at Google. Pam > [Original Message] > From: Carolyn McGrath <ckmcgrath@comcast.net> > To: <MI-GENEALOGY-L@rootsweb.com> > Date: 9/9/2004 4:52:22 PM > Subject: [MI-Genealogy] James and Edith Annette McCulloch McKay of Tuscola > > James d. 1933, Edith Annette ("Nettie") in 1938; is there anyone who might be able to find the specific dates of death and the obituaries? I think there would have been obituaries as their golden wedding anniversary was covered in an unknown, probably Vassar, paper - there even was a picture. > > Thanks in advance > > carolyn in rhode islan > > > ==== MI-GENEALOGY Mailing List ==== > Share memories about Michigan, to join MI-MEMORIES-L, send mail to MI-MEMORIES-L-request@rootsweb.com with the single word subscribe in the message subject and body. To join MI-MEMORIES-D, do the same thing with MI-MEMORIES-D-request@rootsweb.com. > > ============================== > Gain access to over two billion names including the new Immigration > Collection with an Ancestry.com free trial. Click to learn more. > http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=4930&sourceid=1237

Hello Carolyn-I would recommend going to the main library [in downtown Bay City], and the County Building, whjich is also indowntown Bay City. I have the staff at both places to be very helpful. There is also a local museum there that may a good place to research. I'm not familiar with the Rose or McCulloch families, but I do have a little information on hand about Albert Miller. This is a quote from "History of Bay County, Michigan, 1883"- "The mill of this firm was originally built by the firm of Russell, Miller&Co. , in 1851. In 1863it was leased by Albert Miller , alone until the Winter of 1855. "67, when Angus Miller purchased an interest, and the firm became A. & A. Miller. They rebuilt the mill that Winter, and made it the largest one in that vicinity, having a capacity of 12,000,000 a season, and representing an investment of $50,000. They operated the mill two years, and from that time until 1879, Albert Miller was alone. In 1879, Mr. George Lewis purchased a half interest, since which time the firm has been Miller & Lewis. The season cut of the mill is about 20,000,000 feet of lumber. The firm own a large amount of standing pine. Albert Miller is is an old resident of Bay City, having come from St. Clair County, in 1855.For a time after coming here he worked in the millsand so laid the foundation of a successful business career. By 1863 he had reached a point when he considered it safe to do something on his own account, and leased a mill which he purchased the following year. Since that time he has ranked as one of the leading lumber manufacturers of this region. He is also interested in other business concerns. Mr. Miller is one of the leading members of the Fremont Avenue Methodist Episcopal Society, and from the first has been one of its liberal supporters." I noticed in another email that your diary has some information on a Bradley family in Tuscola County-I'd be interested in this as I am researching the Bradleys in Tuscola County. Hope you enjoy your time in Michigan. Pam in a suburb of Bay City.

Does anyone know this woman? She was b. ca. 1948, went to Stone St. school and then to North Saginaw High School. I would love to get in touch with her but I assume she has married and I do not know her married name. carolyn in rhode island

James d. 1933, Edith Annette ("Nettie") in 1938; is there anyone who might be able to find the specific dates of death and the obituaries? I think there would have been obituaries as their golden wedding anniversary was covered in an unknown, probably Vassar, paper - there even was a picture. Thanks in advance carolyn in rhode islan

I have transcribed a wonderful diary of a woman from NS who ended up in Caro, Tuscola. These are the surnames mentioned in her diary. Does anyone have information about these people? Bailey, a lay minister Bancroft Bradley Campbell Clark Crobar Dickie Durham, Silas and Hiram and their families Fagert Forbes Freeman Hazon Henderson Hoover Huntley, Gibbs and Anna Dickie and their children LaTourette, Miss Lee Mason, John and Ella and their children Matheson McComb, who was a school trustee McDougall McKay, James and Edith Annette "Nettie" McCulloch McGuire Miller Richardson Rose, John and Margaret McCulloch Shrigley Tivy, the school superintendent Time period of the Michigan part of the diary was 1881 - 1908 with some additions by the diarist's daughter in the 1920's. I hope someone has information on some of these people; I have a fair amount to share. carolyn in rhode island

In an old diary, I have found the following: "It was the style then to make rag carpets, rugs and patchwork quilts. There used to be considerable competition sometimes as to who would have the prettiest ones. I have seen some really handsome carpets they made and some of the quilts were real works of art. There was an old lady did the weaving, who just passed away last year (this would have been 1927) at the age of 98; it was told how many yards of rag carpets she had woven but I do not remember the number - it was a great many. What good times we used to have at the quilting bees. I am sure we enjoyed ourselves as much and had as much fun as the ladies of today do at their bridge parties." The woman writing this letter lived in Caro - does anyone have any idea who the 98 year old woman might have been? carolyn in rhode island

I have transcribed the diary of a woman from NS who ended up in Caro/Vassar in the early 1880's. Her daughter and several other relatives lived in Bay City. I am looking for more information on the following families: John and Margaret McCulloch Rose with thier children Mary, John E., and Charles F. Robert B. and Letitia McCulloch Dickie and their children Anna (who m. Gibbs Huntley) and George E. John and Ella Dickie Mason with unknown children The Albert Miller in whose mill the great Bay City fire of 1892 started. (I have a first-person account of this fire) The "old Mr. Campbell" who had one eye hooked by a cow just after the fire. pictures of the fire Any help would be greatly appreciated. I will be coming to Michigan at the end of Sept. to do some research; any leads or suggestions will be welcome. carolyn in rhode island

The Van Buren Regional Genealogical Society is pleased to announce that it has recently added 88 reels of vital records microfilm to the Local History Collection at the Van Buren District Library. These most recent acquisitions include birth, marriage, death, and naturalization records for the Michigan counties of Allegan, Berrien and Cass. Added to the existing collection are: Berrien County death records 1934-1967 Berrien County birth records 1889-1897 Berrien County naturalization petitions, declarations, and journals, ca1840-1951 Cass County death records 1955-1993 Cass County naturalization petitions & records, 1928-1957 Cass County burial records for indigent soldiers, 1911-1918 Allegan County death records 1924-1998 Allegan County index to marriage records 1947-1998 Allegan County birth records 1879-1897 Allegan County marriage 1917-1951 These reels add to the existing collection of microfilm which includes earlier years for the above records, plus similar records for Van Buren and Kalamazoo counties. Proceeds from the sale of the Van Buren County Pictorial history were invested in these acquisitions which were purchased from the Genealogical Society of Salt Lake Utah with the cooperation of area county clerks. Anyone is welcome to visit the Van Buren District Library Local History collection at 200 N. Phelps Street, Decatur, Michigan to use these and many other Southwest Michigan local and family history materials. Visit the website of the Van Buren District Library (www.vbdl.org) and the Van Buren Regional Genealogical Society (www.rootsweb.com/~mivanbur/Mivanbur.html) for more information about the collection and to search the online catalogs. The library is also a licensed microfilm loan center for the Family History Center of Salt Lake City, Utah. So, while using our local materials you may order in those not-so-local items. Anyone with questions, may email or call me at the library at (269)423-4771. Don't miss this opportunity to do your Southwest Michigan research in one location - or what I call "One Stop Shopping". Sincerely, Toni I. Benson Van Buren Regional Genealogical Society & Local History Van Buren District Library