For further assistance try The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints Family History Center in your area. They have microfilm machine an you can order microfilm to rent for approximately $3.50, an they have computer with ALOT information assistance there would assist you with any question you have an try to help you solve. Mary -----Original Message----- From: BUNAY@aol.com [mailto:BUNAY@aol.com] Sent: Wednesday, January 19, 2005 3:33 PM To: MI-GENEALOGY-L@rootsweb.com Subject: Re: [MI-Genealogy] just worn out Where are searching for info (census, marriage records, land, ss)? Are you using her maiden name or her married name? Do you know her father's name? I found most info about my 3rd great grandmother by searching out her father's family and her husband's records. I found her maiden name by searching for 3rd great grandfather in marriage records, that led to her maiden name and I was able to locate her family and her as far back as 1850 in census records. kes in northern ca ==== 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. ============================== Search the US Census Collection. Over 140 million records added in the last 12 months. Largest online collection in the world. Learn more: http://www.ancestry.com/s13965/rd.ashx