If your Louis St. John and Raymond worked for the railroad and got a pension and died you will find him in SSD death index . and it will say railroad pension on it.You will be able to write to the Railroad retirement Board in your area And get the records on them .It will have Dad Mother Wifes and more on it and what railroad they worked on. At that time they will have to have worked at least 10 years. You will have to prove that you are a family member.And that they have passed on . Dave Nufer C.N. Railroad Retired 33 years service on the Tracks as a Gandy Dancer P.S. they are very slow Good Luck! Member----- Original Message ----- From: <Purrsia2@aol.com> To: <MI-GENEALOGY-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Saturday, January 29, 2005 2:39 PM Subject: [MI-Genealogy] St.JOhn > Someone please help me..I am searching for info on a Louis St. John in Mi > during the early and mid 1950's... I am told he worked on the train tracks in > > Michigan...I believe this to be in the areas of Detroit and the smaller > surrounding areas...I am told he also used the name Joseph Darling and lived > in Chicago > and also Raymond St. John. I would appreciate ANY help that could help me > with Railroad companies in that area and police reports as I heard he had > been > shot at least 3 times. This is a rather long story and if anyone has any > info I > would be glad to share it with you..This also may include the name Rightler > in that area. Thanks, for any help anyone can give me. I am from NC and it is > > hard to get info in that are. > > > > ==== MI-GENEALOGY Mailing List ==== > The MIGenWeb FGS Project. > http://www.rootsweb.com/~migenweb/fgs/ > Join in this special project! Add your Family Group Sheets and browse for connections. > > ============================== > 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 > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- ----