Since all deaths are suppose to be reported to the state you can always go to Lansing to the Library of Michigan and look at death records on microfilm and then if you find a death record that might be the person you are looking for you can then go to the State of Michigan and request the death record look up. Also if you have an idea when the deat occurred and in what county the usual fee for the search is four dollars or at least that is what Wayne County charges for searches. If you can't get to Lansing you can call the Library of Michigan as they do have people who will do look ups for a small fee. The larger Cities in Michigan do not return checks when they do not find the person you are looking for. Once when I went to the Vital Statistics in Lansing before I came out of there I had spent quite a bit of money for nothing. So I was back to square one. I finally started doing the county searches first in person. The county clerks seem to have more time to do look ups as opposed to the State of Michigan because they do not like doing the footwork. I did have better luck with the Counties but that only works if you know what county they were living when they died. I was looking for my great grandmothers death record and when I wnet to the County she was born in they allowed me to look up the record myself but it seems someone else was looking for it and had sticky fingers. So I had to go to Lansing and obtain a copy. The only reason I was able to get it was that I had the death record number. When I had been at the State the week before they couldn't seem to find the record. But they sure did keep my money! When I related what had happened the prior week they gave me the copy without recharging me. Jean ----- Original Message ----- From: <Automag4play@cs.com> To: <MI-GENEALOGY-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Thursday, January 20, 2005 3:59 AM Subject: Re: [MI-Genealogy] re: just worn out > If you go to the County Clerks Office and they come up with nothing on > your > request, they will usually refund your payment. This has happened to me > with > three or four counties in Michigan. > > Craig Schooley > > > ==== 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. > > ============================== > New! Family Tree Maker 2005. Build your tree and search for your ancestors > at the same time. Share your tree with family and friends. Learn more: > http://landing.ancestry.com/familytreemaker/2005/tour.aspx?sourceid=14599&targetid=5429 > >