from this info...what i have done before looking for family and classmates.. because of my life...when I came to a dead end...i then went to the div records.and found they had div...but still couldn't find her anywhere...well again because of me...i then went into marriage records again and found she had remarried...and then was able to see the marriage record as to who was involved...looked up the name of her maid of honor to find a number and was able to call...she thengave me the bad news of her passing.. my grandparents lived, married, had kids, and lived up north..and i knew they had div., but couldn't find any info...then because my grandmother had remarried...i decided to try that county and there was the div record....they had moved and then div.... So give that way a try and see what you can find.. i'm havng problems right now trying to find when my grt grndma died...I have her last on a 1920 census..Oh, that just hit me..don' remeber if i did or not.. I need to check the 1930 census in another county as well as i thought of checking marriage after the 1920 census..as she was a servant in a home with only a man listed... hope this helps you and thanks for scrambling my brain... Patiann Thomas Becker <[email protected]> wrote: I've been trying to solve of of my family mysteries at long range. I live in PA now and made no progress on my last trip to Michigan. Here it is. Great Grand Parents James Downs and wife Mary Murtagh arrived in St Clair County about 1848 with 2 children Thomas and Mary. Infant Mary apparently died shortly after arrival. My grandfather Michael Downs was born in Emmett in 1860. A visit to the Catholic Church there and a look thru the parish records turned up an item dated 11/11/1869 where Thomas Downs and Marion Downey were married there in Emmett. Another document proved this was my great uncle, and a niece who lives in Detroit found a copy of the wedding license in the County records in Port Huron. The 1870 Census lists Thomas back living on the family farm in March 1870. Wife Marion was not listed and I couldn't find any other record on her any where. Thomas died in Toledo, Ohio in 1876 and is buried in the family plot there in Emmett. But what happened to Marion? ***************************** The theme of this list is Michigan genealogy and research. Please respect others by keeping your postings to this theme. MI-Genealogy Mail List Information http://www.rootsweb.com/~migenweb/maillist.html ***************************** ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message --------------------------------- Yahoo! oneSearch: Finally, mobile search that gives answers, not web links.