John- Do you know if your Mitchell's from Oldham, England? Lance -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]]On Behalf Of JOHN LONG Sent: Thursday, November 08, 2007 11:13 AM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [MI-GENEALOGY] SURNAME INTERESTS FOR WAYNE,OAKLANDM MACOMB COUNTIES Lance, What do I do now, should I want to pursue my quest for data on James Mitchell and Harry A Mitchell, utilizing your list? John ***************************** 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with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message Internal Virus Database is out-of-date. Checked by AVG Free Edition. Version: 7.5.488 / Virus Database: 269.15.5/1085 - Release Date: 10/22/2007 10:35 AM Internal Virus Database is out-of-date. Checked by AVG Free Edition. Version: 7.5.488 / Virus Database: 269.15.5/1085 - Release Date: 10/22/2007 10:35 AM

Lance, Unfortunately, I do not have any reliable knowledge as to where my Mitchell connection came from, originally. However, we believe that the bloodline has a Scottish-Irish flavor. We know they lived and worked in the Saginaw County and Bay County region, however, we think Harry had a gas station-auto repair business in Cadillac, Mi…in early 1900's. James' parents moved from Genesee County into "a great big house" in Detroit in 1922…where they had "a dozen or so kids." One son became an accomplished watch repairman. But other sons were mostly lathers. James' father did work as a brakeman for some railroad and died in 1929. So far, no one has been able to give me positive names of this group of Mitchell's…only guesses or nicknames. So, I won't go there.