Hi Doris-------- a few suggestions ---------apply to the state where she is buried and file for her death certific-----------it should have her parents names on it---where she was born ----------are there any family members alive yet who could help you------talk to them --------check the 1880 michigan census records to see if you can find her -------she would have been 7 or 8 yrs old at the time------ did she keep a family bible or family record of anykind----------tracing your family tree can be alot of trail and error but it is alot of fun---------Good Luck---------Susan Ohio ----- Original Message ----- From: "D. Smead" <dlsmi@triton.net> To: <MI-GENEALOGY-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Saturday, October 09, 2004 10:48 AM Subject: [MI-Genealogy] { MI-Genealogy} > I am trying to do my family tree and am very new at it. So please help any one out there my grandmother Edith Pelton b 1873d1954. was maried to Alfred McDowell b1870d1945 in Michigan.Iwould like to know who Edith's parents were Thanksvery much Doris Smith Smead > (dlsmi@triton.net) > > > ==== MI-GENEALOGY Mailing List ==== > MI-Genealogy Subscribe and Unsubscribe Instructions > Administrator Contacts, Rules and Guidelines > http://www.rootsweb.com/~migenweb/maillist.html > > ============================== > Gain access to over two billion names including the new Immigration > Collection with an Ancestry.com free trial. Click to learn more. > http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=4930&sourceid=1237 >
Thank you Kenneth for the tips . Doris ----- Original Message ----- From: "Kenneth Burton" <mapleleaffarm@buckeye-express.com> To: <MI-GENEALOGY-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Saturday, October 09, 2004 12:46 PM Subject: Re: [MI-Genealogy] { MI-Genealogy}---Ideas > Hi Doris-------- > a few suggestions ---------apply to the state where > she is buried and file for her death certific-----------it should have her > parents names on it---where she was born ----------are there any family > members alive yet who could help you------talk to them --------check the > 1880 michigan census records to see if you can find her -------she would > have been 7 or 8 yrs old at the time------ > did she keep a family bible or family record of > anykind----------tracing your family tree can be alot of trail and error > but > it is alot of fun---------Good Luck---------Susan Ohio > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "D. Smead" <dlsmi@triton.net> > To: <MI-GENEALOGY-L@rootsweb.com> > Sent: Saturday, October 09, 2004 10:48 AM > Subject: [MI-Genealogy] { MI-Genealogy} > > > > I am trying to do my family tree and am very new at it. So please help > any one out there my grandmother Edith Pelton b 1873d1954. was maried to > Alfred McDowell b1870d1945 in Michigan.Iwould like to know who Edith's > parents were Thanksvery much Doris Smith Smead > > (dlsmi@triton.net) > > > > > > ==== MI-GENEALOGY Mailing List ==== > > MI-Genealogy Subscribe and Unsubscribe Instructions > > Administrator Contacts, Rules and Guidelines > > http://www.rootsweb.com/~migenweb/maillist.html > > > > ============================== > > Gain access to over two billion names including the new Immigration > > Collection with an Ancestry.com free trial. Click to learn more. > > http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=4930&sourceid=1237 > > > > > ==== MI-GENEALOGY Mailing List ==== > MIGenWeb. Michigan Genealogy. > http://www.rootsweb.com/~migenweb/ > Locate resources, browse counties, search and contribute to special > projects. > > ============================== > Gain access to over two billion names including the new Immigration > Collection with an Ancestry.com free trial. Click to learn more. > http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=4930&sourceid=1237 > > >