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)
Doris, Name: Alfred Mcdowell Age in 1910: 38 Estimated Birth Year: 1871 Birthplace: Michigan Home in 1910: GAINES TWP, KENT, Michigan Race: White Gender: Male Series: T624 Roll: 655 Part: 2 Page: 26B Year: 1910 Here is the only Alfred McDowell that shows up in the 1910 census index. The 1930 Census shows one born about 1910 in Detroit. Edith Pelton birth record would be available on microfilm through LDS Family History Centers if born in Gratiot Co. Here are the film numbers for early vital records on film for Gratiot Co. which are actual photos of the pages from the county clerk's ledgers. You can also check http://www.familysearch.org for other films available for Gratiot Co. and Kent Co. You can order them in locally to a Family History Center near you for about $3.25 for a month rental. They are open to the public. Title Birth records 1867-1915; birth index 1867-1974 Authors Gratiot County (Michigan). County Clerk (Main Author) Note Location Film Birth index v. 1-3 1867-1974 FHL US/CAN Film 985687 Birth record v. A-B 1857-1885 FHL US/CAN Film 985688 Birth record v. C-D 1886-1908 FHL US/CAN Film 985689 Birth record v. E 1908-1915 FHL US/CAN Film 985690 Title Death records 1867-1935 Authors Gratiot County (Michigan). County Clerk (Main Author) Note Location Film Death index v. 1 1867-1935; death records v. A 1867-1894 FHL US/CAN Film 985691 Death records v. B-C 1895-1935 FHL US/CAN Film 985692 Title Marriage records 1855-1918; marriage index 1867-1973 Authors Gratiot County (Michigan). County Clerk (Main Author) Note Location Film Marriage index 1867-1923, 1928-1973 Marriage records v. 1 1855-1866 FHL US/CAN Film 985693 Marriage records v. A-C 1866-1903 FHL US/CAN Film 985694 Marriage records v. D 1904-1918 FHL US/CAN Film 985695 Also check the Gratiot Co. MIGenWeb site for other helps, and records online that the Pelton family may be in. Gratiot MIGenWeb http://www.mfhn.com/gratiot Patricia Wazny-Hamp MIGenWeb Family Group Sheet Collection http://www.rootsweb.com/~migenweb/fgs/ MIGenWeb Sites Saginaw http://www.mifamilyhistory.org/saginaw/ Gratiot http://www.mfhn.com/gratiot Houghton http://www.mfhn.com/houghton Keweenaw http://www.mfhn.com/keweenaw Marquette http://www.mifamilyhistory.org/marquette ----- 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 > >