This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Pratt Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/IFB.2ACE/1047.2.1 Message Board Post: My data was just far enough off that I couldn't find a death record. This precision will relaunch my efforts. Many thanks for your time and trouble. I do appreciate it. Regards, KWP

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Pratte Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/IFB.2ACE/1047.2 Message Board Post: I found in the Holy Cross Cemetery book, on page 163, a Charles Francis Pratt/ Pratte: Burial-- 30 Dec. 1935 Lot 36-S Hope this helps! Ginger Edwards

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/IFB.2ACE/1082.1 Message Board Post: Terry, Can you give us some more information about Peter and Delia? Peter birthdate? place? marriage date? place? date of emigration to Alpena (if necessary)? death date? place? census information you have? occupation? Delia birthdate? place? maiden name? date of emigration to Alpena (if necessary)? death date? place? census information you have? occupation or number of kids? Kids names? Any relations you know? That's a start. Its just easier to identify people when you have more information. And you may not have a whole lot, but it helps. And just a reminder, don't share about anyone who is still alive! Concetta Franco Alpena County GenWeb Coordinator

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Benac Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/IFB.2ACE/1082 Message Board Post: I am looking for any information on Peter Lee Benac sho was married to Delia Potvin. Any help would be appreciated. You can email me at ynot1@wwnet.net

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Rea Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/IFB.2ACE/1070.1.1.1 Message Board Post: I would LOVE to know more. A kind woman from Newboyne actually took some pictures of the headstones for me but some were a bit hard to read. Also does the church have any records of the REA family? I am desperately in search of where in Ireland we came from. Family says Donegal Bay, but it would be nice to find evidence or a township. William Franklin Rea was the first male to come over and he was born in 1782. Thank you and please contact me at my personal email llkrea@yahoo.com if you wish.

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Rea Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/IFB.2ACE/1070.1.1 Message Board Post: There are a lot of Rea family buried in the cemetery across the street from the Catholic cemetery. I have some of the headstones on a CD as my son-in-law's grandmother was a Rea from Hillman.

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: King Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/IFB.2ACE/1081 Message Board Post: Requesting obit lookup for Bertha Viola King born Feb 1886 and died Oct 1971 in Alpena . Will pay expenses. Diana King

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Comstock Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/IFB.2ACE/1080 Message Board Post: I'm doing shipwreck research in a vessel that was once owned by A.W. Comstock. I'm looking for any information on Comstock, the business, and any potential place for photographs. The vessel was the INTERLAKEN, a 3-masted schooner built in 1893. Feel free to contact me directly at this address.

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/IFB.2ACE/1078.2 Message Board Post: 1880 census - Name: Joseph BIDDLECOMB Age: 60 Estimated birth year: <1820> Birthplace: ENG Occupation: Laborer Relation: Other Home in 1880: Alpena, Alpena, Michigan He is living in the home of Arthur WILKENSON as a servant. Try these - 1870 Michigan Census = (Free, indexed and searchable, actual census page) http://envoy.libofmich.lib.mi.us/1870_census/ 1880 US Census – The Mormon Church Files LDS (Free, indexed and searchable) Click on the SEARCH tab at top of page Look for 1880 US Census on the left side of screen http://www.familysearch.org/Eng/default.asp Michigan Genealogical Death Indexing System (Free and searchable) http://www.mdch.state.mi.us/PHA/OSR/gendisx/search2.htm Jack & Marianne Dibean – Marriage Index Links = FREE Scroll down page and look for a link “Search the New Marriages” http://www.mifamilyhistory.org/dibeanindex/search_archives.asp Michigan County Clerks Offices – For Death Certificates, Marriage/Divorce records http://www.michigan.gov/hal/0,1607,7-160-17449_18635_20736-56637--,00.html http://www.rootsweb.com/~usgenweb/tx/tomgreen/tomgtoc.htm Michigan Cemetery Listing http://michigancemeteries.libraryofmichigan.org/ The VA's Nationwide Gravesite Locator, at http://www.cem.va.gov State of Michigan Marriage/Birth/Divorce Requests http://www.mdch.state.mi.us/PHA/OSR/vital_records/requests

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/IFB.2ACE/1078.1.1 Message Board Post: Sorry for not being more specific..IOW..Isle of Wight, off the southern coast of England. Several Biddlecomb family members settled in Michigan after arriving in the United States in 1860-1900s.

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Budnick, Budnik, Chmielewski, Maleski, Malaski Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/IFB.2ACE/1079 Message Board Post: I am trying to locate a picture of my grandmother, Myrtle Budnick who was born in Alpena to Rose Chmielewski (later changed to Malaski) and Vincent Budnick. She was born in February 1897 and lived in Alpena until she married my grandfather, Joseph Deneau in June of 1916. The family lived at 131 Alfred. Myrtle had a brother named Frank and two living sisters named Florence and Agnes. My grandmother passed away in 1946 and my mom never had any pictures of her mother. If someone has a picture please contact me and we can make arrangements for obtaining a copy of this picture. Any and all help will be greatly appreciated.

Hi everyone! I'm the new Coordinator for the MI-Alpena Site. I just wanted to say hello and tell everyone that a much reorganized MIAlpena site has been uploaded, and I'm currently working on updating the site and reinstalling several of its missing features. If you have any questions, feel free to drop me a line! Concetta Franco Alpena County Coordinator http://www.rootsweb.com/~mialpena

I hope this info will be of some help. Martha Biddlecomb b. 1810 on IOW was married to David Dove. The first moved to Port Huron and then to Alpena where they are buried. Martha lived to be 100. Martha's parents were Samuel Biddlecomb and Sarah Sanders. Martha had a brother named Samuel b. 1815, who first lived here in Port Huron and then moved to Fairport, VA with a son. He died and was buried there. I expect that your Biddlecombs are somehow related. Donna

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/IFB.2ACE/1078.1 Message Board Post: Be more specific. What does - "IOW" mean?

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Hawley and Biddlecombe/Biddlecomb Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/IFB.2ACE/1078 Message Board Post: Looking for information on Joseph Biddlecomb, born in IOW, along with his son, John Biddlecomb,(born IOW also). John married Minnie Belle Hawley in Alpena in 1877. MInnie was the daughter of William and Mercy Hawley. Thank you

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/IFB.2ACE/1077 Message Board Post: Hi, I was wondering if anyone would be willing to donate their old genealogy books to me. I am looking to open a genealogy library in California after I receive my masters in Library Science. (probably at least 4 years from now). Also, if anyone wants to send their family pedigrees or history to me that would be great too! Feel free to email me with any questions. Thank you! Amy

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Rea, Connor, Grier, Ninton Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/IFB.2ACE/97.502.538.1 Message Board Post: I just realized that the MARY REA you talk about, who is married to Anthony NINTON and mother of Anne Luprella NINTON, must be the same Mary who is the daughter of JAMES REA and MARY ANN GRIER. James REA b.abt 1821 in Leeds County,Ontario married Mary Ann GRIER (b.1823 in Ireland) around 1847/48. Many of the REA's from Bastard twp, Leeds County, Ontario came down to the Hillman/Rust/Alpena area of Michigan in the 1880s. Do you have more info on the REA's?

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: portwine Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/IFB.2ACE/1076 Message Board Post: reportsr@aol.com. still looking for any songs or music of the time.

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/IFB.2ACE/1062.1 Message Board Post: We have finally found a living relative of my mother and brother's birth mother, Ida Florence Colton Van Linder Strungart, and can provide a lot information about her life and family when we find Fayette.

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/IFB.2ACE/1075 Message Board Post: I'm looking for anyone who could look up a marriage that might have occured in Alpena Co. in 1942. The bride's name was Lona Church, the groom was Vern or Vernon and unknown last name.