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/1063.2 Message Board Post: Damas Diemond does not appear in any census from 1880 thru 1930. There are hundreds if Diemond's in the Alpena area - 1910 thru 1930. If Franklin married after 1930, won't be found. 1930 is the latest available census. Try - Social Security Death Index = FREE, Searchable http://ssdi.rootsweb.com/ If he is listed in the SSDI, a death certificate can be obtained from the county of death or thru the state. 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 State of Michigan Death Certificate Request Link: http://www.mdch.state.mi.us/PHA/OSR/DEATHAPP.HTM REQUESTING A MICHIGAN DEATH RECORD The Michigan Vital Records office has records of deaths that occurred in Michigan and were filed with the state since 1867. Some of the records were not filed with the state; more records are missing from the pre-1916 files. Anyone is eligible to request a copy of a Michigan death record if the application is completed and signed and the required fee paid.