In regards to the new Pilot LDS site for Michigan births, deaths and marriages: http://search.labs.familysearch.org/recordsearch/start.html# Births: Be aware that not all Michigan births will be found here, only those reported by parents, doctors and midwives to the county clerks between 1867-1902 Deaths: Only deaths that occured betwen 1867-1897, included are only deaths gathered by the county representative who were supposed to canvas their area at the end of each year. It is very incomplete, as some counties did not comply. Marriages:Only marriages from 1868-1925 are included, before that, counties did NOT have to report them to the state. On the other hand, this is a wonderful new pilot site. I have found many new discoveries here....and more records are being added every day! Happy Hunting!

I cannot find my William H. Bestor's 18 June1879 marriage in Bay County to Anna Fitz Henry. It appears that the database is not complete, but hope springs eternal. Lila ----- Original Message ----- From: <ladypines@aol.com> To: <gc-gateway@rootsweb.com>; <mibay@rootsweb.com> Sent: 20 July, 2008 8:57 AM Subject: Re: [MIBAY] Additions to Bay City/County lookups > > In regards to the new Pilot LDS site for Michigan births, deaths and > marriages: > > http://search.labs.familysearch.org/recordsearch/start.html# > > Births: Be aware that not all Michigan births will be found here, only > those reported by parents, doctors and midwives to the county clerks > between 1867-1902 > > Deaths: Only deaths that occured betwen 1867-1897, included are only > deaths gathered by the county representative who were supposed to canvas > their area at the end of each year. It is very incomplete, as some > counties did not comply. > > Marriages:Only marriages from 1868-1925 are included, before that, > counties did NOT have to report them to the state. > > > On the other hand, this is a wonderful new pilot site. I have found many > new discoveries here....and more records are being added every day! > > Happy Hunting! > > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > MIBAY-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes > in the subject and the body of the message >