Jay, In 1994, Midland County Genealogy Society operated a project called "First Families of Midland County;" with a list of criteria for qualification (one being that one had to provide proof that their family was in Midland County prior to December 31, 1894). At that time I had thought that other counties had or would be performing have a similar project; are you saying that Genesee County did not do this? Richard > Subject: Re: [MIGENESE] First Families > Date: Tue, 24 Sep 2002 14:32:19 -0400 > From: "J.M. \(Jay\) Ingalls" <jay_ingalls@pipeline.com> > To: MIGENESE-L@rootsweb.com > > Kevin, > > An interesting question. Maybe there is only a "first families of > Michigan"? > > My Ingalls ancestor arrived in Genesee County in 1835 from Clayton, > Jefferson county, NY. > > Jay > ----- Original Message ----- > From: <MILLERHK@aol.com> > To: <MIGENESE-L@rootsweb.com> > Sent: 22 September, 2002 8:07 AM > Subject: [MIGENESE] First Families > > > I am writing to find out if anyone on the list knows of the first > families of > > Genesee CO. I believe that the Genesee CO. genealogy society would > be the one > > that handles it but am unsure who to contact. I was also wondering > when the > > family had to be in Genesee CO. to be considered to be a first > family? > > > > Kevin Miller > > Coleman MI > >