In a message dated 3/24/00 3:24:09 PM Pacific Standard Time, KSBGeneolg@aol.com writes: << Do you have a Nelson BIDWELL mentioned in these books you have access to? He lived in Kingsley, Michigan in GT County; with his family, in 1898. I don't know how long he stayed there, but My grand mother, Lottie May BIDWELL was born in this year. >> Hi there, In the partial newspaper index online at http://members.aol.com/fiddlerben/gtindex.html there is an Edythe Bidwell and a Mary Bidwell on the same website under gt vital records.. there is a courthouse link for deaths and marriages.. under marriages: BIDWELL, NELSON m. FINN, JESSIE 1898 Liber 3, page 112 SHEETS, FRANK G m. BIDWELL, LINDA R 1975 0255 Under Deaths BIDWELL, CLAUDE 03-17-1940 BIDWELL, MARY 10-08-1949 BIDWELL, CHARLES B 12-17-1950 BIDWELL, EDYTHE A 02-17-1989 I don't have access at home to birth records but the Family History Centers can order them for you.. Good luck brenda k. moore kingsley@aol.com the town i live in~