In a message dated 11/3/00 7:08:19 PM Eastern Standard Time, karendon@bcinternet.net writes: << William J. Bentley died on Feb 10, 1925, at age 59 years, 11 mos and 5 days in Traverse City, MI. >> Hi Karen, Have you checked all the census years for Grand Traverse that you know he was here. 1910 and 1920 have a lot of info on them. There is not a Bentley in 1860 nor 1870. From the http://members.aol.com/fiddlerben/gtindex.html under vital records Groom Bride Year License No. Liber and Page No. WRIGHT, DONALD E BENTLEY, MARGARET I 1949 0040 SOAPPMAN, DENNIS R BENTLEY, PEGGY K 1973 0344 BENTLEY, MICHAEL P FLOWERS, JENNIFER L 1996 0485 GARY, DENNIS E BENTLEY, BARBARA J 1998 0249 You can telnet to the newspaper index at the NMC college for obits/marriages or whatever, if anything, comes up on the index for Bentley Good Luck Brenda Brenda K. Wolfgram Moore kingsley@aol.com http://members.aol.com/fiddlerben/gtindex.html surnames: Wolfgram, Kratochvil, Secor/Sicard, Jacques, Leguerre, Vallee and and