I am not sure of the meaning of this message. Are you suggesting that discussion of the posting of cemetery records of the Hecla Cemetery on-line is not related to genealogical research in Houghton County? On-line cemetery records like this are of tremendous value to genealogical research. If you are actually doing genealogical research and haven't had the opportunity to use them, I highly recommend you do so. The records mentioned as being posted by the Houthton- Keweenaw County Genealogical Society, as well as the ones on FindaGrave.com site are incredibly useful. A discussion of the facilitation of this kind of resource is clearly related to the theme of this list. Rick Waggener ________________________________ From: "hinchkcmj@hughes.net" <hinchkcmj@hughes.net> To: mihought@rootsweb.com Sent: Thursday, July 23, 2009 2:58:09 PM Subject: Re: [MIHOUGHT] Burials at Hecla Cemetery *************************************** This is a themed mail list for discussion of genealogical research and the history of Houghton Co. Michigan. Please respect other list members by staying within this theme. Houghton Co. MIGenWeb http://www.mfhn.com/houghton ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to MIHOUGHT-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message

I'd actually think it would be good if HKCGS altered their website (if they would be willing of course) to allow Hecla submissions along with a source citation from the public.  Or maybe, MIGENWEB would be the place for a master list? Just my thoughts. Jeff Antaya  Quoting "Rick Waggener" <sequoia@pacbell.net>: > Hi Joseph- > >> From what I can tell, most, but not all of the 17 postings at Find a >> Grave, are also listed in the HKCGS site. Assuming that the HKCGS >> site would give one permission to do so, one could take the >> information on the HKCGS site, including the grave photos, and enter >> them into the Find a grave site. If someone on the HKCGS site had >> the records on an Excel spreadsheet file, I think they could submit >> the entire file in that format. They would just need to make sure >> that the had removed the duplications. It would be a lot to enter >> the ninety some entries separately, but not too much since there >> really isn't that much information there. > > That would solve the problem of having everything in one easily > accessible site. Again, the Find a Grave site seems to be pretty > widely used and growing, and contains the capacity to enter a lot > more information than what is listed in the HKCGS site. I would > actually be willing to do this if no one else was interested, > although I have never been to this cemetery and have no relatives > there. Also, I don't actually have much spare time (I am actually > goofing off at work right now and really need to get back to what I > am supposed to be doing) and it would probably take me a while. > > Rick > > > > > ________________________________ > From: "Martin, Joseph" <MartinJo@lewisu.edu> > To: mihought@rootsweb.com > Sent: Thursday, July 23, 2009 10:14:41 AM > Subject: Re: [MIHOUGHT] Burials at Hecla Cemetery > > Hello Rick, > > Thanks for your response. I guess you reinforced my point. We do not > have any one place for the location of the grave information from > Hecla Cemetery. > > Find a Grave has 17 listings. > > The Houghton Keweenaw County Genealogical Society has 110 listings here - > http://www.hkcgs.org/HeclaSkoviakWebPages/StoneNames.shtm > > Greg Skoviak and others have posted 92 grave stone photographs from > Hecla here - > http://www.mfhn.com/houghton/HeclaCem/ > > And now, we are finding that some of our family members were buried > at Hecla by searching the Michigan Death Records 1897-1920 posted by > the Library of Michigan. > > The Hecla burials are not gathered in one place, and those of us > finding new burials at Hecla have no place to post them except Find a > Grave which has the smallest listing. > > I suppose we might have to use Find a Grave and hope that other > researchers use it also. I have listed many of my people there, but > most are not from the Calumet area. > > Thanks again. > > Joseph > > > > > > > > -----Original Message----- > From: mihought-bounces@rootsweb.com > [mailto:mihought-bounces@rootsweb.com] On Behalf Of Rick Waggener > Sent: Thursday, July 23, 2009 11:21 AM > To: mihought@rootsweb.com > Subject: Re: [MIHOUGHT] Burials at Hecla Cemetery > > Joseph- > > I have been working on Find a Grave ( http://www.findagrave.com/ ) > and have found it to be a pretty good site for both posting and > finding graves. They seem to have an entry for the Hecla Cemetery, > currently with 17 graves listed. If you register as a contributor, > you can add a record, and include all kinds of stuff in your entry. > This includes photos, bios, notes and transcriptions of the > headstone. You can also make links to parents or spouses who are > also in Find a Grave. Besides grave photos, you can also add a photo > of the person with captions. You can actually put together a pretty > nice memorial to the person. > > They claim to have 34 million grave records and growing. I have added > a number of original records of my own, and also contacted the > original contributors of records of my kin, and asked them to > transfer ownership of the entry, so that I can add the information I > have. It's really pretty cool. > > Rick Waggener > Walnut Creek, California > > > > > ________________________________ > From: "Martin, Joseph" <MartinJo@lewisu.edu> > To: mihought@rootsweb.com > Sent: Thursday, July 23, 2009 7:31:09 AM > Subject: [MIHOUGHT] Burials at Hecla Cemetery > > I am aware of the loss of records for those buried at Hecla Cemetery > in Laurium, and I know that the cemetery has deteriorated over time, > and many grave stones have been lost. I have also found that a few > lists of burials exist online. > > With the publication of the Michigan Death Records 1897-1920 by the > Library of Michigan, I have found that some of my folks were buried > at Hecla Cemetery. > > I suppose that others are finding the same burial information on > their death records for those who died in the Calumet area. > > I wonder if there is a place online where we could post the new > burials we find for our families. If many people submit their > information, we might obtain a fuller listing of those who were > buried at Hecla Cemetery. That would be helpful to all of us. > > Anyone have any suggestions? > > Joseph Martin > Romeoville, Illinois > > > *************************************** > This is a themed mail list for discussion of genealogical research > and the history of Houghton Co. Michigan. Please respect other list > members by staying within this theme. > Houghton Co. MIGenWeb > http://www.mfhn.com/houghton > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > MIHOUGHT-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message > *************************************** > This is a themed mail list for discussion of genealogical research > and the history of Houghton Co. Michigan. Please respect other list > members by staying within this theme. > Houghton Co. MIGenWeb > http://www.mfhn.com/houghton > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > MIHOUGHT-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message > > *************************************** > This is a themed mail list for discussion of genealogical research > and the history of Houghton Co. Michigan. Please respect other list > members by staying within this theme. > Houghton Co. MIGenWeb > http://www.mfhn.com/houghton > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > MIHOUGHT-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message > *************************************** > This is a themed mail list for discussion of genealogical research > and the history of Houghton Co. Michigan. Please respect other list > members by staying within this theme. > Houghton Co. MIGenWeb > http://www.mfhn.com/houghton > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > MIHOUGHT-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message > >

Hello Rick, Thanks for your response. I guess you reinforced my point. We do not have any one place for the location of the grave information from Hecla Cemetery. Find a Grave has 17 listings. The Houghton Keweenaw County Genealogical Society has 110 listings here - http://www.hkcgs.org/HeclaSkoviakWebPages/StoneNames.shtm Greg Skoviak and others have posted 92 grave stone photographs from Hecla here - http://www.mfhn.com/houghton/HeclaCem/ And now, we are finding that some of our family members were buried at Hecla by searching the Michigan Death Records 1897-1920 posted by the Library of Michigan. The Hecla burials are not gathered in one place, and those of us finding new burials at Hecla have no place to post them except Find a Grave which has the smallest listing. I suppose we might have to use Find a Grave and hope that other researchers use it also. I have listed many of my people there, but most are not from the Calumet area. Thanks again. Joseph -----Original Message----- From: mihought-bounces@rootsweb.com [mailto:mihought-bounces@rootsweb.com] On Behalf Of Rick Waggener Sent: Thursday, July 23, 2009 11:21 AM To: mihought@rootsweb.com Subject: Re: [MIHOUGHT] Burials at Hecla Cemetery Joseph- I have been working on Find a Grave ( http://www.findagrave.com/ ) and have found it to be a pretty good site for both posting and finding graves. They seem to have an entry for the Hecla Cemetery, currently with 17 graves listed. If you register as a contributor, you can add a record, and include all kinds of stuff in your entry. This includes photos, bios, notes and transcriptions of the headstone. You can also make links to parents or spouses who are also in Find a Grave. Besides grave photos, you can also add a photo of the person with captions. You can actually put together a pretty nice memorial to the person. They claim to have 34 million grave records and growing. I have added a number of original records of my own, and also contacted the original contributors of records of my kin, and asked them to transfer ownership of the entry, so that I can add the information I have. It's really pretty cool. Rick Waggener Walnut Creek, California ________________________________ From: "Martin, Joseph" <MartinJo@lewisu.edu> To: mihought@rootsweb.com Sent: Thursday, July 23, 2009 7:31:09 AM Subject: [MIHOUGHT] Burials at Hecla Cemetery I am aware of the loss of records for those buried at Hecla Cemetery in Laurium, and I know that the cemetery has deteriorated over time, and many grave stones have been lost. I have also found that a few lists of burials exist online. With the publication of the Michigan Death Records 1897-1920 by the Library of Michigan, I have found that some of my folks were buried at Hecla Cemetery. I suppose that others are finding the same burial information on their death records for those who died in the Calumet area. I wonder if there is a place online where we could post the new burials we find for our families. If many people submit their information, we might obtain a fuller listing of those who were buried at Hecla Cemetery. That would be helpful to all of us. Anyone have any suggestions? Joseph Martin Romeoville, Illinois *************************************** This is a themed mail list for discussion of genealogical research and the history of Houghton Co. Michigan. Please respect other list members by staying within this theme. Houghton Co. MIGenWeb http://www.mfhn.com/houghton ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to MIHOUGHT-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message *************************************** This is a themed mail list for discussion of genealogical research and the history of Houghton Co. Michigan. Please respect other list members by staying within this theme. Houghton Co. MIGenWeb http://www.mfhn.com/houghton ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to MIHOUGHT-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message

Hi Joseph- From what I can tell, most, but not all of the 17 postings at Find a Grave, are also listed in the HKCGS site. Assuming that the HKCGS site would give one permission to do so, one could take the information on the HKCGS site, including the grave photos, and enter them into the Find a grave site. If someone on the HKCGS site had the records on an Excel spreadsheet file, I think they could submit the entire file in that format. They would just need to make sure that the had removed the duplications. It would be a lot to enter the ninety some entries separately, but not too much since there really isn't that much information there. That would solve the problem of having everything in one easily accessible site. Again, the Find a Grave site seems to be pretty widely used and growing, and contains the capacity to enter a lot more information than what is listed in the HKCGS site. I would actually be willing to do this if no one else was interested, although I have never been to this cemetery and have no relatives there. Also, I don't actually have much spare time (I am actually goofing off at work right now and really need to get back to what I am supposed to be doing) and it would probably take me a while. Rick ________________________________ From: "Martin, Joseph" <MartinJo@lewisu.edu> To: mihought@rootsweb.com Sent: Thursday, July 23, 2009 10:14:41 AM Subject: Re: [MIHOUGHT] Burials at Hecla Cemetery Hello Rick, Thanks for your response. I guess you reinforced my point. We do not have any one place for the location of the grave information from Hecla Cemetery. Find a Grave has 17 listings. The Houghton Keweenaw County Genealogical Society has 110 listings here - http://www.hkcgs.org/HeclaSkoviakWebPages/StoneNames.shtm Greg Skoviak and others have posted 92 grave stone photographs from Hecla here - http://www.mfhn.com/houghton/HeclaCem/ And now, we are finding that some of our family members were buried at Hecla by searching the Michigan Death Records 1897-1920 posted by the Library of Michigan. The Hecla burials are not gathered in one place, and those of us finding new burials at Hecla have no place to post them except Find a Grave which has the smallest listing. I suppose we might have to use Find a Grave and hope that other researchers use it also. I have listed many of my people there, but most are not from the Calumet area. Thanks again. Joseph -----Original Message----- From: mihought-bounces@rootsweb.com [mailto:mihought-bounces@rootsweb.com] On Behalf Of Rick Waggener Sent: Thursday, July 23, 2009 11:21 AM To: mihought@rootsweb.com Subject: Re: [MIHOUGHT] Burials at Hecla Cemetery Joseph- I have been working on Find a Grave ( http://www.findagrave.com/ ) and have found it to be a pretty good site for both posting and finding graves. They seem to have an entry for the Hecla Cemetery, currently with 17 graves listed. If you register as a contributor, you can add a record, and include all kinds of stuff in your entry. This includes photos, bios, notes and transcriptions of the headstone. You can also make links to parents or spouses who are also in Find a Grave. Besides grave photos, you can also add a photo of the person with captions. You can actually put together a pretty nice memorial to the person. They claim to have 34 million grave records and growing. I have added a number of original records of my own, and also contacted the original contributors of records of my kin, and asked them to transfer ownership of the entry, so that I can add the information I have. It's really pretty cool. Rick Waggener Walnut Creek, California ________________________________ From: "Martin, Joseph" <MartinJo@lewisu.edu> To: mihought@rootsweb.com Sent: Thursday, July 23, 2009 7:31:09 AM Subject: [MIHOUGHT] Burials at Hecla Cemetery I am aware of the loss of records for those buried at Hecla Cemetery in Laurium, and I know that the cemetery has deteriorated over time, and many grave stones have been lost. I have also found that a few lists of burials exist online. With the publication of the Michigan Death Records 1897-1920 by the Library of Michigan, I have found that some of my folks were buried at Hecla Cemetery. I suppose that others are finding the same burial information on their death records for those who died in the Calumet area. I wonder if there is a place online where we could post the new burials we find for our families. If many people submit their information, we might obtain a fuller listing of those who were buried at Hecla Cemetery. That would be helpful to all of us. Anyone have any suggestions? Joseph Martin Romeoville, Illinois *************************************** This is a themed mail list for discussion of genealogical research and the history of Houghton Co. Michigan. Please respect other list members by staying within this theme. Houghton Co. MIGenWeb http://www.mfhn.com/houghton ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to MIHOUGHT-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message *************************************** This is a themed mail list for discussion of genealogical research and the history of Houghton Co. Michigan. Please respect other list members by staying within this theme. Houghton Co. MIGenWeb http://www.mfhn.com/houghton ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to MIHOUGHT-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message *************************************** This is a themed mail list for discussion of genealogical research and the history of Houghton Co. Michigan. Please respect other list members by staying within this theme. Houghton Co. MIGenWeb http://www.mfhn.com/houghton ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to MIHOUGHT-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message

I am aware of the loss of records for those buried at Hecla Cemetery in Laurium, and I know that the cemetery has deteriorated over time, and many grave stones have been lost. I have also found that a few lists of burials exist online. With the publication of the Michigan Death Records 1897-1920 by the Library of Michigan, I have found that some of my folks were buried at Hecla Cemetery. I suppose that others are finding the same burial information on their death records for those who died in the Calumet area. I wonder if there is a place online where we could post the new burials we find for our families. If many people submit their information, we might obtain a fuller listing of those who were buried at Hecla Cemetery. That would be helpful to all of us. Anyone have any suggestions? Joseph Martin Romeoville, Illinois

Joseph- I have been working on Find a Grave ( http://www.findagrave.com/ ) and have found it to be a pretty good site for both posting and finding graves. They seem to have an entry for the Hecla Cemetery, currently with 17 graves listed. If you register as a contributor, you can add a record, and include all kinds of stuff in your entry. This includes photos, bios, notes and transcriptions of the headstone. You can also make links to parents or spouses who are also in Find a Grave. Besides grave photos, you can also add a photo of the person with captions. You can actually put together a pretty nice memorial to the person. They claim to have 34 million grave records and growing. I have added a number of original records of my own, and also contacted the original contributors of records of my kin, and asked them to transfer ownership of the entry, so that I can add the information I have. It's really pretty cool. Rick Waggener Walnut Creek, California ________________________________ From: "Martin, Joseph" <MartinJo@lewisu.edu> To: mihought@rootsweb.com Sent: Thursday, July 23, 2009 7:31:09 AM Subject: [MIHOUGHT] Burials at Hecla Cemetery I am aware of the loss of records for those buried at Hecla Cemetery in Laurium, and I know that the cemetery has deteriorated over time, and many grave stones have been lost. I have also found that a few lists of burials exist online. With the publication of the Michigan Death Records 1897-1920 by the Library of Michigan, I have found that some of my folks were buried at Hecla Cemetery. I suppose that others are finding the same burial information on their death records for those who died in the Calumet area. I wonder if there is a place online where we could post the new burials we find for our families. If many people submit their information, we might obtain a fuller listing of those who were buried at Hecla Cemetery. That would be helpful to all of us. Anyone have any suggestions? Joseph Martin Romeoville, Illinois *************************************** This is a themed mail list for discussion of genealogical research and the history of Houghton Co. Michigan. Please respect other list members by staying within this theme. Houghton Co. MIGenWeb http://www.mfhn.com/houghton ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to MIHOUGHT-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message

The future status of the Library of Michigan, the Archives and the Museum is being threatened by an Executive Order of the Governor. You can read the full text of this order at: http://michigan.gov/documents/gov/EO36_285881_7.pdf. This is not a done deal yet. Executive orders can be rejected by the Legislature. This order, if the Library is to be saved, must be rejected by Oct. 1, 2009. The Michigan Genealogical Council (MGC) of which MMGS is a member is leading a campaign to have this order rejected. You can read more about these efforts at: http://mimgc.org/ Our society was very active in efforts that made the present home for the Library, Archives and Museum possible. We have supported the collections and work of the Library for many years. It is time for us to come together and help rescue these treasures from destruction by this Executive Order. One of the ways you can aid the cause is to write, call or visit your State Representative and State Senator. For non-Michigan residents, write Senator Jason Allen. The MGC webpage gives directions for determining your legislative people: http://mimgc.org/ Another event planned by MGC is a day of support called "Hands around the Library." August 5, 2009 is the chosen day for genealogists, historians and interested persons to assemble and show the Michigan Legislatures that the services and the facilities of the Library, Archives and Museum should not be dispersed in the manner described by the Executive Order. The details are not firmly in place for this event. The plan so far is to gather at the State Capitol at 9:45 am and be present for the opening of the Legislative sessions. The group will then march across the mall to the Library building and join other interested persons. At 11 am, all present at the Library will form a large circle around the building and clasp hands of support. The event will be concluded by noon. It is hoped that this event will be well publicized and reported upon by our media system. As you can imagine, this event needs to be well organized and coordinated. Joanne Harvey has been working on getting the necessary permits from the Lansing Police Dept. She has asked for member help in continuing these plans. She needs a right hand man or personal assistant to help with the recruiting of people, planning signs, gathering flags and buntings, making numerous phone calls and generally helping her with the many details that go into such events. Please, if you can help, give Joanne a call at 517-321-0945 or drop an e-mail to her at harveyfti@webtv.net Along with the people, the circle needs definition. If you have a machine that chalks grass, that would be a welcome service. If you have other ideas and services for the event let Joanne know. If you know how to get publicity, now is the time to come forward with your ideas and contacts. We must all join together and save our Library. More details on the Aug. 5 events of support will be sent to you as they become available. Judy Judy Levy Pfaff

Sent: Tuesday, July 21, 2009 9:30 AM Subject: [MIGEN] Fwd: Information on the Library of Michigan Good morning, Here are two of the many, many e-mails received by the Michigan Genealogical Council over the past week in support of the Library of Michigan. The first one is a letter to the Governor from our Vice-President, Sue Irvine. The second is a report of Lt. John Cherry’s Town Hall meeting in Detroit, on Thursday, July 15. The disturbing thing about these Town Hall meetings is they have very little advance notice of where and when they are being held. Please share the news with your Society membership. The Library of Michigan needs our help NOW. There was a shocking article in the Lansing State Journal on Sunday, July 19 outlining the Governor’s plans for the Michigan Historical Center, the building that houses the Library and Archives of Michigan. Please add your comments to the bottom of this article. The Lansing State Journal article is located at: http://www.lansingstatejournal.com/article/20090719/NEWS06/907190625/1102/NEWS06 . In addition, please write to your State senator and State representative urging support for Senate Bills 503-527. SB 518 is the one, which specifically addresses the Library. These bills would place the parts of History, Arts, and Libraries under the Secretary of State. From the comments, we have been hearing and reading, MSU is not interested in all of the assets of the Library of Michigan, in fact the Executive Order instructs them to break up parts of the collection. As Sue mentions in her letter, our website is being updated daily. The newer items are on our home page, http://mimgc.org. Older items can be found by visiting the Legislative Items page, which can be found on the left hand menu or directly at http://mimgc.org/legislation.html. The Michigan Genealogical Council is planning an event where we can show our support for the Library; details will be available as soon as everything is finalized. Tom Koselka, Corresponding Secretary Michigan Genealogical Council LIBRARY OF MICHIGAN – is in an ominous position!!! “The Value of the State Library” (June 28, 2009) article by Candy Spiegel , Livingston Daily news, says it very well! Read her article and others at http://MIMGC.org <http://mimgc.org/> Here are some more thoughts! If you don’t know where you come from, how will you know where you’re going!? Genealogy is the 2nd biggest hobby in the United States! People travel across the country finding records and photos. Knowing a relative served in the Civil War makes the study of history more interesting! WWI, WWII, Were my relatives in the service? Which battles? Were they community leaders? Why do I enjoy art? What about my health? My DNA? When Michigan’s governor came out with her executive order on July 13th the family history research community was in shock! “Surely there’s a mistake!” She’s not going to split up the 10th largest collection in the United States?” Michigan State University doesn’t want it. MSU needs classrooms and teachers. Where would be park?? Roger Moffat calculated that Granholm’s idea would save only $2 million. A drop in the bucket! “If everyone in Michigan paid $0.30 we could cover that!” Then we heard more! She’s planning to “rent out” our building? For a high school? 500 students? It’s supposed to save $9 million? That’s the combine History, Arts, and Libraries budget. (Is she including the archives in her plan?) The Library of Michigan has a special heating/cooling system designed for open shelving of books. Sound travels from floor to floor in the large open center. Her idea would require extensive heating/cooling changes along with the need for increased bathroom facilities – costing much more than “rent” money. I’m wondering if the Lansing area Schools have funds to “rent” such a building in the first place. Who’d be their students? Does our governor think this idea would “pass” so the legislators’ kids had a cool new building?? Is that a “good” use of the 10 th largest Genealogical collection? Capital Area District Libraries? The Lansing Library system keeps their historical and biographical materials in the basement of the Forest Parke Library. Thousands of photographs, dozens of family and personal manuscripts, original artwork, pre civil war diaries. Boxes and boxes! Lansing Libraries open this collection for 4 hours twice per month! They cannot afford hire staff for the collection they have. They certainly can’t cram much more in that basement! We, the genealogical community know that times are tough! But “Tough times make Tough people!” to borrow a book title! 180 + years of collecting Michigan’s story. Have you touched a copy of your family’s history that’s 150 years old …a book actually written by your great-great-relative. Have you seen his “mark”? What about his log mark? Have you said “Thank God, someone saved this book!” “I knew great grandparents came to Michigan – but didn’t know in which county to look!” “Whow! Grandpa came to Michigan from New York! Look – here’s a book with his name written 100 years ago” “Thank you! Thank you!” We hear those comments all the time at the Library of Michigan! Donations mostly! Part of our collection is from generous contributions from The Abrams Foundation. Millions of dollars throughout the years! Donations, gifts, and great leadership built our collection! The Library of Michigan has a vision! Michigan residents can be VERY proud of the State’s Collection. In Fort Wayne, the Allen County Public Library draws hundreds of people to their facility year after year – just to do genealogical research. Ft.Wayne has facilities for visitors! They’ve had national conventions! They sponsor multiple yearly events focusing on the use their collection. The Library of Michigan could do the same. Michigan residents would do better to publicize our State Resource. Granholm wants JOBS? Build a few motels/hotels/inns to accommodate visitors in the area just like they do in Indiana! (no – don’t use our library for a hotel either!!!). Advertisers, trip coordinators, clerks, wait staff!! Promulgate Lansing area events. Our library is free! How about coupons for food or motels? Advertize tours of the library and museum. Add the Library of Michigan to the tourism brochures! Sue Irvine, Vice-president, Michigan Genealogical Council. 4215 Northgate St NE Grand Rapids, Mi 49525 616-364-9629 sjirv@yahoo.com Where to look: http://www.legislature.mi.gov/(S(twnw5o4520diom45tdocax45))/mileg.aspx?page=SponsorSearch<http://www.legislature.mi.gov/%28S%28twnw5o4520diom45tdocax45%29%29/mileg.aspx?page=SponsorSearch> Senate districts: http://senate.michigan.gov/2003/senatedistricts.pdf Representative districts: http://www.michigan.gov/documents/House_state_16750_7.pdf * * *From:* Mary Lou Duncan *Sent:* Sunday, July 19, 2009 10:56 PM *To:* *Subject:* "Town Hall Meeting" last Thursday night Hi all, This is fairly urgent. There is to be another "*Town Hall Meeting*" chaired by Lieut. Governor Cherry this week in *Royal Oak*. I believe it is to be held at Royal Oak High School, but I don't know the day. It will again be scheduled from 6 to 7:30 p.m. - still light out. I think it would help our cause to have at least five or six people from genealogical societies attend the meeting and speak out for retaining the Library of Michigan and the Archives. Perhaps some from the Oakland Co. Gen. Society could make it. These meetings are NOT well publicized. There was a brief article in the Detroit Free Press Thursday, *the morning of the meeting. *It said that it would be at Wayne State but no mention of whether tickets would be needed or what building it would be in. It took me *four *phone calls to various departments at Wayne before I could get the information - and then it was 4 p.m. and I was told I should be there by 5:15 p.m. [For Joanne - I was safe enough. It was right across the street from the parking structure and a police car was there afterwards.] It is billed to be a Town Meeting on "Streamlining State Government" but has nothing to do with it. If you search on Google for "Seven Core Functions of Government" it will take you to the office of Governor page that contains them. They are full of the type of "mission statements" that will bring "yes" votes on the little clickers. The people in the audience are given clickers to vote "yes" or "no" after each of the seven statements are read. The tally is then shown on a screen. At the end one man said, "You are going to go back to Lansing and tell everyone that the public overwhelmingly is in favor of what is written, when, in reality it is about means, not ends, and is so general that you get "yes" votes. [Think of motherhood and apple pie.] *However*, at the end of reading each statement, the audience is encouraged to comment and a mike is given to the person raising his hand. The last sentence under *2. Education* is "*The state should provide a statewide public library system to support the continuum of education for both our children and adult citizens."* I stood and asked how they could say that and then close the LIbrary of Michigan and give some of the collection to Michigan State University for their library where parking for elderly adults and the infirm would be extremely difficult and end participation in MelCat that enabled citizens around Michigan to find the location of books and check them out, having them sent to their local library - and how could they break up a collection that was started 180 years ago? After they finished all seven "statements", they asked for additional comments. I immediately held up my hand and asked why they would want to break up a collection and library that was one of the ten most outstanding libraries in the U.S. for local history and genealogy. I said, "Mothball it, shorten hours, charge if you must, but DON'T break up the the collection - once gone, it is permanently GONE." I also read the most important points of the Executive Order for those who didn't know about it. State Representative Fred Durhal, Jr., District 6 (that includes Wayne area), took exception to my remarks. He introduced himself to the group and said he was on the Appropriations Committee and deep cuts MUST be made even if we don't like them. He said U of M in the Gutenberg Project is providing thousands of scanned books and he seemed to think that those in the Library of Michigan were covered (they are not all covered.) Anyway, I had several other people give me the "thumbs up" sign when I was done with my passionate plea to retain the library You can reach Fred Durhal, Jr. at P.O. Box 30014, Lansing, MI 48909-7514; or freddurhal@house.mi.gov or toll-free (877) 877-9007 If others went to the Town Hall Meeting this week in Royal Oak, they could also comment after the section on Education and at the close. I would suggest some sitting in one row and some in another and more than one person asking to speak in the roving mike. That way, there would be multiple people being vocal about their support. They could each mention a different aspect of the order. Isn't "*Eliminating* or transferring to other suitable institutions the Federal Documents Depository and *the non-Michigan Genealogy collection*" somewhat akin to "book burning"? Are not books relating to the first thirteen colonies essential to history research on the formation of the United States? Isn't the role of New York in sending people to Michigan important to our state history? Many points could be made. I think a call to the Royal Oak newspaper or police department or high school might elicit the date of the Town Hall Meeting but I know it is scheduled for this week. Obviously, they don't want many people to show up. Call or email Lt Gov. John Cherry's office to find out. The more the merrier! FYI: There were only 12 people in the auditorium at 5:52 p.m., 26 people at 6:06 p.m. They didn't start until 6:22 and at a max there were 35 people including about 7 Wayne Univ. administrators. All Wayne staff were urged by email to attend. Obviously, it didn't work. 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"Victim of a Finlander's Bullet. Hancock, Mich., Jan 8. - Special Telegram. - Dr. Meloche, who was shot by the Finlander, Kandagas, early yesterday morning, died at 10 o'clock this morning. Dr. Meloche was about 35 years old and leaves a wife. He was assistant surgeon at the Quincy Mine for several years." The Daily Inter Ocean, (Chicago, IL) Monday, January 09, 1893; pg. 3; Issue 288; col B

"Houghton, Mich, Sept. 8 -- John Blythe, underground captain of the North Quincy mine, died suddenly in his office to-day of heart disease. He had been in the employ of the Quincy company for sixteen years." The Milwaukee Sentinel, (Milwaukee, WI) Saturday, September 09, 1893; pg. 10; col A

"Victim of a Finlander's Bullet. Hancock, Mich., Jan 8. - Special Telegram. - Dr. Meloche, who was shot by the Finlander, Kandagas, early yesterday morning, died at 10 o'clock this morning. Dr. Meloche was about 35 years old and leaves a wife. He was assistant surgeon at the Quincy Mine for several years." The Daily Inter Ocean, (Chicago, IL) Monday, January 09, 1893; pg. 3; Issue 288; col B

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Author: MHukkanen Surnames: gray Classification: queries Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/localities.northam.usa.states.michigan.counties.houghton/361.1/mb.ashx Message Board Post: Charla.., I found your web site and your family tree several years ago and misplaced this website. I am just getting started and have not put anything in to Ancestry at this time. I am a gr granddaughter of Robert Garnett Gray. My grandfather was Fred Gray. I have started doing research and am excited to find that you and several others have traced back so far. Please contact me. Important Note: The author of this message may not be subscribed to this list. If you would like to reply to them, please click on the Message Board URL link above and respond on the board.

Kathleen and List members:   For the FinnGen Mailing list, send your query to:  Finngen@genealogia.fi   The Genealogical Society of Finland HisKi project  http://hiski.genealogia.fi/hiski/1jn54r?en+0521+vihityt Date: Tue, 7 Jul 2009 15:22:24 EDT From: Kacab@aol.com Subject: [MIHOUGHT] Finnish Genealogy To: mihought@rootsweb.com Message-ID: <ce5.544a1f11.3784fa70@aol.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="US-ASCII" Hello listers, Would someone please give me the URL for the Finnish Genealogy site?   Is it still there? Finn-Gen. Kathleen Kangas Briggs "Be kinder than necessary, for everyone you  meet is fighting some kind of battle."

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Author: mjancestor Surnames: Classification: queries Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/localities.northam.usa.states.michigan.counties.houghton/2400.1.1.1.2.1/mb.ashx Message Board Post: Translation is roughly: Born on 22.9.1859 is our indications, died 23.1.1900 in America pneumonia, he is ordained 30.10.1881 Kaisa Rantamaen with born 25.1.1862 who also is dead in America 17.7.1913 Important Note: The author of this message may not be subscribed to this list. If you would like to reply to them, please click on the Message Board URL link above and respond on the board.

Hi, Try seekingmichigan.org You may have to search by first name only and then put the countyin as they did a terrible job on translating Scandinavian names. Alicia On Tue, Jul 7, 2009 at 5:16 PM, <cherokee989@comcast.net> wrote: > > > Does anyone know who was responsible for filing death notices with the > counties and state in the year 1901? We've searched and searched for my > grandfather's death certificate and can't find it. We know he was buried on > December 4, 1901 in Lake View Cemetery in Calumet but would like to know > when, where and why he died. Any suggestions would be appreciated. > > > > Margot Karr Wells > *************************************** > This is a themed mail list for discussion of genealogical research and the > history of Houghton Co. Michigan. Please respect other list members by > staying within this theme. > Houghton Co. MIGenWeb > http://www.mfhn.com/houghton > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > MIHOUGHT-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Author: CStanley84 Surnames: Luusua Lusua Kotajarvi Kerkalo Walimaa Paakki Classification: queries Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/localities.northam.usa.states.michigan.counties.houghton/2437.2.1.1.2.1.1/mb.ashx Message Board Post: I found record of a Henry Lusua of Houghton County, MI and Republic, Marquette, MI. I believe that they are the same person, likely our Henrik Luusua. As far as I can tell from the transcribed marriage records of his children, he was married twice. Once to Mary Kerkalo (sp?) abt 1883, and next to Amanta Kotajarvi (sp?). 1920 census has him with Amanta, children Charles, Sena E., Ano W. and Lillie, living in Republic, MI. I have found the names of 6 of his children. I believe the first four were by his wife Mary and the last two by his wife Amanta. They were: Ano W. Lusua b. abt 1885 MI (probably Calumet, Houghton), of Republic, Marquette, MI, in 1920. Charles Lusua b. abt 1887, " " Sena E. Luusua, b. abt 1890, Republic, Marquette, MI (per 2nd marriage record). Married August Walimaa, 22 Jun 1912 in Republic, MI. Second married John Paakki, 12 May 1920 in Houghton Co. MI. First marriage she names her mother as Mary, second names her mother as Amanta. Alfred Lusua b. 07 May 1899, Republic, Marquette, MI, per birth record. Lilly Lusua b. 05 Sep 1900, Republic, Marquette, MI, per birth record. Henry, Lusua b. 12 Jun 1894, Calumet, Houghton, MI (per birth rec.) I haven't found any information on Henry in MN, - yet, but there are others with the surname LUUSUA in MN and I've got to believe connected! Important Note: The author of this message may not be subscribed to this list. If you would like to reply to them, please click on the Message Board URL link above and respond on the board.

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Author: CStanley84 Surnames: Luusua Ahola Olson Classification: queries Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/localities.northam.usa.states.michigan.counties.houghton/2437.2.1.1.1.1.1/mb.ashx Message Board Post: Wow. So much information. So many new questions! First, I did not know that Eva and Ida were twins. I never looked for that info. Is that something you heard within the family? Second, contact in this family did occur, but by the older generations that are gone now. I learned of the surnames Ahola and Luusua from a granddaughter of Ida, Leona Olson Allen. She passed away in 2000, but I owe it all to her, for the progress I've made with this family research. Without her knowledge and input, I'd not have discovered that the surname we knew (Olson) had originally been AHOLA, or their deep connections to the LUUSUA line. Leona would have loved to have had this information and to have shared with you. She was enthusiastic in her response to my inquiries and sent me a handwritten note, in Norwegian, of the baptism of her father. After translating it, I was able to locate the precise place to contact, in Norway, and find the family records there that led to Finland records as well. Leona could rattle off family names, but not always their exact connection. Koljonen was one of those names. Leona invited my husband and myself to visit them at their summer cabin in the UP of Michigan, about 12 years ago. She told me of "Finn Fest" that was held at the local college and so we timed the visit to her with that as well. From there we travelled to Houghton County and Keweenaw County to enjoy nature, history, and get in a little time for genealogy research. We loved it! Third, as far as I know, there were 6 children of Abraham and Margaret Luusua (pardon the various spellings of their first names). They were Thomas Anton, Ida Marie, Eva Stina, Henrik, Grethe Susanna, and Mickel Herman. I do not know what became of Henrik, so your story about his wife and children in Duluth is a good lead to check out, next. A descendant of Mickel e-mailed me from Norway. I have a bit from him, as well. The Ahola and Luusua's were intermarried and moved together from Finland to Norway. For further contact, please e-mail me at mrstanley59 at hotmail dot com. Important Note: The author of this message may not be subscribed to this list. If you would like to reply to them, please click on the Message Board URL link above and respond on the board.

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Author: LindaJBergan Surnames: Classification: queries Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/localities.northam.usa.states.michigan.counties.houghton/2437.2.1.1.1.1/mb.ashx Message Board Post: I'm so glad to hear from you. So the descendants of Ida did know she was a twin? Was there any contact with their cousins after their mother's death? My grandma Rachel would have been a first cousin to Jennie. She was a sister to Philip whom you know of. Were you aware of him through research or was there some kind of contact. (I would really like to know the names of her children if you would be willing to share them with me.) Ida's mother, Margreta Niemela Luusua, would have been living yet when Ida passed away. Margreta is buried at Woodland Cemetery near New York Mills, Minnesota. She died in 1910. Her husband is buried in the churchyard of Bugoynes, Norway, where Randi Irene lives. I'd be glad to take a photo of Margreta's tombstone if you'd like. We have elderly relatives in the area that we take my mom to visit periodically. Our summer home is only about an hour away. My aunt, Gertrude, who is 96 and not well has told me that she is quite sure Eva had a brother at Duluth whose wife died leaving him with children, at least a couple of boys and that they were farmed out as well, she said given up for adoption. Do you know anything about this? There are quite a few Luusuas in that are according to the MN death index. My aunt thinks the brothers name was August or Herman. She thinks that there might actually have been two brothers, one of each name. Our cousin Randi, who lives in the little town in Norway where the Luusuas came from is descended from Eva & Ida's brother Mickel Herman, who stayed in Norway. So I wonder if that is the Herman my aunt has heard of? Important Note: The author of this message may not be subscribed to this list. If you would like to reply to them, please click on the Message Board URL link above and respond on the board.

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Author: CStanley84 Surnames: ahola Olsen Luusua Classification: queries Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/localities.northam.usa.states.michigan.counties.houghton/2437.2.1.1.2/mb.ashx Message Board Post: PS: In addition to Eva Luusua being the sister of Ida Luusua, who marries Stephan Olsen Ahola. Eva and Ida Luusua's brother, Thomas Anton Luusua, marries Stephan Olsen Ahola's sister, Kaisa Marie Olsdatter Ahola, in Sor-Varanger, Finnmark, Norway. All came to UP Michigan. Important Note: The author of this message may not be subscribed to this list. If you would like to reply to them, please click on the Message Board URL link above and respond on the board.