This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Williams Classification: queries Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/localities.northam.usa.states.michigan.counties.houghton/4683.1/mb.ashx Message Board Post: Yes Lake View Cemetery has an office on site. Lake View Cemetery (Dan) 24090 Veterans Memorial Highway, Calumet, MI 49913 (906) 337-2510 Yes to the vital records, at courthouse. Depending on the county yor ancestors lived in. Laurium, of course is Houghton County. *************** Houghton County Clerk 401 E. Houghton Avenue Houghton, MI 49931 Phone: 906-482-1150 Fax: 906-483-0364 Genealogy Research Hours: Monday - Friday, 8:00 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Identification Requirements: n/a Certified/Additional: $8.00 first copy, $3.00 each additional copy of same record Genealogy Record Copy: $2.00 per page does not include research. If we are required to do research, the fee is $8.00 per search. ************** Keweenaw County Clerk HC 1, Box 607 Eagle River, MI 49950 Phone: 906-337-2229 Fax: 906-337-2795 Genealogy Research Hours: Monday - Friday, 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. Identification Requirements: Drivers License or Personal Identification Certified Copy/Additional: $10.00/$3.00 Genealogy Record Copy: $3.00 ***************** MTU Archives and Copper Country Historical Collections J. Robert Van Pelt Library Michigan Technological University 1400 Townsend Drive Houghton, Michigan 49931-1295 Tel: 906-487-3209 Fax: 906-487-2357 Their employment records are great. The Michigan Technological University Archives and Copper Country Historical Collections is open Monday through Friday, 1:00 p.m. to 5:00 p.m. Information are available at the Archives reference desk on the garden level of the J.R. Van Pelt Library in the heart of the MTU campus in Houghton, Michigan. ******************* Good luck with your research. Pat (Korby) Dickow