Because of the input I have had on my question, I believe that probably there were no Death Certificates to copy, just the entries in a ledger. The confusing one I got today is for 1917, perhaps before they kept any other records. At least it explains the difference between than and the one I received earlier. Thanks everyone. As an addition, I would like to praise this site. I have just begun looking for my granddaughter's paternal family in Iron County. That website doesn't compare to what Pat is doing with the Houghton Cty. site. I'll have to re-sub to the Michigan census site to get any information at all. Marion

I'm not sure what the cut off date was, but my grgrandfather died in 1916 and it was still a "death ledger" entry. Certificates were not being done yet. Mary ----- Original Message ----- From: "Marion Markham" <mmrbm@ameritech.net> To: <MIHOUGHT-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Friday, May 30, 2003 8:17 PM Subject: [MIHOUGHT] Houghton Death Certificates > Because of the input I have had on my question, I believe that probably > there were no Death Certificates to copy, just the entries in a > ledger. The confusing one I got today is for 1917, perhaps before they > kept any other records. At least it explains the difference between than > and the one I received earlier. Thanks everyone. > > As an addition, I would like to praise this site. I have just begun > looking for my granddaughter's paternal family in Iron County. That > website doesn't compare to what Pat is doing with the Houghton Cty. > site. I'll have to re-sub to the Michigan census site to get any > information at all. > > Marion > > > > ==== MIHOUGHT Mailing List ==== > MIGenWeb Houghton Co. Webpages at: > http://www.mfhn.com/houghton/ > > ============================== > To join Ancestry.com and access our 1.2 billion online genealogy records, go to: > http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=571&sourceid=1237 >