Dear John: I am in Virginia and not familiar with the area, so can't help you directly. However, my approach to these questions is to call existing funeral homes and ask the question of them. And/or ask which funeral homes have been in existence for many years. Those directors are much more likely to know the answers to your questions, since the both know the business and know the area. Do you have his Death Certificate? It often gives both the name of the embalmer, the name of the funeral home and the name of the cemetery..... As to the churches. This sounds Catholic, so I'd call a few Catholic churches and ask the same question. OR contact the local library and see if they have church records from about 1904. Good luck! Merry Christmas! Marilyn ----- Original Message ----- From: "John" <circlescape@gmail.com> To: <mimacomb@rootsweb.com> Sent: Saturday, December 09, 2006 10:35 PM Subject: [MIMACOMB] Hess-Meyers(?) Funeral Home and St Francesca's(?) ChurchInfo Help > Hello List- > > I'm looking for any help locating a funeral home and church around 1904, > when my gr-grandfather died. > > On his funeral record it states that the body was prepared by Hess-Myers, > I'm unsure of the correct spelling. It states that the funeral was held at > St Francesca's; again the spelling may be incorrect. > > When he died he was living in Detroit but he had previously lived in > Harrison Township in Macomb County for about 60 years. Either of these > locations could be possible. He was buried in Mt Olivet but they couldn't > give me any additional information on the funeral home or church. > > In doing some digging, I located a San Francesco church in Clinton > Township. > I saw a picture of this church and it is obviously quite new. I am looking > for any history of the church and also any records. > > Is there anyone with any familiarity of these two places or anyone that > can > do a look-up to determine where either was located in 1904? > > Thanks & SISU! > John in Racine WI > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > MIMACOMB-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message >