Hi Listers, I am in need of an obit, the info I have is from the SSdeath index: Garry L. MOORE, died the 24th of November of 2002, in Remus? Mecosta County Michigan, I would be very appreciative. I will gladly pay for copy, I would be really happy if there is a picture and would pay for that to be mailed to me. Thank you so much, Betty in North Dakota RAOGK volunteer

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Bonnie, I looked thru the Database of Rogers Mohnke Funeral Home records from 1899-1949 and I do find two Staffords, both buried in Decker Cemetery, but one died in 1922 and one in 1924. It is conceivable that the stones were made of such that they didn't weather the winters here very well. I might also mention that Marge who typed this for the site is going to go thru the cemetery again, possibly this summer if she gets to the area. Jan ----- Original Message ----- From: "Bonnie Connell" <bonniebluebell@msn.com> > Hi Jan. > > I was so excited when I saw that Decker Cemetery had finally come online. > Boy! Was I due for a gigantic disappointment!!! Do you have any idea when > this 'walk-thru' was done? I looked, eagerly, for my family and for whatever > reason, not a one was listed. Nada. Zip. Zero. > > I know they are not figments of my imagination, as you had given me a note > about an aunt who is buried there. I looked through all three of the > listings, very carefully, and they are still not there. There should be at > least 5 Staffords, and other family members, but they are just not there. > > Could you explain this, please? > > Thank you, Bonnie > > > > > > > >From: "Jan Cortez" <cristian@netonecom.net> > >To: MIMECOST-L@rootsweb.com > >Subject: [MIMECOST] Decker Cemetery now online! > >Date: Sun, 30 Mar 2003 09:48:29 -0500 > > > >Thanks to Marge Hough for taking the time to transcribe Decker Cemetery for > >the Mecosta County Website. > > > >I have a few more if anyone is interested in transcribing. Seems I always > >find so much to do that I don't have time to transcribe anymore. So will > >be > >looking for volunteers. Brown and Wamboldt are ready to go and am working > >on Highlandview to get it ready. > > > >East Fork Cemetery is also in the works and will be online soon. > > > >http://www.rootsweb.com/~mimecost/ > > > >Jan Cortez > > > > > > > >==== MIMECOST Mailing List ==== > >List Mom is Jan Cortez. You can contact me at cristian@netonecom.net > > > > > _________________________________________________________________ > MSN 8 with e-mail virus protection service: 2 months FREE* > http://join.msn.com/?page=features/virus > > > ==== MIMECOST Mailing List ==== > Visit Jans Digs to see how we are growing. http://www.jansdigs.com > >

I believe it was walked about maybe 8-10 years ago, but I have no idea why your relatives would not show up in it. There is a possibility that they did not have stones or the stones were damaged and unreadable. When I walked the Quigley cemetery about 50% of them were unreadable and broken. I'm not sure what the information was that I found for you, but it obviously came from another source. We also have to realize that when they are walks, they aren't the same thing as sexton or government records. Things do happen. I'm sorry you were disappointed. Jan ----- Original Message ----- From: "Bonnie Connell" <bonniebluebell@msn.com> > Hi Jan. > > I was so excited when I saw that Decker Cemetery had finally come online. > Boy! Was I due for a gigantic disappointment!!! Do you have any idea when > this 'walk-thru' was done? I looked, eagerly, for my family and for whatever > reason, not a one was listed. Nada. Zip. Zero. > > I know they are not figments of my imagination, as you had given me a note > about an aunt who is buried there. I looked through all three of the > listings, very carefully, and they are still not there. There should be at > least 5 Staffords, and other family members, but they are just not there. > > Could you explain this, please? > > Thank you, Bonnie > > > > > > > >From: "Jan Cortez" <cristian@netonecom.net> > >To: MIMECOST-L@rootsweb.com > >Subject: [MIMECOST] Decker Cemetery now online! > >Date: Sun, 30 Mar 2003 09:48:29 -0500 > > > >Thanks to Marge Hough for taking the time to transcribe Decker Cemetery for > >the Mecosta County Website. > > > >I have a few more if anyone is interested in transcribing. Seems I always > >find so much to do that I don't have time to transcribe anymore. So will > >be > >looking for volunteers. Brown and Wamboldt are ready to go and am working > >on Highlandview to get it ready. > > > >East Fork Cemetery is also in the works and will be online soon. > > > >http://www.rootsweb.com/~mimecost/ > > > >Jan Cortez

Hi Jan. I was so excited when I saw that Decker Cemetery had finally come online. Boy! Was I due for a gigantic disappointment!!! Do you have any idea when this 'walk-thru' was done? I looked, eagerly, for my family and for whatever reason, not a one was listed. Nada. Zip. Zero. I know they are not figments of my imagination, as you had given me a note about an aunt who is buried there. I looked through all three of the listings, very carefully, and they are still not there. There should be at least 5 Staffords, and other family members, but they are just not there. Could you explain this, please? Thank you, Bonnie >From: "Jan Cortez" <cristian@netonecom.net> >To: MIMECOST-L@rootsweb.com >Subject: [MIMECOST] Decker Cemetery now online! >Date: Sun, 30 Mar 2003 09:48:29 -0500 > >Thanks to Marge Hough for taking the time to transcribe Decker Cemetery for >the Mecosta County Website. > >I have a few more if anyone is interested in transcribing. Seems I always >find so much to do that I don't have time to transcribe anymore. So will >be >looking for volunteers. Brown and Wamboldt are ready to go and am working >on Highlandview to get it ready. > >East Fork Cemetery is also in the works and will be online soon. > >http://www.rootsweb.com/~mimecost/ > >Jan Cortez > > > >==== MIMECOST Mailing List ==== >List Mom is Jan Cortez. You can contact me at cristian@netonecom.net > _________________________________________________________________ MSN 8 with e-mail virus protection service: 2 months FREE* http://join.msn.com/?page=features/virus

Thanks to Marge Hough for taking the time to transcribe Decker Cemetery for the Mecosta County Website. I have a few more if anyone is interested in transcribing. Seems I always find so much to do that I don't have time to transcribe anymore. So will be looking for volunteers. Brown and Wamboldt are ready to go and am working on Highlandview to get it ready. East Fork Cemetery is also in the works and will be online soon. http://www.rootsweb.com/~mimecost/ Jan Cortez

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my family came to paris, mecosta county in about 1866. they came from armaughn county ireland.Which is northern ireland. would anyone have any idea on how i would find out what religion they may have been.Supposedly it is said they were married at a catholic church in grand rapids but when i wrote to the church they responded they did not marry them. Could anyone tell me a way to research to find there religious prefference or where to start to look. Would anyone know if paris has a church. thanks again cindi

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Something happened while I was transferring the files online and pages 2-5 didn't get loaded. Page 6 is just waiting for the finish of the cemetery - so there isn't anything there. I think they should be online now. Jan

I did some work on the Hungerford Cemetery a couple of years ago and have never been back to complete it. I lack about 8-12 rows to finish - but it has been online and if anyone is interested in looking at what's there, here's the URL. I realize this is Newaygo County, but very close to the Mecosta County line. When I walked it, I was very surprised to see many of the people that lived in Mecosta County. Now that I have my new digital camera, I hope to get out and take photos of some of those old stones. http://www.rootsweb.com/~minewayg/hungerford.html Jan Cortez

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I apologize for this note going to the list - but a LONG time ago - I sent the Decker Cemetery for someone to transcribe, and I have never heard back. Now I've managed to lose my notes and don't know who I sent it to. Wanting to know if it was received????? Jan

I've just added a new feature to the Mecosta County GenWeb site called "In the Woods." It will be a series of news articles written by Jim Wood, a Mecosta County Historian. The first two articles deal with Jim as a child in Mecosta County and his gift everlasting from a Mrs. Van Keuren, sister to the owner or Parker-Ryan Department Store of Big Rapids. The second article deals with Mecosta County's Drummer Boy - dealing with the Morgan Lewis Palmer family of Big Rapids. Both are very interesting reads, and Jim is certainly very knowledgeable about the area. More articles will follow as he has allowed me to reprint these from the Pioneer, but this is the start. http://www.rootsweb.com/~mimecost/ Jan Cortez Mecosta County Coordinator

-----Original Message----- From: Sent: Friday, January 24, 2003 10:25 AM To: QC-ETANGLO-L@rootsweb.com Subject: [QC-ETANGLO] Post 1901 Census -- 1906 Census records released today Greetings All. "Genealogists, historians, and researchers across the country won a major victory today as Industry Minister Allan Rock announced the immediate release of the nominal records from the 1906 census. Ontario Senator Lorna Milne (Liberal -- Peel Region) welcomed the news." So reads the opening paragraph of a News Release issued today, 24 January 2003, by Senator Lorna Milne. The full text of Senator Milne's News Release, and other pertinent News Releases, can be found on the Post 1901 Census Project website at http://www.globalgenealogy.com/Census The announced release of the 1906 Special Census of the Western Provinces is indeed a major victory for genealogists and historians who have been actively campaigning for this for the past five years. It is felt that release of the 1906 Census will lead the way for the eventual release of the 1911 and subsequent Censuses of Canada. We are grateful to Industry Minister Allan Rock for recognizing what is right and proper, and doing what legally should have been done in 1998. We are pleased that the Minister has released the 1906 records in full, and without restrictions, on the same basis as 1901 and earlier records have been available. We are grateful also to MP Murray Calder, and especially to Senator Lorna Milne for the effort they have put in for us to reach this point in our campaign. We have won a major battle, but the war is not yet over. We have yet to deal with expected legislation that must ensure the orderly and continued release of Historic Census records, after the legislated period of closure. We expect that legislation to be brought down shortly after Parliament resumes sitting at the end of January. We trust Minister Rock, in drafting the legislation, to remember that what we seek is the same unrestricted access to records after, now 1906, that is currently available for records up to then. Check my latest column giving more details at http://globalgazette.net/gazce/gazce89.htm Happy Hunting. http://globalgenealogy.com/Census en français http://globalgenealogy.com/Census/Index_f.htm Permission to forward without notice is granted. --- Outgoing mail is certified Virus Free. Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com). Version: 6.0.445 / Virus Database: 250 - Release Date: 1/21/03 ============================== 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

Researcher, I'm dealing with the mountainous headache of reclaiming my life. Proving who I am is harder than one can imagine. A year later and I am no closer straightening out this mess. Lawyers fees have pushed me into bankruptcy. As this article mentions. This person lost their identity through a genealogy web site. The same with me. Please be careful! WW This is just one example of many i have found. http://www.ancestry.com/library/view/columns/george/5828.asp http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2002/03/12/eveningnews/main503584.shtml Identity Thieves Get Online SALEM, Ore., March 12, 2002 (AP) "It's something you don't have to be a rocket scientist to do." Stephen Massey, convicted identity thief ID THEFT ON THE RISE (CBS) Identity theft has become an epidemic, with thieves surfing the Internet for public records and rifling through the garbage for names, records and receipts. CBS News Correspondent Jerry Bowen reports an estimated 750,000 victims a year are affected by the crime. The practice is as common in the newspaper police blotter now as old fashioned burglary, and no one is immune. Ben and Tracy Bales' 16-month-old son Tyler's identity was stolen after the boy died. Ben explains someone claimed Tyler as a dependent to get a $1,500 tax credit. The Baleses learned of the fraud only when the Internal Revenue Service rejected their tax return. It angers Ben that the Salem, Ore. couple had to bring a death certificate and other documents to the IRS as proof when, "The person that stole his identity didn't have to prove anything. But we had to prove that he was our child." The Baleses believe the thief got Tyler's information from a genealogy Web site, where he is still listed. Ironically, they still don't know who the person is, because the IRS protects the thief's identity. And then there's the story of Seattle resident Dawn Whitaker. Identity theft made her life a living hell. "I lost my life," she says. "I lost who I am because somebody else became me." As she has worked through piles of paperwork trying to clear her credit record, so far the thief has rung up about $5,000 in fraudulent checks and credit card charges. Along the way Whitaker made an amazing find: there was video from a record store of the person using her stolen credit card, twice in 20 minutes. But without a name for the face caught on tape, she says the police won't even look at it. "If I knew a name, we wouldn't be going through all this," she explains. Identity theft is a low priority for many police departments, and that's a big advantage for identity thief Stephen Massey. Though he is now in federal prison, he maintains, "it's something you don't have to be a rocket scientist to do." Massey ran up $400,000 in fraudulent credit card charges on the stolen identities of 800 victims. He says he got help from the credit card companies. He sees Web sites that allow you to apply for and receive credit card accounts online as "free money." "It's better than robbing a bank," he says. "But you're robbing a bank." © MMII, CBS Worldwide Inc. All Rights Reserved.

found these and thought I would share them. Census and formation maps Northern Maps http://www.negenealogy.com/ngo03.htm and one for the Revolutionary war that is still under construction according to the webmaster but still has so good stuff none the less. http://www.uswars.net/1775-1783/index.htm Chas

9:15 p.m. and all systems are working this evening. Downloading over 900 emails - YIKES! Thank heavens though - I was getting crazy! And thanks to all of you for forwards and notes that I was getting out! Jan Cortez ----- Original Message ----- From: "Jan Cortez" <cristian@netonecom.net> > For all my mailing lists, MI Archives, Websites, WI Census - {if this goes > through} > > Apparantly my ISP has email problems and I am getting intermittent email but > for some reason NO mail from the lists at all. My ISP has a note online > that they are having problems and I have called to leave a message. > > Just wanted you all to know that I am out here and managing my websites to > the best of my ability. Also if my list mail is bouncing, I will be > back..... Soon - I hope..... > > I can receive mail directly, but not from the list right now - so if > something comes up - please holler - I'M here! <grin> Mail me directly > > >