This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: DE GREVE Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/RGB.2ACI/410.1.2 Message Board Post: Hello, I have DE GREVE ancestry in my family line.. on more than one strand actually. I was wondering if we were related. In my line there are Coleta DeGreve mother of Petrus DeGreve who is father of Rosalia De Greve....then also Joanna Theresia De Greve...who I don't have much info on yet......they are all from Belgium beginning in 1800 to almost 1900....

----- Original Message ----- From: "Kris" <kris@webcntrl.com> To: <MIMENOMI-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Thursday, May 08, 2003 1:40 AM Subject: Re: [MIMENOMI] Was there a sawmill located in Menominee? > Hi, > > There were many sawmills in Menominee, Birch Creek, Stephenson, Daggett. > This was lumber country at that time. Have you checked the 1860 or 1880 > census. Also, there are none of those existing sawmills today (that I know > of). However, the Allgeyers in Birch Creek area are still there. E-mail me > privately and I'll send you the addresses. Perhaps they are decendents and > may be able to tell you more. > > Kris > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: Jeff Jordan <jeff.jordan@mchsi.com> > To: <MIMENOMI-L@rootsweb.com> > Sent: Thursday, May 08, 2003 12:10 AM > Subject: [MIMENOMI] Was there a sawmill located in Menominee? > > > > Hi all, > > > > Just wondering if anyone could tell me if there was a sawmill located in > or around Menominee, MI in or around the 1860's? The reason I ask is my > grandmother wrote in a family history book that her grandpa came to America > with a family by the last name of Allgeyer. Supposedly they owned a > sawmill... but her notes don't say where in America they owned this > business. Since he (my great, great grandpa) & his wife had their first > child in Birch Creek, MI and one of their middle children in Grand Rapids, > MI & their last child in Daggett, I was wondering if the sawmill would be > located in or around those areas. I realize that Birch Creek & Grand Rapids > aren't in your county, but I'm desperate for any help I can get! > > > > Also, how would I go about finding out who owned the sawmill? > > > > Thanks for your help!! > > Cammie Jordan > > > > > > ==== MIMENOMI Mailing List ==== > > To unsubscribe from the list send your message to > <MIMENOMI-L-request@rootsweb.com> for individual list messages; > <MIMENOMI-D-request@rootsweb.com> for digest messages. Then put the word > unsubscribe in the subject line and send your message. > > > > > ==== MIMENOMI Mailing List ==== > Please avoid flaming (attacking) any single person or the group. This infraction will earn you immediate removal from the list. > >

Hi, There were many sawmills in Menominee, Birch Creek, Stephenson, Daggett. This was lumber country at that time. Have you checked the 1860 or 1880 census. Also, there are none of those existing sawmills today (that I know of). However, the Allgeyers in Birch Creek area are still there. E-mail me privately and I'll send you the addresses. Perhaps they are decendents and may be able to tell you more. Kris ----- Original Message ----- From: Jeff Jordan <jeff.jordan@mchsi.com> To: <MIMENOMI-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Thursday, May 08, 2003 12:10 AM Subject: [MIMENOMI] Was there a sawmill located in Menominee? > Hi all, > > Just wondering if anyone could tell me if there was a sawmill located in or around Menominee, MI in or around the 1860's? The reason I ask is my grandmother wrote in a family history book that her grandpa came to America with a family by the last name of Allgeyer. Supposedly they owned a sawmill... but her notes don't say where in America they owned this business. Since he (my great, great grandpa) & his wife had their first child in Birch Creek, MI and one of their middle children in Grand Rapids, MI & their last child in Daggett, I was wondering if the sawmill would be located in or around those areas. I realize that Birch Creek & Grand Rapids aren't in your county, but I'm desperate for any help I can get! > > Also, how would I go about finding out who owned the sawmill? > > Thanks for your help!! > Cammie Jordan > > > ==== MIMENOMI Mailing List ==== > To unsubscribe from the list send your message to <MIMENOMI-L-request@rootsweb.com> for individual list messages; <MIMENOMI-D-request@rootsweb.com> for digest messages. Then put the word unsubscribe in the subject line and send your message. >

Hi all, Just wondering if anyone could tell me if there was a sawmill located in or around Menominee, MI in or around the 1860's? The reason I ask is my grandmother wrote in a family history book that her grandpa came to America with a family by the last name of Allgeyer. Supposedly they owned a sawmill... but her notes don't say where in America they owned this business. Since he (my great, great grandpa) & his wife had their first child in Birch Creek, MI and one of their middle children in Grand Rapids, MI & their last child in Daggett, I was wondering if the sawmill would be located in or around those areas. I realize that Birch Creek & Grand Rapids aren't in your county, but I'm desperate for any help I can get! Also, how would I go about finding out who owned the sawmill? Thanks for your help!! Cammie Jordan

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/RGB.2ACI/426 Message Board Post: He was my cousin and died in Menominee in 1989. Any information anyone has on him would be greatly appreciated. Thanks for any help.

Looking for any info on ROCHONS, AYOTTE, BALTHAZORES, AND AGEL in the Hermansville area. Contact me at GLJGK20001@aol.com

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This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/RGB.2ACI/424.1 Message Board Post: Hello, You may what to check out Dickinson County at www.geocities.com/dickinsonco/

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We maintain the Michigan Marriage Index Database and did not find any record for the marriage of John Emil Johnson or Andrew Johnson to Helena or Lena. We did find the following: LENA - PIERSON m OTTO - NELSON in MENOMINEE cty 26 MAR 1889 Any family connection? Jack & Marianne Dibean - Lansing Michigan Marriage Index Links: http://www.mifamilyhistory.org/dibeanindex/ GenWeb Archives: http://www.rootsweb.com/~usgenweb/mi/mifiles.htm ________________________________________________________________ The best thing to hit the internet in years - Juno SpeedBand! Surf the web up to FIVE TIMES FASTER! Only $14.95/ month - visit www.juno.com to sign up today!

My grandfather John Emil Johnson and also Andrew Johnson killed in rr accidents while working in Menominee area. Both men married to my grandmother Helena (Lena) Pierson(Pearson). Is anyone researching this subject? Ethel

Hi, First of all, Iron Mountain is in Dickinson Co. so you need to look there. Death records however may be located in Menominee Co. or Marquette Co. if they died before 1891. You may try contacting the library in Iron Mountain to see if they have these published transcriptions. I found them on Usgenweb for Dickenson Co. Hope this helps some. http://www.rootsweb.com/~midickin/ Published Transcriptions Dickinson County, Michigan Cemetery Transcriptions. by Gladys Moore Reeve. 1983.- includes Breen Twp, Dickinson County Memorial Gardens (Breitung Twp), Felch Twp, Sagola Twp, & West Branch Twp Dickinson County, Michigan: Veterans of the Civil War, Spanish American War, World War I, Warold War II, Korean War and the Viet Nam War buried in Quinnesec Cemetery, Dickinson County, Michigan (Breitung Twp), 1883-1980. compiled by Hazel Dault. Iron Mtn, MI: H. Dault, 198?. Dickinson Diggings, v. 1:1. - includes Waucedah Twp & Kingsford-Quinnesec Cemetery(Breitung Twp). Norway Cemetery (not a complete inventory) - Courtesy of the Ross Collection located at the Houghton County MIGenweb Index to Norway Cemetery. Mid-Peninsula Library Coooperative and the Dickinson County Genealogical Society, 1990. 10 vols Cemeteries Breen Township Foster City - Section 7, Cemetery Road, Foster City. click here for surname list Breitung Township Dickinson County Memorial Gardens (Highland Chapel) - Section 4, W-8095 South US-2, Iron Mountain. Kingsford-Quinnesec (Breitung Township) - Section 3, Quinnesec. Iron Mountain Park - Section 6, off Cedar Ave, Iron Mtn S Cedar Ave Iron Mountain, MI 49801 (906) 774-1212 Felch Township Felch - Section 33, County Road, Felch Norway Township Norway - Sections 16 and 21, Section Street, Vulcan. N1242 W P A Rd Norway, MI 49870 (906) 563-7362 Sagola Township Channing (Sagola Township) - Section 17, south of Channing on local road, Channing. Unknown - Section 28. Unknown - Section 29. Waucedah Township Waucedah Township - Section 23, County Road G 67, Ralph. West Branch Township Ralph (Whispering Pines) - Section 23, County Road 426, Ralph. ----- Original Message ----- From: <misskitty3681@yahoo.com> To: <MIMENOMI-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Saturday, April 12, 2003 8:39 AM Subject: [MIMENOMI] cementaries in Iron Mountain > This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. > > Classification: Query > > Message Board URL: > > http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/RGB.2ACI/424 > > Message Board Post: > > I am trying to locate where some family members may have been buried in Iron Mountain. I am trying to locate the Smeltzer family. Any ideas would be great. > > Missy > > > ==== MIMENOMI Mailing List ==== > To unsubscribe from the list send your message to <MIMENOMI-L-request@rootsweb.com> for individual list messages; <MIMENOMI-D-request@rootsweb.com> for digest messages. Then put the word unsubscribe in the subject line and send your message. >

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/RGB.2ACI/424 Message Board Post: I am trying to locate where some family members may have been buried in Iron Mountain. I am trying to locate the Smeltzer family. Any ideas would be great. Missy

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/RGB.2ACI/391.2 Message Board Post: I have been researching the BetSinger surname for quite some time. I have web pages at http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~iowa Please give me a visit. Recently, I've begun working on the BetZinger surname. Some are connected. Where are your George and Matilda from? Do you have any dates for them? I'll check my info and see if I can help you any. Good luck, Linda

Subject: Interview First Kiss - howtos Part 4 of 4 Where did you go to the DENTIST....Do you recall the first time... The Dentists name? Where did you go to get a professional photograph taken.... And on what occasions... Where did you purchase your wedding dress/suit.... Your wedding ring.... Did you jointly decide on wedding rings... What was your wedding day like...temp, kind of day, what were the festivities like... What was your proposal like...what were THE WORDS, THE ENVIRONMENT... What did your parents say when you told them.... What did you actually say when you told them.... How did you first meet... How soon before your first date and how soon before you married... Where did you first live as a couple....and then where.... Were you BORN at home or in a hospital... Were your children BORN in a hospital or at home... What did your childhood family grow on the farm as a cash crop... Did you have a vegetable stand... What were your responsibilities at the stand... How did your family get to church... What was different about church than today... What was the first television program that you saw... When did you first get a color television... a vcr... Do you know how to program the vcr or to fix the time... Do you have a CD player or cassette player or 8 track... Did you ever have an 8 track player... What is the last best movie that you saw.... Who is your favorite musical artist... When was the first time you were away from the childhood home.. When did you first get a microwave... What do you use it for mostly... When did you first buy a camera and why did you decide to buy it.. Do you have a computer that you use? What do you use it for... How did you learn to use it... When you were on the farm did you have animals.... Dairy? What kind of cows... And where did you take your milk What diary processed your milk.... Did you have geese, chickens, etc.. WHERE did you get the geese or ducks.. How did they get to your farm... Who were your best friends... Did they live near to the childhood home or near school... What was your hardest subject in school....easiest? WHO was your favorite teacher...subject, why... What color were your farm buildings and what was your silo made of... Did you ever smoke a pipe, cigar, cigarette.....Were any homemade... Who in the family is also a genealogist... Who in the family knows how to knit, crochet... How did they learn... Are any representative samples still around.... ASK about the saddest time in their lives..... BE SURE TO HAVE another question to follow this...perhaps: Did they ever smoke marijuana? And why was that? Did they have any pets... What happened when animals on the farm were sick.. When was the first time they drove a tractor? Did they ever break an arm or leg? or finger? Did their parent have all their fingers.. Do they know how the parent lost a finger - if appropro... Ask if anyone in the family had heart problems.. kidney problems... diabetes problems.... breathing problems... Heavy coughing, light coughing.... BAD snoring.... Ask WHEN these occurred in life...teens, 20's, 30's, 40's 50 hears old... The age is important here....it may help in determining for the future, whether these illnesses are part of environmental or hereditary reasons... make a note of these instances and time of life on your charts.. WHAT was Christmas morning like... How did you celebrate Birthdays... What did you wrap presents in... How did you celebrate HALLOWEEN.... HOW did you celebrate Thanksgiving.... What did you purchase for this meal and what did you have from the farm HOW did you get to grade school, to high school. At the second interview, ask them to get their photos out and their certificates, and all the stuff they have in their shoebox of old family stuff.... and use that as part of the second interview, along with the details of the OTHER parts of the family outline. This second interview is always the hardest because they are WORKING at remembering...so keep it shorter and set up a third visit..... start another video tape at each meeting....do not continue on the preceding tape... When you are done.be sure to make a copy..at least one. One for the interviewee,.one or two for your local library and maybe the historical society. Take that tab out of your original one AS SOON AS YOU TAKE IT FROM THE CAMERA.. to find this stuff again, check the roots archives with INTERACTIVE SEARCH Keyword KISS.. be prepared but ~ have fun... valentine

Subject: Interview First Kiss - howtos Part 2 of 4 I have done over 50 interviews... totallying over 200 hours... all these tricks work...keep yuour visit on film to about 2 hours, not longer...make a date inside a two week horizon to revisit. They will want you to come back! Cause you are now their newest FRIEND and visitor....(and you will WANT to go!) If you cannot get the Fletcher book, then get your own list together and KNOW it when you are at the interview.... Pretend you are Barbara Walters... BE PREPARED! Also have your tapes ready to slide into the machine....all unwrapped, etc. etc. etc. I don't give prepared questions to the interviewee ahead of time because the response would be too 'canned". What you want from the interview is the essence, the spontaneity of the answer..... You can, later, give them a family group sheet that you have prepared based on the interviewing that you have done so that they can put in the dates and places and so that they can get some help in doing it...almost like homework.... BUT specific dates on the video, at least in the first one, should not be your biggest reason for the interview... Getting an overview of the family and an overview of the places and environments that they have been in, I think, should be the main emphasis. Probably the most important thing to me is to get the video machine turned on asap so that the entire preparation time before the exact questioning is on the video...this is what makes this video document so valuable.... and it should not be edited. Do not try to edit as you are filming; it will ruin the effort... Keep this as your master for all time and 'clip' from it if you want to, but keep this as your source document... I have regularly interviewed one person at a time, even if a spouse exists.... It keeps the train of thought within one family ...... A second interview can be for the other spouse and the third can be with the both together. This combined interview can include stories about their married lives, about their children, about themselves... and the tape will show how they interact with each other. This is what you want, not just the dates... Dates you will be able to get.... Ask them to get their holy cards and news clips and obits out for you so that you can copy them for your project... "maybe they can get them for the next trip"...... Although you are interviewing ONE person, you could have a helper who knows the family along with YOU and who can also ask questions.... Just be sure that neither of you editorialize on the tape... The interviewer(s) should be interviewers not interviewees! So watch what you are saying if it is not a QUESTION.... I would forego the tape recorder.. now that video cameras are available and video tape is cheap.. You can get 8 hours 160 from target at about $2.00 a tape when you buy 8 of them at a time. use a VHS video camera and it will take pictures on a 160 tape for 2.5 hours. at SP. You might have a problem buying one now because the media has changed.. but just buy more of the ''tapes'' that you need for your machine and you're a GO. note.. 2.5 hours is more than enough time for one person to sit and talk. if you need more, then set up a second interview. be sure to go over some of the same questions again from the first tape and then go on with new ones. be sure, as you are have the info fresh in your mind to jot down some of the primary questions you want to get answered on the second trip.. later. cover the blinking light with electricians tape -without fail.. it drives even the best interviewee batty seeing it blink.... and start the machine recording as soon as you know where you will be doing the work... then never just say "okay now we will start".. just start! whether you actually have the person's face on the tape is not really important.their words can be on video tape. and almost everyone has a vcr of some type.but hardly anyone has a tape recorder.. I would suggest tho that you do include their personages on the tape for their mannerisms and the way some people talk with their hands is quite important. i cannot say enough times....TURN ON THE VIDEO camera as soon as you walk into the room or as soon as they walk into the room.. THe set up and getting ready is part of the whole aura. ALWAYS get their names.where they were born exactly. and their parents full names.. both of them.grandparents too. If they stumble on a question, go to another. IT IS NOT A TEST! have a good script. and try to have two people doing the interviewing... One as primary, one as secondary and working the cameral..Keep the camera backed up enough to cover more than just the persons face.perhaps their hands and what might be on the table. we always tape at their kitchen table or favorite chair. so find that comfortable place.. If on the table, then they might have photos. make sure that the photo that they are speaking about is briefly in the frame.. Go back afterward and do close ups after you are done talking. do not stop the thought process.. Ask, AS YOU ALL GET COMFORTABLE, in time "for the next trip", to get the personal telephone books out and those of their parents....

Subject: Interview First Kiss - howtos Part 3 of 4 THE ABSOLUTE BEST QUESTION for man or woman is (and be ready with your second question etc because the show is about to happen.....) is "WHEN DID YOU GET YOUR FIRST KISS?" It has never ever failed me. And here are a few off the top of my head....for each person you discuss in the interview....in no particular order I DO NOT EVER GIVE THE LIST AHEAD OF TIME! Ask their parents full names, place of birth, death and cemetery/church ask their full names, place of birth, church Ask their grandparents (all FOUR!) etc. Ask for listing of all the children......(then keep this for NEXT interview...) you will want them to have their address book at hand at the second interview......! Ask WHO is the oldest family person they knew themselves.... go into some detail about this oldest person...... ask if they have anything in their home that belonged to any of these people.... (then keep this for the next interview) when did meet your spouse... WHO are your children (then keep this for the next interview) you will want addresses, etc..... and their children etc. play a musical instrument. speak another language go to high school, where, til when, go to college or any type, did you ever have farm animals did anyone have a missing limb, failing eye sight regular cough, most scared time, most happy time, most difficult time travel outside of the state, the country biggest accomplishment in life describe a house in detail, desribe a homestead in detail talk about work, what was done, how arrived at that occupation, what was a daily activity like at work, was it a safe place What was SUNDAY like in the household....hour by hour.... What was SATURDAY like in the household...hour by hour.. Were you ever with anyone as they passed away, What were your thoughts on that.... What was the most important thing that you ever did to HELP another person. Were you ever in a war or military service... what was that like.... HOW did you actually get enlisted...step by step, WHERE did you enlist... What cemeteries did your family visit... and CHurches.... Did you ever travel by train, or airplane, horse Did you ever smoke a pipe(storebought or?), cigar(storebought or?), cigarette, rolled/storebought If you had an opportunity to have a different occupation, what would it have been If you had the opportunity to change anything in your life, what would it have been.... What did they do during the war effort.... When did they first drive a car....OFFICIALLY and un officially... How much was gas then... Did they pump gas themselves or was it pumped for them... what was the favorite brand... what kinds of cars did they own.... (as for a full list of these cars later....year, color, type, miles purchased new or not...) When did they smoke their first cigarette.... All of the WHO WHAT WHERE WHEN WHY...on this one... How much did they cost... When was the first time they smoked in front of a parent.... What did the parents say.... What brand..... Do they still smoke.... What brand. and how much.. ask, seriously and without judgment..... why do they smoke...have they thought of quitting... If you ask this seriously, you will get a serious answer... Just DO NOT PASS JUDGEMENT.... What kinds of things did they do on dates.. what were the best dates.. What was a typical date like...... Did they often double date.... who were the favorite actors, actresses, favorite movies... WHERE did they go to the movies... How much did they pay and what were the movies like compared to todays' movie house... Did they ever go to a play.... Have they ever ridden exotic animals...camels, elephants, and what was the occasion... Have they ever ridden in a hot air balloon....helicopter... and what was the occasion small plane, large ship... Who in the family was the first to go to a 4 year college...degree in what... Who was the first in the family to purchase a summer home.... What was the childhood home like... (as for a layout of the home and a sketch of the facade....as part of HOMEWORK! When was running water put in... Electricity... a toilet.... a telephone.... What were the days like when these were installed....Describe the day.... What kinds of chores were they responsible for as a child... If you lived on a farm... Sketch a layout of the farm..... Sketch the outline of your big barn...with special attention to the roof line.. Sketch the SILO and the shape of the dome area.... What kind of chores before school...after school.... Talk about anything relating to the SILO Was it poured cement, wood, ceramic, cement block... DO you remember when it was built... What can you tell about that group of days.... Talk about anything relating to the WINDMILL... talk about anything related to the BIG BARN What was the most dangerous thing you did on the farm... What did you get caught doing after you were told NOT TO DO IT? What kinds of tractors did you have. Did you ever drive a team of horses and for what purpose... What were you jobs during threshing.. Where did you take your milk.... Where did you purchase your groceries... Your, clothing, shoes....

Subject: Interview First Kiss - howtos Part 1 a blend of some of my past posts on interviewing.... HERE is a G-R-E-A-T book for those that are going the route of interviewing their elders - the absolute best place to start! All the little things that MAKE a PERSON come to the surface this route... Civil records give us documentation, not the essence of the person... An interview can make that person 'come alive'..... I, myself, did this for about 10 years before I did any real on-line searching.... (course then there wasn't as much on line!) and I had a rather large group of living elders....) It is called RECORDING YOUR FAMILY HISTORY BY WILLIAM FLETCHER by Gamut, NY NY. ISBN 0-396-08887-2 1983, 1986 runs about 300 pages It is packed with questions to ask...And WHY you should ask them, as well as techniques for asking the questions. also: Shirley Hornbeck HORNBECK SURNAME RESOURCE CENTER: http://homepages.rootsweb.com/~hornbeck/hsrc/home.htm or THIS & THAT GENEALOGY TIPS: http://homepages.rootsweb.com/~hornbeck My tips now available from Genealogical Publishing Co.: http://www.genealogybookshop.com/genealogybookshop/files/General,General_Reference/9377.html commentary on interviews and questionaire.... I would suggest using a video camera.....even if the person is NOT VISIBLE on the video.....use it as a tape recorder.... and if you have any photos or other items discussed in the interview, pass them in front of the lens. I have found that if you cover the flashing red light on the video (electricians tape is best), that 'life is better for you' as you tape....plus, they forget about the camera...by the end of your session, they will likely want you to come back for more 'talkin' ALWAYS remember to hold the photos in YOUR hand as you discuss photos, then you can control the speed at which they are looked at and you get a chance to 'label' them in some way...have a pencil(s) handy.... What I do is plug in the camera before it ever gets onto the tripod. Then as soon as I have the machine locked in place and Ihave the area in the viewer, I turn on the machine. and recording.. the time before the actual interviewing is just as much fun as hearing the questions and as you are setting up you can be talking about what you are going to do...what the date is and where you are....ask them their address and how long they have been there, etc.....instead of breaking the bubble with the formal introduction.....and then trying to recapture the moment... just sit down and start asking questions.... they will be eased into the interview this way but they will ask if the camera is on and just tell them oh yes, and go on with your questions.... Have a question in mind for when this happens - because it will! Your job as the interviewer is to keep the questions going....and knowing when to add to your question list on the fly.... YOU WILL BE ABLE TO DO THIS, you see it happen on TV all the time... now it is YOUR turn.... If you feel that you need to practice, then interview a spouse...which you should do anyway....or YOURSELF! Always ask if an elder remembers ancestors speaking with accents, if they could speak another language, play instruments, had missing appendages, markings, eyesight/deafness, lifelong illnesses, smoking habits, ability to drive/or not, religious background, school experiences, cemeteries that they visited (that is where you will find people linked to you in some way) and churches that they went to, if even for a marriage, funeral, etc. occupations.- for them selves and for those that were older them themselves.. STAY ORGANIZED...do mix too many people into the interview and if GRANDMA is said, ALWAYS ask "GRANDMA who? and get the real name.... ALWAYS! DO NOT MISS THIS POINT! Ask about their travelling experiences...and work experiences because this is another area(s) where they might have LIVED and that is where some of your records might be. When you take photos of these folks remember to label them EACH INTERVIEW should be identified with a date and the person at the beginning and on the label.....and others present. If you interview again, ask a few questions over again....make sure that you get the same basic response.... Age is a nasty thing sometimes....If they forget something as they talk, go on to another question and come back to the question again... USE SLIGHTLY DIFFERENT WORDS IN THE REquestion here to trigger new thought process.... Forgetting happens to all of us....that 'it is on the tip of my tongue' usually comes back after another question has been answered..... just format the question a bit different. DO NOT interview with telephones or radios or tv on and with a bunch of people around. make it one on one if at all possible. INTERVIEWING at a birthday gathering is not a good thing, although sometimes the questions do happen. Be prepared with the video and take what you can get, but try to revisit one-on-one at another time...IN THEIR FAVORITE CHAIR....or at THEIR kitchen table... their comfort zones....NOT in a FORMAL setting or sterile place.....

there are those on the list that say - "nope, won't go to ebay" and if they do they figure they are just finding postcards of no interest or just don't find anything. but tonight I ran across a bunch of photo postcards which on their own, based on their subject lines, would have not been of interest to me either UNTIL I read the description and found SURNAMES. LOTS of them! and then there are some that have addressees mentioned that might also be a link to you. so give it a try.. enter in your ancestors hometown name enter in your surname of interest as in "escanaba michigan" and see what is there.. read the description.. look at the picture. print a copy.. CONSIDER ALSO 'bible" in the collectibles. Often these too have names noted in the descriptions.. tighten the search the same as you do in google.com though you might not purchase the item, you might learn, or get a feel for what it might have been like for your ancestor. I caution you, if you click on titles and descriptions, and yo are entering in a query for a place, you will get all those folks that live in these towns that have items on ebay. so I would not click on that option unless you have some time.. but that said, if you are looking for a NAME, then titles and descriptions would be appropriate.. WON'T YOU BE THE HAPPY ONE IF YOU WERE TO COME ACROSS SOMETHING FROM YOUR FAMILY!