It sounds like the Library should be your first stop. They have many records there and should be able to help direct your efforts. Have a great trip. Patti Norton >I will be visiting the area from Friday, May 29 through Mon, Jun 1. I >would like to contact someone in charge of the records for Seaman Cemetery >near Bailey, MI. I'm unable to locate anything online. Do you have a name >and phone number or email address of someone who may be able to help me >before I come up? Do you know of any other death records I could search >between 1884 (census) and 1890 for Muskegon Co.? I've tried the state's >death records beginning 1867. Nothing there! > > Also, are there any old newspapers from the same time period on microfilm > or microfiche that I can look at for obituaries? If so, where are they > located and what hours are they available? > > I'm in search of Lucy (Cook) Earley (or Early) who was born about 1823 in > Morrow Co., OH, lived in Keokuk, IA until her husband died in 1871, then > lived in Casnovia Twp, MI with her parents. She appears in the 1880 > Federal Census and the 1884 Michigan Census with her mother. Both were > enumerated as widows. Lucy's parents were Augustus and Martha (Fletcher) > Cook. > > Augustus was a veteran of the War of 1812. He was born in 1795 in > Onondaga, NY and died in Trent, MI on Aug 14, 1878. Martha was born 1801 > in Ostego, NY and died Mar 24, 1890 in Trent. Augustus and Martha were > both buried in Seaman Cemetery according to other researchers. The reason > I believe Lucy Earley is buried there also is because when her mother > died, Lucy was not in the will. This leads me to believe she died before > her mother did, thus narrowing down the range of years to 1884-1890. > > Any help I can get on this before I get to Muskegon Co. will be > beneficial. > > Thanks, > > Brian > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > MIMUSKEG-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- No virus found in this incoming message. Checked by AVG - www.avg.com Version: 8.5.339 / Virus Database: 270.12.43/2139 - Release Date: 05/28/09 08:10:00