I have been trying to get un-subscribed as aparsons@wayfarer1.com since last fall. If someone could help me or refer me to someone that could help I would appreciate it. Following is what I have been sending. Thank you, Ann in New Mexico I was subscribed to the Oakland County Mailing list at this address. aparsons@wayfarer1.com This internet provider when out of business with little warning, not giving subscribers a chance to do an unsubscribe. We cannot send messages from this address, just receive them. I subscribed with my new address of aparsons2003@msn.com Please leave me subscribed at this one. If you could get me unsubscribed from aparsons@wayfarer1.com I would appreciate it. Thank you, Ann Parsons Sempre Famiglia Always Family

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Susanne, I know that the Library of Michigan has those city directories, but I am unsure about Oakland County. I know that the Oakland County Pioneer & Historical Society does have SOME directories but my memory escapes me on which ones and covering what area's. You might also check the Waterford Library. Hope this helps some. Karen Check out some of our web pages: *http://www.wwnet.net/~krugman1 (Main home page) *http://www.miprofgenie.com *Surname list owner for Boomershine & Ligon surnames *Researcher, Author & Speaker *Karen Krugman, P.O. Box 577, Birmingham, MI 48012 248*670*1243 -----Original Message----- From: SHieber@aol.com [mailto:SHieber@aol.com] Sent: Thursday, March 04, 2004 3:17 PM To: MIOAKLAN-L@rootsweb.com Subject: [MIOAKLAN] Van Syckle Obit & Pontiac City Directory Thank you to the members who suggested I go to the Pontiac Library to read a newspaper of 1940 for northern Oakland Co. Found the obit which gave me much sought after information. Now I wonder if there are any Pontiac City Directories for the time period 1903 to 1910 and afterward, at any library. Did not have time to ask at Pontiac when I was there. Grandson's Basketball game was drawing closer. Susanne ==== MIOAKLAN Mailing List ==== You can contact the listowner at Judy@BirdGenealogy.org ============================== Gain access to over two billion names including the new Immigration Collection with an Ancestry.com free trial. Click to learn more. http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=4930&sourceid=1237

Thank you to the members who suggested I go to the Pontiac Library to read a newspaper of 1940 for northern Oakland Co. Found the obit which gave me much sought after information. Now I wonder if there are any Pontiac City Directories for the time period 1903 to 1910 and afterward, at any library. Did not have time to ask at Pontiac when I was there. Grandson's Basketball game was drawing closer. Susanne

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Sorry if this sounds goofy but.... What I really find amusing about this entire conversation is that there is a Volunteer on the Oakland County GenWeb site who does Obit Lookups for FREE! Its limited to Oakland County deaths only, you have to have a FULL Date of death, and patience is a must! Other than that... what more could you ask for? Check out some of our web pages: * http://www.wwnet.net/~krugman1 (Main home page) * http://www.miprofgenie.com * Surname list owner for Boomershine & Ligon surnames Karen Krugman, P.O. Box 577, Birmingham, MI 48012 -----Original Message----- From: ChristieTrapp@aol.com [mailto:ChristieTrapp@aol.com] Sent: Thursday, February 19, 2004 11:21 AM To: MIOAKLAN-L@rootsweb.com Subject: [MIOAKLAN] Oakland Press Obituary website In a message dated 2/18/2004 11:03:19 AM Pacific Standard Time, MIOAKLAN-D-request@rootsweb.com writes: > Here's the web address for the Daily Oakland Press obituary page: > http://www.zwire.com/site/news.asp?brd=982&nav_sec=46845 > Someone posted the above website and I went to it. It appears that the obituaries are for the current date of publication (today) back to 2001 only. I could find nothing that will take you back before 2001. The person who asked the question about an obituary was looking for the 1940s. Therefore, this particular website won't provide them with the answer to that question. Christie Trapp ==== MIOAKLAN Mailing List ==== You can contact the listowner at Judy@BirdGenealogy.org ============================== Gain access to over two billion names including the new Immigration Collection with an Ancestry.com free trial. Click to learn more. http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=4930&sourceid=1237

In a message dated 2/18/2004 11:03:19 AM Pacific Standard Time, MIOAKLAN-D-request@rootsweb.com writes: > Here's the web address for the Daily Oakland Press obituary page: > http://www.zwire.com/site/news.asp?brd=982&nav_sec=46845 > Someone posted the above website and I went to it. It appears that the obituaries are for the current date of publication (today) back to 2001 only. I could find nothing that will take you back before 2001. The person who asked the question about an obituary was looking for the 1940s. Therefore, this particular website won't provide them with the answer to that question. Christie Trapp

Oakland press obits online only go back a few years. Did you check them for microfilm back issues ? City Library might have something also. Most of the smaller cities/towns then only had weeklys or 2-3 times/week Makes me wish I was back home. sigh Steve sspunk@aol.com "stuck inna hills o'ol west by god virginny"

Here's the web address for the Daily Oakland Press obituary page: http://www.zwire.com/site/news.asp?brd=982&nav_sec=46845 Are there any other suggestion where to find an obit for September 1940, for a person who had lived most of their adult lives in the Rochester area yet died in Waterford and wife was living in Birmingham at the time? His wife was listed as living in Birmingham, MI . . . Went to the Birmingham Public Library [Baldwin] . . . they had their newspaper for the time period. There were only a couple for each week, strange for a large community to have so few deaths. Susanne --------------------------------- Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! Finance: Get your refund fast by filing online

Regarding Susanne's search for a 1940s obituary for a resident of Rochester/Waterford/Birmingham, I would also suggest a contact with the Pontiac Public Library in Pontiac, MI. The library has a complete collection of the Pontiac Press on fiche. Pontiac, the county seat, is located midway between Rochester and Waterford. Rochester and Waterford residents subscribed to the Pontiac Press in the 1940s (the newspaper is now called the Oakland Press). This daily newspaper specializes in northern Oakland County and has the largest circulation in the county, outside the two Detroit newspapers. In the 1940s many Troy and Bloomfield Hills residents had a Birmingham mailing address. Not knowing if your people lived within the city limits of Birmingham, or if they lived north of Birmingham with a Birmingham mailing address, they likely would have placed an obituary in the Pontiac Press if they lived north of the city of Birmingham, particularly if they wanted their Rochester friends to be informed of a death. If they lived in Birmingham itself, they may have placed an obituary in the daily newspaper that serviced southern Oakland County in the 1940s, the Royal Oak Tribune (the newspaper is now called the Tribune). The Royal Oak Tribune is on fiche at the Royal Oak Public Library. Because the Birmingham Eccentric was/is not a daily newspaper, it is likely that your people would have used either the daily Pontiac Press or the daily Royal Oak Tribune to promptly post a death notice/obituary so that friends could attend funeral services. It is not unusual, to this day, for there to be few death notices/obituaries in the Eccentric newspapers due to their twice-weekly publication. For complete, timely listings of obituaries and death notices today, Rochester residents rely on the Oakland Press, and Birmingham residents rely on the Oakland Press and/or the Tribune. Rochester and Birmingham residents post to the Eccentric when their loved one was quite involved in the community and/or had significant roots there. Coralyn ___________________________________ Are there any other suggestion where to find an obit for September 1940, for a person who had lived most of their adult lives in the Rochester area yet died in Waterford and wife was living in Birmingham at the time? His wife was listed as living in Birmingham, MI . . . Went to the Birmingham Public Library [Baldwin] . . . they had their newspaper for the time period. There were only a couple for each week, strange for a large community to have so few deaths. Susanne

Hi Edna, I have the book 'Birmingham and West Bloomfield Cemeteries' published by the Oakland County Genealogical Society. A very nice Society, cost 15.00 per year and get what I consider extremely helpful periodicals. Their website: http://www.rhpl.org/OCGS Sometimes I cannot access it, it you are interested and cannot access try Pam Epple pjepple@hotmail.com she is the editor. Back to the subject. This old lady does tend to digress. The book has Greenfield Cemetery. I would be very glad to do a look up. Ann in New Mexico ----- Original Message ----- From: "Edna "Joan" Chelson" <Chelson@web-ster.com> To: <MIOAKLAN-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Friday, February 13, 2004 5:00 PM Subject: Re: [MIOAKLAN] Re: BEEBE CEMETERY > Hi Ann, > > Thank you for sharing the information about the cemeteries. I was so > grateful to learn the names of the cemeteries in Oakland County, Michigan. > > Does anyone on this list have copies of book of the burials at the > Greenwood > Cemetery? I'd like a look up, if possible. > > I so appreciate the help I have gotten from people on the list. > > Thank you, > > Joan chelson@web-ster.com > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Ann Parsons" <aparsons2003@msn.com> > To: <MIOAKLAN-L@rootsweb.com> > Sent: Friday, February 13, 2004 1:04 PM > Subject: Re: [MIOAKLAN] Re: BEEBE CEMETERY > > > > Hi Pat, > > > > Beebe Cemetery - Section 20, Rose Center and Fish Lake Roads, Holly, > Oakland > > County, Michigan. I found this at: > > > > Library of Michigan: > > Michigan Cemetery Sources Database > > http://michigancemeteries.libraryofmichigan.org/default.aspx > > > > > > Hope this helps, > > Ann in New Mexico, USA > > > > > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > > From: <PCorona10@aol.com> > > To: <MIOAKLAN-L@rootsweb.com> > > Sent: Friday, February 13, 2004 1:57 PM > > Subject: [MIOAKLAN] Re: BEEBE CEMETERY > > > > > > > ANSON BEEBE d. 4 May 1847 in Rose, Oakland Co. MI. He is said to be > > > buried > > > in the BEEBE Cemetery in Oakland Co. Does anyone know where this > cemetery > > > is > > > located? > > > > > > Thank you. > > > Pat Corona > > > > > > > > > ==== MIOAKLAN Mailing List ==== > > > You can contact the listowner at Judy@BirdGenealogy.org > > > > > > ============================== > > > Gain access to over two billion names including the new Immigration > > > Collection with an Ancestry.com free trial. Click to learn more. > > > http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=4930&sourceid=1237 > > > > > > > > > > > > ==== MIOAKLAN Mailing List ==== > > You can contact the listowner at Judy@BirdGenealogy.org > > > > ============================== > > Gain access to over two billion names including the new Immigration > > Collection with an Ancestry.com free trial. Click to learn more. > > http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=4930&sourceid=1237 > > > > > > > ==== MIOAKLAN Mailing List ==== > You can contact the listowner at Judy@BirdGenealogy.org > > ============================== > Gain access to over two billion names including the new Immigration > Collection with an Ancestry.com free trial. Click to learn more. > http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=4930&sourceid=1237 > >

Hi Ann, Thank you for sharing the information about the cemeteries. I was so grateful to learn the names of the cemeteries in Oakland County, Michigan. Does anyone on this list have copies of book of the burials at the Greenwood Cemetery? I'd like a look up, if possible. I so appreciate the help I have gotten from people on the list. Thank you, Joan chelson@web-ster.com ----- Original Message ----- From: "Ann Parsons" <aparsons2003@msn.com> To: <MIOAKLAN-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Friday, February 13, 2004 1:04 PM Subject: Re: [MIOAKLAN] Re: BEEBE CEMETERY > Hi Pat, > > Beebe Cemetery - Section 20, Rose Center and Fish Lake Roads, Holly, Oakland > County, Michigan. I found this at: > > Library of Michigan: > Michigan Cemetery Sources Database > http://michigancemeteries.libraryofmichigan.org/default.aspx > > > Hope this helps, > Ann in New Mexico, USA > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: <PCorona10@aol.com> > To: <MIOAKLAN-L@rootsweb.com> > Sent: Friday, February 13, 2004 1:57 PM > Subject: [MIOAKLAN] Re: BEEBE CEMETERY > > > > ANSON BEEBE d. 4 May 1847 in Rose, Oakland Co. MI. He is said to be > > buried > > in the BEEBE Cemetery in Oakland Co. Does anyone know where this cemetery > > is > > located? > > > > Thank you. > > Pat Corona > > > > > > ==== MIOAKLAN Mailing List ==== > > You can contact the listowner at Judy@BirdGenealogy.org > > > > ============================== > > Gain access to over two billion names including the new Immigration > > Collection with an Ancestry.com free trial. Click to learn more. > > http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=4930&sourceid=1237 > > > > > > > ==== MIOAKLAN Mailing List ==== > You can contact the listowner at Judy@BirdGenealogy.org > > ============================== > Gain access to over two billion names including the new Immigration > Collection with an Ancestry.com free trial. Click to learn more. > http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=4930&sourceid=1237 > >

ANSON BEEBE d. 4 May 1847 in Rose, Oakland Co. MI. He is said to be buried in the BEEBE Cemetery in Oakland Co. Does anyone know where this cemetery is located? Thank you. Pat Corona

Hi Pat, Beebe Cemetery - Section 20, Rose Center and Fish Lake Roads, Holly, Oakland County, Michigan. I found this at: Library of Michigan: Michigan Cemetery Sources Database http://michigancemeteries.libraryofmichigan.org/default.aspx Hope this helps, Ann in New Mexico, USA ----- Original Message ----- From: <PCorona10@aol.com> To: <MIOAKLAN-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Friday, February 13, 2004 1:57 PM Subject: [MIOAKLAN] Re: BEEBE CEMETERY > ANSON BEEBE d. 4 May 1847 in Rose, Oakland Co. MI. He is said to be > buried > in the BEEBE Cemetery in Oakland Co. Does anyone know where this cemetery > is > located? > > Thank you. > Pat Corona > > > ==== MIOAKLAN Mailing List ==== > You can contact the listowner at Judy@BirdGenealogy.org > > ============================== > Gain access to over two billion names including the new Immigration > Collection with an Ancestry.com free trial. Click to learn more. > http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=4930&sourceid=1237 > >

In reply to Julia Bird, who are you looking for in Rochestyer and Waterford?

All the links on the home page of The Oakland County Pioneer & Historical Society at http://wwnet.net/%7Eocphs/index.html seem to be broken at the moment. Caroline Landrum MIOAKLAN-D-request@rootsweb.com wrote: > ATTACHMENT part 1 message/rfc822 MIOAKLAN-D Digest Volume 04 : Issue 21 Today's Topics: #1 [MIOAKLAN] Oakland County Court Ho [SHieber@aol.com] #2 RE: [MIOAKLAN] Oakland County Cour ["Karen Ansley Krugman" Administrivia: To unsubscribe from MIOAKLAN-D, send a message to MIOAKLAN-D-request@rootsweb.com that contains in the body of the message the command unsubscribe and no other text. No subject line is necessary, but if your software requires one, just use unsubscribe in the subject, too. ______________________________ > ATTACHMENT part 2 message/rfc822 Date: Wed, 11 Feb 2004 14:14:24 EST From: SHieber@aol.com To: MIOAKLAN-L@rootsweb.com Subject: [MIOAKLAN] Oakland County Court House Thanks to this list I had a wonderful (and successful) time at the Oakland County Court House yesterday. I spent 2 hours and got some interesting information which I now will follow up on. The staff were very helpful, to show me where I could work and the books I could look at for the information I was looking for. Now about Newspapers in Oakland County. The people "I am chasing" lived in Rochester area in the 1930 forward to 1977. I went to the Rochester Public Library and read the Rochester papers for the time period. Found two obits. I looked for an obit for September 1940 and could not find an entry. The man had lived in Rochester but at the time of death was in Waterford, MI. Probably a nursing home. His wife was listed as living in Birmingham, MI. Went to the Birmingham Public Library and they had their newspaper for the time period, but the quality was very poor. Reviewed the week after the death twice and could not find it. There were only a couple for each week, strange for a large community to have so few deaths. Are there any other suggestion where to find an obit for September 1940, for a person who had lived most of their adult lives in the Rochester area yet died in Waterford and wife was living in Birmingham at the time? That would put the 'cherry on the search'. Susanne ______________________________ > ATTACHMENT part 3 message/rfc822 Date: Wed, 11 Feb 2004 14:30:23 -0500 From: "Karen Ansley Krugman" To: MIOAKLAN-L@rootsweb.com Subject: RE: [MIOAKLAN] Oakland County Court House Susanne, The Waterford area library has a wonderful genealogy department. You may try looking there. They are on line at: http://www.waterford.lib.mi.us/adult/agenealo.htm I would also suggest that you try the Oakland Press or the Pontiac Press for an obituary of someone who lived in the Waterford area. I highly recommend the Waterford Library site - its FULL of Northern Oakland County information. The Oakland County Pioneer & Historical Society maintains an obituary file that may or may not be of use. It is indexed to some degree. They are at: http://wwnet.net/%7Eocphs/index.html They do charge a fee for lookups and library use if not a member. And last but not least, next time you are going to be in Birmingham, drop a line and you can stop by for a cup of tea or something! Hope this helps! Karen Check out some of our web pages: * http://www.wwnet.net/~krugman1 (Main home page) * http://www.miprofgenie.com * Surname list owner for Boomershine & Ligon surnames Karen Krugman, P.O. Box 577, Birmingham, MI 48012 -----Original Message----- From: SHieber@aol.com [mailto:SHieber@aol.com] Sent: Wednesday, February 11, 2004 2:14 PM To: MIOAKLAN-L@rootsweb.com Subject: [MIOAKLAN] Oakland County Court House Thanks to this list I had a wonderful (and successful) time at the Oakland County Court House yesterday. I spent 2 hours and got some interesting information which I now will follow up on. The staff were very helpful, to show me where I could work and the books I could look at for the information I was looking for. Now about Newspapers in Oakland County. The people "I am chasing" lived in Rochester area in the 1930 forward to 1977. I went to the Rochester Public Library and read the Rochester papers for the time period. Found two obits. I looked for an obit for September 1940 and could not find an entry. The man had lived in Rochester but at the time of death was in Waterford, MI. Probably a nursing home. His wife was listed as living in Birmingham, MI. Went to the Birmingham Public Library and they had their newspaper for the time period, but the quality was very poor. Reviewed the week after the death twice and could not find it. There were only a couple for each week, strange for a large community to have so few deaths. Are there any other suggestion where to find an obit for September 1940, for a person who had lived most of their adult lives in the Rochester area yet died in Waterford and wife was living in Birmingham at the time? That would put the 'cherry on the search'. Susanne ==== MIOAKLAN Mailing List ==== You can contact the listowner at Judy@BirdGenealogy.org ============================== Gain access to over two billion names including the new Immigration Collection with an Ancestry.com free trial. Click to learn more. http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=4930&sourceid=1237 Snowpeople fall from Heaven unassembled. Reply address: caroline_landrum@alum.emory.edu

Susanne, The Waterford area library has a wonderful genealogy department. You may try looking there. They are on line at: http://www.waterford.lib.mi.us/adult/agenealo.htm I would also suggest that you try the Oakland Press or the Pontiac Press for an obituary of someone who lived in the Waterford area. I highly recommend the Waterford Library site - its FULL of Northern Oakland County information. The Oakland County Pioneer & Historical Society maintains an obituary file that may or may not be of use. It is indexed to some degree. They are at: http://wwnet.net/%7Eocphs/index.html They do charge a fee for lookups and library use if not a member. And last but not least, next time you are going to be in Birmingham, drop a line and you can stop by for a cup of tea or something! Hope this helps! Karen Check out some of our web pages: * http://www.wwnet.net/~krugman1 (Main home page) * http://www.miprofgenie.com * Surname list owner for Boomershine & Ligon surnames Karen Krugman, P.O. Box 577, Birmingham, MI 48012 -----Original Message----- From: SHieber@aol.com [mailto:SHieber@aol.com] Sent: Wednesday, February 11, 2004 2:14 PM To: MIOAKLAN-L@rootsweb.com Subject: [MIOAKLAN] Oakland County Court House Thanks to this list I had a wonderful (and successful) time at the Oakland County Court House yesterday. I spent 2 hours and got some interesting information which I now will follow up on. The staff were very helpful, to show me where I could work and the books I could look at for the information I was looking for. Now about Newspapers in Oakland County. The people "I am chasing" lived in Rochester area in the 1930 forward to 1977. I went to the Rochester Public Library and read the Rochester papers for the time period. Found two obits. I looked for an obit for September 1940 and could not find an entry. The man had lived in Rochester but at the time of death was in Waterford, MI. Probably a nursing home. His wife was listed as living in Birmingham, MI. Went to the Birmingham Public Library and they had their newspaper for the time period, but the quality was very poor. Reviewed the week after the death twice and could not find it. There were only a couple for each week, strange for a large community to have so few deaths. Are there any other suggestion where to find an obit for September 1940, for a person who had lived most of their adult lives in the Rochester area yet died in Waterford and wife was living in Birmingham at the time? That would put the 'cherry on the search'. Susanne ==== MIOAKLAN Mailing List ==== You can contact the listowner at Judy@BirdGenealogy.org ============================== Gain access to over two billion names including the new Immigration Collection with an Ancestry.com free trial. Click to learn more. http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=4930&sourceid=1237

Thanks to this list I had a wonderful (and successful) time at the Oakland County Court House yesterday. I spent 2 hours and got some interesting information which I now will follow up on. The staff were very helpful, to show me where I could work and the books I could look at for the information I was looking for. Now about Newspapers in Oakland County. The people "I am chasing" lived in Rochester area in the 1930 forward to 1977. I went to the Rochester Public Library and read the Rochester papers for the time period. Found two obits. I looked for an obit for September 1940 and could not find an entry. The man had lived in Rochester but at the time of death was in Waterford, MI. Probably a nursing home. His wife was listed as living in Birmingham, MI. Went to the Birmingham Public Library and they had their newspaper for the time period, but the quality was very poor. Reviewed the week after the death twice and could not find it. There were only a couple for each week, strange for a large community to have so few deaths. Are there any other suggestion where to find an obit for September 1940, for a person who had lived most of their adult lives in the Rochester area yet died in Waterford and wife was living in Birmingham at the time? That would put the 'cherry on the search'. Susanne