Another thought is for Rita to get a map or atlas that has Michigan. Then she would be able to find the location of the places she is asking where they are located. The state of Michigan has a nice one. I got mine by calling 1-800-5432-YES. This was free. I bought an outstanding one of all the Michigan Counties in considerable detail 1-608-666-3331. There is an Orion Township, communities of Lake Orion, Lake Orion Heights. Hope this helps. Ann in New Mexico ----- Original Message ----- From: <ChristieTrapp@aol.com> To: <MIOAKLAN-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Wednesday, April 14, 2004 11:33 PM Subject: [MIOAKLAN] Lawrence-Esther Dickens - Orion, MI > In a message dated 4/14/2004 3:02:35 PM Pacific Standard Time, > MIOAKLAN-D-request@rootsweb.com writes: > Rita DonCarlos rainbowd@peoplepc.com > Subject: Lawrence DICKEN(S) in Oakland, MI > Seeking info on Lawrence and Esther DICKEN(S). They are said to have lived > in > Orion, Oakland County and according to SSDI they did. > Lawrence was supposedly a minister at a Church named Stone Baptist > Church. I > can't find anything about it so it may not have been in Orion.. > Lawrence and Esther had a daughter named Betty June DICKEN(S). I don't > know > if they had any other children or not. He also had a brother named Loren. > Lawrence died March 08, 1994 and Esther died February 18, 1992 both in > Orion, Oakland Co. MI. > Would like to know where they are buried and maybe someone could get their > obits for me? Would appreciate any help at all on any of the above. > Thanks in advance, > Rita > rainbowD@peoplepc.com > > Rita: > > I went on line to the Orion Public Library's website which has the local > newspaper online. I put Lawrence, Esther Dicken(s) as well as their > daughter as > well as the name of the church. Came up blank for all names. Therefore, > I > don't believe that you have the correct town for any of your facts. I > also > checked for the spelling as Dickin(s). > > I would suggest that you send for the death certificates for all concerned > from Oakland County to see what the death certificate actually has to say > about > place of death and burial. From that reference you can then search for an > obituary. The obituary was not found in the Lake Orion Review which is > the local > paper for that area. If they had been there and an obituary published it > would have come up with a hit. > > 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 > >

To give you an idea of close Orion, Clarkston and Auburn Hill are here's a link to a basic Oakland Co. map. http://www.co.oakland.mi.us/oss/assets/docs/base_CVTs_letter.pdf I don't believe that the online Oakland Press archives go back to the early 1990's. The obits only go back to the date that the web site was created. The Library of Michigan and the Pontiac Public Library have the paper on microfilm. I couldn't find a listing for Stone Baptist Church in the yellow pages nor in the online Baptist church listing at http://phonebook.superpages.com/yellowpages/C-Baptist+Churches/S-MI/page-1/. Could it be that stone is not part of the formal name but a physical description and common name? You might want to do call an area Baptist church and see if they can help you. I would think that the ministers know each other and if you could find one who's been around for a while, they might remember him. Good Luck Ann Parsons wrote: >Another thought is for Rita to get a map or atlas that has Michigan. Then >she would be able to find the location of the places she is asking where >they are located. The state of Michigan has a nice one. I got mine by >calling 1-800-5432-YES. This was free. I bought an outstanding one of all >the Michigan Counties in considerable detail 1-608-666-3331. There is an >Orion Township, communities of Lake Orion, Lake Orion Heights. >Hope this helps. >Ann in New Mexico > > >----- Original Message ----- >From: <ChristieTrapp@aol.com> >To: <MIOAKLAN-L@rootsweb.com> >Sent: Wednesday, April 14, 2004 11:33 PM >Subject: [MIOAKLAN] Lawrence-Esther Dickens - Orion, MI > > > > >>In a message dated 4/14/2004 3:02:35 PM Pacific Standard Time, >>MIOAKLAN-D-request@rootsweb.com writes: >>Rita DonCarlos rainbowd@peoplepc.com >>Subject: Lawrence DICKEN(S) in Oakland, MI >>Seeking info on Lawrence and Esther DICKEN(S). They are said to have lived >>in >>Orion, Oakland County and according to SSDI they did. >>Lawrence was supposedly a minister at a Church named Stone Baptist >>Church. I >>can't find anything about it so it may not have been in Orion.. >>Lawrence and Esther had a daughter named Betty June DICKEN(S). I don't >>know >>if they had any other children or not. He also had a brother named Loren. >>Lawrence died March 08, 1994 and Esther died February 18, 1992 both in >>Orion, Oakland Co. MI. >>Would like to know where they are buried and maybe someone could get their >>obits for me? Would appreciate any help at all on any of the above. >>Thanks in advance, >>Rita >>rainbowD@peoplepc.com >> >>Rita: >> >>I went on line to the Orion Public Library's website which has the local >>newspaper online. I put Lawrence, Esther Dicken(s) as well as their >>daughter as >>well as the name of the church. Came up blank for all names. Therefore, >>I >>don't believe that you have the correct town for any of your facts. I >>also >>checked for the spelling as Dickin(s). >> >>I would suggest that you send for the death certificates for all concerned >>from Oakland County to see what the death certificate actually has to say >>about >>place of death and burial. From that reference you can then search for an >>obituary. The obituary was not found in the Lake Orion Review which is >>the local >>paper for that area. If they had been there and an obituary published it >>would have come up with a hit. >> >>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 >> >> >> >> > > >==== 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 > > > >