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    1. [MIOAKLAN] Oakland County vitals
    2. There is an index of marriages that cover 1867-1937. You indicated one of the marriages may have been about or before 1910. These records which document the marriage information have been microfilmed and are available at your local FHL. As it happens I have ordered those films and there are on permanent loan at my local FHL and I can do a lookup of the names for marriages. The index goes through 1937 and I can provide you with the volume and page numbers for all the names that appear in the index to that time. The cutoff for the actual viewing of the marriage record is about 1919, but some of them weren't microfilmed, so I can't promise that if I find the record before 1919 that it was filmed. To make it simpler. The index sets forth the volume/book and page number. If the marriages appear in books A-G and vol. 1-4, I can view the marriage record on the film. If the book and page number falls on volume 5 to the end of the index, then you will have to order, or go to the courthouse as has been suggested to see what it has. The volumes that are A-G are very basic entries. The names of the parties, the date and place of the marriage, the ages of the couple, the witnesses, the minister or justice who performed the marriage and the date it was recorded. Volumes 1-4 contain more information. Besides the above, it also gives the date the license, the date, place and minister's name. The ages of the parties, the place of residence, place of birth of the parties, their parents names, witnesses, occupation of the parties and in the volumes covered by 3-4, it also gives the number of times they have been married previously. If you wish me to do a lookup I will need to know the names of the parties, the dates or time period you think the marriage took place and to make sure I have the correct parties, if you can also supply the names of their parents that would be a big help in case there are two of the same name. I also have available to me the indexes and the films for births and deaths. The births and deaths start 1867 and end the same period as the marriages. So if you think anyone has died or was born, send me their names, the names of the parents, date of death and anything to let me know I have the right person. The records name the parents, so if you are asking me to do a look up on the married ladies, then I need to know the name she was using at the time of her death and who her parents are. Christie Trapp

    02/10/2004 10:19:46