on 11/4/00 5:34 PM, Jim Preising at [email protected] wrote: > Hi List, My Grandfather, (Abel) Edward Vander West, was a > Deputy Sheriff for Ottawa County in the 1920s. The County Sheriff, at > that time, was Del Fortney. Does anyone have any idea how I can find out > the dates that my Grandfather served and any other interesting > information regarding that time? Thank you, Sharon > Preising > ________________________________________________________________ > YOU'RE PAYING TOO MUCH FOR THE INTERNET! > Juno now offers FREE Internet Access! > Try it today - there's no risk! For your FREE software, visit: > http://dl.www.juno.com/get/tagj. > > > ==== MIOTTAWA Mailing List ==== > 1. Please remember to cite your sources > and give credit where credit is due. > 2. ROOTSWEB has made available an interactive search engine > for messages posted in the Mailing Lists. Ours is located at: > http://cgi.rootsweb.com/~usgwqury/Mi/Ottawa/index.cgi > http://searches.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/listsearch.pl > 3. The Ottawa County Mi. Query Forum is located at > http://www.rootsweb.com/~usgwqury/Mi/Ottawa/index.cgi > 4. Roots Surname List: > http://www.rootsweb.com/ > I would suggest trying the person in charge of the archives for the Fraternal Order of Police in Ottawa County. Not sure who that would be but maybe someone else would know.