Hi, I have been very interested in the quest to photograph the cemeteries of Saginaw County. That is a great project. Many of the cemeteries mentioned have been "read" by some great ladies here in Saginaw County. One is the James Township Cemetery Located in Saginaw County, Michigan Section 5, T11N, R4 E North side of Stroebel Road, 1/4 mile west of South Center. This was previously known as the Swan Creek or McBrantnie Cemetery. I have been there. It is right on a very dangerous curve. Only 14 people are buried there. One is my great-great-grandfather, Martin Wenzel. I found the stone years ago laying flat on the ground. There are at least ten books published by the Saginaw Genealogical Society, Inc. on the Saginaw County Cemeteries. I am sure there are more. They, of course, don't contain pictures of the stones, but are very useful. They are fairly inexpensive and can be purchased from the Genealogical Society. Book Six contains: Buena Vista Twp., Kochville Methodist, Owen, Bethel Lutheran, FrankenmuthTwp., St. John's Lutheran. Book ten has James Township. Garfield Cem. 1, Garfield Cem. 2, Richland Lutheran, and Fremont Twp. Sherry

I agree these ladies have done fantastic work. I use their books often myself. Many of the stones they have transcribed you can no longer see the writing. So the photos of those stones would be lost forever. But thank God for the people that put so much work into transcribing them. Carolyn SWielin500@aol.com wrote:Hi, I have been very interested in the quest to photograph the cemeteries of Saginaw County. That is a great project. Many of the cemeteries mentioned have been "read" by some great ladies here in Saginaw County. One is the James Township Cemetery Located in Saginaw County, Michigan Section 5, T11N, R4 E North side of Stroebel Road, 1/4 mile west of South Center. This was previously known as the Swan Creek or McBrantnie Cemetery. I have been there. It is right on a very dangerous curve. Only 14 people are buried there. One is my great-great-grandfather, Martin Wenzel. I found the stone years ago laying flat on the ground. There are at least ten books published by the Saginaw Genealogical Society, Inc. on the Saginaw County Cemeteries. I am sure there are more. They, of course, don't contain pictures of the stones, but are very useful. They are fairly inexpensive and can be purchased from the Genealogical Society. Book Six contains: Buena Vista Twp., Kochville Methodist, Owen, Bethel Lutheran, FrankenmuthTwp., St. John's Lutheran. Book ten has James Township. Garfield Cem. 1, Garfield Cem. 2, Richland Lutheran, and Fremont Twp. Sherry