Hello Listers, Just learned that the 1870 Census index for Washnetau county shows some relatives of mine, after years of searching in Illinois with only partial success.. I'm wondering if there are any indexes of births in the county from about 1687 to 1870 or 1871. Does the state or the county have any index available online or elsewhere, where one may search for other evidence of her birth. In 1870 Frances was listed as age 1. The parents were Mathew Farley and Alice (spelled Allice in 1970 Census ). A daughter was born about 1867 or -68 or -69 and named Frances. Would there be a genealogy society in the county which may be able to help? In the 1880 federal census for Washtenau County, Michigan I found Frances listed as age 13 and her brother John as age 11. Enough to keep me scratching my head for days!! Hence, I ask if anyone can guide me in how to locate birth records on these two children I'll be most grateful. (Frances was my g-grandmother, so I am especially interested in finding her birth record) The mother Alice/Allice was reportedly from New Brunswick, Canada. The father was from either England or Canada, or England via Canada. Thanks so much for any help you can offer. Kindly send any reply to me at gormwa40@aol.com as well as the list, as AOL seems to be blocking a lot of the ail from Rootsweb. Bill in Denver
Bill, Early Washtenaw County births have been microfilmed by the Genealogical Society of Utah as well as the birth index to 1967-1941. Birth index 1867-1941 Birth record v. 1 1867-1873 1019068 Birth record v. 2 1873-1881 1019069 Birth record v. 3 1881-1888 1019070 Birth record v. 4 1888-1896 1019071 Birth record v. 5 1896-1902 (p. 1-361) 1019072 Birth record v. 5 1902-1906 (p. 360-end 1019073 Birth record v. 6-7 1906-1913 1019074 You might want to make a research request to the Genealogical Society of Washtenaw County http://www.hvcn.org/info/gswc/questions.htm Good luck, Jan Ann Arbor -----Original Message----- From: Gormwa40@aol.com [mailto:Gormwa40@aol.com] Sent: Tuesday, March 29, 2005 12:08 AM To: Subject: [MIWASHTE] Early birth records indexed? Hello Listers, Just learned that the 1870 Census index for Washnetau county shows some relatives of mine, after years of searching in Illinois with only partial success.. I'm wondering if there are any indexes of births in the county from about 1687 to 1870 or 1871. Does the state or the county have any index available online or elsewhere, where one may search for other evidence of her birth. In 1870 Frances was listed as age 1. The parents were Mathew Farley and Alice (spelled Allice in 1970 Census ). A daughter was born about 1867 or -68 or -69 and named Frances. Would there be a genealogy society in the county which may be able to help? In the 1880 federal census for Washtenau County, Michigan I found Frances listed as age 13 and her brother John as age 11. Enough to keep me scratching my head for days!! Hence, I ask if anyone can guide me in how to locate birth records on these two children I'll be most grateful. (Frances was my g-grandmother, so I am especially interested in finding her birth record) The mother Alice/Allice was reportedly from New Brunswick, Canada. The father was from either England or Canada, or England via Canada. Thanks so much for any help you can offer. Kindly send any reply to me at gormwa40@aol.com as well as the list, as AOL seems to be blocking a lot of the ail from Rootsweb. Bill in Denver