http://www.michigan.gov/hal/0,1607,7-160-17449_18635_18646-83052--,00.html The Library of Michigan has the following State censuses on microfilm; our microfilm is open for public use during regular Library hours. The following list is meant to help researchers plan their visit to the Library of Michigan. The following is a list of population schedules only. The State of Michigan also did censuses for Mortality, Agriculture, Industry, and Social, please contact the Library of Michigan Reference Desk if you have questions about non-population censuses. The microfilmed State census may NOT be borrowed. If you are unable to visit the Library of Michigan to conduct your research, please see our list of Researchers, who do research for a fee. The Library of Michigan does NOT have any of the State census or their indexes available to view online. .................... Washtenaw 1827 N 1834 N 1845 Y 1884 N 1894 Y INDEX - When a 'Y' is listed under the index column, the Library owns a name index for this census (generally, the index only includes the names of the head of household). ----- Original Message ----- From: <LMS29@aol.com> To: <MIWASHTE-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Saturday, August 28, 2004 6:56 PM Subject: [MIWASHTE] Emery Wood >I posted this query almost a month ago, but have not seen it on the list. > Also could not find that this list has been archived. Please forgive me > for > posting it again. > > > > Emery Wood was the great-great-grandfather of my husband. He is listed in > the 1840 Federal census in Washtenaw Co. MI, age between 30 and 40, with > one > adult female age between 20 and 30, and one female child under the age of > 5. > That child was Juliette, who died 18 Sept 1840, supposedly in Byron, > Genesee Co., > NY. > > Emery's birth on 7 Nov 1808 is recorded in vital records of Swanzey, > Cheshire > Co. NH. Information gathered from another family member has his death on > 17 > July 1847 in Wayne Co. MI. > > The 1850 Federal Census has a woman (his widow?) Rebeca, children David, > Diantha, Wallace (my husband's great-grandfather), and Mary, living in Ann > Arbor, > Washtenaw Co. MI. > > What we are seeking is a copy of the 1845 Michigan census. Ancestry.com > has > Emery in Ann Arbor Village, Washtenaw Co. MI, on page 006. The database > is MI > 1845 State Census Index. We would like to know if Rebeca Wood is listed, > and > if there is an indication that she is his wife. The children who should > have > been with them in 1845 are David, Diantha and Wallace. Mary was born 2-3 > months after Emery's death in 1847. > > The 1850 census is the first indication of a name for Emery's wife and the > children's mother. That is, if Rebeca is the wife and mother. > > Family information has the first 4 children, Juliette, David, Diantha, and > Wallace, all born in Byron, Genesee Co. NY. Mary is born in 1847 in Wayne > Co. > MI. > > By 1860 Wallace was in Livonia MI with his uncle, Abial Wood. Family lore > is > that the mother (so far in family records, unnamed) died and the children > were living with brothers of Emery - Wallace with Abial Wood in Livonia, > and > twins David and Diantha with Washington Wood in Byron, NY. Where Mary was > is a > mystery. > > Where might we be able to view that 1845 state census? > > Thanks for any help you can provide. > > Lois Schill > Chicago IL > >