This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Author: ThomasKer2 Surnames: Classification: queries Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/localities.northam.usa.states.michigan.counties.wayne/4206.2/mb.ashx Message Board Post: I'm not related to this family. Michigan did not require birth and/or death registrations until 1867. 1900 - Name: Frank Smith Home in 1900: Grover, Wayne, Utah Age: 38 Birth Date: Jan 1862 Birthplace: Michigan Race: White Ethnicity: American Gender: Male Relationship to Head of House: Head Father's Birthplace: Germany Mother's Birthplace: Scotland Spouse's Name: Julia A Marriage year: 1897 Marital Status: Married Years Married: 3 OCC: sawyer [cuts wood] Frank Smith 38 Julia A Smith 23, 8/76 UT - 2 children & 1 living Nora E Smith 1, 2/99 UT Try - UTAH Death Index http://historyresearch.utah.gov/indexes/ http://archives.utah.gov/research/indexes/index.html http://archives.state.ut.us/cgi-bin/indexes.cgi Try this - 1870 Michigan Census = (FREE, indexed and searchable, actual census page) http://envoy.libofmich.lib.mi.us/1870_census/ Try this - 1880 US Census - The Mormon Church Files LDS (FREE, indexed and searchable) Click on the SEARCH tab at top of page Look for US Census on the left side of screen http://www.familysearch.org/Eng/default.asp Important Note: The author of this message may not be subscribed to this list. If you would like to reply to them, please click on the Message Board URL link above and respond on the board.