Hello, Wayne County probate files to 1900 were filmed by LDS. The Archives of Michigan has the films and offers a copy service. The Detroit Police have told me that theit records were water damaged and thrown away. I question this as this summer there was a newspaper article about saving some old files and discarding the rest. Search the Detroit Free Press archives for the article. You should check with the Wayne County coroner. They may have information. Ruth McMahon AG® Professional Genealogist Detroit MI area Lisa Haerens wrote: > Hello! > > > > I have a couple questions regarding probate and police records. Both of > these events took place in the city of Detroit. > > > > First: I have the file number of the will when Francis Schulte died in > 1869. My question is this. where do I see the actual documents? > > > > Second: August Schulte was found floating in the Detroit river one early > morning in 1881 after being missing for a couple days. Per the newspaper > report, as there was no evidence of violence on his person his death was > deemed a suicide. I am imagining the police were involved. do any of these > old reports still exist, and where would I go to look? > > > > Thanks for your help and your suggestions! > > > > Lisa Haerens > > > > Searching for: Schulte, Raass, Ostrowski, Asmann, Hallman, Hincka, Kessler, > Lackowsky, Kwart > > > > "It's time to start living the life you've imagined."-- Henry James > > > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to MIWAYNE-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message > >

can I get your "off list" email address for research ? Thanks... Mary i-be-leve@msn.com ~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ----- Original Message ----- From: Ruth McMahon To: miwayne@rootsweb.com Sent: Wednesday, October 14, 2009 10:16 AM Subject: Re: [MIWAYNE] Probate Records and Police Records Hello, Wayne County probate files to 1900 were filmed by LDS. The Archives of Michigan has the films and offers a copy service. The Detroit Police have told me that theit records were water damaged and thrown away. I question this as this summer there was a newspaper article about saving some old files and discarding the rest. Search the Detroit Free Press archives for the article. You should check with the Wayne County coroner. They may have information. Ruth McMahon AG® Professional Genealogist Detroit MI area Lisa Haerens wrote: > Hello! > > > > I have a couple questions regarding probate and police records. Both of > these events took place in the city of Detroit. > > > > First: I have the file number of the will when Francis Schulte died in > 1869. My question is this. where do I see the actual documents? > > > > Second: August Schulte was found floating in the Detroit river one early > morning in 1881 after being missing for a couple days. Per the newspaper > report, as there was no evidence of violence on his person his death was > deemed a suicide. I am imagining the police were involved. do any of these > old reports still exist, and where would I go to look? > > > > Thanks for your help and your suggestions! > > > > Lisa Haerens > > > > Searching for: Schulte, Raass, Ostrowski, Asmann, Hallman, Hincka, Kessler, > Lackowsky, Kwart > > > > "It's time to start living the life you've imagined."-- Henry James > > > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to MIWAYNE-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message > > ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to MIWAYNE-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message