This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Author: Georgia1910 Surnames: Classification: queries Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/localities.northam.usa.states.michigan.counties.wayne/19046.2/mb.ashx Message Board Post: Michigan Death Index 1971-1996 shows the following. Is this the one that you were interested in? Name: George Draper Birth: 17 May 1887 Death: 20 Nov 1976 - West Bloomfield, Oakland, Michigan Residence: Redford, Wayne, Michigan Social Security Death Index shows him in Redford Township, Wayne County, MI. Doesn't mean that he died there-just that this is where they sent his last check. The same George Draper appears on the Oakland County City Clerk's website for deaths in Oakland County. http://courts.oakgov.com/OakGnlg/Public.aspx The 1930 and 1940 censuses show that he is a laborer in the construction business. At that time he was living in Oakland County, Michigan. Ancestry shows a 24 year old George Draper on the 1911 Canadian census living in Vancouver City, British Columbia. Very hard to read. Doesn't give a birth month or year just his age. It's possible that there might be an obituary in the local paper. You could try contacting the Redford District Library. For a death notice that might have appeared in the Detroit papers, contact: DEARBORN: Henry Ford Centennial Library (313) 943-2330, 16301 Michigan Avenue, Dearborn, Mi 48126. Has the Detroit News from 1955 and the Detroit Free Press from 1970. To request a look-up and copy of a death notice/obituary, send SASE to above address Attention: Adult Services. They will not respond without the self-addressed stamped envelope. You must know the date of death or burial. There is no charge for this service as of December 2008. 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.