is there a site or place i could call that would have info on the detroit and windsor areas. specifically for the period of 1700-1800, and includes native americans. also does anyone have any french census for the detroit area before 1790. may be included with windsor or ontario. i have read that there were 17 families in the windsor area in the early 1700s. does anyone have a list of their names. cant find that info anywhere. lastly,i know st. annes was the main church in detroit. was there any other that would have done native and french marriages in the mid 1700s. long list but any info appreciated. thx, jim

Hi Jim, look at a website about French genealolgy in MI at http:/fchsm.habitant.org Pat Message----- From: james mayberry [mailto:jmay330@sbcglobal.net] Sent: Tuesday, December 02, 2003 9:21 AM To: NISHNAWBE-L@rootsweb.com Subject: [NISHNAWBE] looking for info is there a site or place i could call that would have info on the detroit and windsor areas. specifically for the period of 1700-1800, and includes native americans. also does anyone have any french census for the detroit area before 1790. may be included with windsor or ontario. i have read that there were 17 families in the windsor area in the early 1700s. does anyone have a list of their names. cant find that info anywhere. lastly,i know st. annes was the main church in detroit. was there any other that would have done native and french marriages in the mid 1700s. long list but any info appreciated. thx, jim ============================== To join Ancestry.com and access our 1.2 billion online genealogy records, go to: http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=571&sourceid=1237 --- Incoming mail is certified Virus Free. Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com). Version: 6.0.541 / Virus Database: 335 - Release Date: 11/14/2003 --- Outgoing mail is certified Virus Free. Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com). Version: 6.0.541 / Virus Database: 335 - Release Date: 11/14/2003

Under the French... The City of Detroit was called Ste-Anne. Detroit was the region that took in both shores of the waters between Lake Ste-Claire and Lake Erie. Ste-Anne's was the 1st church so you will find marriages of people from present day Canada there. You will also find marriages in the 2nd church built: Assumption Church in Sandwich, Ontario which was called "La Pointe de Montreal du Detroit". BTW... Windsor itself did not exist as a town in the early 1700's. It was simply farmland / bush land. The town for the region was present-day Detroit. *** If you live in the Detroit-Windsor area you should be able to access Denissen's "Genealogy of the French Families of the Detroit River Region, 1701-1911" through your local libraries Reference Section. Just remember that Denissen wasn't French and he anglicized most names. The date and location data in the books is fairly accurate but he should have learned to spell in French. *** Many marriages in Essex County of Southwestern Ontario can be found at http://www.rootsweb.com/~onessex/western.htm *** Bill Martin has a good research site. http://my.tbaytel.net/bmartin/sitemap.htm On his site you will find copies of Registries from Assumption Church in Sandwich (again the spelling of names) Baptisms http://my.tbaytel.net/bmartin/detroit1.htm Marriages http://my.tbaytel.net/bmartin/detroit2.htm Burials http://my.tbaytel.net/bmartin/detroit3.htm *** The Government of Quebec has put the 7 volumes of Tanguay on line. In it you will find baptisms, marriages, burials for the Detroit Region. With some families this information will go to the early 1800's. Most stop in the mid 1760's though. If you want to access and need help in understanding French instructions go to http://www.rootsweb.com/~canqc/tanguay.htm If you can read French, you can access it at http://www.bnquebec.ca/numtextes/accueil.htm Tanguay's accuracy depends on your family line. Some families he is 99+% accurate while with a few others he's 85% accurate. Most inaccuracies have been corrected in Lebeuf's Complément -- some Tanguay CD's have Lebeuf included while other's don't. Overall I give Tanguay a rating of 95 > 98 % accuracy. For one thing it is a valuable tool. No other single source has attempted to list all the data contained in the Tanguay. Cyprien Tanguay didn't have the modern tools that we have (computers) and his volumes are a feat in research that at least gives us an indication as to where to look to find what we need. I would recommend you continue using Tanguay as a tool and, whenever possible, verify the data you've found. I look at it in the sense that 95% of something is much better than 100% of nothing. *** In the early 1700's people did a lot of moving around. Some marriages from Michilimackinac can be found at http://www.leveillee.net/ancestry/fortmichilimackinac.htm ----- Original Message ----- From: "james mayberry" <jmay330@sbcglobal.net> To: <NISHNAWBE-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Tuesday, December 02, 2003 7:20 AM Subject: [NISHNAWBE] looking for info > is there a site or place i could call that would have > info on the detroit and windsor areas. specifically > for the period of 1700-1800, and includes native > americans. > > also does anyone have any french census for the > detroit area before 1790. may be included with windsor > or ontario. > > i have read that there were 17 families in the windsor > area in the early 1700s. does anyone have a list of > their names. cant find that info anywhere. > > lastly,i know st. annes was the main church in > detroit. was there any other that would have done > native and french marriages in the mid 1700s. > > long list but any info appreciated. > > thx, > jim > > > ============================== > To join Ancestry.com and access our 1.2 billion online genealogy records, go to: > http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=571&sourceid=1237 > >