Thanks Dianne for these suggestions. I have tried to get a death certificate from the state of Michigan and they said they didn't have one. She died march 28, 1890 in the UP of Michigan. I was able to get her husbands. He didn't die until 1913. The UP was a much more rugged place than lower MI and records were sparse. There were several fires that wiped out most of the town. I even have a picture of her husband--my great grandfather. Part of my problem is that I have no idea where they were married. He was 18 on the 1850 census in NY and 30 on the 1860 in MI. He had two brothers who lived in Galena, IL for a time and then settled in MN. Did he meet her at one of these places? The oldest son Andrew was born in late 1860 or early 1861 in Houghton, MI. Her husband was a farmer in Ontonagon for the rest of his life. After he was older he lived with Andrew until his death. The youngest son, my grandfather left there because there was no eye doctor there. He came to Chicago for care. I don't know if he ever went back even for a visit. He married in 1891 in central IL. and lived in Chicago the rest of his life. [ I remember he always washed his eyes out with a little metal eye cup--which I have in a type tray on a wall]. I will try again for a death certificate--they can only say no again. Grace