This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/0lJBAIB/3873.3 Message Board Post: First of all write for John Logan STEVENS complete death certificate. Michigan has had death records since 1867. The death certificate should have his parents names. Did he have a social security card? If so write to the social security office for his social security application. It should have his parents names on it. Be sure to get a copy of his obituary from the local newspaper. The local libraries usually have films of the old newspapers. Join Ancestry so you can have access to the census records. It is well worth it. Myra