Many thanks to Jim Doran for sharing information about his excellent genealogy site and WIMARINE contacts. Lee Carrier WIMARINE-D-request@rootsweb.com wrote: > Subject: > > WIMARINE-D Digest Volume 99 : Issue 11 > > Today's Topics: > #1 [WIMARINE] Re: [WIMARINE-L] Method ["Jim Doran" <jmdoran1@home.com>] > #2 [WIMARINE] Kinnear ["CRHEWLETT" <CRHEWLETT@email.msn.c] > <snip> > Subject: [WIMARINE] Re: [WIMARINE-L] Methodist Church in Marinette in 1884 > Date: Thu, 12 Aug 1999 06:48:01 -0700 > From: "Jim Doran" <jmdoran1@home.com> > To: WIMARINE-L@rootsweb.com > > -----Original Message----- > From: KWestby <Westaker@Electro-net.com> > To: WIMARINE-L@rootsweb.com <WIMARINE-L@rootsweb.com> > Date: Tuesday, August 03, 1999 2:22 PM > Subject: [WIMARINE-L] Methodist Church in Marinette in 1884 > > > > >>I would like to know if there was a Methodist Church in Marinette in the > >>1880's that might have birth/ baptismal records and marriage records, and > >if > >>so, where I might contact them. I am looking for Hannah May JOHNSON's > >>marriage to John William TELIN in 1883 and the birth of Arthur Lawrence > >>TELIN in March, 1884. > >>Vital Records has no information on A.L. TELIN being born there, but he > >was, > >>and they were. > >> > >>John William TELIN also had a tailoring shop in Marinette until 1887, and > I > >>would like to know if there is a City Directory for that time, or some > >other > >>record of businesses there. > >> > >>Any help would be greatly appreciated. > >> > >>Lynne, gratefully > >> > >Hi Lynne, this is Jim Doran, formerly of Marinette, WI > > The information you desire for City Directories in Marinette can be found at > the Stephenson Public Libray in the Genealogy/History reading room. > Reference - http://www.mari.net/marinette/government/govlibrary.htm > > I am not sure what "Vital Records" you looked at but here are a couple of > sources. Note, that Marinette, Wisconsin, and Menominee, Michigan are next > to each other on Lake Michigan (Green Bay), and local births could have > taken place in either city, if it took place at a hospital. > > Marinette County(est. 1879) Courthouse, Marinette, Wisconsin USA > (Marinette County death, marriage, and birth records), 1926 Hall Avenue, > Marinette, Wisconsin 54143, 715-735-3371, Contact: Edward Stone > at Joan@cybrzn.com. For vital records contact Register of Deeds Office. > Note: Marinette County was a part of Oconto County prior to 1879. > > Menominee County Clerk, Courthouse, Menominee, MI 49858, (906) 863-9968 > http://www.sos.state.mi.us/history/archive/county/menomine.html > > The Methodist Church you mentioned may once have been located on what is now > Main St. in Marinette. That church has since closed. The current First > United Methodist Church of Marinette is located at 3230 Schoolcraft Dr, > Marinette, WI 54143, Telephone: 715-735-6323 > > You can find most of the above references and others at my Doran Family > Genealogy Reference Page at > http://www.homestead.com/gpapa/files/refer001.htm > > Jim Doran in Southern California > <snip>