Questions tagged [michigan]
For questions about ancestors and records in the US state of Michigan, including questions pertaining to the period before the state's admission to the US (1837) when it was French, later British, and then American territory.
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Tracing US ancestor back to Germany?
My great great great grandfather came over from Germany, but I don't know how to find when or where. His name is Henry Fischer about 1821-1898, married to Dorothea Holiday Fischer about 1825-unknown. ...
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Sources for Border Crossings between Toronto and Chicago in early 1890's?
What records might exist for border crossings and travel in early 1890's between Toronto, Ontario, Canada, and Chicago, Cook County, Illinois, USA, probably via Michigan? The family members involved ...
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Learning great-grandmothers maiden name when courthouse burned down?
My great grandmother, who I know only as Jennie Maria, was born in Michigan in 1846 and married my great Grandfather there in Lenawee county about 1867.
According to what I have found out, the ...
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Spelling of surname Kowesnki/Kowenski
Grandmother's maiden name is listed as Kowesnki. I have not been able to find any such surname. Do you have any idea on the correct spelling?
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Conflicting information about my husband's maternal grandmother's ancestry/DNA
We have had a ton of research done on my husband's maternal grandmother, Emma Louise Radunz Frank. She was born in Menominee, Michigan on May 24, 1894. The research done all shows that she was ...
