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1. Marge Burkheiser

   March 17th, 2009 : 1:56 pm

   AWESOME!!!! I found one death cert which I have. But that is OK. I will keep looking for more of Detroit/Wayne County to be uploaded.

   This is a fabulous undertaking. I for one am thrilled!!

2. Karen

   March 17th, 2009 : 2:05 pm

   So good to finally see Michigan enter the 21st century and putting material online! Congratulations! We eagerly await the rest of the certificates! Kudo’s to the Library of Michigan for its roll in making these available to genealogists all over the world!
   Karen

3. Findingmypast

   March 17th, 2009 : 9:15 pm

   What fantastic news!!! Wayne County has always been the toughest for me to find vitals since I no longer live there. I can’t wait for!!! Thanks to everyone involved for helping to keep the past alive!!!

4. Linda

   March 18th, 2009 : 9:07 pm

   The Library of Michigan has always been one of my favourite places to do research. Now that these records, as well as the ones on Family Search are available, it makes the searching so much easier. Thank you for making the records available to the public.

5. Merlyn Wilson

   March 19th, 2009 : 11:38 am

   Thanks for this marvelous undertaking. I only hope that it is one day indexed for all the counties and possilby by surname. Keep up the grade work,

6. julie

   March 19th, 2009 : 11:40 am

   This is such a valuable resource for genealogy!!! I am so happy. My only complaint is that the search engine is really weak. It is difficult to find mis-spelled names without being able to filter date and county, etc. Thanks for your hard work. I hope you will continue to add more years in the future, particulary 1921-1930.

7. Jean Williams

   March 19th, 2009 : 1:51 pm

   I love it, I love it, thanks so much!

8. M. Crystal Pickett

   March 19th, 2009 : 3:18 pm

   I am so very pleased to be able to access free death records from the Library of Michigan. My tax dollars are being well spent. I would like to know where monatary donations can be made to help support the State of Michigan’s genealogy services.This is a gem worth supporting.

9. Mark Harvey

   March 19th, 2009 : 4:14 pm

   Thanks for the comments, we actually are working on the search. We should have improvements in the next month or so. We just didn’t want to wait any longer to bring you the resource.

10. Mark Harvey

    March 19th, 2009 : 4:15 pm

    It is indexed by county, surname and more. Click on the “Seek” tab, on the far right, you can choose from a list of indexed fields to conduct your search. Surname is one of the fields.

11. Mark Harvey

    March 19th, 2009 : 4:18 pm

    Thanks Crystal for your comments. Both the Library of Michigan Foundation and the Michigan History Foundation support the genealogical programs at the Library and Archives of Michigan. Donations are welcome! This site has been made possible by the generous support of the Abrams Foundation and individuals like yourself.

12. JoAnn Osborn

    March 19th, 2009 : 4:57 pm

    WONDERFUL!!!!!
    I have already found my grandfather, and great-grandfathers
    death records and have broken thru a “brick wall” on his – it is noted he was from WALES – all the time I went by the census and it said MAINE – so I still have a puzzle to solve! You have done outstanding work and I can’t thank you enough! I found some in Washington’s new digital site too, so MICHIGAN is right up there with the other guys! GOOD GOING LIBRARY OF MICHIGAN!!!! thanks so much!

13. maryann martel

    March 19th, 2009 : 6:25 pm

    Are there plans to have the death records for the mid to late 1800′s added?

14. Carol

    March 19th, 2009 : 7:03 pm

    Thank you- I did find one death record. Hopefully more will show up as times goes on.

15. Mark Harvey

    March 19th, 2009 : 9:10 pm

    1867-1896 are available at Familysearch.org

16. Ed Hamlin

    March 19th, 2009 : 10:48 pm

    I am having trouble getting to counties to check for death records. Please advise, thank you

17. Lou

    March 20th, 2009 : 7:10 am

    Is it only me, or are others having problems with the advanced search feature? The search windows and fields seem to be logically jumbled. Last Name “Smith” and County “Wayne” seems to react like Last Name “Smith” or County “Wayne” or Last Name “Wayne” or County “Smith”. The result is an unmanageable number of hits. Is a help feature in the works?

18. Anita McClung

    March 20th, 2009 : 7:54 am

    Great. Now if the other 48 states would catch up with West Virginia and post marriage birth and death certificates on line, it would make the lives of all us ancestor hunters very happy.

19. Ken Thompson

    March 20th, 2009 : 8:47 am

    Great resource! I have many relatives in Michigan.
    Now, how does one correct transcription errors? Found my great-grandfather, Nicholas Laubenthal, listed as McHalas Laubenthal.

    Ken Thompson
    Moline Acres (north StLouis County) MO

20. Heidi M. O’Dette

    March 20th, 2009 : 9:05 am

    What a great site! I love it! While I didn’t find the one death certificate that I’m looking for, I’ll continue to come back often to see if it was added. Thanks for all your hard work.

21. Jenny Griffin

    March 20th, 2009 : 11:42 am

    I found my ggrandfather with his middle, which the I only had an initial for. Sent your site to acouple of people who do genealogy. Thank you.

22. Lugene Daniels

    March 20th, 2009 : 11:44 am

    Thanks for providing such a valuable resource for anyone who has family ties to Michigan or for someone doing any local research for a particular area. I hope the upcoming additions are as worthy as the initial input; and I am sure the future additions will make the site better and better.

    Is there a site for someone to suggest a correction? As a family researcher, the entry for SUTHER P DANIELS, Arenac Co death in 1915, has his name misspelled. It is definitely LUTHER on the death record but has been transcribed incorrectly on the site as Suther.

    Keep up the good work!
    Thanks again,
    Lugene Daniels

23. Sheryle Benson

    March 20th, 2009 : 1:43 pm

    Thank you – I found the premature birth (death) of my father’s brother that I was not aware of.

24. Mark Harvey

    March 20th, 2009 : 1:56 pm

    We are working on the search function. Some links have been broken when we switched servers.

25. Diane Sparling

    March 20th, 2009 : 2:24 pm

    Great.

26. Kris Rzepczynski

    March 20th, 2009 : 4:01 pm

    If you come across a transcription error, please contact the Library of Michigan at librarian@michigan.gov.

    We’ll be making scheduled updates/corrections to the index as we move forward.

    Thanks for using the site!

27. Robert Geary

    March 20th, 2009 : 6:52 pm

    Thanks for providing this great resource on line! I have so far found one person of interest and looking forward to the further additions. I did find that copying and pasting the text to my Family Tree Maker software ended up disjointed in its final form. I’m also unable to save the death certificate image to my hard drive. Please advise.

28. Chris Stire

    March 20th, 2009 : 7:53 pm

    This is fantastic. A cousin and I have documented the Canadian STIER STIRE STUER family and know there may be connection to the Michigan STIER’s. Every bit helps. Thanks again!!

29. Mark Harvey

    March 20th, 2009 : 8:27 pm

    Robert: right click on the image for the “save as” function. Cut and paste each line of text separately.

30. Debbie Ciak

    March 20th, 2009 : 10:34 pm

    I cannot tell you how happy I am to see this project come together! Please tell us if it will include all of wayne county?! I will send off my donation in the morning -

31. yori

    March 20th, 2009 : 11:03 pm

    this is outstanding, i live so far from michigan now. and especailly from houghton coutny. i hope more comes avaliable.

32. John Ballard

    March 20th, 2009 : 11:04 pm

    An admirable initiative, but the search function is much more cumbersome than those available on the Missouri, West Virginia and Ohio (LDS) death certificate sites.

33. Gareth Juliff

    March 21st, 2009 : 7:23 am

    This is wonderful, I have family line that moved to Michigan(I live in the UK) and in 1913 my Great Grandmother Paid visit to family in Michigan, but I cannot trace them, this might just help.

34. Barbara King

    March 21st, 2009 : 9:55 am

    Why don’t you just put them on chronolgically? This is hit and miss.
    Bar

35. Gloria Stevens

    March 21st, 2009 : 11:14 am

    This site is wonderful! Thank you very much. I have found a couple certificates for my ancestors….thanks again. I am looking forward to the additions as they become available.

36. Terry Kreidler

    March 21st, 2009 : 11:30 am

    GREAT !!!!! I found a previously unkown brother of my grandfather. This unknown sibling unfortunately died the day after his birth. And only about one quarter of the records are entered. I can’t wait for them all to be uploaded.

37. R.

    March 21st, 2009 : 12:12 pm

    ” PATTERSON ” DEATH ECORDS WILL NOT ADVANCE BEYOND PAGE 12 WHY? FIX ! NOTIFY, PLASE!

38. Mark Harvey

    March 21st, 2009 : 12:41 pm

    I know my response gets buried with all the comments, search functions are being restored, they were broken by our switch to a new server. Please be patient.

39. Mark Harvey

    March 21st, 2009 : 12:42 pm

    That may be all we have at this point. Only 1/4 of the records are up so far.

40. Lillie

    March 21st, 2009 : 1:29 pm

    Will all of Wayne Co be included eventually?

41. Mark Harvey

    March 21st, 2009 : 1:34 pm

    Lillie: yes, we should have everything up by April 20th.

42. Kris Rzepczynski

    March 21st, 2009 : 7:28 pm

    The Library is regularly adding new records until the project is complete, in the next few weeks. When it’s all said and done, every death record for the State of Michigan from 1897 to 1920 will be found here. Every county – Wayne, Keweenaw, and everywhere in between.

    Check the death records blog article at the Look blog for the most up-to-date information about what years and counties have been added.

    Please be patient, we’re anxious, too, to have these records available online.

43. Jim Booth

    March 21st, 2009 : 8:39 pm

    I am happy to see Michigan join the list of states that are making this info available. I wish more states would join Michigan and the others like Arizona, Missouri, W. Virginia that are digitizing vitals. Will other records like births and marriages also eventually be added? Cant wait until all the death certificates are online so I can see if I find even more relatives. I hope as the years go by a new year will be added to the collection. Thanks again, this make researching my Michigan roots from here in New York much easier.

44. Sue

    March 21st, 2009 : 9:47 pm

    I am just curious about the Wayne county records. I have spun through the reels after they were returned to the library looking for 3 deaths in Detroit, Wayne county and none of them were on the film. I am hearing that Detroit is “exempt” from these records and the only way to get the information is to pay the outrageous fees at Vital Records to get certified copies even though I just need a “genealogical” copy for information.Is this true? The Detroit death records are not going to be included?

45. Cathy Palm

    March 21st, 2009 : 11:38 pm

    I’ve already found several relevant records — thank you so much for developing and implementing this project.

46. nancy

    March 22nd, 2009 : 2:12 pm

    I did not find who I was looking for but I did find two people which helped verify some family genealogy. thank you and can’t wait to see more. Nancy

47. Nancy

    March 22nd, 2009 : 2:15 pm

    did not find who I was looking for but I did find two people which helped verify some family genealogy. thank you and can’t wait to see more. Nancy

48. Barb Conner

    March 22nd, 2009 : 7:27 pm

    Fantastic! What a lot of work the volunteers and you have done. Have found numerous records so far – looking forward to coming back regularly to hopefully find the rest I am looking for.

49. Kris Rzepczynski

    March 22nd, 2009 : 8:46 pm

    Sue:
    The collection does include Detroit deaths. Given the size of the city, those records represent a significant portion of the entire collection.

    Remember that for some of these years – 1915-1920 – an index was not widely available before.

    I encourage you to check back as the project continues. Depending on what year you are looking at, Wayne County and/or Detroit may not yet be complete online here. Stay tuned….

    Feel free to contact the Library if you have any additional questions. Thanks for your interest!

50. Jane Monroe

    March 22nd, 2009 : 11:27 pm

    Do you have any Michigan newspapers in digitized form that are available for interlibrary loan? I am trying to find the newspaper for Menominee Co., Michigan.

    Thanks, Jane

51. Libby Larson

    March 23rd, 2009 : 2:27 am

    This is so wonderful! The majority of my ancestors settled in Michigan so this is a major help. Is there any plans for death certificates in the 1920-1940 timeframe being added? I have lost track of some of my family which have apparently moved around during and after the Depression.

    Thanks again!

52. Kris Rzepczynski

    March 23rd, 2009 : 10:29 am

    Libby -
    The 1897-1920 represents what we currently have in our collection here at the Library. We’re always looking for new additions to the site, but at this point, we’re only going up to 1920.

    Thanks for using the site! More records will be added soon, so stay tuned.

53. Kris Rzepczynski

    March 23rd, 2009 : 12:11 pm

    We have a large collection of Michigan newspapers onsite here at the Library, but they are on microfilm, not in a digital format.

    Our Menominee County newspaper holdings are listed here: http://www.michigan.gov/hal/0,1607,7-160-17449_18643_29527-87693–,00.html. If you are in Michigan, you can come to Lansing and visit the Library or request a specific roll of microfilm from us via the interlibrary loan network; check with your local Michigan public library for more details.

    If you’re not in Michigan, I would encourage you to consult the Michigan Genealogy Research Network, a list of researchers affiliated with local genealogical societies who will do research for a fee: http://www.michigan.gov/hal/0,1607,7-160-17449_18635_18647-50986–,00.html. The Library of Michigan is unable to assume responsibility for the researcher’s work.

    Thanks for using the Seeking Michigan site and good luck!

54. Cliff Venier

    March 23rd, 2009 : 2:29 pm

    Great addition to the Genealogy literature. And free! I can hardly believe it.
    Although Monroe County is not listed on the list of counties already online, I found some death certificates from there.
    Will you be updating the list of covered counties as you add more records?

55. Kris Rzepczynski

    March 23rd, 2009 : 4:12 pm

    Cliff –

    There are a number of years available for Monroe County already online – 1902, 1912-1913, and 1915-1918, I believe.

    The list above of counties currently loaded is arranged by year and then alphabetically by Michigan county. If your county isn’t listed, it doesn’t mean that there are no records for that county.

    Take 1913 for example. Records for Alcona through Crawford County are all there, including Bay, Berrien, Calhoun, etc. Then there is a record gap; missing counties include Kalamazoo, Kent, and Marquette. The collection starts up again with Midland County, and is complete the rest of 1913, including Wayne County and Detroit.

    The next batch of records to appear will fill in some of these holes. Hang in there…..

56. Donna Fiori

    March 24th, 2009 : 2:58 am

    I have been waiting a long, long time for this information to be uploaded in hopes of finding my husband’s grandmother who died from the Spanish flu in 1918. Mt. Olivet can not account for her grave although we believe she is there and hope that her death certificate will provide us with information that can help ud locate her grave so if you folks find a Candida Fiori on your index cards, please upload her so her family can finally visit her grave. Thanks so much for completing this super big project.

57. Kris Rzepczynski

    March 24th, 2009 : 10:14 am

    Donna –

    1918 is among the records we’ll be loading this week. Stay tuned, and thanks for your patience as we continue to add records!

58. Robert Shaffer

    March 24th, 2009 : 5:53 pm

    Hi Kris,

    I want to thank all the people that made this project possible.
    I understand that you haven’t loaded all the death records yet.
    I have noticed that there are several years missing in the list above, does that mean that you don’t have records for those years? I can understand that some counties being missing, but a whole year’s worth of death records missing?

59. Kris Rzepczynski

    March 24th, 2009 : 8:38 pm

    Robert -

    Thanks for your comment. We’re thrilled that users are finding what they need.

    What years are you interested in? A lot of the holes will get filled in with the second batch of records likely to be added this week.

    When we’re done, the collection will run from January 1, 1897 to December 31, 1920. Every state death certificate for all 83 counties for every year. Just under 1 million records.

    Stay tuned!

60. Judi

    March 24th, 2009 : 8:46 pm

    I can’t wait until 1920 is added. I found a person buried in a plot in Holy Cross Cemetery in Detroit of my relatives who died in January of 1920. Her last name is different than my great grandfather, but through census records I did find out that my great great grandmother did come over in 1907 but died before the 1920 census was taken.

    I am hoping to find out if this is my great great grandmother and they only buried her under her maiden name.

61. Kris Rzepczynski

    March 25th, 2009 : 8:45 am

    Judi -

    There will be a small chunk of 1920 Detroit deaths among the records likely to be loaded this week.

    Heng in there, everything will be up soon enough! Thanks for using the site.

62. Rusty

    March 25th, 2009 : 8:27 pm

    This site is awesome I can’t wait till the Shiawassee, Saginaw, and Clinton counties are completely up. This service is a great thing. Any possibility of putting up a list of what counties and years will be up and when? Thanks for putting this service online.

63. Kathy Wilberding

    March 26th, 2009 : 10:56 am

    I’ve been checking this site for an 1899 death record from Kent County. That year hasn’t been posted yet, but I am noticing many records from 1928 & 1929. What time frame will these death certificates actually span?

    Thanks,
    Kathy

64. Kenn

    March 26th, 2009 : 4:20 pm

    Just wanted to say thanks for this great resource! Haven’t found the ancestors I’m looking for yet, but I’ll check back every so often to see if new records have been added.

    Does anyone know if it was mandatory to register deaths in Michigan at the time of these records?

65. Joseph

    March 26th, 2009 : 4:22 pm

    Will there be some way to know when new records have been added? For example, will the list of records above be extended or revised with the new additions highlighted? This is a wonderful resource. Many thanks to all those involved.

66. Marilyn

    March 26th, 2009 : 11:40 pm

    I just found you all today and it’s exciting to know that they aren’t all on yet. As the 2 I really want aren’t here yet. Menke is the name and I know where they are buried and thanks to findagrave.com someone went out and got their Stone pictures for me. Everything else on them as been hard going. Even census records for them have been a dead end. Beginning to think they are running from something! lol So hopefully I will find them here before to long.

    For those of you interested in Oakland County Michigan, I found the Farmington Observer in digital going back to 1888. You can even pick up names through the “gossip” sections and Obits. It’s even fun just reading page after page to see all the ads and headlines.
    Here is the link..get ready for another addiction!

    http://www.farmlib.org/localhist/

    The search on it isn’t the greatest but if you already know dates, it’s best to go just to the issue of that date and start reading.

67. Marcia McCrary

    March 27th, 2009 : 10:36 am

    Thank you so much for making these records available. I found my grandfather’s death certificate from Grand Rapids! Now, if his grandfather’s would just pop up, I’d be estatic! I don’t even know where, nor when HE died, and with a surname of Webster, it’s difficult to sort out!
    Keep up the good work.

68. Kris Rzepczynski

    March 27th, 2009 : 11:28 am

    Rusty -

    Thanks for your comments.

    We anticipate the project to be finished in the next few weeks, so stay tuned. The list of what years and counties will be updated as new records are added. Records are added as we process them, so they’ve not necessarily been in order.

    Thanks for your interest, and keep checking back!

69. Kris Rzepczynski

    March 27th, 2009 : 11:34 am

    Kathy –

    You’re right, there are a number of renegade Kent County records from 1928-1929. They are the exception, though, as this collection runs only from January 1, 1897 to December 31, 1920.

    Those Kent County records you found are part of our microfilm set of 1897-1920 records, from which this online collection is based.

    Thanks for your interest in the Seeking Michigan site.

70. Kris Rzepczynski

    March 27th, 2009 : 11:50 am

    Kenn –

    Thanks for your comments.

    Statewide registration of Michigan births, marriages, and deaths began with Public Act 194 of 1867. There was not immediate full compliance to the law, but by the time period we’re using here (1897-1920), there likely was.

    One of my Library colleagues – Charles Hagler – wrote an interesting article about this for the Michigan Genealogist, in Volume 3 (2007), No. 4, page 18. Here is the link: http://www.michigan.gov/hal/0,1607,7-160-18835_18895_38271—,00.html. I encourage you to subscribe to this newsletter, which you can do straight from the web site.

    Thanks for your interest, and stay tuned!

71. Kris Rzepczynski

    March 27th, 2009 : 11:59 am

    Joseph –

    Thanks for your comments.

    We’ll have a big media push when new records are added, much like when we first launched the web site.

    The best way to stay on top of new additions is to check our web site http://michigan.gov/familyhistory, or to subscribe to our newsletter, the Michigan Genealogist.

    You can also check back here at the Seeking Michigan page, an updated article (written by yours truly) will appear in the Look section, detailing what years and counties are available.

    We’ll be adding tons of new records on Monday the 30th, bumping us up from about 25% complete to well over 60%. Stay tuned!

72. Kris Rzepczynski

    March 27th, 2009 : 12:11 pm

    Marilyn,

    We’ll be adding additional records on Monday the 30th. That upload will bump us up from about 25% to more than 60%.

    Thanks for your comments, and be sure to check back on Monday for the latest.

73. Dean

    March 27th, 2009 : 6:04 pm

    A great resource for family researchers, thank you! I take it though that there is no way to search by mother’s maiden name with the advanced search?

74. Robert Chapin

    March 28th, 2009 : 12:26 pm

    I believe I have found a transcription error:

    Dora Weine DEITZ

    I am very familiar with the name WEINE which is relatively unique in my research. If you magnify the record, you will see there are actually four pen strokes in that “W”. The correct name appears to be:

    Dora Kleine DEITZ

    Also, I am particularly interested in finding information about this burial in Detroit: CHABENSKY, Shlomo 27 May 1917. If you have any way to check or put that record in the next batch I would be grateful.

75. Lee Ann Morris

    March 28th, 2009 : 2:42 pm

    Thank You! As a budget genealogy researcher with only a subscription to Ancestry, and not the money to shell out for death certificates for every relative, this is a wonderful resource to finally have online. I have never understood why public records should be so expensive to order for persons who died a long time ago. I don’t need the hard copies for any other purpose, so these death records add so much to my understanding of my family.

76. Shirley Weller

    March 29th, 2009 : 11:53 am

    I am so grateful to have this site pointed out to me. For years I searched for my Dad’s sister, Mary, knowing only that she died young, possibly of tuberculosis. I had her date of birth, dates for two marriages, and she appeared on the 1910 census, then nothing. Lo and behold, she appeared on this new site, with soooo much information. The useful info was of course, about the disease. She was only 24 and died at University Hospital in Ann Arbor in 1913. For some reason, that never showed up anywhere in all the years I searched. Now if I can find her burial place I will be happy (the death certificate only states the village name. How wonderful your work is.

    Now, if I could find a newspaper article on an 1864 death I would be ecstatic (genealogically speaking, that is!)

77. Georgia Becker

    March 29th, 2009 : 2:34 pm

    I have read the first 300 pages of the death records. I would like to know how to jump to 301 the next time I come on the site.
    Thanks

78. Pattie Morgan

    March 30th, 2009 : 12:53 am

    I live in Oregon so having these records available on line is great! I am a little disappointed, though, as the county I am interested in researching (Houghton) is not yet available. As Tom Petty wrote, “. . . the waiting is the hardest part. . .”

79. Kris Rzepczynski

    March 30th, 2009 : 8:13 am

    Joseph –

    Thanks for your comments.

    We’ll have a big media push when new records are added, much like when we first launched the web site.

    The best way to stay on top of new additions is to check our web site http://michigan.gov/familyhistory, or to subscribe to our newsletter, the Michigan Genealogist.

    You can also check back here at the Seeking Michigan page, an updated article (written by yours truly) will appear in the Look section, detailing what years and counties are available.

    We’ll be adding tons of new records later today (Monday the 30th), bumping us up from about 25% complete to well over 60%.

    Stay tuned!

80. Kris Rzepczynski

    March 30th, 2009 : 8:20 am

    Dean –

    Unfortunately, no, we can’t search by mother’s maiden name. We had to make some tough decisions, and that certainly was one of them.

    That being said, I think researchers have lots of searching choices. Name, death date, county, city/village/twp., father’s first and last names – users have a lot of different ways to find their record of interest.

    Thanks for your comments, and be sure to check back later, we’ll be adding tons of records today.

81. Kris Rzepczynski

    March 30th, 2009 : 8:25 am

    Robert –

    Thanks for your note about the Deitz record.
    We’ll be making scheduled updates/corrections to the index as we move forward.

    In the future, if you come across a transcription error, please contact the Library of Michigan at librarian@michigan.gov.

    1917 – complete for the entire state – is among the records to be added today. Be sure to check back later!

82. Kris Rzepczynski

    March 30th, 2009 : 8:36 am

    Shirley -

    I’m happy you’ve had some success with the Seeking Michigan web site. We’ll be adding lots of records later today, so be sure to check back.

    To identify your elusive cemetery, you can also use the Michigan Cemetery Sources database, available at: http://michigan.gov/cemeteries. You can limit your search to a particular township in a county, and it will show the known cemeteries and their locations.

    Equally important, the Cemetery Sources database will also show the cemetery resources available here at the Library of Michigan that have information specific to that cemetery. And it’s free!

    Thanks for your comments, and good luck with your research.

83. Kris Rzepczynski

    March 30th, 2009 : 9:38 am

    Georgia –

    If I understand your question correctly, there is no way to browse records starting with page 301.

    In that case, you would need to use the “next page” function until you get to where they want to begin, or, use the advanced search instead of browsing.

    Remember that you can also search by month of death, too, so you can narrow a browsing range further.

    Thanks for using the site, and check back later today, we’ll be adding lots of records.

84. Kris Rzepczynski

    March 30th, 2009 : 3:54 pm

    Pattie –

    Thanks for the comment (and the Tom Petty reference…..)

    Actually, there are a number of years already available for Houghton County – 1902, 1911, 1914-1915, and 1917, I believe. Plus, we’ll be adding lots of records shortly.

    The list above of counties currently loaded is arranged by year and then alphabetically by Michigan county. If your county isn’t listed, it doesn’t mean that there are no records for that county.

    Take 1913 for example. Records for Alcona through Crawford County are all there, including Bay, Berrien, Calhoun, etc. Then there is a record gap; missing counties include Kalamazoo, Kent, and Marquette. The collection starts up again with Midland County, and is complete the rest of 1913, including Wayne County and Detroit.

    The next batch of records to appear will fill in some of these holes. We’re as anxious as everyone else is to get this project completed, thanks for your patience.

85. Karen Mills

    March 30th, 2009 : 9:53 pm

    Thank you for a wonderful resource! I’m thrilled to see these records come on-line and anxiously await the rest. Also appreciate your notation of how to note transcription errors.

86. Kris Rzepczynski

    March 31st, 2009 : 8:47 am

    I recognize everyone is anxious for the next batch of records to load. There will be a new article here shortly at the Look page of Seeking Michigan outlining what years and counties will be available.

    This next batch is approximately 400,000 records, certainly a lot of data. We appreciate everyone’s patience as we move forward on this enormous project.

87. Carolyn Reed

    March 31st, 2009 : 4:22 pm

    If we find an error in the transcribed spelling of the name you’ve added, do you want to know about so you can correct it?

88. Kris Rzepczynski

    March 31st, 2009 : 5:11 pm

    Carolyn –

    If you come across a transcription error, please contact the Library of Michigan at librarian@michigan.gov. We’ll be making scheduled updates/corrections to the index as we move forward.

    We’ve been adding records today, so be sure to look for the new Blog outlining what years and counties are now available: http://seekingmichigan.org/look/2009/03/31/onward-the-million-record-march-continues.

    Thanks for using the site!

89. Yvonne

    April 1st, 2009 : 7:42 am

    I can not express gratitude enough to FINALLY find real info where I don’t have to pay for it.Very weary of having other sites with subscriptions for dollars in order to find my ancestors!! What A terrific undertaking.I’ll try to be patient.Any chance of doing the upper peninsula as well? Thank you for coming up with a wonderful project.

90. Carol Swensen

    April 5th, 2009 : 11:23 am

    Thank you so much for this great service.

    I have several family lines in Michigan going back to the mid 1850′s until now.

    I found a death certificate for my grandfather’s brother who died in an orphanage and we didn’t know where he was. His mother wouldn’t tell him anything. Well we found little Everett Holmes. My mother was very happy to know that we have now found where he went.

    I will continue to watch your site as I have a Stephen Wheeler that is yet to be found. I know where he was until 1898 in Grand Rapids and I found his widow in 1918 so somewhere in there he died but where? This family moved a lot.

    Once again thanks for all your hard work.

91. Grace

    April 5th, 2009 : 3:57 pm

    Awesome site! I have been working with the Ogemaw County Clerk assisting researchers seeking death records in Ogemaw. Your site actually has some records that the county clerk doesn’t have—I assume some records may have been destroyed by fire or water on the county level…will add those few additional records to the Ogemaw County GenWeb site. Thanks for all your work!

92. Kris Rzepczynski

    April 6th, 2009 : 9:18 am

    Yvonne -

    Thanks for your comments.

    There are lots of UP records already here. The list above is arranged alphabetically by county, so just look to see if your county is included for that year.

    We’re still adding records, so the holes you see here will continue to be filled in as we move forward on the project.

93. Kris Rzepczynski

    April 7th, 2009 : 9:19 am

    Carol Swensen –

    Keep checking back for your elusive Stephen Wheeler. The batch uploads are taking longer than we anticipated, but everything will be up soon enough…..

    Be sure to look in Grand Rapids city directories, you might get a better sense of when he died. A widow’s entry in the directory occasionally indicates the date of death for the spouse.

    Thanks for using the site.

94. Hokfuelf

    April 8th, 2009 : 1:57 pm

    hm. attractive )

95. Gay Hermann

    April 9th, 2009 : 5:55 pm

    Awesome doesn’t even begin to describe it. Factual data is so hard to come by. I’ve been able to follow all sorts of lines from Bernard Miller the immigrant to put together complete lines. Thank you!

96. Fran

    April 10th, 2009 : 7:20 pm

    Thank you for doing this. I finally found my great grandmother. I then was able to get her obit from 1909 which proved there was a 4th child which I wasn’t sure of. Her name starts with a “D” and it was entered with a “G” and the new name was totally misleading, only her first name caught my attention. Without the death certificate I don’t know if I ever would have found her. Thanks again.
    Fran

97. kathleen mourad

    April 12th, 2009 : 7:17 pm

    Are you researching Houghton County in the Upper Peninsula?

98. Kris Rzepczynski

    April 13th, 2009 : 12:50 pm

    Kathleen -

    Lots of Houghton County records here at Seeking Michigan.

    Good luck with your research, and thanks for using the site.

99. Kris Rzepczynski

    April 13th, 2009 : 12:52 pm

    Fran –

    I’m glad that you’ve had some success with the site. If you feel there has been a transcription error, please contact the Library at librarian@michigan.gov. We’ll be making scheduled updates/corrections to the index as we move forward.

    Thanks again.

100. Kris Rzepczynski

     April 13th, 2009 : 12:53 pm

     Gay -

     You’re welcome! Thanks for your comments, I’m glad that you’ve had some success. We’ll be regularly adding records until we finish the project, so I encourage you to check back often.

101. Kurt

     April 14th, 2009 : 9:43 pm

     Im glad to finally see Michigan putting death certificates online. Will the years after 1920 be put online also at some time? It seems that the years 1921 to the mid 1950′s are valuable in locating many immigrants who arived in the late 1800′s.

102. mark

     April 15th, 2009 : 6:53 am

     Great site, Good info

103. Kris Rzepczynski

     April 15th, 2009 : 8:58 am

     The 1897-1920 represents what we currently have in our collection here at the Library. We’re always looking for new additions to the site, but at this point, we’re only going up to 1920.

     Thanks for your interest in the site.

104. Loretta Dunham

     April 22nd, 2009 : 4:35 pm

     I am absolutely thrilled to see the death certificates and an INDEX on your site. I was able to locate a relative that I would never have found otherwise. He lived in Detroit, but died in Jackson. So, THANKS!!!!!

     Just wondered about submitting corrections to the indexing. Am finding incorrect Twp names in the index.

     THANKS!!

     Loretta

105. Kris Rzepczynski

     April 23rd, 2009 : 4:43 pm

     Loretta -

     Thank you for your comments, I’m glad that you’ve had some success with the site. The years 1915-1920 are particularly important here, because widely available statewide indexes did not previously exist.

     Please contact the Library at librarian@michigan.gov with any transcription or indexing errors. We’ll be making scheduled updates/corrections to the index as we move forward.

106. Kris Rzepczynski

     April 27th, 2009 : 9:40 am

     Everyone -

     The second batch of records should now be complete. We appreciate everyone’s patience as the records loaded.

     This death records project now totals more than 600,000 records, with more on the way. For a listing of what years and counties are available, please look above at this blog article: http://seekingmichigan.org/look/2009/03/31/onward-the-million-record-march-continues.

     Stay tuned, and we’ll post another blog article here when the third batch upload has been completed.

107. Marly

     April 28th, 2009 : 11:32 pm

     Kudos to all for this enormous project – awesome thank you to all involved.

108. Linda Smalley

     April 28th, 2009 : 11:43 pm

     I can’t wait to be able to look up my grandfathers date of death and where he is buried. Any information on Walter Dow Courser from Ingham county buried somewhere north of St. Johns Michigan would be very helpful.. He was married Nore Irene Couser Maiden name was Drew Died in 1978 or 79 in Ingham county Michigan buried north of St. Johns Michigan Contact me at lldbs71@acd.net

109. Matt

     April 29th, 2009 : 5:57 pm

     Linda I will email this to you as well but your Grandfather is listed on findagrave, died 1955 buried in Pine River Cemetery:
     http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GScid=303469&GRid=32724173&

     (If you click on the link to the left on that page that says “Find all Coursers in: Pine River Cemetery” you will find many more Coursers buried there including his wife Nora who died in 1978. I’m no relation just helping out.

110. Suzanne

     May 1st, 2009 : 5:38 pm

     Thank you so much for making this information available. I found my great-grandmother’s death certificate from 1907 — now I know what her parents’ names were — this is a real breakthrough!

     Thanks again.

111. Lavon

     May 27th, 2009 : 1:49 pm

     Kris,
     What a huge undertaking for the people involved in this project! And thoroughly appreciated by those of us researching our family trees. I’ve had good fortune in finding death certificates for five family members. With one of those I found names for a previous generation which was heretofore unknown to me. I will be making return visits with the hope of adding more to my collection. Many kudos to everyone working so diligently to put this information out there.

112. Joseph

     June 1st, 2009 : 4:43 pm

     Just curious. Has anyone heard any news about loading the last set of death records?

113. Mark Harvey, Archives of Michigan

     June 3rd, 2009 : 9:49 am

     I spoke with OCLC, the company doing the upload. They said it is progressing. The more records we load, the slower the process becomes. We hope to hear something definitive this week. They are also working on the CGI error people are seeing when viewing the collection. We are almost there!

114. Mary

     June 5th, 2009 : 12:24 pm

     Thank you for this wonderful resource. It is a gift that has given me an almost palpable connection to family history that I hadn’t thought possible.
     Again, thanks so much,
     Mary

115. Gerald (Gerry) Gorecki

     June 14th, 2009 : 10:38 pm

     Hello Kris, and thank you for the seminar last Friday at Washtenaw Community College. I ran out charged up with ambition – of course I keep running into the Ancestry.com site with it’s hand out – $$$$.
     I found my aunt’s death certificate today (age 1 in 1918) and really hope to find more about my great-grandfather’s mysterious death in Jan 1920 when more death certificates for Kent Co are available.
     When I come to the Library of MI, will I have access to Ancestry.com? All or only a little?

     Thanks again – great and humorous seminar.
     Gerry Gorecki

116. Pattie

     June 17th, 2009 : 8:45 am

     Any word as to when this project will be completed? Does anyone know what is causing the delay?

117. jo

     June 17th, 2009 : 9:00 pm

     thank you found someone .
     going to go familysearch.org for 1895

118. Julie P.

     June 18th, 2009 : 9:06 pm

     We’ve been told to watch for the updated message, but I can’t find message, other than the original one, anywhere. Was the March 31 (I think that was the date) message removed and another one not posted yet? Is this a good sign? Thanks!

119. Joseph

     June 19th, 2009 : 3:00 pm

     Hey folks!! There have been some new records posted. Today I located four more of mine from 1900 and 1898. These were all Bay County. These were new for me since late April. I do not know what is new to date, but it might be worth a few searches now. Good luck.

120. Vickie

     June 20th, 2009 : 7:27 pm

     Can’t tell you how excited I was to find this website, I found the death certificate for my ggg grandfather and it verified his mothers maiden name, which has been in question for years! Thanks………….Vickie

121. Karol

     June 22nd, 2009 : 10:59 pm

     I am looking for any information regarding my great uncle. He was a police officer killed in the line of duty in Aug 1911. His name is Franklin Smith. He was killed when the fire truck lost control during a parade and the water truck fell on him. He saved alot of lives the day he lost his own. I am looking for his death obit in hopes of finding out any information on his wife also. Can you help.

122. Judi

     June 24th, 2009 : 2:27 am

     Karol,

     I found the death certificate of your great uncle. If you go under “Seek” and input in the 1st line Franklin. 2nd line – Smith. 3rd line – 1911, it comes up. You just have to put in the boxes on the right – for the 1st line – 1st name, 2nd line – last name, 3rd line – Death year. Also on the left hand boxes pick Exact words. It should be the only one that comes up. It shows him for Detroit.

123. Judi

     June 24th, 2009 : 2:30 am

     Karol,

     I’m sorry, for the box on the left, pick All of the Words for each box not Exact Words.

124. Bill

     June 24th, 2009 : 5:02 pm

     Karol’s message said she was looking for an obit not the death cert. although in the future Karol you should be more specific on what you are trying to find as saying you are looking for “any information” isn’t very helpful. If you go to google.com and in the search box type in exactly (with quotes also) “Franklin M. Smith” you will find some obituaries for him. One is the Officer Down Memorial Page and another obit is listed in the book “In the Line of Duty” by Isaiah McKinnon 2003.

125. Bob T.

     June 28th, 2009 : 11:42 am

     Great Source of information! I do have a question. Are the original documents available? When digitizing my ancestors death record the transfer produced a blury image. Is it possible to get a copy from the original? Appreciate any information. Thanks.

126. Cherie in Orange County, CA

     June 28th, 2009 : 9:34 pm

     What a blessing it is to have these records on line! I was born, raised, schooled in Michigan and my Michigan ancestors go as far back as at least the 1830s.

     As anyone knows who does a lot of searching – especially through microfilm – the eyes and brain can wear out quickly. Plus, my time back in Lansing was limited.

     Ancestors aren’t always where you think they should be. I love the fact that I can search any time for my relatives and have the time to try searching under different spellings. (Hope you will add a feature to send in corrections…)

     I have found SO MUCH information: new info, confirming info, info that dispelled family “myths”… By the way, did I say that I absolutely L-O-V-E this site?

     Kudos to everyone responsible!

127. Steve

     July 3rd, 2009 : 10:46 pm

     Are there any updates on the status of this? I’ve noticed more records being posted, but no announcement of where we’re at. I’d like to see it’s completed before I start doing a deep work with the records.

128. Bill

     July 7th, 2009 : 6:53 am

     Thanks for putting up these records. I use them all the time and have found much useful information. Here is a correction to the metadata: The index shows a Linden Mernsell who died July 19, 1911 in Hillsdale County. The surname for both him and his father should be Munsell (he was my wife’s uncle).

129. Vanessa J.A.Warbler

     July 9th, 2009 : 1:24 pm

     Is it possible to get an update as to where they are at with downloading records online? Still looking for some people that died late 1890s – 1901 in both Houghton and Keweenaw counties and am coming up bust no matter what type of search I do.

     I realize that the originals of these records would not ever be changed, but if we do send in corrections, where does that information “go”?

     Thanks much.

130. Joseph

     July 9th, 2009 : 2:26 pm

     Vanessa,

     Unless someone from the Library of Michigan posts a message here, we have no way of knowing the status of the project. If we find errors in the transcription or indexing by the Library of Michigan, we can send corrections to the email address listed above by Kris on April 23rd. If there are errors on individual death records, I believe that you would need to contact the Vital Records Office in Lansing to learn how corrections can be made or if they can be made.

131. Joseph

     July 10th, 2009 : 8:48 am

     This may be late notice, but I will post it anyway. On the weekend of July 17-18 the Library of Michigan is offering a genealogy seminar – “One Step – Many Solutions.” On Saturday at 3:30 pm Kris Rzepczynski is giving a workshop tilted “Seeking Michigan Death Records? A New Digitization Project.” Check for details here the web page. Some researchers might want to register for this seminar and attend his workshop.

132. mary nowak

     July 10th, 2009 : 3:47 pm

     I found the record of one of my realtives and went back to copy it and can no longer find it. Do you sometimes take some records off? His name is Edmond Le Blanc. I beleive he died in 1912 in Ecorse,Mi

133. Jim

     July 10th, 2009 : 7:16 pm

     Mary, try searching for Edward Le Blanc he died Oct 31, 1912 Ford, Wayne County, MI.

134. Ernest A. Bachman

     July 10th, 2009 : 11:23 pm

     Fantastic web site. I found five family death certificates during my first effort and there should be lots more. Michigan really knows how to do genealogy. Unfortunately the war of Northern Aggression set us a little behind in the South. Is it worth trying to correct a Michigan death certificate with lots of mistakes? What is the procedure?

     Ernest A. Bachman, Virginia

135. Craig

     July 11th, 2009 : 9:10 am

     It is still there.Try to copy and paste the link below if you still have problems

     County Wayne

     City/village/township Ecorse

     Last Name Leblanc

     Given Name Edmund P

     Age 51

     Death Day 23

     Death Month May

     Death Year 1912

     Father’s Given Name Samuel

     Father’s Last Name La Blanc

     http://haldigitalcollections.cdmhost.com/seeking_michigan/discover_item_viewer.php?CISOROOT=/p129401coll7&CISOPTR=404557&search=CISOOP1%3Dall%26CISOBOX1%3D%26CISOFIELD1%3DCISOSEARCHALL%26CISOOP2%3Dexact%26CISOBOX2%3D%26CISOFIELD2%3DCISOSEARCHALL%26CISOOP3%3Dexact%26CISOBOX3%3DLa%2Bblanc%26CISOFIELD3%3Dcreato%26CISOOP4%3Dnone%26CISOBOX4%3D%26CISOFIELD4%3DCISOSEARCHALL%26CISOROOT%3Dall%26x%3D36%26y%3D5&search_position=9

136. Mary Nowak

     July 13th, 2009 : 11:02 am

     Thank you. I must be doing something wrong. Thanks also for this wonderful site. I found my great grandmother Adeline Rivard who married a Johndro who died after my grandmother Selina and her brothers were born. She then married John Rivard and later died in 1916. I was able to find her grave in Mt Olivet Cemetery in Detroit. what a find, We always wondered what happened to her. By the way John Rivard lived to be almost one hundred years old and was married four times. He out lived his first three wives.

137. Karen

     July 13th, 2009 : 3:31 pm

     A great new family history resource although a little frustrating in that no updates are being given as to its completion. Is the project finished or is it still uploading? Thanks.

138. Joseph

     July 13th, 2009 : 7:06 pm

     Although there have been no recent updates, I can report that I have been finding records for years not listed above including 1898 in Bay, Wayne and Houghton Counties, and 1900 and 1920 in Bay County. To date, I have found 33 records for my families. It has not been easy because of spelling errors, and not necessarily those of the transcribers. The clerks who wrote the death records appear to have guessed at some names. I am searching Polish surnames which makes it all the more of a challenge. I suggest using all four of the boxes and trying all kinds of spellings, even for given names. In addition, I have used the asterisk effectively when I was not sure of the spelling, as in Schul* for Schultz, which reports all kinds of other names that start with those five letters, as in Schulman. Even when all the records have been loaded, it will still be a challenge to find some of them. My Anton Kuberski was transcribed as Antois Kerbeski in the database. It is a marvelous resource which I really appreciate, but I am also learning patience and determination as additional benefits!!

139. jeanne yoakam

     July 15th, 2009 : 3:59 pm

     Terrific project and a huge undertaking. Keep up the good work! More states need to follow your example making public records public.

140. Joseph

     July 20th, 2009 : 9:08 am

     For those who have not noticed, I just found that LoM has two different blogs going about these records. One is more updated than the other, and thus has a more recent list of the records that have been loaded. The two are not connected. Go to the Discover page and look for the Blogs headline. Select the one with the later date in March for the updated list of counties.

141. Kris Rzepczynski

     July 28th, 2009 : 8:30 am

     There is a new blog announcing the current status of the death records project. The direct URL is here: http://seekingmichigan.org/look/2009/07/28/million-record-finish-line.

     The project is now 99% complete, with more than 99% of the records loaded and available here at Seeking Michigan.

     Thanks for everyone’s interest. Happy searching!

142. Harriet Walter

     July 28th, 2009 : 12:46 pm

     I wish I could figure out how to find what I want.
     Where are the instructions?

143. Kris Rzepczynski

     July 28th, 2009 : 2:15 pm

     Harriet –

     If you click on the red Seek tab along the top of the home page, you’ll come to the search page. You can search up to four fields at once, any combination.

     Click on the dropdown menus on the right hand side, and scroll down to the fields that are specific to the Death Records, 1897-1920 collection.

     For example, you can search for John Smith in Wayne County, 1919. Good luck!

144. Dolores Bottorff

     July 28th, 2009 : 6:24 pm

     I am so excited to find this site. I have found children for my 2nd great-grandfather that I did not find on the census records. I have even found death records for his married children that I have not been able to find before. This is a great site. Thank you so much!

145. Bob Tallieu

     July 30th, 2009 : 6:48 pm

     Is there a way to get a hard copy from the original? When the death certificate on my ancestor was scanned it came out very blury.

     Would appreciate any information you can provide.

     Thanks,

146. LenaShopogolik

     August 5th, 2009 : 11:24 am

     Excellent review! Mint takes Ubuntu and makes it work! After your review, I plan to use it.

147. Sherry Robins

     August 10th, 2009 : 6:17 pm

     What an awesome website!!! I finally found my great grandmother’s death certificate! In addition I was able to make a connection that was nearly impossible with my husband’s grandmother. Thank you so much. When can we expect Detroit to be completed? Sherry

148. Mary Ann Beyer

     August 11th, 2009 : 10:08 pm

     Just wondering if there would be any additions past 1920? The records are a tremendous resource and especially since we moved to South Carolina, it is great to be able to work efficiently on line. It just makes you want more since Ancestry does not pick up until 1971. Thanks for these!!!

149. Kris Rzepczynski

     August 12th, 2009 : 10:10 am

     Bob Tallieu -

     You can request a copy from the Michigan Department of Community Health. The main page for the Vital Records Division can be found here: http://www.michigan.gov/mdch/0,1607,7-132-4645—,00.html.

     Good luck, and thanks for using the site.

150. Kris Rzepczynski

     August 12th, 2009 : 10:12 am

     Mary Anne Beyer -

     The collection here (1897-1920) is based on our current holdings available here at the Library of Michigan. We’re always looking for new additions to the site, but at this point, we’re only going up to 1920.

     Thanks for using the site.

151. Bob Tallieu

     August 12th, 2009 : 3:31 pm

     Kris: Since this is the only way I can contact you, I want to THANK YOU for the information as how I can obtain a legible copy of my ancestors death certificate. You and your team can be proud of what you have accomplished for the citizens of Michigan and the users of this site. Good Luck with the remaining project.

     Bob

152. Mary Stewart

     August 17th, 2009 : 5:18 pm

     Hi! The following link is to the cert for my great great grandfather … should be Christian Uebele! Father Geo Uebele … son John A Uebele gave the info, and gave his mother Mary Waters as Christian’s mother, LOL … here’s the link … can transcription be corrected?

     http://haldigitalcollections.cdmhost.com/seeking_michigan/discover_item_viewer.php?CISOROOT=/p129401coll7&CISOPTR=686134&search=CISOOP1%3Dany%26CISOFIELD1%3DCISOSEARCHALL%26CISOROOT%3D%252Fp129401coll7%26CISOBOX1%3Dchristian%26CISOSTART%3D31%2C761&search_position=778

     Thanx!!!
     Mary L Stewart

153. Peter H. Hartz

     August 24th, 2009 : 7:56 pm

     I’ve located a death certificate here before but tonight can’t get there. I don’t seem to be able to find out why?
     The names are:
     Johann Heinrich (John Henry) Hartz
     died 9/06/1907
     Sanilac County
     Delaware township

     Marie (Mary) Hartz, Wife of JHH
     died 8/11/1905

     phartz@keene.edu

154. Karen J

     August 25th, 2009 : 3:33 pm

     Peter H. Hartz-
     Try these links for your Johann and Mary Hartz:
     http://seekingmichigan.org/u?/p129401coll7,298615
     http://seekingmichigan.org/u?/p129401coll7,222536

155. Nancy

     August 26th, 2009 : 10:47 pm

     Thank you to all who are working to put MI genealogy online. Does anyone know if there are any patient records still in exsistence (1885-1890)for the Traverse City State Hospital? I understand some of the patients were admitted just because they had only medical problems and/or had no available caregiver.They were not all mentally ill.It has been closed for years.Does anyone know what happened to the records/charts?

156. Bob Garrett, Archives of Michigan

     August 27th, 2009 : 9:52 am

     Nancy – mental health patient files are restricted. For access questions on these files, contact Mary Greco at the Department of Community Health. Her phone number is (517) 373-3772. Her e-mail address is GrecoM@michigan.gov

157. Karen Shepard

     August 27th, 2009 : 8:14 pm

     Hi,
     Thanks for the wonderful information now available. Could you tell me if Sanilac and Huron Counties are complete? Still looking for several death certificates from these counties.

158. pam martin

     August 29th, 2009 : 12:04 pm

     looking for (french) Martin lineage,(Polish) Boza lineage (Hungary) Schupp,Supp and Nusser Nuser love to hear back.

159. Raphael Hartley

     September 3rd, 2009 : 3:31 pm

     looking for Charles Samuel Knapp 1900to 1910 I have him on the 1900 fed census at age 72 in Ottawa county but not on the 1910. I am assuming that he died soon after the 1900 census When do estimate ottawa county available on line
     GREAT JOB Raphael

160. Darlene

     September 14th, 2009 : 9:13 am

     This is the best site I have found for geneological records,I have found over 40 ancestors death certificates and hope to find more. Good job to all involved in this project!!!

161. Marina Yeager

     September 25th, 2009 : 11:20 pm

     I received the following comment from a cousin in Michigan about the Library of Michigan, “Right now there is a mandate to break up the library and disperse its genealogy collections to various agencies about Lansing. Of course there are many researchers against this but our governor ordered it done and if the legislature doesn’t stop her order by October 1st it will be done.” If correct, will all online records still be available? Please advise. Thanks for a wonderful resource – especially for those, like me, who live in another state.

162. christopher l. maciolek

     September 26th, 2009 : 6:34 pm

     This is the best site yet. I’ve been waiting a long time for information like this. I can’t wait till the rest of the city of detroit is added, my luck the info I wanted is at the middle of 1920,,,but I’m waiting…….Chris

163. Bob Garrett, Archives of Michigan

     September 28th, 2009 : 9:35 am

     To Marina Yeager: Seeking Michigan has been funded with private money. Currently, funding is in place for the next ten years.

     To Christopher I. Maciolek: Death records are complete for 1920, and Wayne County (including Detroit) is complete for the entire span of 1897-1920. For more information, see the most recent update here: http://seekingmichigan.org/look/2009/07/28/million-record-finish-line

164. christopher l. maciolek

     October 2nd, 2009 : 12:17 am

     BOB GARRETT, I’m having some problems locating death records for an aunt of mine, would you help me. Her name; Angelam Maciolek, and according to St. Hedwigs records she was born August 19,1908 and baptised August 23, 1908. Holy Cross Cemetery has an Amela Maciolek, date of death April 4,1920, which sounds right because she was only 11 years old when she died. The 1910 census shows her name as Nellie I think the church records should be accurate. The cemetery told me that years ago polish immigrants used any name cause they had trouble communicating in English. Ive been trying to locate her records for years, would you please help me. Thanking you so much, Christopher l. Maciolek (she was born and died in the city of detroit

165. Karen J

     October 2nd, 2009 : 9:15 am

     To Christopher Maciolek-
     Try this link for your aunt’s death record.
     http://seekingmichigan.org/u?/p129401coll7,470302

166. Christopher Maciolek

     October 2nd, 2009 : 2:55 pm

     To Karen J……..Thank you for your help,I’m a little green on the computer….Christopher.

167. Karen J

     October 6th, 2009 : 8:49 am

     To Christopher-
     Glad I was able to help! Good luck with your research.

168. Brandon Visconti

     October 6th, 2009 : 10:48 pm

     I can’t find the record for Maria Visconti, death mar 17 1912, detroit mi. can someone help.

169. Betty P.

     October 11th, 2009 : 2:23 pm

     What a wonderful site. I’ve found several death certificates of relatives. One that I can’t find is of Maxime Plante who died in Delta County September 16, 1899. Has this year been completed or was this record missed. I believe it is in Book B, Page 9 of Delta County records.

170. Kris Rzepczynski

     October 13th, 2009 : 8:42 am

     Betty P. -

     The citation you have – Book B, page 9 – likely is for the county record of death, a different source than the state death records available here at Seeking Michigan. That county record is available either via the Delta County county clerk’s office or via the LDS network of Family History Centers.

     There are several reasons why you haven’t found the record here. Indexing errors, spelling error on the record itself, etc. Also, please note that although this project is largely completed, there are still a number of records here and there that have not yet been loaded. I encourage you to check back as we finish this project in the near future.

     I did find a Louise Plante’s death record for October 1899, perhaps that is a record of interest.

     Thanks for your comments, and good luck with your research.

171. Betty P.

     October 13th, 2009 : 9:42 am

     Kris, I did locate the Maxime Plante death certificate. It was labeled Maraine Olarte. I appreciate your comments.

172. Karen D

     November 3rd, 2009 : 9:40 am

     I just keep coming back to the Michigan Death Records again and again. I have made many trips over the last 20-30 yrs to various places in Michigan to get documents….many times the records are in an adjoining county. This database has saved me grief and time…thanks to all who have made this possible.
     By the way, who do I contact when a name is incorrect? For example, http://seekingmichigan.org/u?/p129401coll7,281422
     is indexed as Gertrude Carhumu who is actually Gertrude CUSHMAN. She died 27 Feb 1907 in Kalamazoo, Kalamazoo County. Also her father was WELTON Harrington not Wetton.
     I could not find a place to send corrections.
     Keep up the good work and God Bless!

173. Kris Rzepczynski

     November 3rd, 2009 : 12:15 pm

     Karen D -

     Thanks for your comments, I’m glad that you’ve had some success.

     If you come across a transcription error, please contact the Library of Michigan at librarian@michigan.gov. We’ll be making scheduled updates/corrections to the index as we move forward.

     Thanks for your interest in the Seeking Michigan site.

174. Robert Hearns

     December 5th, 2009 : 11:49 am

     What an incredible resource site!!! The documents are absolutely a treasure and substantiated clues to many unanswered questions!! I am on this site five or six days a week for hours each day. Thank you for some great finds I have made.

175. Nancy Darst

     December 29th, 2009 : 8:23 pm

     Looking for divorce and or death record of Fannie Cochrane
     Howland Colton Moon (1831-?)lived in Kalamazoo and Muskegon
     Michigan.

176. Jean Hammond

     February 23rd, 2010 : 1:48 pm

     My Great Great Grandmother died in St. Clair County, Michigan in 1874. Will these records be made available also. If so, when.
     Thank you.

177. Kris Rzepczynski

     February 24th, 2010 : 3:00 pm

     Jean Hammond -

     Early Michigan deaths from 1867-1897 – including St. Clair County in 1874 – can be found at the FamilySearch Labs page: http://pilot.familysearch.org.

     Thanks for using the site.

178. Ronda Wingate

     March 20th, 2010 : 9:29 am

     This is a Great resource. Seems like you are having much trouble as it has been uploading for a year now. You should have had the Family Search imaging team help you with this project, maybe not too late. Well thanks again.

179. Marge Lewis

     April 4th, 2010 : 8:40 pm

     What an excellent resource. Thanks so much.

180. Dee DeBoyer

     April 9th, 2010 : 7:07 pm

     I really appreciate this site and all the work that has gone into it. I started out searching for my Grandfather who died when my Dad was 12 years old and we knew nothing about him nor where he was buried. I found his death certificate on this site and with the information on it I found not only where he is buried but also his parents and siblings. Thank you for this resource!

181. Ursula B Adamson

     May 14th, 2010 : 10:23 am

     I reside in Michigan and found out about this site from a German genealogy forum!
     I have located many German immigrants on your site but I must tell you to be more careful when transcribing surnames.
     I was searching for Schuhrke which I didn’t find but when I looked for alternate spellings i.e. Shurke, Schurke, Sharkey, I noticed you had inadverdantly listed someone by the name of Shaskey under Sharkey; I just hope family researchers think of checking alternate spellings for the surnames they’re looking for.

182. Richard Miller

     May 14th, 2010 : 6:50 pm

     Thanks for puttin the death cert. online, i have found a lot of cert. of my family, and what was the kicker was i was able to find the two death certs. of my Grandpa’s two siblings that died and no one know anything about them thanks again. and cant wait to see more add

183. Lynn Alex

     May 28th, 2010 : 9:39 am

     Thank you! I seemed at a dead end on ancestral family members in Bay City. Finding copies of their on-line death certificates has been immensely helpful.

184. Vanessa J.A.Warbler

     June 10th, 2010 : 12:13 pm

     Has there been any more updates to the data base? Still looking for people from Macomb (1911) and Keweenaw and Houghton counties (1897-1900).

185. Frank

     June 10th, 2010 : 9:54 pm

     Vanessa they said they are still working on it but basically said if you want to find one of the many records for the counties or years that are missing you will have to travel there and look it up yourself.

     One alternative is familysearch:
     pilot.familysearch.org/

     As they have many records for Michigan. Michigan Deaths, 1867-1897; Michigan Deaths and Burials, 1800-1995; Michigan Births, 1867-1902; Michigan Births and Christenings, 1775-1995; Michigan Marriages, 1868-1925 and Michigan Marriages, 1822-1995. Not sure how complete these are either but they do have many of the records there. It’s kind of a shame this project here wasn’t incorporated into that project. Oh well.

186. SUE

     June 17th, 2010 : 9:38 pm

     So…..where is the search engine? I’d like to search for names also. I can’t figure out how to get to it.

187. Bob Garrett, Archives of Michigan

     June 18th, 2010 : 10:01 am

     I recommend using the advanced search engine. It can get to it directly by clicking on this link:

     http://seekingmichigan.cdmhost.com/seeking_michigan/seek_advanced.php

     You can also reach it indirectly by going to http://seekingmichigan.org/ Look to the “Seek” section on the left, and then click on the “Search Advanced” button.

     In Advanced Search, you search death records by last name, first name, year of death, county or with a combination of these choices. You’ll find those choices on the “All fields” pulldown menu on the right.

188. Alice Deter Crosby

     June 20th, 2010 : 1:08 am

     I love this site! I stumbled across it a few months back. Check in regular!

     Keep the good work up!

189. Mary E. Hanson

     June 21st, 2010 : 1:49 pm

     I’d like to see the Million Record March page brought up to date (currently shows only 25% complete with only a few counties).

190. Richard Boes

     June 23rd, 2010 : 7:38 am

     Thank you for your great site. I have found records of a number of my family.
     I did notice a number of voids in the Maybee, Monroe Co listing.

     Do you have a program, like the Church of LDS, to have volunteers digitize records? I, for one, would gladly volunteer.

191. Gerald M Forsyth

     June 27th, 2010 : 8:05 pm

     How about Michigan deaths for 1998 ??
     Gerald, Anchorage, AK

192. R Cantin

     August 12th, 2010 : 11:09 am

     HI;

     I am looking for the death certificate for Theodule Bellemare/Bellemore died in 1914 in ( Spalding) Menominee county.

     raymond

193. pam

     August 23rd, 2010 : 2:38 pm

     I can not tell you how happy I am to have found your site.
     I have been looking for my great grandfathers family and may have found his brother, with names of father. This is
     wonderful. Yeah Michigan seeking. I will be back.

194. Peggy

     August 23rd, 2010 : 7:39 pm

     I am looking for the death record for Andrew Schaupp, who died 1910-1920 in Wayne County. Have all of the Detroit deaths been entered for Wayne County?

195. CARLOS ALEJANDRO SINGLETON

     September 9th, 2010 : 12:50 pm

     Hi, excellent site. i found my great great grandmother’s death certificate and really helped me get more info. However I have a question, When are records after 1920 going to be added? I need a death certificate from 1939. Thanks

196. Bob Garrett, Archives of Michigan

     September 9th, 2010 : 2:15 pm

     The Library of Michigan does not house post-1920 death records. Currently, then, there are no plans to add such records to Seeking Michigan.

     Copies of later death records can be obtained from Michigan county clerks or from the Michigan Department of Community Health.

     For the County Clerk directory, click here: http://bit.ly/beRG9b

     To order from the Department of Community Health, click here: http://www.michigan.gov/mdch/0,1607,7-132-4645—,00.html

197. Phillip Dooley

     September 24th, 2010 : 2:29 pm

     I am looking for a Michigan death certificate for Myrtle Elliott. Born 1883 in Allegan, Michigan.

198. Craig

     September 28th, 2010 : 6:15 pm

     Phillip

     http://beta.familysearch.org/s/recordDetails/show?uri=http%3A%2F%2Fpilot.familysearch.org%2Frecords%2Ftrk%3A%2Ffsrs%2Frr_745600627%2Fp1&hash=MPAfKvgWGXfZ5STyuqUCQxOVNk8%253D

     Is this her? You can order Death Certificate from this county if so.

     Name Myrtle Chandler Elliott
     Gender Female
     Burial Date 03 Jul 1949
     Burial Place Allegan, Michigan
     Death Date 01 Jul 1949
     Death Place Kalamazoo, Kalamazoo, Michigan
     Age 67
     Birth Date 13 Apr 1882
     Birthplace Allegan, Michigan
     Occupation Housewife
     Race White
     Marital Status Married
     Spouse’s Name George Elliott
     Father’s Name John Chandler
     Father’s Birthplace Allegan, Michigan
     Mother’s Name Ella Dempsey
     Mother’s Birthplace Ohio
     Indexing Project (Batch) Number B01386-1
     System Origin Michigan-EASy
     Source Film Number 2075138
     Reference Number rn 421

199. Phillip Dooley

     October 25th, 2010 : 7:20 pm

     Looking for the death record of Julliette (Brackett)Obrien
     Born July 24, 1838, in Walpole Is., Canada. She died in Hopkins, Michigan.

200. Phillip Dooley

     October 25th, 2010 : 7:22 pm

     Looking for the death record for Kathleen Mary Arnold.

201. Mary Stewart

     December 22nd, 2010 : 4:43 pm

     Hi! I simply love the work y’all have done! So many questions have been answered!
     One correction needed … “Sarah A Chevogran” d. 4.1.1910, Clare Co. is really Sarah A Cherryman. Anyway, to make that correction?
     Thanx!
     Mary

202. Jim Beiswanger

     January 9th, 2011 : 12:21 pm

     I have exausted my limits in search of the death of Noah Huffman. I only know what is on his tombstone in the Wyllis-Sebring cemetery in Hillsdale County:

     1857-1897

     i have good info on his wife, Frances, and his children, Noah Frank and Emma. Any help would be appreciated.

203. Evelyn Anderson

     January 16th, 2011 : 5:01 pm

     My browser does not allow me to go directly to the county I am looking for for death records. Any advice?

204. Shirley Osborn

     February 22nd, 2011 : 6:28 pm

     Looking for death record of Christin Rush, last know addess was Ferris, Montcalm, Michigan. This was 1920. Can’t find anything after that, he did not appear on 1930 census with his wife. Any help would be appreciated. He was born in 1851 in Lenawee, Michigan.

205. John Thomas

     March 21st, 2011 : 4:13 pm

     I like the idea of putting all the death cert. on here and have found 2 that i have been looking for.But i am looking for one That died after 1930 in Wayne . Are there going to be any others released.

206. Kris Rzepczynski

     March 22nd, 2011 : 9:23 am

     John -

     The collection here (1897-1920) is based on our current holdings available here at the Library of Michigan. We’re always looking for new additions to the site, but at this point, we’re only going up to 1920.

     For a post-1920 death certificate, you would need to contact the State Vital Records Office or the Wayne County Clerk.

     Post 1920-indexes to many Michigan counties can be found at the FamilySearch site, but I don’t believe Wayne is part of that. Still, you may want to take a look.

     Also, the Burton Historical Collection at the Detroit Public Library has an outstanding index to Detroit deaths, starting with 1920.

     Thanks for your interest in the Seeking Michigan site.

207. Kris Rzepczynski

     March 23rd, 2011 : 10:01 am

     We’ve been making corrections to the index for the death records collection here. As you would expect, we have a lot of suggested corrections from researchers, but please note that any changes made will be based on the information on the certificate itself, not the information as it should be.

     Also, there are several larger problems – missing counties, etc. – to contend with, so we appreciate your patience as we work to make this index and database the best that it can be. Happy searching!

208. Keith F Fox

     April 15th, 2011 : 10:00 am

     Ihave been searching for a death certificate on your web site for a William Harrison, who died 8 May 1908 Grand Rapids, Kent, Michigan, with out any success. Do you have the Grand Rapids deaths on your web site yet??
     Regards Keith F Fox

209. Kris Rzepczynski

     April 15th, 2011 : 2:31 pm

     Keith -

     Yes, the 1908 Grand Rapids deaths are there. I didn’t see one for William Harrison on 8 May 1908, but there is one for 30 May 1908. he was born in 1824, and his parents’ names were William and Anne; perhaps this is your William.

     Good luck!

210. laura

     April 26th, 2011 : 4:28 pm

     ok I’am new to this but I cant figure out how to get to the death certificates help please

211. Kris Rzepczynski

     May 4th, 2011 : 2:02 pm

     Laura -

     The easiest way is to click on the red Seek tab along the top of the home page. You can then search up to 4 fields at once, just be sure to select a field with “Death Records” in it from the dropdown menus on the right. You will then be searching just the Death Records collection. Good luck!

212. Cherie in Orange County, CA

     May 28th, 2011 : 12:49 am

     Do you know when the Kalamazoo death record for 1909 will be added or are they a “missing in action” year. They are there for the year prior and after. I’ve been hoping to find the record for Ann Eliza (Harris) Allen who died in 1909, probably in Prairie Ronde where she lived almost all her life. She was born 13 Sep 1823 and is buried in Harrison Cemetery in/near Prairie Ronde. Thanks.

213. Janis Ledet

     June 11th, 2011 : 3:10 pm

     I am looking for a deathe certificate for:

     Thomas Featherstone
     birth: 16 Apr 1838
     death: 3 Mar 1895

     I am out of state and I am at loss. Help

214. Kris Rzepczynski

     June 16th, 2011 : 1:53 pm

     Janis -

     Michigan death records from 1867-1897 can be found online at familysearch.org. Good luck!

215. David M Helmic

     June 22nd, 2011 : 12:02 pm

     So very cool!! I found about 12 death certificates of family members and learned the names of some I feared lost. THANKS for this great site

216. Mary Lou Duncan

     August 14th, 2011 : 10:06 pm

     Correction should be made to a death record indexed as “Jane Kriegston”, died June 25, 1903, The surname should be “Kingston” – as Jane Kingston, widow of Samuel, who died 25 June 1903 in Wayne Co., MI.

217. Claudia Rieger

     August 21st, 2011 : 1:15 am

     Is there a way to make a correction on a transcription error on a death record? i found one for James Salley b.Dec. 29,1899 d. Jan.11, 1900 that was indexed as James Salby. Please correct to the surname of Salley.

218. Kris Rzepczynski

     November 8th, 2011 : 5:56 pm

     A big chunk of the previously-missing death records will start appearing.

     Alcona, Alger, Allegan, Alpena, Antrim, Arenac, Baraga, Barry, Bay, Benzie, and Berrien from 1908. Ionia, Iosco, Iron, and Isabella from 1909.

     More coming in the next few days, including the missing Detroit and Wayne County records from 1911.

     Thanks for your patience, and happy searching!

219. Kris Rzepczynski

     November 21st, 2011 : 8:32 am

     All of the previously-missing death records have now been added – including Wayne & Macomb counties from 1911. To the best of my knowledge, this collection is now complete. Enjoy!

     Please let us know if you find a record with a transcription error, we want the index to be the best it can be.

     Thanks again for your patience, and enjoy the now-completed database.

220. Ron

     December 13th, 2011 : 4:11 pm

     I found the grave location for Bertha C. Campbell at the Detroit’s Woodmere Cemetery Records site, but can’t find her death certificate on this site? Can’t seem to find her on familysearch.org either. I’m trying to ensure I have the proper Bertha C. Campbell

     Bertha C (Osborne) Campbell, late of River Rouge, died Aug. 16, 1897, buried at Woodmere Cemetery Aug. 20, 1897 at section A, Lot 727, Grave No. 17.

     Husband: Duncan Campbell
     Father: Robert Osborne
     Mother: Elida Fairweather

     There were two Bertha Campbell’s buried in the Woodmere Cemetery — Bertha Campbell, 3 death certificates found
     — Bertha C. Campbell, nothing found

221. Jan

     January 1st, 2012 : 9:18 am

     Is there any way to make corrections and send them to you? It is very hard to read the names on the death certificates but I have noticed some that have been “translated” incorrectly. I was just reading Alexander Agens died 1906 Mason co. The person reading it put down the middle name as UPSON but it is MASON. I have found several of these with mistakes but don’t know what to do with them. I am not talking about the mistakes that the clerk made but the translator from the U of M. Thanks

222. sam gale

     January 2nd, 2012 : 11:47 am

     Hi Many people are looking for the death date for John Wintermute Daon(e) Possible died in Huron County Michigan in the 1890′s Buried in Columbia Twp Cemetary in Unionville Tuscola county His wife was Mary Ann Goodman buried in Bad Axe Huron County. Parents were Moses DOane & Mary Wintermute Where do we look???? Thanks Sam Gale

223. William Adams

     March 14th, 2012 : 8:57 am

     Looking for any death information of a Samuel Berryman. b.Cornwall Eng 1843. Ended up in Adams/Franklin townships working in the copper mines. Has disappeared. Cannot find any records since 1880 census. Wife Eliza and children back to Pennsylvania in the 1990 census. She buried there.One child was my grandmother. Searched the county records mentioned/genealogysocietys/historical ect. Mining records distroyed. Believe his death is natural/accident or suicide. Any help/suggestions/ appreciated.

224. Jane Lynch

     March 28th, 2012 : 8:31 am

     I am seeking information on a Fredricka Topp (spelled many ways.) She died in October 1920. Trying to find a death certificate. Believe she died in Detroit. Would appreciate any information.

225. autime

     March 28th, 2012 : 8:25 pm

     Please furnish any other information on this individual that you may have.

     Birth Date or age
     Fathers Name

     Thanks

226. Margaret G. Travis

     April 15th, 2012 : 3:09 pm

     I have been trying to find an obit for my grandfather John Charles Matson. We believe he died in 1915 somewhere in Houghton County. He moved around a lot for work. He lived
     in Winona until his wife Julia who died Sept 4, 1903 and daughter Edith Matila Linnea died in 1904. they were buried
     at Lakeside cemetery in Hancock. So I would think he was
     buried there also. I haven’t been able to find any death
     information for him. His son Lloyd H. J. Mattson was raised
     by foster parents so I would think they probably took care of John’s funeral as they were in contact.
     Any help you can give me would be tremendously appreciated.
     Thank you.

227. M W Ronquist

     May 4th, 2012 : 2:21 pm

     There was a time when one could find the free searches. Now a long drawn out song and dance has to be done to find them. I won’t be back.

228. Bob Garrett, Archives of Michigan

     May 9th, 2012 : 7:25 am

     M. W. Ronquist,

     I’ll confess to some confusion on your comment. All of the searches on this site are free and always have been. The search box is still the left section of our home page ( http://seekingmichigan.org/ ) and always has been. More complex searches – and searches of individual collections – can be done by clicking on “Search Advanced.”