  Ray1936 Member Username: Ray1936 Post Number: 3662 Registered: 01-2005 |
Was staring at an old family obit clipping yesterday. When I noted the church at 12th (now Rosa Parks) and Lysander, I wondered if the church was still there. Being 2,000 miles away, little tough to take a drive there, so instead I clicked on Google street view, and by golly, there's the church she had her funeral from. Yeah, hard copy made and added to the files. Cyberspace is amazing!   | ||
Mikeg Member Username: Mikeg Post Number: 1824 Registered: 12-2005 |
Microsoft's Live Search Maps have a "birds-eye-view" feature for many urban and suburban areas. Here's one of their multiple views of 12th and Lysander (resized to fit this post):  | ||
Lferg Member Username: Lferg Post Number: 25 Registered: 07-2008 |
Hi Ray, Just had to comment on how much I enjoy your genealogy posts! You may be way ahead of me, but the new search through LDS offers old marriage and birth records from Wayne County. | ||
Ray1936 Member Username: Ray1936 Post Number: 3665 Registered: 01-2005 |
Ah....wasn't aware of that. I'll check it out. I got hooked on the hobby about ten years ago. Started with 40 names of relatives I knew. My database is currently pushing 6,000. | ||
Lferg Member Username: Lferg Post Number: 26 Registered: 07-2008 |
The new search feature is great. Use your imagination with the spellings as I have found some very unusual versions of the last names. My database isn't nearly that large yet, but so far I am very pleased with my progress. One of these days I'll get back to Michigan so I can check out the Detroit Library. | ||
Dtctygrl Member Username: Dtctygrl Post Number: 55 Registered: 03-2007 |
Isn't genealogy wonderful? How great to have pieces come together. | ||
Dtctygrl Member Username: Dtctygrl Post Number: 56 Registered: 03-2007 |
Isn't genealogy wonderful? It's so great when pieces come together. | ||
Ray1936 Member Username: Ray1936 Post Number: 3699 Registered: 01-2005 |
Yes. Yes. | ||
Johnlodge Member Username: Johnlodge Post Number: 8765 Registered: 10-2003 |
Ray, has your family been in the U.S. for awhile? 6,000 names! My great grandparents all came here in the early 1900's. Tracking them back overseas is not easy. | ||
Ray1936 Member Username: Ray1936 Post Number: 3701 Registered: 01-2005 |
Thanks to my paternal grandmother's side, it goes back to 1620. John Alden and Priscilla Mullins are 8xgreat grandparents. Direct male line goes to 1717 when Thomas Downing, a Quaker, left Devonshire for Pennsylvania. And that line can be traced in Devon back to 1530 thanks to parish records. But I've been researching for eleven years now. I started with about 40 names. Hey, it's a great hobby if you love screwing up your eyes over rolls and rolls of microfilm.......  |
