Current Monthly Updates
Notes from Dea's desk
Wow, What a month June was. We put 1860 township
maps on line. Christine Scott, a volunteer who lives in LaPorte County, IN, is
busy typing the property owners and businesses that will coordinate with these
maps. This is a huge project, so big kado's to Christine.
Davis F. "Doc"
Ball loaned us his personal book of these 1860 townships for scanning and
placing on the web. Thank you Doc!
A warm thank you to all that are continuing to send
us in articles, photos and information about Cass County, Michigan. If you
would like to see some of the folks that are contributing to the site over the
last few months, just check out our Hall Of Fame.
Projects in Progress
Brett Hardesty has most certainly not fallen asleep
at the helm, as he has scanned Sumnerville Cemetery records, which we will be
typing and also placing on line. And a big thank you must go to Doug Shaffer
who allowed us to scan these valuable records for on line display.
Genealogical Article of the Month of
July
Local News from Yesteryear
Miss
Grace E. Smith of Niles and Ray Bloom of Dowagiac eloped and were married at
Cassopolis. The bride is the daughter of Charles E. Smith and is 19 years of
age. The groom who is 21, is a a native of Middlebury, Ind.
Ref: Marshall
Exponder - Jan 16, 1903 pg. 3
Contact
Information:
Deanna
West at
cassmichigangen@yahoo.com
Family Histories &
Biographies
Please - Per USGenWeb guidelines - No ged
coms from family tree maker or any other genealogy based programs. Please
submit family information either in biographical or story form. I and other
volunteers have done quite a few of the ged com revisions and it really takes a
lot of time to alter and remove the repeated information within.
Obituary
Request
Look Up Fees
We have people willing to do obituary look ups.
Please see our Professional and
Volunteer Page. Obits will be looked up and an email sent with the content
of what was in obituary.
If hard copy is desired of original newspaper
article, then please include going rate for postage at time of look up.
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Previous Months
News
WE HAVE MOVED - Please set your bookmarks to
http://www.dunelady.com/Cass/
Cemetery pages: Don't be surprised if some of the
cemetery pages aren't showing pictures at the top or have a few broken links
here and there. The tombstone project has also moved and is moving their sites
off of rootsweb too. We all work together in a united effort and thier
tombstone project files may be now found at
http://www.usgwtombstones.org/michigan/cass.htm
I
will be rectifying any broken links in the up coming months.
FIRST WEEK OF MAY ADDED THESE INDEXES TO THE
COUNTY HISTORY
PAGE
NEGROS IN
SOUTHWESTERN MICHIGAN
by: Everett Claspy - Indexed by
Amelia Castle
POTAWATOMI
INDIANS OF SOUTHWESTERN MICHIGAN
by: Everett Claspy - Indexed by:
Amelia Castle
A BRIEF
HISTORY OF CASS COUNTY
- COMPILED BY MAE R. SCHOETZOW
- INDEXED BY:
AMELIA B. CASTLE
INDEX TO:
DOWAGIAC AND SISTER LAKES RESORT AREAS
- INDEXED BY: AMELIA B.
CASTLE
Donating
Information & Photos
Obituaries, Family &
Tombstone Photos
On-going request (Photos and Obits must
pre-date 1960)
We always welcome
family information on the ancestors of Cass County. Donated information
will always remain free to our viewers.
We are also looking for old
school graduating classes before 1950. Can you help? Have something in the
attic?
Among items being collected are: Pre 1950 - burial
records, obituaries, newspaper clippings, cemetery information, ancestor'
stories, diaries, photos, old family bible information, School info &
photos along with early marriages.
Tombstone
Photo Request
All photos already on site are free and may be
printed for family files you are researching. However they may not be used on
another commercial or nationally based site without the implicit permission of
The USGENWEB Project
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