Current Monthly Updates
Notes from Dea's desk
August 2010 - August was a rather
frustrating month for us. My laptop hard drive had to be replaced. But we did
have on line and disc back up all of our site data. However on August
19th many of the Gen Web sites got hacked including the three sites I maintain;
those being LaPorte County, Indiana; Berrien County, and Cass County, Michigan.
Even though they are maintained on different providers, a group out of China
was able to break the log in security passwords and add a Trojan to the main
index pages. This is the first time in 10 years that I have been hacked. I will
be checking the FTP uploader daily from now on to see if anyone has been into
the system who it non-authorized.
So with this double whammy of having to reload my
laptop computer and scrub viruses off of sites, it has been extremely time
consuming and put me behind schedule. Make sure you clear your histories and
have a good virus protection on your computer. Avast is the latest and seems to
be the best at the present time to protect against the viruses. You can find a
free download for it on line.
July 2010 - rather a quiet month. But we did
add the link
Seeking Michigan which has a lot of old county documents along
many of the death certificates between 1897 & 1920 for Cass County. Here's
the link
Seeking Michigan
June - Rose McClure sent us some great
pictures of more of the old time schools of Cass County.
A few more family photos were added to site too.
Have you tried using our search engine?
May - Did a little site house cleaning and
lookups for folks.
April - Rather a quiet month for the month
of April and our web site here. I don't live locally and I depend on you good
folks to send us in stories, photos, biographies and graduation classes and
photos. If you have any in the attic, please forward them on to us.
March - Charlotte "Lottie" Wilson, was a
very well known local artist whose works became well known through out the
Eastern and Midwest states.
Lottie was raised in Niles, Michigan and had
many connections both in Berrien and Cass County. We placed a great story about
her on our history page for Berrien, which you can view at:
http://berrien.migenweb.net/History_files/LottieWilson.htm
In March I made some donated corrections to a few
of the older burials in Cass County. Also added, sent in family photos and
biographies. So do a search every now and then to see if one of your research
surnames might be included in the newest additions to our site.
Our site has really grown. So... on March 22, 2010
I divided our donated obituaries into an alphabetical surname index. Please
note the following obituary index page
http://www.dunelady.com/Cass/obituaries/obituaries.htm
February 2010-I Added some information and
made a few corrections to Dewey, Sacred Heart and Rose Hill Cemetery.
More names were also added to our surname listings
of researchers willing to exchange ancestral information.
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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.
Previous Months News
Cemetery
news - James Riggs sent us several dozen random stone photos of Moon Cemetery
in Penn Township. Hathaway stone photos at Nicholsville Cemetery were linked to
the burial listing. A few photos and extra data was also added to Crane
Cemetery. Edwardsburg Cemetery got some attention and updating on our site.
Local News from Yesteryear
As of
January 1877 there were at least 4 newspapers in existance in Cass County,
Michigan:
Edwardsburg Argus, Edwardsburg - Independent
Dowagiac
Republican, Dowagiac, - Republican
Cassopolis National Democrat, Cassopolis
- Democrat
Cassopolis Vigilant, Cassopolis - Republican |
Important
Notice:
What is needed for our web site
| Item |
Date
Limits |
Added comments
(Sources should always be noted when known) |
| Biographies Ancestors of Cass County |
Up to 1950 |
Please no gedcoms
& no DOB's for any
living individual |
| Cemetery information |
no time limit |
Individual or cemetery listings of
burials |
| County Scenery and Building photographs |
no time limit |
Old and new county photos welcome |
| Death Dates |
no time limit |
Person should have once lived in Cass
County |
| Family photographs |
Up to 1950 |
Individual or group photos are great! |
| Family Records |
up to 1950 |
Bible, Journals, Letters, Notes |
| Houses of Worship |
no time limit |
Photos and/or information on some of the
histories of same |
| Obituaries |
Up to 1975 |
Please include cemetery buried in, if not
stated in obituary and if you know burial location |
| Old news paper clippings (typed) |
up to 1950 |
For our Family and County tidbit pages. |
| Schools |
up to 1960 |
School photos and/or class rosters
and
photos of old schools |
| Veteran Information |
no time limit |
Let's salute our Veterans and their final
resting places.
Send your Veterans name and place laid to rest. |
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
If you haven't had a chance to read through some of
the disasters that have happened in past years in Michigan, you can go
here:
http://www3.gendisasters.com/mainlist/michigan
Contact
Information:
Deanna
West at
cassmichigangen@yahoo.com
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