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Member Since: January 2007 Posts: 7,623 Send Message	mgnv	Report	28 Mar 2010 00:15
	Michigan BMDs 1867 thru 1902/1925/1897 along with some US censuses are at: http://pilot.familysearch.org/recordsearch/start.html#p=allCollections;r=0 Vital stats are usually under the states Dept of Health. Try using as a gateway: http://www.cyndislist.com/ can't help with your question, though
Member Since: August 2009 Posts: 49 Send Message	JanieH	Report	27 Mar 2010 13:38
Member Since: August 2009 Posts: 49 Send Message	Would be interested to hear if anyone has used the above website to find ancestors in the United States? I was really excited a couple of weeks ago when, with a lot of help from people here, I discovered a branch of my family had emigrated to Michigan, US. Using my free trial on Ancestry I've got a bit further but have found that a lot of states don't seem to have their BMD on there. I've found some marriages and deaths on various US family history sites, but I know there are more out there and I can't find them! When I google 'vital records' for a particular state I keep getting links to Archives.com and other similar sites. I would be very grateful for any advice. Thank you, Jane PS a big thank you again to everyone who helped me locate the Culmer family in the US