Comments on: Millions of Midwesterners—Ohio and Michigan Vital Records

By: Jeff

Jeff — Tue, 24 Aug 2010 00:04:19 +0000

What’s the problem and outlook for getting the Michigan death certificates back online? I found records for a couple of my people and didn’t get a chance to download them.

By: Roger Engelken

Roger Engelken — Sat, 14 Aug 2010 16:27:52 +0000

Thank you so very much to the gentleman who mentioned seekingmichigan.com. I was able to find the death certificate of William Landmann, my great great grandfather. The family in the more than twenty years I’ve been looking never had any information on his passing. Thank you so very much.

Roger.

By: ejg25

ejg25 — Fri, 13 Aug 2010 20:16:58 +0000

I’m obviously with those who find great value in these records. I had searched thoroughly outside Ancestry.com and wasn’t aware that the actual Michigan death record images were viewable online.

Also, I find that even if a record is available elsewhere, when it’s digitized to Ancestry there is a significant advantage gained in the name index quality and search-ability. I can’t wait for them to digitize the Italian civil registration records for my ancestral towns that I’ve been painstakingly scouring on poor-quality decades-old microfilm.

By: Karra

Karra — Fri, 13 Aug 2010 14:23:35 +0000

Don – still laughing.

By: Scott

Scott — Thu, 12 Aug 2010 22:07:00 +0000

P.S. Please keep the Michigan records coming! Records from Ohio aren’t that important. Everyone from Michigan knows that.

By: Scott

Scott — Thu, 12 Aug 2010 18:09:15 +0000

I agree with Don and Alex. All of my family traces back through Michigan and I’ve been researching for almost 10 years. I’d seen the death indexes, etc. on familysearch, and had looked at Seeking Michigan in the distant past, but until I saw this database on Ancestry.com, I didn’t realize the actual death record images (not just the index sheets) were on-line anywhere. I immediately found a ton of family members in the records, so having these records (even if on-line elsewhere) centralized on a place like Ancestry.com is of great benefit.

By: don

don — Wed, 11 Aug 2010 17:41:02 +0000

I agree, the more that’s on Ancestry, the better. Many people may not know of some of the individual state’s websites, so having Ancestry as a central place for your search has its advantages. I’m an ancestry subscriber and love the service, but I wish they would focus on getting new information. Up next on Ancestry, the new “Google database”. If you have a world deluxe subscription you can even search Google for information around the world.

By: BobNY

BobNY — Wed, 11 Aug 2010 17:26:43 +0000

re: #17

No, Alex they should not take down what can be found elsewhere for free. BUT, they should be expending their finite acquisition, indexing and storage resources on records that are not available elsewhere.

By: Alex

Alex — Wed, 11 Aug 2010 16:43:27 +0000

Hi, malcontents! The more there is on ancestry, the better I like it, even if the same information is available at some other website. Do you think ancestry should take down everything that can be found for free somewhere else?

By: iva

iva — Wed, 11 Aug 2010 16:09:46 +0000

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