Lookups

We need YOUR help! If you have any resources at home or are willing to do lookups at the courthouse or library, please consider donating your time to help others researching in Bay County. The more lookup resources we have, the better off we all are!! If you are interested, write me, Donna Hoff-Grambau and let me know!

**Please do not request the same lookup from more than one researcher. Volunteers are giving you a valuable commodity - their time and effort, please respect that.

Norma Campbell - is willing to do indepth researching, she is also available for lookups
                           at the Bay County Courthouse, this includes the Register of Deeds.
                           She will also do obituaries, check the 1900, 1920 and 1930 census,
                           and the 1902 Directory.
                         Please contact her for any associated copying fees.

Mary K. Freel - Will search Bay City directories 1873 to present; obituaries from
                         Bay City Times; will locate ancestor houses on Sanborn fire insurance
                         maps. Need name of head of house and approximate dates for
                         directories and exact dates for obituaries.

Bill Holtzapple - has a 1947 Bay City "Polk" Directory for lookups.

Linda Kolinski - is willing to do lookups for baptisms, marriages and deaths for
St. John of Amelith. Records are from the 1850's through 2001.

                     - has indexed the names of individuals found in the book
                       "Bay County From Footpaths to Freeways", by Les Arndt.
                       There are over 2000 names in the index. If you see a name you
                        are interested in, she would be happy to make copies for the
                        cost of postage. Please contact her for further information.

Joyce Rakovich - To all those of you who benefited by Joyce Rakovich's genealogical zeal, here is a copy of her obituary from the Bay City Times.

Rakovich, Joyce E. Bay City, Michigan Formerly of Midland Passed away unexpectedly at home at the age of 67 years. She was born on June 10, 1938, to the late Charles and Genevieve (Wojtas) Rakovich in Bay City, Michigan. She had been employed at Dow Chemical for 33 years before retiring on March 31, 1993. Joyce was an avid genealogical researcher and reader. Surviving are her two sisters, Grace (Jack) Karamol and Rose (Bill) Musolf both of Bay City; nieces: Susan (Jay) Wright and family-Andrew, Kristen, Michael, and Sara; Kathleen (Kent) Hosling and family-Jordan, Jared and Jacob; Lauren (Norm) Halstead, Jr. and family-Danielle (Mark) Kato, Norm Halstead III, Johnathon Halstead; Lisa (Don) Pietroski and family-Jennifer and Jaimie; nephews: Jeffrey (Becky) Karamol and family-Alexandra and Cynthia; William Michael Musolf and cousins. Besides her parents, she was preceded in death by her brother, John Rakovich. A memorial service will take place 11:00 a.m. on Friday, August 19, 2005 at the Stapish Cederberg Funeral Home West. Pastor Leslie Tyvela will officiate with inurnment to follow at St. Patrick Cemetery. Friends may call at the funeral home from 10:00 a.m. until the time of the service. Those planning an expression of sympathy may wish to consider the American Cancer Society.

Gladys Stroemer - has the 1910 Bay City "Polk" Directory, and the 1946, 1970 and 1987 directories for lookups.

Carol Szelogowski - is willing to do census lookups at the Bay County Library; the library has
                            census for 1820 through 1920 and Bay County for 1930. Please provide as much
                            information as possible to assist in locating your family - township, family
                            members, and/or alternate spellings of your family name.

Tina - is willing to do photos and lookups at any cemetery in Bay County or the city of
Standish. She can print and mail photos or send via e-mail.

Copying of Biography from 1883 History of Bay County. See the following URL for a list of the Biographies in the 1883 History:

SASE (Self Addressed Stamped Envelope)- $1.00 for each biography and the person's name and page number to:

Bay City Branch Library

ATTENTION - Reference Librarian

Random Acts of Genealogical Kindness - volunteer site for various kinds of lookups, from cemetery photos to public records lookups.