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Thank you everyone! I knew you would come through for me. :)

My grandparents lived at 161 Merriweather Road in 1930 and I would like to know if the house is still standing today and if the number is the same.

Thanks so much, EastsideAl!

Thank you, FormerDetroiter. I live out-of-state and won't be in the area any time soon. The BHC is definitely an option the next time I am in Detroit.

Thanks, Wilderness, I do have the 1940 census. He was living at the same address in 1942.

Looking for information and possible obituary for Daniel Hubert McGinnis, a Detroit physician from about 1922 until his death 6 April 1957. He was born on 3 February 1895 in Mount Carmel, Ontario,...

EastsideAl, thank you so much. I love to learn more of my own family's history, but I also love to learn Detroit history in general.

Thanks for the information. I am curious as to why Emory and Jeanie were living with the Dr. Looks like I have some research to do there. I hate that the house at 52/100 East Forest is gone. It...

Thank you so much! I did some research in the directories on ancestry.com and found that Emory and Jeanie didn't move there until 1913. I believe she was ill at that point, and died in May of 1914....

What an awesome thread. Dearly love the old homes of Detroit. I am looking for information on the home of my great-great-grandparents, Emory & Jeanie Wendell. They lived at 410 Seminole until their...

Thanks, Wintersmommy! Would love to see the photos returned to relatives.

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Purchased these photos of Irene Rebb, in hopes of returning to anyone in her family.

Irene Rebb - 1944
Listed in the 1930 & 1940 Census Records as the daughter of Clem and Natalie Rebb...

Any success with Mt Olivet?

Did Amos & Ada's son Louis J Cote attend the University of Michigan in 1943?

How are the Smith's and Cote's related?

Did any of them live in Massachusetts at any point?

Charles' daughter, Emma, married Rudolph Schave. He died shortly after they were married and was buried in German Lutheran. His parents were August and Augusta Schave. They lived at 338 Lovett and...

What are the names of the relatives you are trying to find?

What is your GGGF's name? Where was his last residence?

A few movies were filmed in the home as well. From Turner Classic Movies:The Mysterious Mr. Browning [[1918)




Cast:


Walter Miller
as Mr. Browning, also known as Red Harrigan

Boat built for H.N. Torrey by Gar Wood

http://www.gphistorical.org/farmer14.html

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Claireview - Grosse Pointe Shores

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Claireview 1886

http://www.gphistorical.org/pdf-files/funstuff/driving-tour.pdf

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Would love for you to consider sharing your collection with us at the Detroit Society for Genealogical Research. Most of the postcards in the gallery are from my personal collection. Send a private...

The new Detroit Society for Genealogical Research website has launched. www.dsgr.org

Be sure to check out the collection of old Detroit postcards on the DSGR Facebook page as well.

Thanks! Woodmere Cemetery also has a searchable database: http://www.woodmerecemeteryresearch.com/records.php

Found my great-grandparents cremation records here. My great-grandfather died in the...