The Gazette newspaper of Houghton, Michigan appears to have started as a Weekly, then progressed to a Daily. The films from which the following items were extracted do not contain every issue and have no explanation as to why some issues are missing. 

The purpose of these extractions is to show the names of people in the Houghton area at that particular date. Genealogists will be the main group to profit from this work; however, readers in general will find it fascinating to follow the development of the area. Not every item was extracted.

The films were obtained from the Michigan State Library. If a reader wants to see more of the item than is shown, he will have to see the film or the actual newspaper, for we cannot provide it.

This project was begun for our own pleasure, and if genealogists find a marriage cited for which they have been long searching to no avail, or former Houghtonites learn a bit more about the conditions which controlled the traveling patterns of their ancestors, we are happy to share these pages.

Dick and June Ross

 


SEARCH THIS SITE  

Hint:  More Cornish names are in files on the Houghton MIGenWeb site that are not here.


Mainly Cornish Records

Houghton     Ontonagon      Iron     Gogebic     Dickinson     Keweenaw      Marquette (not started yet)


Mixed Ethnic Records  

Newspaper Transcriptions              Obituaries early 1900


Houghton County


Vitals, Censuses and Cemetery records of Cornish or English surnames. 

Ontonagon County

Declarations of Intent for Citizenship and marriages with Cornish names from Ontonagon County, Michigan that Dick and June transcribed.


Iron County


Gogebic County



Keweenaw County

Declarations of Intent Index with Cornish Names are online. Marriages, Births, and 1900 Census containing Cornish names, have been added.


Dickinson County



NEWSPAPER TRANSCRIPTIONS

The following transcripts contain births, deaths, marriages, obits and general news items from the area that were announced in the local newspaper.  Not all articles were transcribed, but they cover not only the Cornish but other ethnicities as well from the area. 

Year of 1869
1    2
Year of 1870
1     2
Year of 1871 
1     2
Year of 1872
1     2
Year of 1873
1
Year of 1874
1
     2    3

Year of 1875
1
     2     3

 

Year of 1876
1
     2
Year of 1877
1
     2    3     4
Year of 1878
1
     2    3     4
Year of 1879
1      2
 
Year of 1880
1      2
Year of 1881
      2

 

Year of 1882
1    2

 

Year of 1883
1

 

Year of 1884
1

 

Year of 1885
1

 

Year of 1886
1

 

Year of 1887
1

 

Year of 1888
1     2

 

Years1889-1890
1

Years 1896
1
  Years 1897
1     2

 

Years 1899
   

 

Year of 1900
    2

Year of 1901
1     3
  5   
 

Year of 1902
1     2

 

Year of 1903
1       3
4    5    6
 

Year of 1904
1    2    3
4    5    6

Colleen
Year of 1905
1    2    3
4    5    6

Colleen
Year of 1906
1   2   3
4   5   6

Connie
Year of 1907
1    2    3
4    5    6

Pat
Year of 1908
1    2    3
4    5    6

Colleen

Year of 1909
1    2    3
4    5    6

volunteer needed

Year of 1910
1    2    3
4    5    6

volunteer needed

Year of 1911
1    2    3
4    5    6

volunteer needed

Year of 1912
1    2    3
4    5    6

volunteer needed

Year of 1913
1    2    3
4    5    6

volunteer needed

Year of 1914
1    2    3
4    5    6

volunteer needed

Year of 1916
1    2    3
4    5    6

volunteer needed

Year of 1917
1    2    3
4    5    6

volunteer needed

 

 

Volunteer To Help Get These Files Online

If you have a scanner and a program that will read the file and put into a text format (comes with some scanners), would you be willing to help get some of the issues of this project online?  The transcripts of these newspapers goes up to 1917.  Your help will be appreciated very much by other researchers. 

If you are willing and able to help with this project contact me please. 


 

EARLY 1900 OBITUARIES FROM THE MINING GAZETTE

Dick and June photocopied many obituaries from the Mining Gazette. While doing these they not only copied Cornish but other names as well. If you want to do a quick check for your surname use the search engine. If you would like to read through them click on the letters below.


A | B | C | D | E | F | G | H | I - J | K | L | M | N | O-P | Q - R | S | T | U- V | W | X-Y-Z


If you have Cornish ancestors, a great place to start your search is at the Cornwall GenWeb Site which has information for research, links, queries, and online data.



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