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Success Stories
Beth, Back in November, Debbie posted a query on the Ionia County Page regarding her family name, Alderman. While transcribing the Alleman/Schnable Cemetery this past week I came across some names that were familiar. After a quick look-up, I e-mailed Debbie with my findings and this is the note that I received from her: Dear Beth, The Ionia Co Page looks great. This page originally lead to a great deal of help with my research. The posting that I placed several months ago was noticed by Cheryl Von Wormer and she contacted me. She is a great person and has been extremely helpful. I wasn't surprised that she is helping with your project as she is really dedicated to helping others.With her help, we have located many references to my gr-gr grandfather Dexter and his family. I feel that this line of my tree has been greatly enriched and alot of spaces have been filled. The Ionia Co Page has really changed in the past months. It has gotten better and better. Actually it seems to be the best Co page that I have come accross. The new info that has been placed should be very helpful. As I read through the page, It makes me want to make a trip to the Hall-Fowler Memorial Library. It seems have alot of resources. It is certainly a honorable goal to place all the biographies, histories, and other records on the net. It seems like a great deal of work but will be very helpful. I really want to thank you and your helpers for the excellent website and I plan to check it out frequently and continue to watch the best get better. I hope the other counties on USGENWEB will use you page as an example. Keep up the good work. Donn P Cutler Jan 29, 1997 - Dear Beth, My name is Sally J.
(born "Bolster") Holcombe. I want to thank you for allyour efforts on the Ionia
County GenWeb pages---and to tell you that they have made a great difference in
my Ionia County genealogical research. In contrast to your situation, I have
roots in your area, but I live elsewhere. I have been trying to establish the
locations in Michigan where my people lived---and to connect with people that
I'm related to---for several years. Previously, I'd only been able to get to a
certain point, then there was no information available. The search has been even
more difficult because the memories that my father has of his extended family
are unusually sparce. . . . .What really opened doors for me was a transcription
of Greene Cemetery headstones (done by Hazel Dean, 1964) that you have in the
on-line archives. There are several Bolsters buried there and each individual
fits perfectly into one part of my puzzle. Since there are two people missing
that I would have assumed to be part of this group, I'm wondering if some
headstones might have disappeared or been mutilated before 1964 when the
transcription was done. I'm also curious--is the cemetery currently maintained
and capable of being visited? I'm going to be in Michigan in July (for the first
time in 35 years), and would like to visit the site. Also, is there a sextant
for the cemetery, and where are the complete burial records for Greene Cemetery
kept? Anyway, keep up your marvelous work, and thank you, again! Success story: found the dates of death of my gr
grandparents John W and Jincey L HINES in the cemetery references (Clarksville)
found on your webpage. Gave me the warm tingles all over. ;-) 27 Jan 1997 Donald
G. HINES don@hines.com January 28, 1997 Found out on your web page that
the Hall-Fowler Library in Ionia had a genealogy manuscript of the TOWNSEND
family. I had the opportunity to investigate that last weekend and found VOLUMES
of data sheets and family group sheets on my lines back to 16th century. Will
have to return to the library to record more information. I simply ran out of
time! Thanks and the page is looking great. Don Bryant, Don Bryant <bryant@iserv.net>
Grand Rapids January 28, 1997 - Thanks to the efforts of
Cheryl Van Wormer, I now have biographies of Erastus and Phebe Yeoman's! She
has, also, copied more information for me at the library, including pictures of
Erastus and Phebe. I called and talked to Dexter Arnold of Saranac, Ionia
County, Michigan last night and we are distantly related thru Phebe's brother. I
got his number from Cheryl. Cheryl delayed mailing the information to me, so
that she could type up some more biographies, while she had the copies as they
are from reference books that can't be removed from the library. Cheryl deserves
a pat on the back for a job well done! April 3, 1997- SUCCESS ! You can locate my Query on Dora Beach and plop a Success sign on it! In fact, thru the queries, I not only found the names of Dora Mabie Beach's children, but was able to trace them out and did talk to a living descendant on the phone yesterday. --Cindy Bryant <cbryant@qtm.net> From: Eva Bachman <bchm019@unlvm.unl.edu> To: bwills@ionia-mi.net - Thursday, July 24, 1997 WOW! I am very impressed! I have for years bemoaned the fact that I live in NEBRASKA and my roots are in MICHIGAN! Aaargh! Not anymore. Tonight while checking out some things on the web, I ran across the bookmark I had made for Ionia County. I have been really trying to find my HULL, INGALLS, BERRY and others assorted names from the area. I FOUND DATES on one of the Hulls due to all your impressive hard work with cemeteries! THANK YOU, THANK YOU, THANK YOU! To you and all your compatriots in my wonderful home state (which I will be visiting in 7 weeks - hats off and again, thank you.) Thought you'd like to hear what your audience is
saying about you! Everyone needs a warm fuzzy, don't you think? Pam---------
Begin forwarded message ---------- From: Jroots@aol.com - Beth, thank you very, very, very much! Feel free to list my queries (I had one before in re Bezaleel LOCKE, Russell's brother) as success stories. In the case of Bezaleel, I was able to connect with his current descendants because of your page! Thanks again, Jerry Harrison Albuquerque, NM Just wanted to say THANK YOU! for your Ionia Co.
MI. Web Page. I found a long lost cousin in the queries, Eva Bachman. Eva's,
Mary Jane Buckley Caswell, was sister to my Lewis Buckley. Without your Web Page
we probably would have never met. Again, Thank You, Thank You, Thank You. Hi, Beth! I visited your Ionia County GenWeb pages
tonight...and it was a marvelous experience. You’ve built (and are maintaining)
one of the most content-filled and useful sites I’ve seen. I can imagine how
much time and dedication it takes to develop a site like yours, and I really
thank you for the effort. Dear Beth, I wanted to write a quick note to you to let you know that I answered a query from November and found out I have third cousins out west. I was looking through the query listings and found one from "Susan" about the Hallahan and Williams families. My great grandmother was one of the people they were talking about. I think we will be able to share a lot of information because they have one branch of the family and I have another. Thanks for doing so much work to put out the Ionia County page!! Jim Moses Thank You, I found my great great great Grandfather and two of his brothers marriage records. Success story!!!!!!! Marjorie A. Miller Dreamer@teleport.com
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