Michigan Obituaries, 1820-2006

Benjamin V. Cohen was born on 23 September 1894 in Muncie, Indiana. He was the last of five children born to Moses and Sarah Cohen, both of whom were Polish immigrants.
He attended the University of Chicago, where he earned an undergraduate degree as well as his law degree. Upon graduation he moved to Washington D.C., where he began a career which would see him gain credit as one of the authors of some of the laws that became the basis of President Roosevelt's New Deal. He died in Washington D.C. in 1983.
Even though he was born in Muncie, Indiana, educated in Chicago, Illinois and worked and died in Washington D. C., the above information came from an obituary that was published in the Grand Rapids Press on 16 August 1983. That obituary (shown below) is part of one of the new collections available at www.familysearch.org.

That collection, Michigan Obituaries, 1820-2006, currently has over 68,000 images which are name search able. The transcription (shown below), provides the vital information from the obituary, including the names of other who are listed.

For those with family in Michigan or who may have been mentioned in Michigan papers, this is a great collection which can be searched free of charge from the luxury of your home.

Michigan, Death Certificates, 1921-1952

The number of databases available at FamilySearch.org which are useful for those with Jewish families continues to grow. One of the newest is Michigan, Death Certificates, 1921-1952. As of today the collection does not include the original images, however it does have a name index to over 1.6 million records.

The amount of information included in this database should help those who had family in Michigan. The entry below for example, shows the death of Arthur Mittledorf. From the record we find that Arthur, the son of Osias Mittledorf and his wife Annie Beidner, was born in Detroit on 6 May 1926 and died there on 17 Aug 1927. For those who would like to look at the original record, the Family History Library film number (1972984) is also included.

When added to the other  databases on Familysearch.org, the ability to find families in Michigan has been greatly increased.