IMPORTANT: if you offer a correction that contradicts a record or obituary displayed in the bio, you must send corroborating records! If you do not, the correction will be refused, unless I can independently confirm it. Also, whenever I get a correction or addition, I check for new records that were not previously available. It may be that I find records that offer information that disagrees with your suggestion. I am always open to discussion about which contradictory data points are more likely.

If you send a name other than what is on the marker, I will refuse, unless you assert the marker is in error, and offer evidence. If a person was born with one name, but consistently used another, and put that on their marker, we should respect their wishes.

Since Findagrave has changed their search mechanism to find either of multiple names in the last name field, I will now enter multiple names there. If I previously refused, please resend.

Also, if anything important on the marker is omitted in your memorials, such as a middle name or initial, I will offer a correction. Many of my corrections go through by default these days, and as a result, I don't always send sources for my suggestions. However, I will be glad to offer sources if requested.

Born Chicago, have lived in IL, MI, Germany, NJ and AL currently, with a summer home, my great grandfather Silas Benjamin Anway's farm house, in Central Lake MI. Graduate of U. of Michigan and U. of Illinois. Retired physicist, communications engineer, and professor. The picture above left is 55 years old.

The majority of my older memorials are for my and my wife's relatives, their spouses, and the spouses's parents. Of particular interest are the surnames Edwards, Westbrook, Nate, Anway, Sanford, Brown, Budde, Wolf, Lanterman, Bordenca, Diliberto, Tortorici, Corrente, Rizzo, LoCicero, Calabrese, LoVoi, and Tamburello. I have source information for my relatives. Virtual cemeteries are my direct Ancestors, Anway/Nanny, Brown and Lanterman. The Lantermans are descendants of Johann Peter Lanterman b. ca 1714 and his wife. Anway/Nanny are all descendants of William Nanne b. 1720. Brown will contain the descendants of Walter Brown born ca 1727 on Long Island. When I enter a memorial, I attempt to find the parents and link them, if you know the parents' grave locations, please let me know. My sources for my relatives are in the database rtegen on Rootsweb Worldconnect. The link is at the bottom of this profile.

A newer project is the genealogy of Antrim Co., Michigan. For more information on some of the people there (eventually all I can find data for), go to Rootsweb Worldconnect and select the centrallake database. A version is also on Ancestry.com, also called centrallake. Family trees on Ancestry.com can be viewed with a free account. Many memorials in the cemeteries near Central Lake including Southern, Bayview, Dunsmore, Morehouse, Antrim, the two Lakeviews, Helena, Sunset Hill, and the two Fairviews in Mancelona are not my kin and are available for transfer to descendants. Please say how you are related when requesting a transfer. All but very recent graves in Central Lake have been photographed. I have a list of burials in Southern Cemetery up to about 2010 that used to be online. I have gone through that list, reviewing my memorials in Southern Cemetery, adding detail, linking individuals, correcting errors, and adding all the entries to that list. If an entry lacks detail, and especially a burial lot, please bring it to my attention, and I will attempt to add more. So far 25,000 individuals from Antrim co, Michigan or nearby, their ancestors, or descendants have been entered. I have a book of marked graves in Antrim Co compiled in 1998, and can look up burials there. I have gone through that book and added all graves that weren't already entered, and corrected errors in existing memorials.
To other researchers in Michigan, Familysearch.org has MI death certificates for 1897-1952, and pictures of 1897-1945 MI death certificates are available on Seeking Michigan. Family search also has records for 1867-1896. These have exact death dates, often birth dates, and locations. Please use these databases to flesh out your entries and find birth dates for those with no birth date on the stone or when no age or birth information is on the stone. Do this especially for Civil War markers. Honoring our veterans is fine, but giving them bare bones memorials is cutting them short. Also, their military service is not all they did, give them rounded out bios; family comes first. And please, expand the abbreviations used on those markers. It's FINDagrave, Wm, Sam'l, Jas, and Jno are not going to be found. If you use abbreviations, expect a correction from me. The accepted convention on rank for those who served in the military is to include rank only if they died while active in the service, therefore I will not add rank in the name for those who died after their service. It may be displayed elsewhere, and if asked, I can add it to the bio.

I will be happy to add bios, obituaries, correct errors, add links, and credit your contribution. Please let me know how you know what you send.

I never enter duplicate memorials intentionally, except in the rare case when the older memorial was entered under a name different from what is on the marker, usually the name of a later husband. I think this should be fixed by allowing multiple married names for women. In those rare cases I include the number of the other memorial that uses a name not on the marker in the bio. When I create a memorial I use the name on the marker plus any known middle name, as the rules suggest, and give other married names in the bio and link to the other husbands. When I link, I link to the older memorial. If I have entered a duplicate unintentionally, let me know, and I will fix it.

I research all entries. If I find solid information that the dates on the marker are incorrect, unfortunately fairly common, I enter the best dates available.

I have photographed all of the favorite cemeteries listed here, except for Maple Grove and Brookside. Memorials without photographs in the completed cemeteries may have no marker, or a hidden or unreadable marker. You may copy my photos and put them on your site, preferably with attribution. You may not charge anyone for a copy or use the photo in any for-profit endeavor. If you want any of my photos attached to a Findagrave memorial, please ask me to do it, as the rules suggest. If you copy the contents of any bio that is not just a copy or digest of an obituary, as a favor to those who may want the source, attach the Findagrave number or my name.

If English is not a language you are comfortable with, you may write to me in German or French.

I am also reviewing memorials for Civil War veterans in Michigan currently in the custody of the Sons of Union Veterans of the Civil War, verifying them, merging duplicates, and cross checking them with the SUVCW database.

RTE, member of SUVCW

IMPORTANT: if you offer a correction that contradicts a record or obituary displayed in the bio, you must send corroborating records! If you do not, the correction will be refused, unless I can independently confirm it. Also, whenever I get a correction or addition, I check for new records that were not previously available. It may be that I find records that offer information that disagrees with your suggestion. I am always open to discussion about which contradictory data points are more likely.

If you send a name other than what is on the marker, I will refuse, unless you assert the marker is in error, and offer evidence. If a person was born with one name, but consistently used another, and put that on their marker, we should respect their wishes.

Since Findagrave has changed their search mechanism to find either of multiple names in the last name field, I will now enter multiple names there. If I previously refused, please resend.

Also, if anything important on the marker is omitted in your memorials, such as a middle name or initial, I will offer a correction. Many of my corrections go through by default these days, and as a result, I don't always send sources for my suggestions. However, I will be glad to offer sources if requested.

Born Chicago, have lived in IL, MI, Germany, NJ and AL currently, with a summer home, my great grandfather Silas Benjamin Anway's farm house, in Central Lake MI. Graduate of U. of Michigan and U. of Illinois. Retired physicist, communications engineer, and professor. The picture above left is 55 years old.

The majority of my older memorials are for my and my wife's relatives, their spouses, and the spouses's parents. Of particular interest are the surnames Edwards, Westbrook, Nate, Anway, Sanford, Brown, Budde, Wolf, Lanterman, Bordenca, Diliberto, Tortorici, Corrente, Rizzo, LoCicero, Calabrese, LoVoi, and Tamburello. I have source information for my relatives. Virtual cemeteries are my direct Ancestors, Anway/Nanny, Brown and Lanterman. The Lantermans are descendants of Johann Peter Lanterman b. ca 1714 and his wife. Anway/Nanny are all descendants of William Nanne b. 1720. Brown will contain the descendants of Walter Brown born ca 1727 on Long Island. When I enter a memorial, I attempt to find the parents and link them, if you know the parents' grave locations, please let me know. My sources for my relatives are in the database rtegen on Rootsweb Worldconnect. The link is at the bottom of this profile.

A newer project is the genealogy of Antrim Co., Michigan. For more information on some of the people there (eventually all I can find data for), go to Rootsweb Worldconnect and select the centrallake database. A version is also on Ancestry.com, also called centrallake. Family trees on Ancestry.com can be viewed with a free account. Many memorials in the cemeteries near Central Lake including Southern, Bayview, Dunsmore, Morehouse, Antrim, the two Lakeviews, Helena, Sunset Hill, and the two Fairviews in Mancelona are not my kin and are available for transfer to descendants. Please say how you are related when requesting a transfer. All but very recent graves in Central Lake have been photographed. I have a list of burials in Southern Cemetery up to about 2010 that used to be online. I have gone through that list, reviewing my memorials in Southern Cemetery, adding detail, linking individuals, correcting errors, and adding all the entries to that list. If an entry lacks detail, and especially a burial lot, please bring it to my attention, and I will attempt to add more. So far 25,000 individuals from Antrim co, Michigan or nearby, their ancestors, or descendants have been entered. I have a book of marked graves in Antrim Co compiled in 1998, and can look up burials there. I have gone through that book and added all graves that weren't already entered, and corrected errors in existing memorials.
To other researchers in Michigan, Familysearch.org has MI death certificates for 1897-1952, and pictures of 1897-1945 MI death certificates are available on Seeking Michigan. Family search also has records for 1867-1896. These have exact death dates, often birth dates, and locations. Please use these databases to flesh out your entries and find birth dates for those with no birth date on the stone or when no age or birth information is on the stone. Do this especially for Civil War markers. Honoring our veterans is fine, but giving them bare bones memorials is cutting them short. Also, their military service is not all they did, give them rounded out bios; family comes first. And please, expand the abbreviations used on those markers. It's FINDagrave, Wm, Sam'l, Jas, and Jno are not going to be found. If you use abbreviations, expect a correction from me. The accepted convention on rank for those who served in the military is to include rank only if they died while active in the service, therefore I will not add rank in the name for those who died after their service. It may be displayed elsewhere, and if asked, I can add it to the bio.

I will be happy to add bios, obituaries, correct errors, add links, and credit your contribution. Please let me know how you know what you send.

I never enter duplicate memorials intentionally, except in the rare case when the older memorial was entered under a name different from what is on the marker, usually the name of a later husband. I think this should be fixed by allowing multiple married names for women. In those rare cases I include the number of the other memorial that uses a name not on the marker in the bio. When I create a memorial I use the name on the marker plus any known middle name, as the rules suggest, and give other married names in the bio and link to the other husbands. When I link, I link to the older memorial. If I have entered a duplicate unintentionally, let me know, and I will fix it.

I research all entries. If I find solid information that the dates on the marker are incorrect, unfortunately fairly common, I enter the best dates available.

I have photographed all of the favorite cemeteries listed here, except for Maple Grove and Brookside. Memorials without photographs in the completed cemeteries may have no marker, or a hidden or unreadable marker. You may copy my photos and put them on your site, preferably with attribution. You may not charge anyone for a copy or use the photo in any for-profit endeavor. If you want any of my photos attached to a Findagrave memorial, please ask me to do it, as the rules suggest. If you copy the contents of any bio that is not just a copy or digest of an obituary, as a favor to those who may want the source, attach the Findagrave number or my name.

If English is not a language you are comfortable with, you may write to me in German or French.

I am also reviewing memorials for Civil War veterans in Michigan currently in the custody of the Sons of Union Veterans of the Civil War, verifying them, merging duplicates, and cross checking them with the SUVCW database.

RTE, member of SUVCW