Camerons in Michigan?

[andrewcameron]

Greetings Camerons! This is my first post on the Clan Cameron board and I'm looking for some information on my family history. My name is Andrew Cameron and I live in Westland,Michigan.

My grandfather Tad Cameron gave me a book of family history, but unfortunately in the book the Cameron name interjects with the marriage of my great grandmother Ruth Emma Chittenden and my great grandfather Malcolm Cameron.

So far, I've not been able to go back any further than Malcolm. He was born on May 24,1910 and died in June of 1969. If anyone could point me in the right direction to finding information on my past, I would greatly appreciate it. I look forward to corrsepoding with all of you!

[SherbrookeJacobite]

Welcome Andrew! We're glad you joined us. There are people here who may be able to help you with your search. Do you know where Malcolm was born? I see he died in Michigan - did he and Ruth always live there? If you knew where he was born, you could start looking for birth records, which should give you his parents names.

Is your Grandfather still alive? If so, he would be a good place to start - with whatever he could remember.

Any information would be helpful - then we might be able to point you in the right direction.

Slainte,

John

[mikedemayo]

Andrew, Go to the US Census data for the 1920, 1930, and 1940 census. Find your Malcolm Cameron and who his parents were, and where they were from. Then work backwards from there. Ask older relatives who probably know both oral and written history's of your family. Get out and do some of that old-fashioned dig-it-up research. Good hunting, Mike deMayo