tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2645379631135547997.post6006666323197741730..comments2024-03-21T07:58:02.168-05:00Comments on Amateur Mormon Historian: Pontiac Michigan Branch ResearchBrucehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01543519825711760773noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2645379631135547997.post-91885507698915021432009-08-29T18:41:28.085-05:002009-08-29T18:41:28.085-05:00I don't recognize the name from my family hist...I don't recognize the name from my family history, but I do recognize the name.<br /><br />You may already know this but I'll post it anyway since it might help someone else. The type of info you want is best collected from a biography. And you are in luck.<br /><br />Your ancestor was Seventy in Nauvoo. Many of the Seventy Quorums at the time collected autobiographies of their members. I don't know if this is the case with yoru ancestor but it is worth a shot. Contact the Church History Library in Salt Lake. They should be able to tell you.<br /><br />The second avenue you should try is your best chance. I'm pretty sure your ancestor has a biography with the Daughters of the Utah Pioneers (DUP). They will send you a copy of the biographies they have if you are a descendent, which you are.<br /><br />The Biography will tell you things you can find in census records. Good luck.Brucehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01543519825711760773noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2645379631135547997.post-43328670464438959042009-08-29T11:54:08.051-05:002009-08-29T11:54:08.051-05:00Hi, I'm looking for information about this are...Hi, I'm looking for information about this area/time frame myself (hence the Google search). My ancestors lived in Pontiac and may have joined the Mormon church at that time. I can find two children born in Pontiac to this family in the 1830s (others born in other states). The father's name was Daniel Coon Davis and the mother's name was Sophronia Fuller. I know they moved to Nauvoo, Illinois sometime in the late 1830s. I'm interested in when they moved to Michigan, when they left, and really any other information that someone may have. Thanks.Nanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16498203787999406668noreply@blogger.com