Records of Weddings and Funerals, 1963 through 2002, Donated to Milan, Michigan Public Library

Photographed are library personnel, Barbara Beaton and Susan Wess, and the Rev. Vern Campbell, retired pastor of People’s Presbyterian Church, and Milan historian Martha Churchill. Campbell and Churchill collaborated on complying marriage and death records kept by Campbell as pastor for 31 years.
Photographed are library personnel, Barbara Beaton and Susan Wess, and the Rev. Vern Campbell, retired pastor of People’s Presbyterian Church, and Milan historian Martha Churchill. Campbell and Churchill collaborated on complying marriage and death records kept by Campbell as pastor for 31 years.

MILAN [Michigan]- The Milan Public Library received some informative materials on Jan. 30 when Milan historian, Martha Churchill, and retired pastor of People’s Presbyterian Church, the Rev. Vern Campbell, presented two large volumes of printed materials collected by Campbell for more than 31 years.

Personal records of weddings and funerals performed by Campbell were written on index cards that were passed to Churchill who organized the information in bound copies for the genealogy collection at the library.

Read the full article by Joyce Ervin, published in the February 5, 2015 edition of the Milan News-Leader website.

About Leland Meitzler

Leland K. Meitzler founded Heritage Quest in 1985, and has worked as Managing Editor of both Heritage Quest Magazine and The Genealogical Helper. He currently operates Family Roots Publishing Company (www.FamilyRootsPublishing.com), writes daily at GenealogyBlog.com, writes the weekly Genealogy Newsline, conducts the annual Salt Lake Christmas Tour to the Family History Library, and speaks nationally, having given over 2000 lectures since 1983.

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