Michigan Genealogy: Sources & ResourcesGenealogical Publishing Com, 2005 - 496 pages This is one of the finest statewide sourcebooks ever published, a remarkable compilation of sources and resources that are available to help researchers find their Michigan ancestors. It identifies records on the state and regional level and then the county level, providing details of vital records, court and land records, military records, newspapers, and census records, as well as the holdings of the various societies and institutions whose resources and facilities support the special needs of the genealogist. County-by-county, it lists the names, addresses, websites, e-mail addresses, and hours of business of libraries, archives, genealogical and historical societies, courthouses, and other record repositories; describes their manuscripts and record collections; highlights their special holdings; and provides details regarding queries, searches, and restrictions on the use of their records. |
Contents
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Settlement Patterns | 29 |
Records that Give Clues About Immigration or Migration such as Naturalizations | 35 |
Vital Records | 41 |
Divorces | 44 |
ERO Files | 161 |
Orphans and Orphanages | 162 |
Fraternal and Other Organizational Records | 163 |
Territorial Records | 166 |
Depressionera Records | 167 |
Land Exchange Files | 169 |
Life in Michigan | 175 |
Records in Canada | 180 |
Deaths | 46 |
Births | 48 |
Locations of Records | 51 |
Alternative Sources for Vital Records | 55 |
Information from Others | 56 |
DAR Records | 59 |
Cemetery and Related Records | 65 |
Newspapers and Obituaries | 68 |
Military and Militaryrelated Records | 72 |
Michigan Historical Collections | 91 |
County and Regional Histories | 93 |
Biographies | 94 |
Periodicals | 95 |
Indexes | 96 |
Finding Families Census Records and Their Substitutes | 97 |
Directories | 107 |
Census Substitutes | 110 |
Land and Court Records | 123 |
Maps and Gazetteers | 133 |
Michigans Court System | 138 |
Probate Law and Records | 141 |
Locations of Other Court Records | 142 |
A Word About Women and the Law | 143 |
Adoptions | 144 |
Digging Deeper | 147 |
Business Records | 148 |
Institutional Records | 152 |
Crimes and Criminals | 159 |
Coroners Files | 160 |
The People of Michigan | 181 |
Michigans First Residents | 184 |
French and FrenchCanadians | 191 |
NonFrench Canadians | 194 |
British including English Scots Scots Irish Irish Cormish Welsh Manx | 195 |
African Americans | 198 |
Germans and Germans from Russia | 203 |
Dutch | 205 |
Belgians | 208 |
Czechos Bohemians Slovaks | 212 |
Jews | 213 |
Italians | 214 |
South Slavs including Slovenes Croats Serbs Macedonians Bosnian Muslims | 216 |
Poles | 217 |
20th Century Immigrants | 219 |
Michigan Online | 223 |
Research | 225 |
Counties and Their Records | 231 |
County Records | 233 |
Former Michigan Counties | 236 |
Profiles of Michigans 83 Countries | 237 |
Genealogical Collections | 297 |
Collections in Individual Counties | 300 |
Historical and Genealogical Societies | 351 |
Notes | 417 |
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