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=== Wiki Articles on Major Repositories in Michigan ===

[[Michigan Archives and Libraries|Archives of Michigan]]{{·}} [[Michigan Archives and Libraries|Library of Michigan]]{{·}} [[Michigan Archives and Libraries|Detroit Public Library]]{{·}} [[National Archives Great Lakes Region (Chicago)]]{{·}} [[Newberry Library]]{{·}} [[Allen County Public Library]]  

:A well-rounded and comprehensive genealogy collection with periodicals, county histories, and family histories for Michigan. Also includes good collections for states contributing to the Michigan population, such as Ohio, New York, and New England states.<ref name="DB61">William Dollarhide, and Ronald A. Bremer, ''America's Best Genealogy Resource Centers'' (Bountiful, UT: Heritage Quest, 1988), 61. {{WorldCat|39493985|item|disp=At various repositories (WorldCat)}}; {{FHL|728550|item|disp=FHL Book 973 J54d}}.</ref><br><br>

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:This society has some county records which can be found nowhere else. They also have genealogies, Bibles, cemetery transcripts, newspapers, and obituaries.<ref name="DB61" />

'''Central Michigan University Park Library'''  

:This lesser-known facility has plenty of records of Michigan settlers in family folders, published genealogies, periodicals, newspapers, published court records, and American Indian sources.<ref name="DB61" /><br><br>

:This is home to the '''[http://www.detroit.lib.mi.us/featuredcollection/burton-historical-collection Burton Historical Collection]''' and to the [http://dsgr.org '''Detroit Society for Genealogical Research''']. They also have many unpublished family histories, research aids like indexes and cemetery &lt;g class="gr_ gr_133 gr-alert gr_gramm Punctuation only-del replaceWithoutSep" id="133" data-gr-id="133"&gt;guides,&lt;/g&gt; and an obituary collection. Their family folder collection is large, as is their very good newspaper collection.<ref name="DB61" />

:This is a huge manuscript library with many unpublished histories, biographies, travel guides, and newspapers.<ref name="DB61" />

:This is the second-largest genealogy collection in the United States<ref>[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Allen_County_Public_Library Allen County Public Library] in ''Wikipedia: the Free Encyclopedia'' (accessed 28 April 2010).</ref> and the largest genealogy collection in a public library. Its holdings include more than 350,000 printed volumes and 513,000 items on microfilm and microfiche.<ref name="ACPLGC">[http://www.acpl.lib.in.us/genealogy/ Genealogy Center] in ''Allen County Public Library'' (accessed 28 April 2010).</ref> It has a premier genealogical periodical collection, local histories, genealogies, databases, military, censuses, directories, passenger lists, ethnic sources, and Canadians. They have a great '''Michigan''' collection.<ref>[http://www.genealogycenter.org/docs/default-source/resources/aboutusbrochure.pdf?sfvrsn=2 Genealogy Center Collections] in ''Genealogy Center'' (accessed 27 February 2015).</ref> <br><br>

:A large Chicago repository with genealogies, local histories, censuses, military, land, indexes, vital records, court, and tax records '''some from Michigan''', the Mississippi Valley, eastern seaboard, Canada, and the British Isles.<ref>[http://www.newberry.org/genealogy-and-local-history Genealogy and Local History] in ''The Newberry'' (accessed 27 February 2015).</ref> They have over 17,000 printed genealogies. The collection is noteworthy for its colonial America, especially New England holdings. They have &lt;g class="gr_ gr_149 gr-alert gr_gramm Grammar only-ins doubleReplace replaceWithoutSep" id="149" data-gr-id="149"&gt;church&lt;/g&gt;, town, and county histories from all parts of the United States, Canada, and the British Isles. This includes a comprehensive set of New England town &lt;g class="gr_ gr_148 gr-alert gr_gramm Punctuation only-del replaceWithoutSep" id="148" data-gr-id="148"&gt;histories,&lt;/g&gt; and &lt;g class="gr_ gr_147 gr-alert gr_gramm Grammar only-ins doubleReplace replaceWithoutSep" id="147" data-gr-id="147"&gt;strong&lt;/g&gt; collection of county histories from the Midwest and Mid-Atlantic states. Their Civil War unit histories collection is one of the best.<ref name="DB39">Dollarhide and Bremer, 39.</ref> This library has research guides on various subjects related to genealogy and library holdings cataloged from 1978. &nbsp;See

:*A surname index to genealogical periodicals and local history books in the Newberry Library was completed in 1915 and published as ''The Genealogical Index of the Newberry Library''<ref>''The Genealogical Index of the Newberry Library''. Boston, Massachusetts: G.K. Hall, 1960. {{WorldCat|83367401}}  {{FHL|130151|item|disp=FHL films 928135–928137}} and {{FHL|130151|item|disp=FHL book 973 D22n vols. 1–4}}</ref>&nbsp;Since this index is old, be sure to use the [http://www.newberry.org/sites/default/files/textpage-attachments/Genealogical%20Index.pdf online guide sheet] to this collection before using the source.<br><br>

*Telephone: 613-996-5115 or 1-866-578-7777 (toll-free in Canada and the US)<br>  

:Many '''Michigan''' settlers had their origins in Canada. Significant records from this collection may be about immigrants to Michigan including land, military, estates, tax lists, and church records. They are open 24/7.<ref name="DB61" /><br><br>

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