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==Online Resources== | |||
*[http://www.learnwebskills.com/family/countyhistories2.htm#mi County and Town Histories], includes biographies | |||
*[http://quod.lib.umich.edu/m/micounty Michigan County Histories] and Atlases | |||
*[http://www.michiganhistorymagazine.com/ Michigan History Online] | |||
*[http://www.michigan.gov/ Michigan History, Arts and Libraries] | |||
*[http://historicbridges.org/map_mich.php Historic Bridges] | |||
*[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NdniFLbjPlY Great Lakes history]<br> | |||
== Brief History == | |||
The following important events in the history of [[Michigan, United States Genealogy|Michigan]] affected political jurisdictions, record keeping, and family movements. | The following important events in the history of [[Michigan, United States Genealogy|Michigan]] affected political jurisdictions, record keeping, and family movements. | ||
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*'''1964–1972:''' Over 8.7 million American men and women served in the [http://www.vietnamwar.com/ Vietnam War]. | *'''1964–1972:''' Over 8.7 million American men and women served in the [http://www.vietnamwar.com/ Vietnam War]. | ||
=== Historical Facts === | |||
Michigan's rich rich soil, mineral resources, timber, wildlife, as well as borders touching four of the five Great Lakes, attracted native tribes, the French, the British, and later Americans. | Michigan's rich rich soil, mineral resources, timber, wildlife, as well as borders touching four of the five Great Lakes, attracted native tribes, the French, the British, and later Americans. | ||
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*[http://quod.lib.umich.edu/m/micounty/ Michigan County Histories and Atlases]. The Michigan County Histories and Atlases Digitization Project is comprised of 428 digitized titles (many composed of multiple volumes) published before 1923. | *[http://quod.lib.umich.edu/m/micounty/ Michigan County Histories and Atlases]. The Michigan County Histories and Atlases Digitization Project is comprised of 428 digitized titles (many composed of multiple volumes) published before 1923. | ||
== State Histories Useful to Genealogists == | == State Histories Useful to Genealogists == | ||
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*''The Red Book of Michigan: A Civil, Military, and Biographical History''<ref> Lanman, Charles. ''The Red Book of Michigan: A Civil, Military, and Biographical History''. Detroit, Mich.: E. B. Smith, 1871. {{FHL|263416|item|disp=FHL Film 1425611 item 1}}.)</ref> | *''The Red Book of Michigan: A Civil, Military, and Biographical History''<ref> Lanman, Charles. ''The Red Book of Michigan: A Civil, Military, and Biographical History''. Detroit, Mich.: E. B. Smith, 1871. {{FHL|263416|item|disp=FHL Film 1425611 item 1}}.)</ref> | ||
== United States History == | == United States History == | ||
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