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=== Collection Description === | === Collection Description === | ||
The '''Detroit Public Library Main Branch''' is home to the '''[http://www.detroit.lib.mi.us/featuredcollection/burton-historical-collection Burton Historical Collection]''' and to the '''Detroit Society for Genealogical Research'''. They also have many unpublished family histories, research aids like indexes and cemetery guides, and an obituary collection. Their family folder collection is large, as is their very good newspaper collection.<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= | The '''Detroit Public Library Main Branch''' is home to the '''[http://www.detroit.lib.mi.us/featuredcollection/burton-historical-collection Burton Historical Collection]''' and to the '''Detroit Society for Genealogical Research'''. They also have many unpublished family histories, research aids like indexes and cemetery guides, and an obituary collection. Their family folder collection is large, as is their very good newspaper collection.<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=FS Library Book 973 J54d}}.</ref> | ||
The '''Burton Historical Collection''' contains records pertaining to Detroit’s history from her days as a 17th century settlement to present day, with information about the Great Lakes Region including the role of Canada, the French and English influence. There are atlases, maps, photographs, pamphlets, bound newspapers, personal papers and much more. Some Vital records such as marriage, birth and death records are available. Federal population schedules along with family histories, personal papers, immigration records, some Detroit high school yearbooks, probate indexes and records plus city directories for most years and other supporting resources are also available. | The '''Burton Historical Collection''' contains records pertaining to Detroit’s history from her days as a 17th century settlement to present day, with information about the Great Lakes Region including the role of Canada, the French and English influence. There are atlases, maps, photographs, pamphlets, bound newspapers, personal papers and much more. Some Vital records such as marriage, birth and death records are available. Federal population schedules along with family histories, personal papers, immigration records, some Detroit high school yearbooks, probate indexes and records plus city directories for most years and other supporting resources are also available. | ||
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=== Guides === | === Guides === | ||
:*Bernice Cox Sprenger, ''Guide to the Manuscripts in the Burton Historical Collection'' (Detroit, Mich.: Detroit Public Library, 1985). {{WorldCat|12690224|disp=At various repositories (WorldCat)}}; {{FHL|476098|item|disp= | :*Bernice Cox Sprenger, ''Guide to the Manuscripts in the Burton Historical Collection'' (Detroit, Mich.: Detroit Public Library, 1985). {{WorldCat|12690224|disp=At various repositories (WorldCat)}}; {{FHL|476098|item|disp=FS Library Book 977.4 A3sb}}. | ||
:*[http://www.detroitpubliclibrary.org/sites/default/files/Michigan%20and%20Detroit%20Selected%20Genealogical%20Resources.pdf Michigan and Detroit Select Genealogical Resources] | :*[http://www.detroitpubliclibrary.org/sites/default/files/Michigan%20and%20Detroit%20Selected%20Genealogical%20Resources.pdf Michigan and Detroit Select Genealogical Resources] | ||
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Collection Description[edit | edit source]The Detroit Public Library Main Branch is home to the Burton Historical Collection and to the Detroit Society for Genealogical Research. They also have many unpublished family histories, research aids like indexes and cemetery guides, and an obituary collection. Their family folder collection is large, as is their very good newspaper collection.[1] The Burton Historical Collection contains records pertaining to Detroit’s history from her days as a 17th century settlement to present day, with information about the Great Lakes Region including the role of Canada, the French and English influence. There are atlases, maps, photographs, pamphlets, bound newspapers, personal papers and much more. Some Vital records such as marriage, birth and death records are available. Federal population schedules along with family histories, personal papers, immigration records, some Detroit high school yearbooks, probate indexes and records plus city directories for most years and other supporting resources are also available. Guides[edit | edit source]
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