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'''Library of Michigan'''<br>717 West Allegan Street<br>P.O. Box 30007<br>Lansing, MI 48909<br>Telephone: 517-373-1300 <br>Internet: http://www.michigan.gov/hal/0,1607,7-160-17445_19270---,00.html  
'''Library of Michigan'''<br>717 West Allegan Street<br>P.O. Box 30007<br>Lansing, MI 48909<br>Telephone: 517-373-1300 <br>Internet: http://www.michigan.gov/hal/0,1607,7-160-17445_19270---,00.html  


The [http://mimgc.org/index.html Michigan Genealogical Council] has published ''Guide to the Michigan Genealogical and Historical Collections at the Library of Michigan and the State Archives of Michigan.'' This book is organized by county and then by towns within the county. It lists county and church histories, atlases, censuses, newspapers, vital records, indexes to transcribed cemetery records, land records, probate records, naturalization records, church records, genealogical and historical society newsletters, and various other genealogical materials located at the two facilities. The book is also available at the [http://www.familysearch.org/eng/library/fhlcatalog/supermainframeset.asp?display=titledetails&titleno=764051&disp=Guide+to+the+Michigan+genealogical+and+h%20%20&columns=*,0,0 Family History Library] both in book and microfilm. (See the "[[Michigan Societies|Societies]]" section for the address of the Michigan Genealogical Council.)  
The [http://mimgc.org/index.html Michigan Genealogical Council] has published ''Guide to the Michigan Genealogical and Historical Collections at the Library of Michigan and the State Archives of Michigan.'' This book is organized by county and then by towns within the county. It lists county and church histories, atlases, censuses, newspapers, vital records, indexes to transcribed cemetery records, land records, probate records, naturalization records, church records, genealogical and historical society newsletters, and various other genealogical materials located at the two facilities. The book is also available at the {{FHL|764051|title-id|disp=Family History Library}} both in book and microfilm. (See the "[[Michigan Societies|Societies]]" section for the address of the Michigan Genealogical Council.)  


'''Bentley Historical Library<br>'''University of Michigan<br>1150 Beal Avenue<br>Ann Arbor, MI 48109-2113<br>Telephone: 313-764-3482 <br>Internet: http://bentley.umich.edu/  
'''Bentley Historical Library<br>'''University of Michigan<br>1150 Beal Avenue<br>Ann Arbor, MI 48109-2113<br>Telephone: 313-764-3482 <br>Internet: http://bentley.umich.edu/  
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An inventory of this collection is:  
An inventory of this collection is:  


Sprenger, Bernice Cox. ''Guide to the Manuscripts in the Burton Historical Collection''. Detroit, Michigan: Detroit Public Library, Detroit, Michigan1985. (Family History Library [http://www.familysearch.org/eng/library/fhlcatalog/supermainframeset.asp?display=titledetails&titleno=476098&disp=Guide+to+the+manuscripts+in+the+Burton+H%20%20&columns=*,0,0 book 977.4 A3sb].)  
Sprenger, Bernice Cox. ''Guide to the Manuscripts in the Burton Historical Collection''. Detroit, Michigan: Detroit Public Library, Detroit, Michigan1985. (Family History Library {{FHL|476098|title-id|disp=book 977.4 A3sb}}.)  


A useful guide to other collections of Michigan is:  
A useful guide to other collections of Michigan is:  


Stevens, Wystan. ''Directory of Historical Collections and Societies in Michigan''. Ann Arbor, Michigan: Historical Society of Michigan, 1973. (Family History Library [http://www.familysearch.org/eng/library/fhlcatalog/supermainframeset.asp?display=titledetails&titleno=144506&disp=Directory+of+historical+collections+and+%20%20&columns=*,0,0 book 977.4 H24s; film 924606 item 13].)  
Stevens, Wystan. ''Directory of Historical Collections and Societies in Michigan''. Ann Arbor, Michigan: Historical Society of Michigan, 1973. (Family History Library {{FHL|144506|title-id|disp=book 977.4 H24s; film 924606 item 13}}.)  


The Family History Library has other guides to archives with genealogical collections. For example, the library has numerous state and local inventories compiled by the Historical Records Survey and indexes to the manuscript holdings at the Library of Michigan.
The Family History Library has other guides to archives with genealogical collections. For example, the library has numerous state and local inventories compiled by the Historical Records Survey and indexes to the manuscript holdings at the Library of Michigan.
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