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Michigan repositories preserve sources, maintain indexes, and provide services to help genealogists document their ancestors who lived in the Great Lakes State.
Online Records of Michigan[edit | edit source]
| Links to online databases and indexes that may include vital records, biographies, cemeteries, censuses, histories, immigration records, land records, maps, military records, naturalizations, newspapers, obituaries, or probate records.
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702 W. Kalamazoo St.
P.O. Box 30007
Lansing, MI 48909-7507
Telephone: 517-373-1300
Website
Email
Hours: Monday - Friday 1 pm - 5 pm, Saturday 10 am - 4 pm, closed State holidays
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.
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702 W. Kalamazoo Street
Lansing, Michigan 48913
Telephone: 517-373-1408
Website
Email
The Archives of Michigan is responsible for preserving the records of the Michigan government and other public institutions. The collections also include documents, maps, photographs and films from private individuals and organizations.
They have early
state records like land, licenses, notaries, probates, and Michigan department records. They also have records of every
county in Michigan, especially vital records, deeds, and probate records.
[1]*The
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
FS Library film 2055576 item 9; book 977.4 A3g both in book and microfilm. (See the "
Societies" section for the address of the Michigan Genealogical Council.)
Historical Society of Michigan[edit | edit source]
5815 Executive Drive
Lansing, MI 48911
Phone (517) 324-1828
Fax (517) 324-4370
Website
Email
This society has some county records which can be found nowhere else. They also have genealogies, Bibles, cemetery transcripts, newspapers, and obituaries.
Central Michigan University Park Library
1200 S. Franklin St.
Mount Pleasant, Mich. 48859
Phone 989-774-4000
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.
[1]Detroit Public Main Library
5201 Woodward Avenue
Detroit, MI 48202
Telephone: 313-481-1401
Website
Email
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. An inventory guide to this collection is:
Flint Public Library
1026 East Kearsley Street
Flint, MI 48503
Phone: 810-232-7111
Email
This library has genealogical books, periodicals, and family folders for residents from all over Michigan. Their collection is also good for the upper Midwest, New England, and Ontario.
[1]Grand Rapids Public Main Library
Main Library
111 Library Street NE
Grand Rapids Michigan 49503
Phone 616-988-5400
Website
Their genealogy collection is very good. They probably have more unpublished family histories than any other repository in Michigan because they have actively solicited family histories for many years.
[1]Grace Dow Memorial Library
City of Midland
333 W. Ellsworth St.
Midland, MI 48640
Phone: 989-837-3300
Website
This small library can boast some good genealogical indexes. Many of their references are to early settlers coming through Saginaw Bay into Michigan.
[1]Michigan State University Library
MSU Libraries
366 W. Circle Drive
East Lansing, MI 48824
Phone: (517) 353-8700
Website
They have a great manuscript collection. They also have newspapers, and unpublished pioneer, logger, and early settler records.
[1]University of Michigan Bentley Library
Bentley Historical Library
University of Michigan
1150 Beal Avenue
Ann Arbor, MI 48109-2113
Telephone: 313-764-3482
This is a huge manuscript library with many unpublished histories, biographies, travel guides, and newspapers.
[1]Outside of Michigan Repositories[edit | edit source]
900 Library Plaza
Fort Wayne, IN 46802
Telephone: 260-421-1225
Email
This is the second-largest genealogy collection in the United States
[2] 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.
[3] 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.
[4] 60 West Waltron Street
Chicago, IL 60610
Telephone: 312-255-3512
WebsiteEmail
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.
[5] They have over 17,000 printed genealogies. The collection is noteworthy for its colonial America, especially New England holdings. They have church, 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 records and a strong collection of county histories from the Midwest and Mid-Atlantic states. Their Civil War unit histories collection is one of the best.
[6] This library has research guides on various subjects related to genealogy and library holdings cataloged from 1978. 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[7] Since this index is old, be sure to use the
online guide sheet to this collection before using the source.
395 Wellington Street
Ottawa, ON K1A 0N4
CANADA
- Telephone: 613-996-5115 or 1-866-578-7777 (toll-free in Canada and the US)
- TTY: 613-992-6969 or 1-866-299-1699 (toll-free in Canada)
- Fax: 613-995-6274
Genealogy and Family History inquiry form/ Email]
Website the collection, genealogy and family history, censuses, military records, research by topics, copies and visiting, services and programs, forum, news, photo gallery.
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.
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National Archives at Chicago
7358 S. Pulaski Rd.
Chicago, IL 60629-5898
Telephone: (773)948-9001
Fax: (773)948-9050
Website
Email
Includes federal censuses 1790–1930; selected military service indexes, pension indexes, passenger lists, and naturalizations. Free computers for Ancestry, Heritage Quest, or Fold3. Federal agency, civil, and criminal court records of Michigan. [8]
National Personnel Records Center (NPRC)
1 Archives Drive
St. Louis, MO 63138
The military and civil services personnel-related records. It maintains military personnel records for servicemen and servicewomen discharged from 1912 to 1952
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