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Michigan Genealogy

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General Genealogy

Michigan Genealogy MIGenWeb
Michigan USGennet MIGenNet.org
Various Michigan Counties Genealogy Databases by Michigan American Local History Network
..Wayne County Specific (Detroit & Suburbs)-MALHN

Census Records Online

1820 MI Territory Census by Fred

1830 MI Territory Census by Kent Co Rootsweb

1870 Michigan Census Index by Library of Michigan

1880 Michigan Census by Family Search - LDS

MI Census Transcripts Online by USGenweb Census Project

Vital Records

Early Michigan Birth Index by MiFamilyHistory.org

Dibean's Michigan Marriage Index (*probably one of the most comprehensive Marriage sites Online*) by MiFamilyHistory.org

MI Death Index 1867-1897 by Michigan Dept of Community Health
1850 Mortality Schedule All of Upper Penisula by MiFamilyHistory.org
1860 & 1870 Morality Schedules (selective counties) by MiFamilyHistory.org

Michigan Public Records Search (Various) by PubRecSites

Cemetery Stone Transcriptions

All Known MI Cemeteries & Their Locations by County from Rootsweb

Michigan Tombstone Photo Project by Rootsweb
Michigan Cemetery Transcriptions by MI Cemetery Project
Michigan Cemetery Transcriptions by Interment.net

Military Records

Revolutionary War Soldiers Buried in Michigan (Surnames A - Fellows, only) by Mi American Local History Network

Michigan in the Civil War (*great site, excellent place to start !*) by D. Harvey

..1st MI Sharp Shooters Company K (Primarily Native Americans) by Roundsky
..2nd MI Cavalry History-Photos-Battles by Craffe
..2nd MI Infantry History-Rosters by Geocities Site
..3rd MI Infantry History-Rosters and more by OldThirdMichigan.org
..3rd Michigan Light Artillery History-Photos-Rosters by 3Battery.org
..8th Michigan Infantry Burial Sites of Gratiot County 8th Civil War Veterans - by MiFamilyHistory.org
..12th Michigan Infantry History-Rosters by MemorialLibrary.com
..24th Michigan Infantry History-Rosters (Lots of Good Stuff) by 24th-Michigan.org

MI Civil War Memorials by SUVCW.org

Michigan's "Colored Troops" by Michigan American Local History Network

Union Soldier Casualties interred in Michigan by MiFamilyHistory.org

1883 Michigan Pensioners by MiFamilyHistory.org
1894 State of Michigan Soldiers' Census by MiFamilyHistory.org

NY Soldiers Living in Michigan in 1891 by UsGenNet.org

MI Spanish-American War Rosters by MiFamilyHistory.org

WWII Michigan Casualities by MiFamilyHistory.org

Newspapers and Obituaries

MI Death Notices & Obits (current & Archived) Ann Arbor/Bay City/Flint/Grand Rapids/Jackson/Kalamazoo/Muskegon/Saginaw-by MLive.com
MI Obituary Search by Obituarydatabase.com
Obituaries Online Michigan (38 City Newspapers) by Sadnews.net
Michigan Obituaries & Newspapers 73 Cities - some archived-by Ancestorhunt.com

The Detroit News Current by detnews.com

School Records

Michigan Year Books Online by MiFamilyHistory.org
4 More Highschool Year Books (Howell, Lansing, Manichigan, Pittsford) by Vanished.com
1928 University of Michigan Yearbook by Distantcousin.com

Michigan Storms and Disasters

these are some of the disasters & storms I found, not to be confused with ALL the disasters & storms

Sept 5, 1881 Fires in Huron County (at least 125 people dead) by Ruckin

1901 "Wreck on the Wabash: The 1901 Railroad Disaster in Lenawee County" (scroll down, I couldn't find any sites with names) by MilfordHistory.org

Aug 6, 1903 Wallace Brothers Circus Train Wreck-Durand, MI (23 deaths Grand Trunk RR) by Corunna

Nov 13, 1913 Great Lakes Largest Ever Disaster (248 killed 12 ships lost) by DetNews.com

Dec 24, 1913 Italian Hall Calumet, MI Crowd Panic (most of the list are children of immigrants who worked Copper mines Christmas Eve) by Genealogia.fi

Nov 3, 1926 Barnes Hecker Mine Flood (Ishpeming, Michigan 51 killed) by MichiganHistoryMagazine.com

June 20, 1943 Detroit Race Riots (34 killed over 700 wounded) by DetNews.com

June 8, 1953 Beecher, MI (near Flint) Tornado Kills 116 (50th anniversary-publication) by NOAA
..Flint Journal as Published on June 11, 1953 (survivor stories)

Nov 18, 1958 Sinking SS Carl Bradley Lake Michigan (33 died) by J Donahue
..Crew List by A. Penaco

Nov 29, 1966 Sinking of SS Daniel J Morrell (Lake Huron 28 crew died) by S. Short

July 1967 Detroit Riots (43 killed) by Michigan American Local History Network

Nov 1975 SS Edmund Fitzgerald Sinks (all 29 crew died) List of Crew - 8 bio's + History & more by SSEFO.com

Local History

Brief History of Michigan (from it's French Beginnings) by MI American Local History Network
History of MI (much more detailed) by TheUS50.com

Michigan Papers, Photos & Artifacts "Rescued" from Estate Sales/Antique Stores by Rootsweb
313 Entrees on Ancient Faces for Michigan Photos (very cool)-by Ancient Faces.com
More "Rescued" Photos and Papers by Michigan American Local History Network

(EBook:) "Men of Michigan Portraits 1904" by MiFamilyHistory.org

Great Lakes Shipping Employee Records and more by MFHN.com

Michigan Poor House History by Poorhousestory.com

Mining In Michigan from MI State Archives

Michigan Prisoner Search (not sure of dates) by State of Michigan

Immigration and Naturalization

Comprehensive List of Passenger List Sites from nearly Every Nationality by R. Prost

1819-1836 St Lawrence Steamboat Passanger Lists (via Canada) TheShipList.com
1815 Scotland to Canada by TheShipsList.com
1873 Havre France (& Liverpool) to Canada by TheShipsList.com
1892-1924 Ellis Island Passenger List by Ellisislandrecords.org
1906-1954 Roll #'s for Arrivals to Detroit by National Archives
Great Lakes Passenger Lists Online by MiFamilyHistory.org

Cultural Information

1870 Chippewa & Ottawa Nations Census by Rootsweb
..1908 Durant Roll-Native American by Rootsweb
..1910 Durant Supplemental Roll by Rootsweb

1888-1893 Baptisms of Narol, Lubaczow, Rzeszow, Poland Polish Immigrants by MFHN.com

1843-1859 Baptisms & Marriages of Catholic Congregations of Ingham, Livingston, and Oakland Co (by Fr. Patrick O'Kelly) by MiFamilyHistory.org

Displaced Person's List (ie. concentration camps-Warning some have graphic photos maybe not for children) Many are later Immigrants to Michigan by Dpcamps.org

Early French Land Claims by Michigan Americal Local History Network

Cornish Mine Workers in Michigan by MiFamilyHistory.org

Historical and Genealogical Societies and Libraries

MI Genealogical & Historical Societies Directory by Rootsweb

Ethnic & Cultural Societies & Organizations by Michigan American Local History Network

Directory of Michigan Public Libraries by PublicLibraries.com

Historical Society of Michigan
1305 Abbott Rd
East Lansing, MI 48823
(517) 324-1828

Directory of MI County Clerks by Zanatec.com

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