Other Midland Resources
 

• The John Alden Chapter of the Daughters of the American Revolution

• The Midland Genealogical Society - Pioneer Record Newsletter

• The Midland County Historical Society - MCHS Archives

• Plat Maps from the 1831 Survey of Midland County/Little Forks

• Portrait and Biographical Album of Midland County, Mich.: Containing Portraits and Biographical Sketches of Prominent and Representative Citizens of the County ... Also Containing a Complete History of the County from Its Earliest Settlement to the Present Time (1884)

• Midland County resources at FamilySearch.org

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Great Lakes Bay Area Resources
 

• Bay County Library System - Local History and Genealogy | Bay County Genealogical Society

• Clare - Pere Marquette District Library | Clare County Historical Society

• Coleman Area Library

• Gladwin County Library Genealogical Society | Gladwin County Historical Society

• Isabella County - Chippewa River District Library | Genealogical Society of Isabella County

• Public Libraries of Saginaw Local History & Genealogy Collection | Saginaw Genealogical Society

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Michigan Resources
 

• Archives of Michigan | Getting Started in Genealogy | Michigan Historical Center

• Bentley Historical Library - Historical Materials relating to the State of Michigan and the University of Michigan.

• Clarke Historical Library | CONDOR (Clark Online Digital Object Repository) - Includes historical newspapers, CMU yearbooks, and other historical documents.

• Detroit Public Library Digital Collections - Including the Burton Historical Collection (Detroit, Michigan and the Old Northwest, Canada, and New France).

• GENDIS - the Michigan Genealogical Death Indexing System, containing 460,000 Michigan death records from 1867-1897.

• Great Lakes Maritime Collection - Information about 14,000 19th-century Great Lakes sailing ships, hosted by the Alpena County George N. Fletcher Public Library.

• Michigan County Histories and Atlases Digitization Project - 428 digitized titles dated between 1866 and 1926.

• Michigan Plat Maps - General Land Office (GLO) plat maps documenting the original land surveys that the federal government conducted in the early-to-mid-1800s.

• Michigan Family History Network

• Michigan Genealogical Council

• Michiganology - Gateway for research from the Michigan History Center | Michigan Death Certificates (Formerly SeekingMichigan.org).

• UPLink -  A large collection of Upper Peninsula historical newspapers freely available online. [Cloverland Magazine, Escanaba (Daily Mirror, Morning Press and Daily Press, Tribune, and Iron Port), Grand Marais (Gazette, Herald,  and Superior Sun [Grand Marais High School]), Ishpeming, Manistique (Courier, Pioneer Tribune, Saturday & Sunday Morning Star), Marquette, Negaunee, Nishnawbe News.]

 

 

National Resources
 

• 1940 Census at NARA

• Castle Garden - No longer available online, check Ancestry Library edition (In-Library use only) to find similar information.

• Online Searchable Death Indexes (free)

• Ellis Island Foundation - Free registration required

• FamilySearch.org - The largest collection of genealogical and historical records in the world; a free service provided by the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints

• Find A Grave

• Fold3 - Dedicated to U.S Military Records. Pay site, but with some free material

• Interment.net Cemetery Transcription Library

• General Land Records Office - Bureau of Land Management

• Sanborn Maps at the Library of Congress

• We Relate Wiki - Free online tutorial videos. You will need headphones to listen to the tutorial. You may bring your own or check out a set from the Checkout Desk.

• Where to Write for Vital Records - online from the CDC

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Genealogy Libraries & Organizations
 

• Allen County Public Library Genealogy Center

• AmericanAncestors.org (NEHGS)

• Daughters of the American Revolution (DAR) Library

• Internet Archive - Contains free images of many old books, texts, films, etc.

• Linkpendium - Family Discoverer search engine

• National Genealogical Society

• Worldcat.org

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Local Genealogical Societies
 

• Cornish Connection of Lower Michigan

• Detroit Society for Genealogical Research

• Fred Hart Williams Genealogical Society

• French-Canadian Heritage Society of Michigan 

• Genealogical Society of Flemish Americans

• Hungarian Genealogical Society of Michigan

• Irish Genealogical Society of Michigan

• Jewish Genealogical Society of Michigan

• Michigan Germanic Genealogical Society

• Michigan Italian Genealogy Society

• Michigan Society of the Order of Founders and Patriots of America

• Ontario Ancestors: the Ontario Genealogical Society

• Polish Genealogical Society of Michigan 

 

 

updated 04/20/2020

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Alternate Ancestry link for laptops in library only