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Internet Links to Michigan Resources:
Records
Facts in U.S. Census, 1790-1860
Facts in U.S. Census, 1870-1920
Overview of Soundex
1820 Guide to MI Census Schedules (from NGS)
1830 Guide to MI Census Schedules (from NGS)
1840 Guide to MI Census Schedules (from NGS)
1850 Guide to MI Census Schedules (from NGS)
1860 Guide to MI Census Schedules (from NGS)
1870 Guide to MI Census Schedules (from NGS)
1880 Guide to MI Census Schedules: 1880 MI Soundex (from NGS)
1880 Guide to MI Census Schedules: 1880 MI Census (from NGS)
1890 MI Special Schedule of Union Veterans (from NGS)
Census: Brief Michigan Summary
Census Data: USA (from U.S. Census Bureau MapStats)
Census Data: Michigan Counties (from U.S. Census Bureau MapStats)
Census Records I: State, State Archives, Circular 9 (1845-1934)
Census Records II: Special Enumerations, State Archives, Circular 45 (1916-1979)
Diaries, Daybooks, and Personal Journals, State Archives, Circular 61 (1824-1973)
Scrapbooks and Albums, State Archives, Circular 62 (1839-1978)
Account Books and Ledgers, State Archives, Circular 63 (1824-1973)
Boyne Valley Township Death Records, 1897-1951
Charlevoix Co. Death Records, 1868-1913
MDCH (Michigan Department of Community Health) applications for birth, marriage, divorce and death records
Michigan Death Records from the 1800s (GENDIS) from MDCH, Division of Vital Records and Health Statistics
Michigan Vital Records (from VitalChek)
Michigan Vital Records Information (from Elizabeth Orsay)
National Archives, Great Lakes Region, Chicago
(from Family Tree Maker: Records from IL, IN, MI, MN, OH, WI)
Vital Records, State Archives, Circular 19 (1847-1977)
Where to write for vital records (from National Center for Health Statistics, NCHS)
Records
The Political Graveyard: index to Michigan politicians' cemeteries by county
The Political Graveyard: birth/death locations of Michigan politicians
The Political Graveyard: index of Michigan politicians by office held or sought
National Cemetery System (from Dept. of Veterans Affairs)
Shiawassee Co. Civil War Veterans Graves Database
(from Henry Wallace Camp, Sons of Union Veterans of the Civil War)
Detroit News: Recent Obituaries & Death Notices
(Also, try the address "http://www.detnews.com/19YY/obits/YYMM/DD/index.htm" where YY=year, MM=month, and DD=day the obituary would have appeared the the paper.)
Obituaries & Death Notices (second address) (filed by date of publication in the newspaper, alphabetically within each file, recent months only)
Monroe Evening News: Recent Obituaries
Obituaries (from the Public Libraries of Saginaw, an 100,000 record database)
Tax Rolls,
Passenger Lists,
Immigration &
Naturalization
Immigrant/Passenger Lists, A Bibliography (Genealogy Update, Library of MI)
Naturalization Records, State Archives, Circular 10 (1830-1985)
Probate Court Records, State Archives, Circular 6 (1797-1969)
Rotterdam passenger lists (by Edward Prins, Family Trails, Summer 1970)
Tax/Assessment Rolls, State Archives, Circular 1 (1837-1975)
Public Works,
Commerce,
Agencies,
Committees &
Commissions
Architectural Plans & Drawings, State Archives, Circular 44 (1843-1988)
Associations & Organizations, State Archives, Circular 40 (1828-1989)
Bounties, Premiums, Subsidies & Relief, State Archives, Circular 47 (1838-1983)
Business Records, State Archives, Circular 38 (1813-1985)
Commissions, State Archives, Circular 42 (1843-1984)
Committees, State Archives, Circular 56 (1885-1991)
Confidential Records, State Archives, Circular 57 (1867-1983)
Corporation Records, State Archives, Circular 15 (1847-1978
Correction Facility Records, State Archives, Circular 3 (1839-1980)
Depression Era Agencies, State Archives, Circular 23 (1930-1952)
Election Records: State & Local, State Archives, Circular 24 (1819-1989)
Fairs and Expositions, State Archives, Circular 54 (1851-1991)
Fishing Records, State Archives, Circular 51 (1871-1987)
Game and Wildlife, State Archives, Circular 58 (1834-1992)
Handicapped, Records About the, State Archives, Circular 36 (1849-1984)
Infirmaries/Sanitoria/Poor Homes, State Archives, Circular 22 (1839-1978)
Investigations, State Archives, Circular 52 (1839-1984)
Land Records, State Archives, Circular 2 (1815-1975)
Licensed Professions, State Archives, Circular 21 (1837-1984)
Lumbering, Logging & Forestry, State Archives, Circular 28 (1854-1985)
Mental Health Records, State Archives, Circular 12 (1855-1977)
Mining Records, State Archives, Circular 25 (1817-1986)
Pardons, Paroles, Warrants & Extraditions, State Archives, Circular 48 (1832-1990)
Parks, State Archives, Circular 49 (1833-1984)
Pollution, Records About, State Archives, Circular 33 (1914-1986)
Public Land Grants and Private Claims, State Archives, Circular 60 (1807-1975)
Railroad Records, State Archives, Circular 13 (1833-1990)
Roads and Bridges, State Archives, Circular 32 (1805-1986)
Rural Property Inventories, State Archives, Circular 16 (1935-1942)
School Records, State Archives, Circular 11 (1839-1982)
Shipping and Navigation, State Archives, Circular 46 (1824-1990)
Studies, State Archives, Circular 53 (1880-1987)
Surveyors' Records, State Archives, Circular 5 (1806-1979)
Swamp Lands, State Archives, Circular 59 (1837-1987)
Task Forces, Councils & Boards, State Archives, Circular 43 (1838-1991)
Women, Records Relating to, State Archives, Circular 35 (1820-1986)
Youths, Records Relating to, State Archives, Circular 8 (1856-1965)
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