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NEWSPAPERSLook this term up in the glossary.

A newspaper pool has been organized by the Library of Michigan, Detroit Public Library, and other institutions to gather and microfilm all known Michigan newspapers. These microfilms are available to public and university libraries that participate in interlibrary loanLook this term up in the glossary.. A description of the state's newspapers is in the Fall-Winter, 1971–72, issue of Family Trails (see the “Periodicals” section of this outline).

The Family History Library has no Michigan newspapers, but does have:

Link, Muriel. Obituaries Index, 1933–1948. Salt Lake City: Genealogical Society of Utah, 1976. (FHL films 1002031–44; computer number 197318.) This index contains clippings from various Michigan newspapers.

The Historical Records Survey (Michigan). Vital Records from the Detroit Free Press 1831–1868. Salt Lake City: Genealogical Society of Utah, 1973. (FHL films 927477–79; computer number 175637.)


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PERIODICALSLook this term up in the glossary.

The major genealogical periodicals for Michigan are:

Detroit Society for Genealogical Research Magazine. 1937–. Published by the Detroit Society for Genealogical Research, 5201 Woodward Avenue, Detroit, MI 48202. (FHL 977.4 C4de; computer number 205254.) Volumes 1 through 30 are indexed.

Family Trails. 1967–. Published by the State Department of Education, Michigan State Library, Box 30007, Lansing, MI 48909. (FHL 977.4 D25f; computer number 64290.)

Michigana. 1955–. Published by the Western Michigan Genealogical Society, Grand Rapids Public Library, Grand Rapids, MI 49503. (FHL 977.4 B2m; computer number 203546.) Some volumes are indexed.

Michigan Heritage. 1959–73. Formerly published by the Kalamazoo Valley Genealogical Society, Kalamazoo, MI. (FHL 977.4 B2mh; computer number 210578.)

Michigan Historical Collections. 1877–1929. Formerly published by the Michigan Historical Commission, Lansing, MI. (FHL book 977.4 H2m; films 844864–84; fiche 6051338; computer number 261621.) Volumes 1 through 30 are indexed.

For nationwide indexes to some of these and other family history periodicals, see the "Periodicals" section of the United States Research Outline (30972).

Some Michigan periodicals are also indexed in:

Quigley, Maud. Index to Family Names in Genealogical Periodicals. Grand Rapids: Western Michigan Genealogical Society, 1981. (FHL book 977.4 A1 no. 307; computer number 158798.)

Another useful source by the same author is:

Quigley, Maud. Index to Michigan Research Found in Genealogical Periodicals. Grand Rapids: Western Michigan Genealogical Society, 1979. (FHL book 977.4 A1 no. 67; computer number 16344.)

For more family history periodicals, look in the Locality Search of the Family History Library Catalog under:

MICHIGAN - PERIODICALSMICHIGAN, [COUNTY] - PERIODICALS

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