Michigan, United States Genealogy

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Guide to Alabama ancestry, family history, and genealogy birth records, marriage records, death records, census records, family history, and military records.

Alabama Information
Alabama became the twenty-second state admitted to the United States in 1819. Alabama was created form Alabama Territory and is located in the southeast region of the United States.

Alabama Clickable Map
Many genealogy records are kept on the county level in the United States. Click on a county below to go to the county Wiki article listing more information.

Counties
Extinct or Renamed Counties:  Aishcum· Anamickee· Bleeker· Brown· Cheonoquet· Des Moines· Dubuque· Forest· Iowa· Isle Royal· Kanotin· Kautawaubet· Kaykakee· Keskkauko· Manitou· Meegisee· Michilimackinac· Mikenauk· Neewago· Notipekago· Okkuddo· Omeena· Shawano· Tonedagana· Unwattin· Wabassee· Washington· Wyandot

FamilySearch Resources
Below are FamilySearch resources that can assist you in resourcing your family.
 * Facebook Communities - Facebook groups discussing genealogy research
 * Learning Center - Online genealogy courses
 * Historical Records - databases and record images on FamilySearch
 * Family History Center locator map

Additional Resources

 * Cyndi's List - Alabama genealogy sites on the internet
 * Alabama Genealogy Trails - collection of transcribed data for the state of Alabama
 * Access Genealogy – Genealogy guide for Alabama
 * Ancestorhunt.com - resources for Alabama genealogy research
 * Random Acts of Genealogical Kindness - Guide to Ancestry and Family Tree Records for Alabama
 * Alabama Research Outline – Original Family History Library research outline; contains many out of date links

Cemeteries:

 * Political Graveyard

Events:

 * Michigan Genealogical Council Select Family History Events
 * Antiquarian Book &amp; Paper Show. Great opportunity to find your own copies of used books and paper ephemera.

Lansing area:


 * Lansing Public Library
 * Mid-Michigan Genealogical Society

Family Histories / Genealogies:

 * Genealogies in the Library of Congress: A Bibliography, 2 Vols. -1 Supplement, ed by Marion J. Kaminkov.
 * Complement to Genealogies in the Library of Congress: A Bibliography ed. by Marion J. Kaminkov
 * Directory of Family Associations, by Elizabeth P. Bentley (out of date)
 * Directory of Family "One-Name" Periodicals, by J. Kondra (out of date)
 * Family Associations, Societies and Reunions, by J. Konrad (out of date)
 * Index to American Genealogies: and Genealogical Material Contained in All Works by Joel Munsell's Sons Publishers
 * Genealogical Periodical Annual Index, published by Heritage Books
 * Index to Genealogical Periodicals by Donald L. Jacobus
 * Bibliographia Genealogica Americana An Alphabetical Index to American Genealogies and Pedigrees by Daniel S. Dume.
 * American British Genealogy and Heraldry: A Selected List of Books by P. William Filby
 * A List of Some American Genealogies Which Have Been Printed In Book Form, comp. by Thomas A. Glenn.
 * American Genealogist: Being a Catalogue of Family Histories and Publications by William H. Whitmore.
 * See also the various who's who...(i.e. Who's Who in the Midwest)
 * Michigan's Centennial Family Farm Heritage, 1986:A Michigan Sesquicentennial History by Mary L. Wermuth.
 * PERSI (Periodical Source Index) by the Allen Co. Public Library in Ft. Wayne, IN. (online through Heritage Quest)
 * Biographies memoirs

Great Lakes Maritime Information

 * Great Lakes Shipping
 * Marine Engineers
 * Maritime History of the Great Lakes

Guides
Guides geared specifically for Michigan genealogy research:.

Genealogist's Guide to ... Northwest Michigan ... The Capital Region of Michigan ... Southwestern Michigan ... The Thumb Area of Michigan ... The Middle of Michigan ... Northeastern Michigan and Upper Penninsula Michigan, all compiled by Victoria Wilson


 * Genealogy in Michigan: What, When, Where by Alloa Anderson &amp; Polly Bender
 * Michigan Genealogy by C. McGinnis
 * Tracing Your Ancestors in Michigan by Ethel W. Williams
 * Public Records

Legal Materials -
Probate records such as wills often provide useful information, see: Searching American Probate Records by Fran Carter. Other records, such as various legal cases might be of use - see "How to Find Series #12: Finding Michigan Laws and Cases in the MSU Libraries ", published by MSU Libraries, 1983.

Medical Institutions Training Schools

 * Michigan Institutions

Miscellaneous

 * Michigan Yellow pages

Photos

 * Men of Michigan: A Collection of the Portraits of Men Prominent in Business and Professional Life in Michigan, pub. by Michigan Art Co., 1904
 * Michigan Online Historical Photos Research
 * The Making of Modern Michigan
 * Listing of photographers
 * Victorian Era Death photos
 * Upper Peninsula
 * Detroit Public Library Digital Collection

1894 Michigan State Census This Internet site lists soldiers by name with their ward, township, and county as shown on the census of United States Soldiers of the Civil War Residing in Michigan, June 1, 1894, part of a state census. Since the 1890 federal census was partially destroyed in a fire, researchers can use this list of names as an additional tool beyond the census, to document their ancestor's whereabouts during the 1890's. There are approximately 50,000 names listed. For further details, see the Michigan Census Wiki page.


 * Michigan, My Michigan is a new course on FamilySearch.org.
 * The United States Vessel Enrollments for the Great Lakes region. The transcriptions are from a project that involved an attempt to transcribe all steamboat enrollments for Great Lakes ports prior to 1861, all vessels for Detroit and Cleveland up to 1861, and Buffalo up to 1841 are included in the file. The set includes 5741 enrollments in which just under 2000 individual vessels are named, over 6000 people were identified.
 * David Rumsey Map Collection is a large online collection of rare, old, antique historical atlases, globes, maps, charts plus other cartographic treasures.

African-American

 * Fred Hart Williams Genealogical Society

c/o Burton Historical Collection, DPL 5201 Woodward Avenue Detroit MI 48202-4007 Publication is Fred Hart Williams Genealogical Society News published twice a year Located in Wayne County MGC Member of Michigan Genealogical Council


 * Lansing Area African American Genealogical Society

Post Office Box 22203 Lansing MI 48909-2203 Publication is Newsletter published quarterly Member of Michigan Genealogical Council

Cornish

 * Keweenaw Houghton Cornish Society of the Copper Country


 * Cornish Connection Of Lower Michigan

8494 Wesley Drive Flushing, MI 48433

Dutch
Dutch Joint Archives

Finnish

 * Finnish American Heritage Center

Flemish

 * Genealogical Society of Flemish Americans

French-Canadian (includes Acadian, Cajun and Metis)

 * French-Canadian Heritage Society of Michigan

Post Office Box 1900 Royal Oak MI 48068-1900 Publication is Michigan's Habitat Heritage published quarterly Located in Oakland County

MGC Member of Michigan Genealogical Council

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Irish

 * Irish Genealogical Society of Michigan

c/o Gaelic League/Irish American Club 2068 Michigan Avenue Detroit MI 48216-1303 Publication is Irish Tree published nine times a year Located in Wayne County MGC Member of Michigan Genealogical Council

Wayne County Irish Society

31975 Cowan Westland 48185

Italian

 * Americans Of Italian Origin Society

18336 Lister E. Detroit 48021

Jewish

 * Jewish Genealogical Society of Michigan

PO Box 251693 West Bloomfield MI 48325-1693 Publication is Generations published quarterly Located in Oakland County MGC Member of Michigan Genealogical Council

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Polish

 * Polish Genealogical Society of Michigan

c/o Burton Collection 5201 Woodward Avenue Detroit MI 48202-4007 Publication is The Polish Eaglet published three times a year Located in Wayne County MGC Member of Michigan Genealogical Council

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 * Polish Heritage Society

P.O. Box 1844 Grand Rapids 49501


 * Detroit (West Side) Polish American Historical Society

Scottish

 * The St. Andrew's Society of Detroit

2360 Rochester Ct Troy Mi 48083 Phone:(248) 526-1849 Fax:(248) 528-1477 Contact: kilgour@detroitscots.com

Anishnawbe (Chippewa / Ojibwe, Ottawa / Odawa, Potawatomi Indians)

 * A starting point for doing Ottawa/Odawa Indian genealogy research - Ottawa Indians

Michigan Oral History Association


 * Michigan is comprised of an Upper Peninsula and Lower Peninsula, with shoreline longer than every other state except Alaska. The peninsulas are surrounded by the Great Lakes: Lake Michigan, Lake Superior, Lake Erie, Lake Huron and Lake Ontario, the largest freshwater lakes in the world.
 * Many famous and interesting people grew up in Michigan. Henry Ford grew up there. He was the inventor of the automobile. The first automobile was driven in Michigan. President Gerald Ford and Thomas Edison grew up in Michigan. Charles Lindburgh lived in Michigan.