Genealogy and Local History Resources

***Available via MeL to all state of Michigan residents.***
MyHeritage Library Edition is one of the largest, most internationally diverse genealogy databases of its kind. Libraries that offer MyHeritage Library Edition provide their patrons with access to billions of historical documents, millions of historical photos and other resources in thousands of databases that span the past five centuries.

Search the archives of the State of Michigan for photographs, maps, spoken histories, and documents including death records 1897-1920, Civil War, and 1884 and 1894 Michigan State Census.

Online birth, marriage, death, census, church and other indexes.

Great source and it is free!

This gives information about the states and counties. One of my favorites! It is run by volunteers and is free.

Similar to usgenweb, this web site provides free resources for places across the globe.

A free resource for finding the final resting places of famous folks, friends and family members. Currently contains 148 grave records.

Links to genealogy resources

Provides resources to use for African American genealogical research.

This is an excellent place to go when looking for death information in Michigan. It currently contains information on 170,000 Michigan death records from 1867-1884. It is done by the Michigan Department of Community Health and is free to the public.

Index of marriages for Michigan. Remember there could be errors with the transcribing.

Need to know the newspapers in an area? This will help.

This web site will help you find census records for the U.S., United Kingdom, and Canada.

This project includes pictures and names of burials in cemeteries in Ingham County, Michigan

He died of what?!? This web site will help you identify some of the past medical terms.