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United States Michigan  Archives and Libraries

These repositories preserve sources, maintain indexes, and provide services to help genealogists document their ancestors who lived in Michigan.

Statewide
Library of Michigan 702 W. Kalamazoo St. P.O. Box 30007 Lansing, MI 48909-7507 Telephone: 517-373-1300 Email: librarian@michigan.gov Hours: Monday - Friday 10 am - 5 pm


 * A well-rounded and comprehensive genealogy collection with periodicals, county histories, and family histories for Michigan. Also includes good collections for states contributing to the Michigan population, such as Ohio, New York, and New England states.

Michigan Historical Center Archives (State Archives) Department of State Archives of Michigan 702 W. Kalamazoo Street Lansing, Michigan 48913 Telephone: 517-373-1408 Email: archives@michigan.gov Hours: Monday - Friday 1 - 5 pm https://www.facebook.com/MichiganHistoricalMuseum


 * They have early state records like land, licenses, notaries, probates, and Michigan department records. They also have records of every county in Michigan, especially vital records, deeds, and probate records.


 * The Michigan Genealogical Council has published Guide to the Michigan Genealogical and Historical Collections at the Library of Michigan and the State Archives of Michigan. This book is organized by county and then by towns within the county. It lists county and church histories, atlases, censuses, newspapers, vital records, indexes to transcribed cemetery records, land records, probate records, naturalization records, church records, genealogical and historical society newsletters, and various other genealogical materials located at the two facilities. The book is also available at the both in book and microfilm. (See the "Societies" section for the address of the Michigan Genealogical Council.)

Historical Society of Michigan

Regional
Central Michigan University Park Library

Detroit Public Library


 * This is home to the Burton Historical Collection and to the Detroit Society for Genealogical Research. They also have many unpublished family histories, research aids like indexes and cemetery guides, and an obituary collection. Their family folder collection is large, as is their very good newspaper collection.


 * The Burton Historical Collection contains records pertaining to Detroit’s history from her days as a 17th century settlement to present day, with information about the Great Lakes Region including the role of Canada, the French and English influence. There are atlases, maps, photographs, pamphlets, bound newspapers, personal papers and much more. Some Vital records such as marriage, birth and death records are available. Federal population schedules along with family histories, personal papers, immigration records, some Detroit high school yearbooks, probate indexes and records plus city directories for most years and other supporting resources are also available.
 * An inventory of this collection is:


 * Sprenger, Bernice Cox. Guide to the Manuscripts in the Burton Historical Collection. Detroit, Michigan: Detroit Public Library, Detroit, Michigan1985. (Family History Library .)


 * A sample of Onsite resources include:
 * Records of Service of Michigan Volunteers in the Civil War, 1861-1865, First Michigan Colored Infantry
 * Burial Transit Permits 1941–1953
 * Wayne County Coroner’s Files 1865–1906
 * Wayne County Death Record Indexes 1934–1953
 * The Burton Historical Online collection includes:
 * To access these, click on the word "Resources" at the bottom of their web page.
 * (accessed 28 August 2014)
 * Michigan and Detroit Select Genealogical resources
 * Roman Catholic Church records from the Archdiocese of Detroit
 * Selected resources for Civil War research
 * Selected African American resources
 * War of 1812 resources, and
 * Wayne County Death Record Indexes

Flint Public Library

Gramd Rapids Public Library

Grace Down Memorial Library

Michigan State University Library

University of Michigan Bentley Library Bentley Historical Library University of Michigan 1150 Beal Avenue Ann Arbor, MI 48109-2113 Telephone: 313-764-3482

Burton Historical Collection (accessed 12 August 2014) Detroit Public Library 5201 Woodward Avenue Detroit, MI 48202 Telephone: 313-481-1401

Outside Michigan
Allen County Public Library 900 Library Plaza Fort Wayne, IN 46802 Telephone: 260-421-1225 E-mail: [mailto:genealogy@acpl.info genealogy@acpl.info]


 * This is the second-largest genealogy collection in the United States and the largest genealogy collection in a public library. Its holdings include more than 350,000 printed volumes and 513,000 items on microfilm and microfiche. It has a premier genealogical periodical collection, local histories, genealogies, databases, military, censuses, directories, passenger lists, ethnic sources, and Canadians. They have a great Michigan collection.

Library and Archives Canada

National Archives Great Lakes Region (Chicago) 7358 S. Pulaski Rd. Chicago, IL 60629-5898 Phone: (773)948-9001 Fax: (773)948-9050 E-mail: [mailto:chicago.archives@nara.gov chicago.archives@nara.gov] Internet: http://www.archives.gov/great-lakes/


 * Includes federal censuses 1790–1930; selected military service indexes, pension indexes, passenger lists, and naturalizations. Free computers for Ancestry, Heritage Quest, or Fold3. Federal agency, civil, and criminal court records of Michigan.

Guides
A useful guide to other collections of Michigan is Stevens, Wystan. Directory of Historical Collections and Societies in Michigan. Ann Arbor, Michigan: Historical Society of Michigan, 1973. (Family History Library .)

The Family History Library has other guides to archives with genealogical collections. For example, the library has numerous state and local inventories compiled by the Historical Records Survey and indexes to the manuscript holdings at the Library of Michigan.