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Michigan is a Midwestern state
of the United States of America. It
was named after Lake Michigan, whose name is
a French adaptation of the Ojibwe
term mishigama, meaning "large
water" or "large lake". Michigan is the eighth most populous
state in the United States. It has the longest freshwater shoreline of any
political subdivision in the world, being bounded by four of the five Great
Lakes, plus Lake Saint Clair. In 2005, Michigan ranked third for the
number of registered recreational boats, behind California
and Florida. Michigan has 64,980 inland lakes.[7]
A person in the state is never more than six miles (10 km) from a
natural water source, or more than 87.2 miles (140.3 km) from the
Great Lakes coastline. When Michigan was
admitted to the Union on January 26, 1837, as the 26th state, it was
primarily a fur-trading territory. Its rich agricultural resources were not
developed until later in the century. Its industrial prominence dates from the
beginnings of automobile manufacturing in the early 20th century. |
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GENEALOGICAL
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State Archives of Michigan, 702 W Kalamazoo St.,
P.O. Box 30738, Lansing, MI 48909-8238; (517) 373-1408 ·
National Archives - Great Lakes Region (Chicago), 7358 South Pulaski
Road, Chicago, Illinois 60629-5898; 773-948-9001; E-mail: [email protected] ·
Archives and Historical Collections, Michigan Technological University 1400 Townsend Drive, Houghton, MI 49931; Phone number (906)
487-2505 ·
Burton Historical Collection, Detroit
Public Library, 5201 Woodward Avenue, Detroit, MI 48202 ·
Michigan Historical Collections, Bentley Historical Library, University
of Michigan, 1150 Beal Avenue, Ann
Arbor, MI 48109-2113 ·
Archives
and Regional History Collections, Western Michigan University Kalamazoo, MI 49008;
Phone number (616) 387-3990 |
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HISTORICAL & GENEALOGICAL
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The Historical Society of Michigan, 1305 Abbott Rd., East
Lansing, MI 48823; (517) 324-1828, ·
Western Michigan Genealogical Society c/o Grand Rapids Public
Library, 111 Library Street NE, Grand Rapids, MI, 49503-3268;Email - [email protected] ·
Library of Michigan, : 702 W. Kalamazoo St,
Lansing, MI 48909, See: http://michigan.gov/hal/libraryofmichigan for more
information/services. Online reference services at: [email protected] ·
Clarke
Historical Library, Central Michigan University, Mt. Pleasant, MI
48859, Phone number (517)
774-3352 ·
Michigan
Historical Collections, Bentley Historical Library, University of Michigan,
1150
Beal Avenue, Ann Arbor, MI 48109-2113 ·
Michigan Room, Grand
Rapids Public Library, 60 Library Plaza, Grand Rapids, MI 49503; Phone number (616)
456-3640 ·
Mid-Michigan Genealogical Society, MMGS; P 0 BOX 16033,
Lansing, MI 48901-6033 |
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Mailing address: 702 W. Kalamazoo St., P.O. Box 30007, Lansing, MI 48909-7507, Phone: (517) 373-1580, Fax: (517) 373-4480 |
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Alcona
Alger
Allegan
Alpena
Antrim
Arenac
Baraga
Barry
Bay
Benzie
Berrien
Branch
Calhoun
Cass
Charlevoix
Cheboygan
Chippewa
Clare
Clinton
Crawford
Delta
Dickinson
Eaton
Emmet Genesee
Gogebic
Grand Traverse
Gratiot
Hillsdale
Houghton
Huron
Ingham
Ionia
Iosco
Iron
Isabella
Jackson
Kalamazoo
Kent
Keweenaw
Lake
Lapeer
Leelanau
Lenawee
Livingston
Luce
Mackinac
Macomb
Manistee
Marquette
Mason
Mecosta
Menominee
Midland
Missaukee
Monroe
Montcalm
Muskegon
Newaygo
Oakland
Oceana
Ontonagon
Oscoda
Otsego
Ottawa
Presque Isle
Roscommon
Saginaw
Sanilac
Schoolcraft
Shiawassee
St. Clair
St. Joseph
Tuscola
Van Buren
Washtenaw
Wayne
Wexford |
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To find out more about
each surname listed above click on the corresponding LINK. Additional information
regarding these surnames may also be found at: |
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Free Genealogy Surname Search Help from Google |
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Use this free genealogy site to help you
get the best genealogy searches from Google™
by using your family tree, for your research. It
will create a series of different searches using tips or "tricks" |
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likely improve your results.
The different searches will give you many different ways of using Google and
the Internet to find ancestry information about this or any other Surname. |
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The following named counties are associated with
the history of our DIRECT ancestors.
To select a specific ancestral county, click on the following link.
Here you will find additional links to our county pages where you can obtain
information about our family gen-sites, images of localities, and surnames of
persons, in our database, who have lived in the selected county. |
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The following Link will take you to a
gazetteer of this U.S. State that features profiles of cities, towns,
neighborhoods and subdivisions. In
addition this site contains maps, data and directions for a wide variety of
physical, cultural and historic features. |
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Michigan Cities -
profiles of 3,174 Michigan cities,
towns & neighborhoods Michigan Physical
Features such as lakes, islands & steams Michigan Cultural Features such as schools, parks, hospitals & airports Michigan Civil Features such as Native
Areas and Political Subdivisions |
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Clicking on
a Link
(below) will take you to the County’s website. Here you will find additional links to more
information specific to that location.
The USGenWeb Project also sponsors important Special Projects, at the national level, that
were created to collect and disseminate data that goes beyond county and
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Alcona;
Alger;
Allegan;
Alpena; Antrim; Arenac; Baraga; Barry; Bay; Benzie; Berrien; Branch; Calhoun; Cass; Charlevoix; Cheboygan; Chippewa; Clare; Clinton; Crawford; Delta; Dickinson; Eaton; Emmet; Genesee; Gladwin; Gogebic; Grand Traverse; Gratiot; Hillsdale; Houghton; Huron; Ingham; Ionia; Iosco; Iron; Isabella; Jackson; Kalamazoo; Kalkaska; Kent; Keweenaw; Lake; Lapeer; Leelanau; Lenawee; Livingston; Luce; Mackinac; Macomb; Manistee; Marquette; Mason; Mecosta; Menominee; Midland; Missaukee; Monroe; Montcalm; Montmorency; Muskegon; Newaygo; Oakland; Oceana; Ogemaw; Ontonagon; Osceola; Oscoda; Otsego; Ottawa; Presque Isle; Roscommon; Saginaw; Saint Clair; Saint Joseph; Sanilac; Schoolcraft; Shiawassee; Tuscola; Van Buren; Washtenaw; Wayne; Wexford |
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Wikipedia is a multilingual,
Web-based,
free-content
encyclopedia
project based mostly on anonymous contributions. Clicking on a Link (below) will take you to the Wikipedia
article about the county. Here you will find additional links to guide the
user to related pages with additional information. |
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Alcona · Alger · Allegan · Alpena · Antrim · Arenac · Baraga · Barry · Bay · Benzie · Berrien · Branch · Calhoun · Cass · Charlevoix · Cheboygan · Chippewa · Clare · Clinton · Crawford · Delta · Dickinson · Eaton · Emmet · Genesee · Gladwin · Gogebic · Grand Traverse · Gratiot · Hillsdale · Houghton · Huron · Ingham · Ionia · Iosco · Iron · Isabella · Jackson · Kalamazoo · Kalkaska · Kent · Keweenaw · Lake · Lapeer · Leelanau · Lenawee · Livingston · Luce · Mackinac · Macomb · Manistee · Marquette · Mason · Mecosta · Menominee · Midland · Missaukee · Monroe · Montcalm · Montmorency · Muskegon · Newaygo · Oakland · Oceana · Ogemaw · Ontonagon · Osceola · Oscoda · Otsego · Ottawa · Presque Isle · Roscommon · Saginaw · Sanilac · Schoolcraft · Shiawassee · St. Clair · St. Joseph · Tuscola · Van Buren · Washtenaw · Wayne · Wexford |
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Wikipedia, the free
encyclopedia ·
Free
Genealogy Search Help For Google ·
Linkpendium
> Genealogy > USA ·
Ancestry.com
(Reference Materials & Finding Aids) |
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Cyndi's List - United States Index ·
IGI
Batch Numbers - British Isles & North America ·
Libweb
- Libraries on the Web ·
50states.com - States and Capitals |
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The following Link will take you to our library of genealogy reference books that pertain to this U.S. State. Here you will find books about the history and records of this State, as well as its counties and other localities such as towns and churches. The collection also contains research works about State military units and personnel during America’s wars. In addition, there are resource texts about the ethnic and religious groups who settled in this State. |
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