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• Archives of Michigan

  • Research Services

    • Michigan County Clerks Genealogy Directory

      Includes contact information, genealogy research hours, identification requirements for use of records, cost of certified copy/additional copies, cost of genealogical records copies, and a list of available records and inclusive dates of the records.

    • State Archives of Michigan - Archival Circulars

      Circulars detail the state archives holdings for specific subjects.

      • State Archives of Michigan - Circular No. 13, Railroad Records

• Bentley Historical Library - The University of Michigan

  • Bentley Image Bank, Bentley Historical Library

    The Bentley Image Bank includes images from the holdings of the Bentley Historical Library at the University of Michigan. The collection is open to the public.

  • BHL Reference Page

  • Michigan Historical Collections

    The Michigan Historical Collections (MHC) division of the Bentley Historical Library collects, processes, and makes available for research unpublished and published materials relating to Michigan history.

    • Genealogy

    • Michigan in the Civil War - A Guide to the Resources in the Bentley Historical Library

      The Bentley Library has more than four hundred collections pertaining to the participation of Michigan men and military units in the Civil War. Online indexes to names, regiments, battles, portraits and Brown's card index headings..

  • Polar Bear Expedition Digital Collections

    This database is a compiled list of men who fought in the Polar Bear Expedition or the American Intervention in Northern Russia, 1918-1919 at the end of WWI.

  • UARP: About the University Archives - University Archives and Records Program

    As the official archives of the University of Michigan, we select, preserve, and provide access to the records of the university and related materials of enduring historical and administrative value.

• Calvin College - Heritage Hall

  Grand Rapids, Michigan. Heritage Hall has and makes available for research the records of Calvin College, Calvin Seminary, and the Christian Reformed Church in North America. In addition the collection holds the personal papers of the college and seminary faculty and staff, ministers in the denomination, and letters detailing the Dutch migration and the impact of this migration on North America.

  • Family History Resources

• Clarke Historical Library - Central Michigan University

  • Historical Collection

  • Web Resources Directory

• Detroit Public Library

  • Special Collections

    • Burton Historical Collection

• Family History Library Catalog

  From the FamilySearch web site, an online catalog to the holdings of the LDS Church in Salt Lake City, Utah. Also search for other localities by place name.

  • Michigan

• FamilySearch - FamilySearch Centers in Michigan

  A list of local LDS Family History Centers along with addresses and hours of operation.

• FamilySearch Centers in Michigan

  From the FamilySearch web site. Includes address, telephone number and hours of operation.

• Gerald R. Ford Library and Museum

• Interactive Library Directory

  Directory for approximately 1,900 Michigan libraries and library related organizations.

• LIBCAT: US - Michigan

  A directory of library resources on the Internet.

• LibDex - The Library Index - Michigan

  A worldwide directory of links to library homepages and web-based OPACs (Online Public Access Catalogs).

• Library of Michigan

  In the Michigan Library and Historical Center, Lansing, Michigan

  • Directory of Michigan Libraries

    Database searchable by type and location. From the Library of Michigan.

  • Library of Michigan Services & Collections

    • Abrams Collection: Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs)

• MAA - Michigan Archives

• Michigan Historical Center

  Lansing.

• Michigan Library Association - Home Pages of Michigan Libraries

• Michigan Technological University Archives & Copper Country Historical Collections

  Houghton.

• Museum of African-American History

  Detroit.

• National Archives and Records Administration

  • NARA | Locations | Great Lakes Region (Chicago)

    Records for Illinois, Indiana, Michigan, Minnesota, Ohio, and Wisconsin.

    • Guide to Archival Holdings at NARA's Great Lakes Region (Chicago)

    • Services for the Public

  • NARA | Locations | Great Lakes Region (Dayton)

    Records for Indiana, Michigan, and Ohio.

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  • Resources for Genealogists and Family Historians

• Newberry Library - Michigan Genealogy