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African American Genealogy Resources: States/Michigan

From Christine's Genealogy Website.

AfriGeneas | African Ancestry in Michigan

Ancestry.com - Michigan Biographical Sketches, 1870-1900

Searchable database available by subscription.

Ancestry.com - Michigan Native Americans History, 1887

Searchable database available by subscription.

Central Adoption Registry - Michigan

Information maintained by the Department of Human Services in Lansing. Contains former parent & adult former sibling statements giving consent or denial to have information about themselves released to an adult adopted person who is searching.

GEDCOM Index .com - Michigan

Index of GEDCOM files found online, arranged by surname and given name.

Index of African-American Articles at G.R.P.L.

The information was abstracted from the local Grand Rapids Newspapers and other Michigan newspapers by Professor Carl Bajema, placed in the Local History Department of the Grand Rapids Public Library - Main Branch. These records cover a time period from 1830 - 1935.

Irish in Michigan

There is a Surname registry to add your Surnames or check those that are there.

Michigan Biographical Index

Cumulative full-name index merging many Michigan publications and manuscripts, including: cemetery transcripts, county histories, first land owners, military records, naturalization records, plat maps, portrait and biographical albums, probate records, tax lists and vital records.

Michigan Biographies Project

Michigan Polonia

Information on Michigan and Polish heritage.

Native American Genealogy: Records and Research

Native American Research in Michigan

Using the Ottawa, Chippewa and Potawatomi tribes as examples.
[The original link is broken. This link points to an archived copy on the Wayback Machine]

Negro Settlers of Michigan

Original Negro settlers of Montcalm, Isabella, and Mecosta - Central Michigan.

ojibwe info - focusing on Ahnishinahbæótjibway, Ojibwe, and Métis genealogy

Extensive genealogy of Ahnishinahbæótjibway, Ojibwe, and Métis people, focusing on Red Lake, and White Earth Reservation, Minnesota. Thoroughly documented archival research and oral history for Red Lake Ahnishinahbæótjibway, and 'Native American' - 'Indian' - 'Chippewa' - 'Ojibwa' - 'Ojibway' - 'Ojibwe' - 'Anishinabe' - 'Anishinaabeg' - Métis people, ten most common surnames: BEAULIEU, BELLANGER, BROWN, FAIRBANKS, JOHNSON, JOURDAIN, KINGBIRD, LUSSIER, ROY, SMITH, most intensely researched for late 1800s, early 1900s.

Online County and Town Histories - Michigan

This site provides over 3,000 links to free county and town histories published from 1850 to the early 1920s. These histories often contain detailed biographies of their citizens.

Ottawa and Chippewas of Michigan

1870 Census, 1908 Durant Roll and the 1910 Durant Supplemental Roll.

People of the Three Fires Native Genealogy

Native American Genealogy in Michigan People of the 3 fires the Chippewa (Ojibwe), the Ottawa and the Potawatomi.

Tribes and Villages of Michigan

Western Michigan Genealogical Society Online Searchable Databases

West Michigan Newspapers, Kent County School Census, Michigana, Veterans, World War One Veterans Census, WMGS Manuscripts, WMGS Members' Genealogy, Black Monument Company, Farm Bureau News, Michigan Census, Kent County Deaths, Kent County Marriages, Latzek Funeral Home, Chapman's 1881 History of Kent County, Goss' History of Grand Rapids and its Industries, Quigley, Western Michigan Surnames and Queries, WMGS Internet Links.