Book
contents
Michigan
Genealogy: Sources and Resources, published by Genealogical
Publishing Co., can be ordered online.
Chapter
1: "…the earthly paradise"
- Early
Exploration
- Settlers
Arrive in Number
- Historical
Highlights
Chapter
2: The Settlement of Michigan
- Factors
Influencing Settlement
- Settlement
Patterns
- Records
that Give Clues About Immigration or Migration, such as Naturalizations
Chapter
3: Vital Records
- Marriages
- Divorces
- Deaths
- Births
- Locations
of Records
Chapter
4: Alternative Sources for Vital Records
- Bible
Records
- Diaries
- Information
from Others
- DAR Records
- Church
and Synagogue Records
- Cemetery
and Related Records
- Newspapers
and Obituaries
- Military
and Military-related Records
- Michigan
Historical Collections
- County
and Regional Histories
- Biographies
- Periodicals
Indexes
Chapter
5: Finding Families: Census Records and Their Substitutes
- Census
Records
- Directories
- Census
Substitutes
Chapter
6: Land and Court Records
- Land and
Property Records
- Maps and
Gazetteers
- Michigan's
Court System
- Probate
Law and Records
- Locations
of Other Court Records
- A Word
About Women and the Law
- Adoptions
Chapter
7: Digging Deeper
- Manuscript
Collections
- Business
Records
- Institutional
Records
- Crimes
and Criminals
- Coroners'
Files
- ERO Files
- Orphans
and Orphanages
- Fraternal
and Other Organizational Records
- Territorial
Records
- Michigan
Manual
- Depression-era
Records
- Land Exchange
Files
- Disasters
- Life in
Michigan
- Records
in Canada
Chapter
8: The People of Michigan
- Immigration
Patterns
- Michigan's
First Residents
- French
and French-Canadians
- Non-French
Canadians
- British,
including English, Scots, Scots Irish, Irish, Cornish, Welsh, Manx
- African
Americans
- Germans
and Germans from Russia
- Dutch
- Belgians
- Scandinavians,
including Swedes, Finns, Norwegians, Danes, Icelanders
- Czechs
(Bohemians) and Slovaks
- Jews
- Italians
- South
Slavs, including Slovenes, Croats, Serbs, Macedonians, Bosnian Muslims
- Poles
- 20th Century
Immigrants, including Albanians, Armenians, Asians, Asian Indians, Arabs,
Bulgarians, Greeks, Hungarians, Lithuanians, Mexicans, Romanians, Russians,
Turks, Ukrainians
Chapter
9: Michigan Online
Chapter
10: Counties and Their Records
- County
Records
- Former
Michigan Counties
- Profiles
of Michigan's 83 Counties
Chapter
11: Genealogical Collections
- Collections
in Individual Counties
Chapter
12: Historical and Genealogical Societies
- Societies
in Individual Counties
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