Research Guides: Genealogy Research: Michigan Resources

Library of Michigan Family History Resources

The Library of Michigan offers a wide range of digital resources for family history researchers that can be accessed online using a Library of Michigan card (available at no cost to all Michigan residents, including out-of-state students enrolled in a Michigan college or university). To register online for a Library of Michigan card, visit www.michigan.gov/librarycard

Library of Michigan Family History Databases
Provides access to Black Life in America; Fold3 by Ancestry (military records); Heritage Hub (obituaries & death notices); Indian Claims Insight; NewspaperArchive; Newspapers.com; the complete backfiles of the Bay City Times, Grand Rapids Press, Kalamazoo Gazette, Saginaw News, and Sault News; and more. (Available to users with internet access and a Library of Michigan card barcode number.)

Michigan Resources

Michigan County Histories
Collection of digitized reproductions of Michigan county atlases and histories as a resource for historical and genealogical research (available to all users with Internet access).
Michiganology
Online platform for the Michigan Historical Center in Lansing. Includes research guides and indexes, educator resources, death certificates (1921-1952), and state government records. (Available to all users with Internet access.)
NewsBank Access World News: Michigan
Includes full text of over 150 Michigan news sources (newspapers, wire services, and websites), with coverage of some going back as far as 1998.
Polk's Detroit City Directory
Fully digitized version of the 1929 Detroit City Directory published by R.L. Polk & Company (available to all users with Internet access)