Genealogy Research

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.)

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).

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.)

Includes full text of over 150 Michigan news sources (newspapers, wire services, and websites), with coverage of some going back as far as 1998.

Fully digitized version of the 1929 Detroit City Directory published by R.L. Polk & Company (available to all users with Internet access)