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Genealogy Department
Genealogy Resource Guide
General Genealogy Websites
Bentheimers International Society - Dedicated to preserving the history of emigrants from the county of Bentheim, Germany.
Bureau of Land Management General Office Records - Includes access to Federal land conveyance records for the Public Land States and image access to more than three million Federal land title records for Eastern Public Land States, issued between 1820 and 1908.
BYU - Family History Archive - A rich repository of histories created by families, courtesy of the LDS church & Brigham Young University.
CastleGarden.org - Offers free access to an extraordinary database of information on 10 million immigrants from 1830 through 1892, the year Ellis Island opened.
Chronicling America: Historic American Newspapers - Provided by the National Endowment for the Humanities and the Library of Congress. Offers full text searching of more than 226,000 pages of public domain newspapers from California, Florida, Kentucky, New York, Utah, Virginia, and the District of Columbia published between 1900 and 1910.
Cimorelli Immigration Manifests Online (CIMO) - This web site offers a SOUNDEX Converter, NARA Records Records of the US Customs Service (1820 - 1902), Records of the Immigration and Naturalization Service (1891 - 1957), the Morton Allan Directory of Passenger Arrivals, and more.
Civil War Soldiers and Sailors System - Provided by the National Parks Service.
Daughters of the American Revolution - The DAR Library is one of the largest genealogical centers in the United States.
ellisisland.org - Includes information on immigrants who arrived between 1892 and 1924. Provided by the Statue of Liberty-Ellis Island Foundation.
familysearch.org - Provided by the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints.
Family Tree Maker Online - This is a commercial site by the makers of Family Treemaker software, which has some useful articles and databases of family names.
Family Tree Maker Online - Social Security Death Index Page - The Social Security Death Index is one of the largest and most useful databases available. It contains names, birth dates, death dates, Social Security numbers, and other useful information about more than 55 million people.
Genforum (by genealogy.com) - An electronic bulletin board for people searching by surname, state, or country.
Heraldica - Over 500 heraldic terms; Searchable by English, Dutch, French, German, etc.
internment.net - A cemetery transcription library on the Internet.
Miami Valley (Ohio) Genealogical Index - Includes more than 500,000 names and invaluable to those with Ohio connections.
National Union Catalog of Manuscript Collections - Provided by the Library of Congress.
MortalitySchedules.com - Includes information on individuals who died within the 12 months preceding the census.
Random Acts of Genealogical Kindness - Volunteers of this movement have agreed at least once per month to do a research task in their local area as an act of kindness. Please Note: This is not a free service.
Regional Genealogy & Local History Research - This web site offers scholarly educational access to all key worldwide Internet genealogical and family history databases and resources.
rootsweb.com - The oldest and largest Free genealogy site on the Internet; Supported by Ancestry.com.
U.S. National Archive & Records Administration (NARA)
USGenNet - A nonprofit Historical-Genealogical web hosting service. Includes links to sites the USGenNet hosts.
The USGenWeb Project - Websites for genealogical research organized by county and state.
vitalrec.com - Information on how to order Vital Records.
Vital Records from Family Search.org - Includes some Michigan births, marriages, and deaths.
The WorldGenWeb Project - This non-profit, volunteer based organization is dedicated to providing genealogical and historical records and resources for world-wide access.
Censuses
www.census-online.com - Nearly 40,000 links for locating online census transcriptions.
1820 Federal Population Census for Michigan
1830 Census of Michigan Territory
1840 Census of Pensioners - Revolutionary or Military Services
Michigan 1870 Census Index - Provided by the Library of Michigan
1894 Michigan State Census - Lists the names of United States Soldiers of the Civil War Residing in Michigan, June 1, 1894 (by ward, township, and county).
Genealogy and History in Michigan
Calvin College - Heritage Hall - Heritage Hall has information on Calvin College, Calvin Seminary, and the Christian Reformed Church in North America, etc.
Historical Society of Michigan
Joint Archives of Holland - Provided by Hope College
Library of Michigan - Part of the state of Michigan's History, Arts and Libraries (HAL) web site.
Macatawa Bay Area History & Heritage - Includes an online genealogy of several local families, records from local cemeteries and local history items.
The Making of Modern Michigan: Digitizing Michigan's Hidden Past - Includes images of local history materials (photographs, family papers, genealogical materials, etc.) from communities around the state.
Michigan Adoption Resource Exchange (MARE): Release of Adoption Information - Tells what types of information can be released and where it can be found.
Michigan County County Clerk Information for Genealogists - This is the online version of the Michigan County Clerks Genealogy Directory.
Michigan County Histories - Provides keyword searching and page-by-page access to digitized reproductions of Michigan county atlases and histories.
Michigan Genealogical Death Indexing System - GENDIS is provided by the Michigan Department of Community Health.
MIGenWeb - Michigan Genealogy on the Web, part of The USGenWeb Project.
Michigan Marriage Index - This site is an index only but should help you search for the original records.
Online Michigan Death Records & Indexes - A directory of online death indexes listed by county.
Southwest Michigan Obituary Index - Contains over 70,000 entries (through the year 2000) pertaining to residents of Allegan, Berrien, Cass, Kalamazoo and Van Buren counties.
Western Michigan Genealogical Society Database - The WMGS includes Kent, Ottawa, Muskegon, Newaygo, Montcalm, Ionia, Barry and Allegan Counties.
Genealogy in the Netherlands
Atlas 1868 - Gemeente Atlas Nederland. J Kuyper 1865-1870 - This site is written in Dutch, but the maps can still be located by clicking the province links that are about half way down the page on the left-hand side of the screen.
DutchGenWeb - Dutch Genealogy on the Web, part of The WorldGenWeb Project.
familienaam.nl - This surname distribution site is in Dutch.
geneaknowhow.net - Information and lists of databases on providences in the Netherlands.
Genlias - A national Dutch database that is a joint initiative by a number of public archives in the Netherlands.
Meertens Instituut - This site is written in Dutch and gives helpful information on surnames in the Netherlands. Go to databaken (databases) and try the voornamen and familienaman databanks.
The Unofficial Holland America Line Home Page - Includes articles, photographs, and the 133 year history of the Holland America Line.
Please Note: The content of the linked web pages is the responsibility of their authors and is not necessarily representative of Herrick District Library.
