- Detroit City Cemetery Records 1854-1861
- (Book - Amazon.com) : This book contains records from the City Cemetery, also called the Russell St. Cemetery, which no longer exists. It was ordered vacated in 1869. No burial register exists for this cemetery, except for lists sent to the City Clerk's office from which this book has been compiled. Approximately 894 burials are listed. Burial date, name, age, cause of death and nativity are given. -
- Michigan Genealogy. New 2nd Edition
- (Book - Genealogical.com) : Michigan Genealogy is one of the finest statewide sourcebooks ever published, a remarkable compilation of sources and resources that are available to help researchers find their Michigan ancestors. It identifies records on the state and regional level and then the county level, providing details of vital records, court and land records, military records, newspapers, and census records, as well as the holdings of the various societies and institutions whose resources and facilities support the special needs of the genealogist. -
- Michigan Military Records
- (Book - Genealogical.com) : The major portion of this valuable source is devoted to a listing of Revolutionary soldiers buried in Michigan, giving for each soldier: his full name, date of birth, and date and place of death and burial; parents' names; names of wife and her parents and the wife's date and place of birth and death; names of children and their dates of birth; a record of Revolutionary War service; and a variety of biographical information. The section devoted to Michigan pensioners includes such information as the pensioner's rank, when placed on the pension roll, service, commencement of pension, allowances and sums received, applicable pension act, important editorial notes referring to biographical and genealogical data, and so on. -
- Michigan Place Names
- (Book - Amazon.com) : From Aabec in Antrim County to Zutphen in Ottawa County, from Hell to Hooker, "Michigan Place Names" is a compendium of information on the origins of the state's geographical names. With alphabetically arranged thumb-nail sketches, Walter Romig introduces readers to a host of colorful personalities and episodes which have achieved notoriety, though sometimes shortlived, by devising or lending their names to the state's settlements. Romig spent more than ten years researching and documenting the entries to which he added an extensive bibliography of sources and an index of the personal names used in the text.
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