Historical Land Ownership Records of Michigan

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Libraries, Archives
& Repositories

Detroit Public Library
5201 Woodward Ave
Detroit, MI 48202
Phone: (313) 833-1000

Wayne County Library
30555 Michigan Avenue
Westland, MI 48186-5310
Fax: 734-727-7333

Local Archives

National Archives Guide to Genealogical Research

Family History Centers
LDS Genealogy
Mormon Genealogy
FamilySearch.org

Riverview Michigan
18701 Grange Road
Riverview, MI 48192-8177
Phone: 734-285-0494

Westland Michigan
7575 N Hix Road
Westland, MI 48185-1954
Phone: 734-459-4570

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Societies
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Wayne County Genealogical & Historical Societies

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Wayne County Michigan Genealogy & Family History Resources
Cities, Towns, Villages & Communities:
Allen Park, Belleville, Canton, Dearborn, Detroit, Flat Rock, Grosse Pointe, Harper Woods, Inkster, Lincoln Park, Livonia, Northville, Plymouth, Redford, Riverview, Romulus, Southgate, Taylor, Wayne, Westland, Woodhaven, Wyandotte)

Established: November 21, 1815
Original County
County Seat: Detroit

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Michigan State Vital Records
Vital Records Request
Michigan Department of Community Health
3424 N Martin Luther King Blvd
PO Box 30721
Lansing, Michigan 48909
Phone: 517-335-8666

Wayne County Michigan Vital Records
Wayne County Clerk
Birth and Death Records Division
201 Coleman A. Young Municipal Center
Detroit, MI 48226
Phone: (313) 224-5535
Fax: (313) 224-5364
[Birth Certificates]
[Death Certificates]
Marriage Certificate Department
201 Coleman A. Young Municipal Center
Detroit, MI 48226
Phone: (313) 224-5535
Fax: (313) 224-5364
[Marriage Records]
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Social Security Death Index
The Social Security Administration Death Master File contains information on millions of deceased individuals with United States social security numbers whose deaths were reported to the Social Security Administration. This file now contains over 89 million death records.

Wayne County Michigan Census Links
CensusLinks.com
Links to Online Census Records Wayne Co., Michigan
Census-Online.com
Wayne County, Michigan Federal Census Index
US-Census.org
Search the United States Indian Census 1885-1940
Ancestry.com ~ The Indian Census schedules are census rolls usually submitted each year by agents or superintendents in charge of Indian reservations, as required by an act of 4 July 1884 (23 Stat. 98).
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Free Trial Available. View all original federal census records taken every 10 years from the first census in 1790 through the 1930 census. You can also view some state census records. The 1940 census will not be released by the federal government until 2012.
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Cemeteries and Memorial Sites of Politicians in Wayne County
The website that tells where the dead politicians are buried
Cemeteries of Wayne County Michigan
Interment.net is a publisher of cemetery transcriptions for use by genealogists and local historians. Search and browse cemetery burial records from thousands of cemeteries across the world.
Wayne County Michigan Cemeteries
USGS (GNIS) National Mapping Information

Obituary Collection
This database is a compilation of obituaries published in U.S. newspapers, collected from various online sources. ~ Ancestry.com
Read Historic Newspapers Online
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Wayne County Michigan Migrations Project
They came for a season, they left and went where? Why did they go and who went with them? So many questions about the migrations of our ancestors.
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Wayne County, Michigan World War II Casualties Army and Airforce
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USGenWeb Pensions Project
USGenWeb Archives

1895 Wayne County Michigan Map
This atlas was originally printed in 1895 by the Rand McNally Corporation. ~ LivGenMi.com
Original Land Owners Indexed in the Government Land Office Records Database
County by county, state by state maps for original settlers whose purchases are indexed in the U.S. Bureau of Land Management database

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Wayne County Michigan GenWeb Project
Part of the Michigan/US GenWeb Project
Wayne County Michigan Genealogy Sites
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Wayne County Michigan Genealogy Links
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Wayne County Michigan History & Genealogy Project
American History & Genealogy Project [AGHP]
American Local History Network [ALHN]
Wayne County Michigan Genealogy Resources
Resources @ RootsWeb
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Black Genesis: A Resource Book for African-American Genealogy
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National Register of Historic Places in Wayne County Michigan

Wayne County Michigan Official Website

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