Subject Area: Genealogy & Local History

ProQuest Historical Newspapers

Dive into Michigan’s history with ProQuest Historical Newspapers: Michigan Collection, a subscription database offering digitized newspapers from 1910 to the present day. This database includes:…
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Seeking Michigan

Family and local history records courtesy of the Archives of Michigan. Find death records, state census records, records about Michigan and the Civil War, and…
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Sanborn Fire Insurance Maps

The Library of Congress has placed online nearly 25,000 Sanborn Fire Insurance Maps, which depict the structure and use of buildings in U.S. cities and…
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Redford Archives

The Redford Township Local History Archives is an ongoing project started by the Redford Township District Library to preserve, digitize and share local historical materials.…
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MyHeritage Library Edition

MyHeritage Library Edition is one of the largest, most internationally diverse genealogy databases of its kind. Access to billions of historical documents, millions of historical…
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Library of Michigan Newspapers

Contains links to Michigan Newspaper finding aids for news or obituaries by City and County, a list of newspaper holdings on microfilm, newspaper family histories…
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Library of Michigan – Michigan Materials

Contains information about Michigan facts and links to the Michigan Collection including County Guides, Historical Research Collections, Michigan Imprints 1851-1876, Michigan Bibliographies and the Michigan…
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Ancestry Library Edition

Genealogy research product that provides access to more than 2 billion names, more than 3,000 databases, primary source documents and images and a variety of…
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