MFHN Site Updates

Native American Death Additions

plhamp@mifamilyhistory.org — Fri, 17 Feb 2012 14:25:09 -0500

Isabella County, Nottawa Township, death records from the Township Clerk's records have been added today. Many of these deaths give the cemetery they were buried in. These records were donated by the township and typed by Joyce McClain.

Nottawa Twp. School Census 1882 to 1925

plhamp@mifamilyhistory.org — Thur, 16 Feb 2012 18:35:09 -0500

Isabella County, Nottawa Township, School Census lists up from 1882 to 1925. The Census includes, teachers, students, parents or guardians and age of the child.

Durant Roll 1870-1908 Updated

plhamp@mifamilyhistory.org — Sun, 5 Feb 2012 14:14:09 -0500

The Durant Roll pages have been reworked to be more interactive for visitors. In the past it has been online in 90 different pages by last name. If you found your ancestor you had to go through all the pages one by one to find the rest of the family by the Durant Roll Number. Surfing through 90 pages is a monumental task that even I would give up on. So we have databased the Durant Roll. You can now search the files by name, county or band, or go through all the records one by one. Then simply click on a link to bring up the family of that person.

Indian Land Allotments Patents and Trusts in Michigan Updated

plhamp@mifamilyhistory.org — Sun, 5 Feb 2012 14:21:09 -0500

Native American Land Allotments all person index. You can search the data by name or county. Once you find the person we have added an interactive feature that goes to the Bureau of Land Management site, so you can retrieve the data there for your records including a certificate.

Pinconning Newspaper BMD Index 1906-2011

dhoffgr@mifamilyhistory.org — Weds, 25 Jan 2012 15:05:09 -0500

Over 24,000 names indexed of births, marriages and deaths that occurred in the Pinconning, Bay County newspapers transcribed by the Pinconning Library and Kathy Francis.

Nottawa Twp. Voters Registrations 1919-1937

dhoffgr@mifamilyhistory.org — Weds, 25 Jan 2012 13:05:09 -0500

1919 was the first year that women were able to register to vote in local and state elections in the State of Michigan. By a 35,000 vote margin male voters approved a State of Michigan Constitutional Amendment that they had previously rejected in 1875, 1912, and 1913. In 1875, women were granted the right to vote in "school elections" in their local townships. On August 26th, 1920 the 19th Amendment to the Constitution took effect nation wide. Michigan was the second state to ratify the amendment, on June 10, 1920.

UPDATED Michigan Men on the Sultana

plhamp@mifamilyhistory.org — Tues, 10 Jan 2012 13:05:09 -0500

UPDATE: More corrections to the original book citations have been made. Added a citation from the source, Record of Service of Michigan Volunteers in the Civil War, 1861 - 1865 to each man found. This has allowed us to correct more of the records found in the book Loss of the Sultana...... Errors found in some records as to the name spelling (some so far off it makes you scratch your head!), regiment, company and rank were found. This has also allowed me to confirm a few more men that were on the boat, and disqualify some that were listed in the Official List but had died months before the Sultana blew up. I also managed to find a few men who were not on the Official List. More research will be done on these brave men and I will add more data in at each phase.

Pontiac Quiver 1929 - New Yearbook

dhoffgr@mifamilyhistory.org — Fri, 30 Dec 2011 14:23:45 -0500

This yearbook had a bonus in it! It contained 1,521 people. All the alumni from 1892 to the graduates of 1929 are included.

Michigan Men on the Sultana

plhamp@mifamilyhistory.org — Sun, 18 Dec 2011 19:02:09 -0500

The Sultana exploded on the Mississippi River on 27 April 1865, north of Memphis, Tennessee. The majority of the passengers were military personnel. Rated to carry 376 passengers, and taking on over 2000 passengers, 250 hogheads of sugar and 60 mules and horses, after having a boiler repairs a day before is a disaster waiting to happen. To top this off the soldiers were from prison camps and were sickly and emancipated from their stay there. The ones that did not burn or die in the fire were more likely to die from drowning due to exhaustion and cold if they escaped the boat. This side wheeled ferry was commissioned to take Union soldiers home after the war, just days after President Lincoln was murdered. They were to take on the men who had been held in prison camps to Cairo, Illinois as a trade of prisoners of war. Why would the captain of the boat do this? Probably for money. But a more disturbing question is why the military officers who were in charge of arranging transport for these men would allow a boat to be overloaded with this country's heroes. We have extracted the men from Michigan that were on the Sultana for visitors to use.

County Pages Finished

plhamp@mifamilyhistory.org — Mon, 12 Dec 2011 15:03:04 -0500

There is now a page for each of Michigan counties. You will find links to all data on this site for that county and a list of links to other sites to help find more records for you ancestors in that county.

1st Michigan Colored Infantry

plhamp@mifamilyhistory.org — Fri, 2 Dec 2011 19:01:38 -0500

It was in July, 1863, that Gov. Austin Blair was authorized by the Secretary of War to organize one regiment of infantry composed of Colored men and as fast as the different companies were recorded the officers for same were appointed by the Secretary of War and the companies mustered into service. It is not the purpose here to give anything of a history of the accomplishments of the Negro troops, but primarily to provide an honor roll in this Manual for the Negro citizens of the State who volunteered their services to the Government in its hour of need.

Continuing to Add County Pages

Fri, 2 Dec 2011 11:22:40 -0500

Working on counties that begin with an O now. Oakland, Oceana, Ogemaw, Ontonagon, Osceola, Oscoda, Otsego, Ottawa counties are getting done right now.

County Pages

plhamp@mifamilyhistory.org — Tue, 22 Nov 2011 13:43:01 -0500

New county pages are going online. All are reachable by using the menu on the left of your screen. Adding new links to each page and done up to the counties beginning with G.

Submitter Deaths

plhamp@mifamilyhistory.org — Wed, 16 Nov 2011 10:16:46 -0500

Death index for all of Michigan has been finished in the new coding and is ready to be searched by name or county.

Submitter Births

plhamp@mifamilyhistory.org — Wed, 16 Nov 2011 10:09:44 -0500

Submitted birth index for the state of Michigan are back. You can search by name or county.

New Site Programming

webmaster@mifamilyhistory.org — Wed, 16 Nov 2011 10:09:19 -0500

The site has had a facelift done in programming! The menu at the left of the screen shows all the data to surf through. The new technology will allow us to give visitors a better experience in the future.

Genealogy Help

webmaster@mifamilyhistory.org — Wed, 16 Nov 2011 10:46:54 GMT

When you get into old records there are some things you need to consider and may need some help with. We have started a section on the site to help you get through that.

Mackinac County Animal Bounties

webmaster@mifamilyhistory.org — Wed, 16 Nov 2011 10:46:51 GMT

Many counties in Michigan paid bounties out to individuals for different wild animals that were considered a menace at the time. The years cover 1898-1910 at this time.

Persons Subject to Military Duty Garfield and Hendricks Townships 1886

webmaster@mifamilyhistory.org — Wed, 16 Nov 2011 10:46:47 GMT

In 1886 a list of men who qualified for military duty was taken in the Garfield and Hendricks Townships Mackinac County. The list contains only the name of each man and gives no explanation as to why the list was created.

1840 Pensioners Census

webmaster@mifamilyhistory.org — Thu, 21 Aug 2008 16:30:06 -0400

In the 1840 Federal Census the enumerators were asked to take down extra information about all military pensioners in the country. The list contains the Name, Age, Head of Household, Place and County.

Mackinac County Cemeteries

webmaster@mifamilyhistory.org — Tue, 12 Aug 2008 16:25:10 -0400

St. Ignace Township Cemeteries have been newly transcribed and photos of each headstone are now online. The photos were all taken in July 2008. The cemeteries are Our Lady of Victory, Carp River, St. Ignace Twp. and Wequayoc Cemeteries.

Keweenaw Co. WWII Enlistments

webmaster@mifamilyhistory.org — Fri, 15 Aug 2008 16:18:57 -0400

The enlistments of residents in Keweenaw County have been indexed by Clint Drake and added to the site for researchers. This includes the year and state or country of birth for each.

Assessment Rolls Gratiot County

webmaster@mifamilyhistory.org — Mon, 29 Oct 2007 12:27:57 -0400

I have had the good fortune to find some of the Assessment Roll ledgers for Gratiot County Michigan townships, and started a database online of the entries back in 2005. A friend brought one that she had to me a few weeks ago to get online for Sumner township in 1918. The typing was completed yesterday and the data put online. Now I can give my friend back the ledger which is becoming fragile due to the age, knowing another set of records has been documented before the originals go to dust. This ties in nicely with the cemetery reading done for Pritchard and Elm Hall that are online at Gratiot County MIGenWeb.

Messiah Lutheran Church Golden Jubilee 1881-1931

webmaster@mifamilyhistory.org — Fri, 26 Oct 2007 14:15:57 -0400

32-35 Swedish immigrants started a church in the rough and tumble mining town of Marquette, Michigan's upper peninsula in May of 1881. They were surrounded by a new land which was bustling and growing as the area was rich in various ores being mined and Marquette became a port to load the large ships for their journey from Lake Superior to ports on the southern part of the Great Lakes to be processed for use.

The parishioner's perseverance in bringing their religion and building a place for themselves in the area is laid out in this book in detail and includes the members names who helped along with the minister' names and short biographies of the latter. Compared to other books of this type it does an excellent job of naming founding members, current members, and has a large collection of committee photographs that have the people named. A great addition to any family history.

The story of their trials in building their church and establishing their religion gives the reader an excellent view of the time period. It also covers the Great Flu Epidemic and how the quarantines were established and how it effected their Christmas celebrations and other church gatherings, including Sunday services.

Rev. Dickey Ontario Marriages Online

webmaster@mifamilyhistory.org — Thu, 11 Oct 2007 20:57:22 -0400

The marriages that Rev. Nathaniel Dickie/Dickey performed in Ontario Canada 1871 to 1883 are now online for viewing. These marriages are from his personal ledger and can be searched in a variety of ways.

Rural Directories of Michigan

webmaster@mifamilyhistory.org — Wed, 3 Oct 2007 23:39:44 -0400

We have started a collection of rural directories that were done in the early 1900's by the Farm Home Journal. These directories are unique and give names that are not available in city directories. Listings include the spouse and children plus occupation if other than farming.

Rev. Nathaniel Dickey Ledger of Baptisms and Marriages

webmaster@mifamilyhistory.org — Wed, 3 Oct 2007 23:36:00 -0400

We found the original ledger of Rev. Nathaniel Dickey for sale in a New York book store. It contains a list of baptisms and marriages the Rev. performed in Ontario, Canada and Michigan, USA. The transcription of the baptisms and marriages are now online!

War of 1812 Michigan

webmaster@mifamilyhistory.org — Mon, 4 Jun 2007 20:12:01 -0400

From: Michigan in the War By Michigan Adjutant-General's Dept, John Robertson Lansing: W.S. George & Co., State Printers and Binders 1882 - this is one of the few lists from this war that has names of Michigan men in it.

Michigan School Records

webmaster@mifamilyhistory.org — Wed, 21 Mar 2007 16:08:19 -0400

NOW 34,137 records. More yearbooks are being formatted and indexed. Some yearbooks have been scanned and images are online and linked within the index. Also, a page of links to other school records that are online for Michigan has been included. Links to some school censuses have been put online.

The Doings of Batter B

webmaster@mifamilyhistory.org — Thu, 5 Oct 2006 12:09:56 -0400

328th Field Artillery American Expeditionary Forces with Humorous Happenings and Striking Situations in the Experiences of its Members. The men's biography while in this unit are online with a photo included. I had a good time putting this online as I read through the biographies. These men made the most of a bad situation and brought away the good times they had.

Mackinac Early Military Officers

wemaster@mifamilyhistory.org — Thu, 17 Aug 2006 19:58:26 -0400

The fort at Mackinac was built in 1714-1715. The first officers recorded started in 1742 and go to 1882, through French, British and United States occupation. A list of these officers along with the year have been added to the site.

Mackinac County Marriage Transcriptions

webmaster@mifamilyhistory.org — Thu, 31 Aug 2006 20:05:30 -0400

Starting in 1725 and continuing to be added from various sources such as historical books, parish records, township and county records. Records through 1881 are now online.

Michigan Volunteers in the Spanish American War of 1898

webmaster@mifamilyhistory.org — Wed, 2 Aug 2006 11:35:24 -0400

This source of information gives name, rank and company plus the town and county the soldier was originally from in Michigan. 3,698 served from Michigan and are all online. Also included are instruction to obtain their full service record from the National Archive Record Administration.

Houghton County Mining Accidents

webmaster@mifamilyhistory.org — Sun, 9 Jul 2006 11:07:36 -0400

Michigan counties had a county appointed Mine Inspector. Part of their duties were to tour the mines and report annually the accidents and deaths that occurred. These were generally published yearly and cover October 1st to September 30th of the next year. Names have been indexed from 1889 - 1900. Some years have the full accident report included.

Michigan Place Names

webmaster@mifamilyhistory.org — Thu, 15 Jun 2006 11:42:35 -0400

A great source to find where that obscur name on a record is in Michigan to further help you track down records. Many Michigan towns are now gone, but we have over 5,000 of them online showing what county and township they are in. A great tool to help you in your research.

Mackinac County MIGenWeb

webmaster@mifamilyhistory.org — Wed, 1 Mar 2006 11:28:47 -0400

The site has been reworked and new has been added to the records. The Durant Rolls are fully online for the site plus the 1850 census. Original land claims have been added plus military files and transcriptions of marriages.

Our Boys In The Spanish American War

webmaster@mifamilyhistory.org — Mon, 7 Feb 2005 11:20:43 -0400

The history of the Calumet Light Guard & Houghton Light Infantry published 1900 by Gazette Co., Houghton, Michigan. The images of the pages are online and viewable by all.

Bay County St. Stanislaus Kostki 50th Jubilee 1874-1925

webmaster@mifamilyhistory.org — Sat, 5 Feb 2005 11:47:10 -0400

These names were indexed from the pages of the book Pamietnik Parafii Sw. Stanislawa K. Bay City, Michigan 1925. The book was published in Polish and thanks to volunteers the names are indexed so you can go right to the page image by clicking on the link next to your family name. Each name leads to the image of the page they are on in the book.

Woman's Relief Organization of Michigan

webmaster@mifamilyhistory.org — Tue, 20 Jul 2004 11:53:53 -0400

An auxiliary of the Grand Army of the Republic, commencing in 1884 in Michigan. The rosters have been transcribed and are online in full and contain a large amount of names of each chapter in Michigan and gives each woman's home town.

Marquette County MIGenWeb

webmaster@mifamilyhistory.org — Mon, 1 Mar 2004 11:59:04 -0400

Marquette County MIGenWeb has been reworked and many files were added. Research tips, church files, vitals and other records have been added so researchers can get a start on their Marquette County relatives.

Fort Custer 1924 Training Camp

webmaster@mifamilyhistory.org — Thu, 20 Feb 2003 12:04:06 -0400

Preparedness Camp Custer 1924 Rosters of Men from Michigan The Army of the United States Regular Army - Organized Reserves - National Guard Citizen's Military Training Camps Included are names of the men who trained this year at Camp Custer along with their address and home address. Also, included is a history for each company containing Michigan men, along with a group photo.