Ancestry.com
These resources are available at the high school, but not from home:
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Ancestry Classroom Ancestry.com classroom edition. Try searching records or click on “Public Member Trees” under the search section to see what other users have created.
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Fold 3 Access US military records, including the stories, photos, and personal documents of the men and women who served
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Newspaper.com Historical newspapers from 3300 newspapers from around the United States and more.
MyHeritage Online
From MeL.org- Michigan’s electronic library. Free access to all Michigan residents! Access at home:
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MyHeritage Family history resource including more than 6 billion historical records from the United States, Europe, Latin America, and other regions. Includes the full USA federal census (1790-1940); census of England and Wales (1841-1901); U.S. World War II Army Enlistment as well as records of Union and Confederate Civil War soldiers. Over 2 billion family trees.
Obituaries and Graves
Finding birth and death dates can help you identify people. Obituaries can help you find lists of relatives and maiden names.
Historical News
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Michigan Digital Newspaper Portal Links provide access to some free and some paid newspaper archives.
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Chronicling America- Library of Congress Search America’s historic newspaper pages from 1836-1922 or use the U.S. Newspaper Directory to find information about American newspapers published between 1690-present.
Michigana
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“I arrived at detroit”… CMU library’s exhibit. Search by dates for 1670-1830 accounts.
Genealogy Web Resources
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FamilySearch.org The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints genealogy site: Search the Records or Genealogies. Includes countries outside the US!
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ENGLAND/UK:
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FreeBMD UK Volunteer project to index the Civil Registration index of births, marriages and deaths for England and Wales
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National Archives UK See Family History guides: Public records including WWI Campaign medals, service registers of Royal Navy Seamen (1873-1923), and census returns for England and Wales, 1841-1901. There is a fee to view full records, but you can search index for free.
History Resources
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American Era’s: 1600-1899 Select a volume using the grey drop down box. Then use the table of contents below to browse the topics covered for the era.
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American Decades: Primary Documents 1900-1999 Select a volume using the grey drop down box. Then use the table of contents below to browse the topics covered for the decade.
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American Decades Series Select a volume using the grey drop down box. Then use the table of contents below to browse the topics covered for the decade.