1: Research and Records
2: Archives and Libraries
3: Vital and Census Records
4: Church and Cemetery Records
5: Emigration and Immigration
6: Military Records
7: Probate, Land and Court
8: Maps and Gazetteers
9: Newspapers
10: Websites
11: Search Records
12: Get Help
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Goal 12: Get help with your Michigan research.
Choices
AUse Facebook pages to get answers to your questions.
- Visit the Michigan Genealogy Network page on Facebook.
- Visit the Michigan Genealogy page on Facebook.
- Visit the Michigan Genealogy - Just Ask! page on Facebook.
- Visit the U.S. Midwest Genealogy Research page on Facebook.
- See the Genealogy on Facebook list of Facebook groups dedicated to helping with research for Michigan.
Regional/Local Societies
BJoin a mailing list or message board for Michigan research.
- Join the RootsChat forum and post questions about Michigan research.
- Explore the Michigan research mailing lists on Cyndi's List.
- Use the
Ancestry message boards to read or post questions about Michigan research. - Explore Michigan research questions in the Genealogy Stack Exchange.
- Get personalized help from a research volunteer at the Family History Library.
- Request scans or indexes from catalog records available at the Family History Library.
CLearn about Michigan genealogy societies.
- Learn about genealogy societies in Michigan in this FamilySearch Wiki article.
FS—Wiki: Michigan Societies - Learn about genealogy societies in Michigan in this FamilySearch Wiki article.
FS—Wiki: Michigan Societies - Explore Michigan genealogy society sites on Cyndi's List.
- Get help at a FamilySearch center in Michigan.
Regional/Local Societies
Exercises
- * Proficient: Make a list of Facebook groups, mailing lists, and genealogy societies of interest, and then join or subscribe to them.
Michigan Counties
Name = FamilySearch; A = Ancestry; L = Linkpendium; G = Genealogy Inc; U = USGenWeb; T = GenealogyTrails; F = Facebook
For information on archive records by county, visit the SeekingMichigan site.
Get a printable map of counties.
Get an interactive map of counties.