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Goal 3: Vital and Census Records


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Goal 3: Learn about Michigan vital and census records.


Choices


ALearn about Michigan vital records.


Class Outlines:    Basic


Summary
  1. Learn about Michigan vital records in these articles.

    FS—Wiki: Michigan Vital Records
    AC—Wiki: Michigan Vital Records

  2. Get started with Michigan vital records in this video.

    AAC—Getting Started: Vital Records—6:14

  3. Learn more about Michigan vital records and search for them, on the Michiganology site.

    Vital Records

  4. Explore links for vital records on the Michigan Dept. of Health site.
  5. Search for online Michigan vital records and find addresses for state offices to write to for records.
  6. Explore Michigan birth, marriage, and death records on the AccessGenealogy site.
  7. Explore additional links for Michigan vital records on the Linkpendium site and the Genealogy Branches site.
Exercises


BExplore Michigan birth and adoption records.


Summary
  1. Learn how to find Michigan birth records in this article.

    FS—Wiki: How to Find Michigan Birth Records

  2. Learn how to find family bible records in Michigan.

    FS—Wiki: Michigan Bible Records

  3. Get help with adoption topics on the Michigan Adoptees / Birth Parents Facebook page.
  4. Explore additional links for Michigan birth records on the LDSGenealogy site.
Exercises

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CExplore Michigan marriage records.


Summary
  1. Marriage: Learn about Michigan marriage records in this article.

    FS—Wiki: How to Find Michigan Marriage Records

  2. Get started with Michigan marriage records in this video.

    AAC—Getting Started: Marriage Records—2:01

  3. Explore links for Michigan marriage records.
  4. Explore additional links for Michigan marriage records on the LDSGenealogy site.
Exercises

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DExplore Michigan obituaries and death records.


Summary
  1. Learn how to find Michigan death records in this article.

    FS—Wiki: How to Find Michigan Death Records

  2. Get started with Michigan death records in this video.

    AAC—Getting Started: Death Records—1:50

  3. Explore the ObituariesHelp site for Michigan obituaries.
  4. Explore The Ancestor Hunt for obituaries.
  5. Search for obituaries by county on the Newspaperobituaries.net site.
  6. Find additional resources for Michigan obituaries on the Linkpendium site.

Michigan Death Records
  1. Explore the Ancestors at Rest site for Michigan death records.
  2. Search for death records on the Michiganology site.
  3. Explore Michigan death records, indexes, and obituaries.
  4. Explore additional links for Michigan death records on the LDSGenealogy site.
  5. Explore Michigan mortuary and funeral home records on the Ancestor Hunt site.
Exercises

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EExplore Michigan census and voter records.


Summary
  1. Get an overview of Michigan censuses in these articles.

    FS—Michigan Census
    AC—Michigan Census Records

  2. Watch these videos to learn about Michigan census records.

    AAC—Getting Started: Censuses—2:33
    AAC—State Censuses—3:03

  3. Explore the MyFreeCensus site for Michigan state and county census records.
  4. Explore additional links for Michigan census records on the LDSGenealogy site.
  5. Explore Michigan census records on the AccessGenealogy site.
  6. Learn about Michigan voting registers in these articles.

    FS—Michigan Voting Registers

Exercises

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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.

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