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Goal 4: Learn about Michigan church and cemetery records.
Choices
ALearn about Michigan church records.
Summary
- Find Michigan church information by denomination.
- Search Michigan church records at the county level.
- Get an overview of Michigan church records in these articles.
FS—Michigan Church Records
AC—Michigan Church Records - Explore additional links for Michigan church records on the
LDSGenealogy site. - Explore church record resources on the Ancestor Hunt site.
- Find a variety of church record resources on the Michigan Genealogical Society site.
- * Good: Using the articles and videos in this Choice, write down key learnings for church records. Then use the learnings for searches for a U.S. ancestor.
- * Proficient: Same as above, for two or more ancestors.
Record Search Practice |
John Dewey is mentioned in a Michigan church record. Use the "FS: Michigan Church Records, 1819-1991" QUIKLink below to answer these questions:
- What is the name of John Dewey's wife?
- Who was their daughter?
- When was she born?
- Click the QUIKLink mentioned above.
- In the search screen, enter "John" as the first name and "Dewey" as the last name.
- In the search results screen, click the icon for John Dewey.
- Read the information in the center column.
- His wife is Hattie or "Harriet."
- The daughter's name is Ora Marguerite Dewey.
- She was born on 15 May 1894.
QUIKLinks
BExplore Michigan cemetery records.
Summary
- Find cemetery records for Michigan ancestors from a number of sources.
- Explore Michigan cemetery records in this article.
FS—Michigan Cemetery Records - Learn about Michigan cemetey research in this video.
AAC—Cemetery Research—1:55 - Browse the
Interment.net site for Michigan cemetery records. - Search for Michigan cemetery records online.
- Explore Michigan cemetery records on the AccessGenealogy site.
- Explore additional links for Michigan cemetery records on the LDSGenealogy site.
- Explore the Tombstone Transcription Project on the U.S. GenWeb site.
- Search the Find A Grave site for cemetery records.
- Search the BillionGraves site for cemetery records.
- See additional cemetery resources on the Michigan Linkpendium site.
Exercises
- * Good: Using the articles and videos in this Choice, write down key learnings for cemetery records. Then use the learnings for searches for a U.S. ancestor.
- * Proficient: Same as above, for two or more ancestors.
QUIKLinks
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.