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Genealogist's Guide to Southwestern Michigan by Victoria Wilson
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Spiral-bound - 60 pages 2 edition (Published: March 30, 1998) Kinseeker Publications; ISBN: 0940133601
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Genealogist's Guide to Northwest Michigan by Victoria Wilson
Spiral-bound - 60 pages 2 edition (March 30, 1998) Kinseeker Publications; ISBN: 0940133954
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Passage to America, 1851-1869 : The Records of Richard Elliott, Passenger Agent, Detroit, Michigan by Richard Elliott, Mary Lou Straith Duncan
Paperback (March 1999)Detroit Soc Genealogical Res; ISBN: 0943112222
Price: $24.00
Description: The account ledger of Mr. Elliott lists all passengers (mostly emigrants from Great Britain and Europe) ticketed for the years mentioned, including both passages to and from Detroit, and includes both the names of the person paying for the ticket and the passenger(s), the fee, port of departure, and destination. 6100 passengers are found here, with another 100 named as paying for the passage. Ages of some children are here. For example, on 2 August 1859, J. B. Redhead of Lapeer paid the passage from Liverpool for Charles Watson, Mary Watson, two children under 4, and one infant ($105). On 6 June 1866 William Armstrong paid for passage from Detroit to Liverpool and back for himself and James and Alexander Robertson ($218).

Western Allegan County Pioneer Days by Henry Hudson Hutchins
96 pages ; Pavilion Press ISBN: 1877703079
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Discription: A series of 49 essays that Henry Hudson Hutchins, (1853-1933), wrote for area newspapers beginning about 1898 on the history of Allegan County, a large county located in southwestern Michigan, bordering on Lake Michigan. About 1898 fruit farmer Henry Hudson Hutchins began to interview the old timers of western Allegan County to get their memories down on paper. Several years later, "as no one has appeared to use my notes" he wrote a series of 16 historical "letters" to the local newspapers which were published in 1919. In 1925 he followed with an additional 19 letters. Although their organization is rambling, the quotations from interviews with the olders generation and Hutchins' own memories form an invaluable.

Potawatomi Indians of Michigan, 1843-1904, Including some Ottawa and Chippewa, 1843-1866, and Potawatomi of Indiana, 1869 and 1885 by R. Lantz
Paperback - 92 pages (Published: 1992) Heritage Books; ISBN: 1556136196
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Discription: Covers: annuity rolls on the Ottawa, Chippewa, and Potawatomi of Michigan, 1843-1866; the Potawatomi of Huron annuity rolls for 1861 (4th quarter), as well as the years 1874-1880 and 1882-1889; Potawatomi of Indiana and Michigan annuity roll (3rd quarter) 1869; the Potawatomi of Indiana and Michigan 1895 census; and the Potawatomi of Michigan 1904 census. Roll numbers are given.

Marriage Records of Monroe County , Michigan (Volume 1) by Genealogical Soc of Monroe County
Paperback Vol 001 (Published: June 1988) Monroe County Library System; ISBN: 0940696185
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Reports of City Physicians, 1860-1869, Detroit, Michigan by Patricia Ibbotson
Paperback - 135 pages 1 edition (Published: 1995)Detroit Soc Genealogical Res; ISBN: 0943112141
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Discription: The information given is the date each person was seen, their residence and the disease. In a few cases, additional information is given. Early Detroit residents, many with Irish surnames, are included in these records. Their names may not be found in other Detroit sources for the same time period. Also included is a one page glossary of old or obsolete medical terms. Includes all-name index.

Garfield Township Cemetery, Kalkaska County, Michigan by Kalkaska Co. Genealogy Soc. Staff
Spiral-bound (Published: November 1989) Kinseeker Publications; ISBN: 0940133237
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Discription: The cemetery stone transcription of the gravestones at the Garfield Cemetery.

Elmwood Cemetery Register 1862-1874, Detroit, Michigan by Patricia Ibbotson
Paperback - 302 pages 1 edition (Published: 1998)Detroit Soc Genealogical Res; ISBN: 0943112206
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Discription: Burial records of Elmwood Cemetery. Elmwood Cemetery is the second oldest active cemetery in Detroit, Michigan. This cemetery is the burial site of many famous Detroiters, including 29 mayors and other notables such as the Territorial Governor Lewis Cass, geologist Douglass Houghton, abolitionist George DeBaptiste and General Russell Alger. Approx. 7500 names, all name index.

Native American Research in Michigan by Victoria Wilson
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Spiral-bound - 34 pages (August 1, 1997) Kinseeker Publications; ISBN: 0940133555

An Index of Pioneers from Massachusetts to the West, Especially to the State of Michigan by Charles A. Flagg
Paperback (Published: 1997) Clearfield Co; ISBN: 0806306602
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Discription: This work consists of an alphabetical list of more than 5,000 persons who moved from Massachusetts to New York, Pennsylvania, Ohio, Michigan, and other states of the middle west. The purpose throughout is to supply name, date and town of birth, date of removal, and state in which the pioneer settled. Additional information given includes name of spouse and date of marriage.

Kent County, Michigan : Marriage and Death Newspaper Notices : Newspaper Notices from Michigan Newspapers at the Michigan Historical Collections by Marguerite Novy Lambert, James N. Jackson
Paperback (February 2001) Detroit Soc Genealogical Res; ISBN: 0943112230
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Michigan censuses, 1710-1830, under the French, British, and Americans
Hardcover - 291 pages (1982) Detroit Society for Genealogical Research; ISBN: 0943112001 Price: $19.00
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Michigan Military Records : The D.A.R. of Michigan Historical Collections: Records of the Revolutionary Soldiers Buried in Michigan by Sue Imogene Silliman
Paperback reprint edition (Published: October 1996)Clearfield Co; ISBN: 0806303123
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Affectionately Yours: Three English Immigrants, the American Civil War, and a Michigan Family Saga By: Joyce M. Lierley
Paperback - 401 pages 1st edition (August 26, 1998) Making History; ISBN: 096316998X
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Discription: Affectionately Yours tells the true story of four generations of an English-American family. In the 1850s, three Rutter boys immigrated to the United States in search of opportunity, while the family matriarch and her daughters remained in England. Their letters (which are presented here) chronicle the lives of family members separated not only by an ocean, but also by national loyalties during the American-Civil War. They also illustrate aspects of nineteenth-and twentieth-century life, such as the economic dependency of women upon men, the perils facing Union soldiers, and the struggles of homesteading a Michigan farm.

Michigan Biographies : Including Members of Congress, Elective State Officers, Justices of the Supreme Court, Members of the Michigan Legislature, Board of Regents of the University of Michigan, State Board of Agriculture and State Board of Education by Michigan Historical Commission
Paperback (June 1999) Clearfield Co; ISBN: 0806349301
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Discription: Assembled for the Michigan Historical Commission, this collection of sketches of some 2,000 of Michigan's distinguished sons from the arenas of the legislature, the courts, and education was conceived as an expansion of the 1888 publication, Early History of Michigan with Biographies of State Officers, Members of Congress, Judges and Legislators. What is perhaps most genealogically interesting about this assemblage of elected and appointed officials is that even though Michigan achieved statehood as early as 1837, the overwhelming majority of the subjects of this volume were born in another state, with New York, Pennsylvania, the New England states, and the Province of Ontario in the ascendancy.

Wexford County Michigan Cemeteries - Wexford Township by Cadillac Area Genealogy Society Staff
Paperback (December 1989) Kinseeker Publications; ISBN: 0940133245
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Greenwood and Mount Olivet Cemeteries, Fowlerville, Michigan : Transcribed Records by Milton Charboneau
Hardcover (Published: December 1985)Livingston County Genealogical; ISBN: 9995114712
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Southeastern Michigan pioneer families : especially Lenawee County and New York origins by Helen F. Lewis
ASIN: 1560121300
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Michigan's German Heritage : John Andrew Russell's history of the German influence in the making of Michigan by John Andrew Russell
ASIN: 078840153X
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Detroit Memorial Park Cemetery
Hardcover (October 1993) Charro Book Co; ISBN: 9993027812 Price: $12.95
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Michigan : A History of the Wolverine State by Willis F. Dunbar, George S. May (Contributor)
Paperback - 769 pages 3rd Rev edition (August 1995) Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing Co.; ISBN: 0802870554 Price: $24.00
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Discription: This standard textbook on Michigan history covers the entire scope of the Wolverine State's historical record. This third revised edition adds events from the 1700's to 1980 and draws on new studies to expand and improve its coverage of various ethnic groups, recent political developments, labor and business, and many other topics.

One of Custer's Wolverines : The Civil War Letters of Brevet Brigadier General James H. Kidd, 6th Michigan Cavalry by James Harvey Kidd, Eric J. Wittenberg (Editor)
Hardcover - 296 pages (December 1, 2000) Kent State Univ Pr; ISBN: 0873386701
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Discription: Known primarily for his 1876 defeat at Little Big Horn, George Armstrong Custer is receiving renewed interest for his successful Civil War generalship. He led the Michigan Cavalry Brigade in more than sixty battles and skirmishes. Forming perhaps the finest single cavalry brigade in the war, these soldiers proved themselves and earned the nickname of �Custer�s Wolverines.� Among the Wolverines was James Harvey Kidd. A newspaperman by training, Kidd wrote long, eloquent letters to his friends and family in which he detailed the conditions and experiences of life in the field.

Under Custer's Command : The Civil War Journal of James Henry Avery by James Henry Avery, Eric J. Wittenberg (Editor), Karla Jean Husby (Compiler)
Hardcover - 224 pages (November 1, 2000) Brasseys Inc; ISBN: 1574882767
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Discription: "Under Custer's Command" is a rare jewel among surviving first-person accounts. The language is frank, yet simple: the work of a man interested less in impressing than in preserving his personal observations of history. Avery's journals offer an invaluable glimpse into the mind and soul of a man fighting for his country, his values, and his family. This wonderful book is a fantastic addition to any serious Civil War Custer library.

Saw Mills & Sleigh Bells : Stories of Mid-Michigan Settlers by Linda R. Peckham, Lori Ellen Heuft
Paperback (May 1999) Catalpa Pubns; ISBN: 0967161614
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