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Detroit Birth Records

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1867-1911 Michigan Births and Christenings Index Ancestry online

All Saints Episcopal Church records, 1891-1914, Detroit, Mich. Archive Grid

Bethel A.M.E. Church records, 1865-1969 (bulk 1911-1969), Detroit, Mich. Archive Grid

Bethel A.M.E. Church records, 1897s-1990s (bulk 1912-1969), Detroit, Mich. Archive Grid

Cass Avenue Methodist Episcopal Church records, 1881-1945 Archive Grid

Central Methodist Church records 1820-1970, Detroit, Mich. Archive Grid

Christ Church (Detroit, Mich.) records, 1846-1906 Archive Grid

Church of the Ascension records, 1911-1988, Detroit, Mich. Archive Grid

Church of the Transfiguration (Detroit, Mich.) records, 1925-1958 (microform) Archive Grid

Church records (1908-1942) Permanent membership roll, births, baptisms, marriages, etc , Detroit, Mich. Archive Grid

Detroit News: Extracts of Births, Marriages and Deaths With Index, July 1908, August 1908, December 1909, February 1910 FamilySearch Library

Detroit's West Side Courier; An Index To Vital Statistics Listed 1930-1935 FamilySearch Library

Detroit's West side courier : an index to vital statistics listed, 1930-1935 WorldCat

Emmanuel Episcopal Church records, 1874-1898, Detroit, Mich. Archive Grid

Emmanuel Episcopal Church records, 1922-2006, Detroit, Mich. Archive Grid

Ephphatha Episcopal Church records, 1911-1928 and 1938-1959, Detroit, Mich. Archive Grid

Holy Trinity Church records, 1838-1839, Detroit, Mich. Archive Grid

Mariners' Church records, 1849-1915, Detroit, Mich. Archive Grid

Michigan, Birth Records, 1867-present Michigan Department of Health and Human Services

Michigan, County Births, 1867-1917 Family Search online

Redeemer Episcopal Church records, 1928-1952, Detroit, Mich. Archive Grid

Redford Avenue Presbyterian Church records: 1906-2009 Archive Grid

Some Michigan nonagenarian obituaries from Alpena and Cheboygan Counties [and] Arizona (Michigan births) [and] Detroit, Michigan. WorldCat

St. Anne's Church records, 1704-1844, Detroit, Mich. Archive Grid

St. Barnabas Episcopal Church records, 1908-1940, Detroit, Mich. Archive Grid

St. George's Episcopal Church records, 1885-1935, Detroit, Mich. Archive Grid

St. James Episcopal Church records, 1871-1890, Detroit, Mich. Archive Grid

St. James Episcopal Church records, 1924-1993, Detroit, Mich. Archive Grid

St. James Episcopal Church, Detroit, Mich., records: 1923-1993 Archive Grid

St. Luke's Episcopal Church records, 1900-1905, Detroit, Mich. Archive Grid

St. Mark's Episcopal Church (Detroit, Mich. : 1927-) Records Archive Grid

St. Mark's Episcopal Church records, 1898-1911 and 1923-1924, Detroit, Mich. Archive Grid

St. Mark's Episcopal Church records, 1927-1994, Detroit, Mich. Archive Grid

St. Martha's Episcopal Church records, 1948-2007, Detroit, Mich. Archive Grid

St. Mary's Episcopal Church records, 1937-1968 and 1990-2000, Detroit, Mich. Archive Grid

St. Matthew's and St. Joseph's Episcopal Church records, 1894-1973, Detroit, Mich. Archive Grid

St. Matthias Episcopal Church records, 1901-1978, Detroit, Mich. Archive Grid

St. Peter's Church records, 1859-1986, Detroit, Mich. Archive Grid

St. Thomas Episcopal Church records, 1885-1988, Detroit, Mich. Archive Grid

St. Thomas Episcopal Church, Detroit, Mich., Records: 1885-1998 Archive Grid

St. Timothy's Episcopal Church records, 1928-2010, Detroit, Mich. Archive Grid

Surname index to vital records printed in Dziennik Polski (Polish Daily News), Detroit, Michigan, March 4, 1904-January 31, 1907 WorldCat

Trumbull Avenue Presbyterian Church records, 1883-1924, Detroit, Mich. Archive Grid

Vital records from the Detroit Free Press 1831-1868 FamilySearch Library

Vital records, Wayne County, Michigan FamilySearch Library

Detroit Cemetery Records (112)


Detroit Census Records

1929 map : issued by the City Election Commission, Detroit, Michigan, FamilySearch Library

Detroit, Michigan 1827 territorial census FamilySearch Library

Early Michigan census records FamilySearch Library

Michigan territorial census, Detroit, 1827 FamilySearch Library

U.S. Federal Census 1790-1950 Ancestry online

U.S. Federal Census 1790-1950 MyHeritage online

United States Federal Census, 1790-1950 Family Search online

Detroit Church Records (210)


Detroit City Directories (198)


Detroit Court Records

Detroit, Mich., Recorder's Court records, 1857-1906 Archive Grid

Recorder's Court records, 1860-1960, Detroit (Mich.). Recorder's Court Archive Grid

Superior Court records, 1873-1889, Detroit (Mich.). Superior Court Archive Grid

Detroit Death Records

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1867-1952 Michigan Death Records Ancestry online

1897-1920 Michigan Death Records Ancestry online

Bethel A.M.E. Church records, 1865-1969 (bulk 1911-1969), Detroit, Mich. Archive Grid

Bird and Mott funeral register, Detroit, Michigan 1922-1944 WorldCat

Bird and Mott funeral register, Detroit, Michigan, 1922-1944 : abstracted records of the names of the deceased, date and place of birth, date and place of death, cause of death, and interment FamilySearch Library

Christ Church (Detroit, Mich.) records, 1846-1906 Archive Grid

Church of the Transfiguration (Detroit, Mich.) records, 1925-1958 (microform) Archive Grid

Clergyman's register : with obituaries and other newspaper clippings, 1870-1905; and, Lewis family group records, 1620-1946, 1620-1946 FamilySearch Library

Death Notices Taken from the Detroit News, 1874 FamilySearch Library

Death and marriage announcements taken from the Detroit News, February, 1874-September 1874 WorldCat

Death notices from the Detroit News, 1874 WorldCat

Death records, 1860-1870 FamilySearch Library

Death records, 1867-1917 FamilySearch Library

Death records, Elmwood Cemetery FamilySearch Library

Deaths in Detroit : compiled from City mortuary reports FamilySearch Library

Deaths in Detroit from June 1st, 1883, to May 15th, 1884 : compiled from city mortuary reports. WorldCat

Detroit Area Deaths 1800 US Gen Web Archives online

Detroit News: Extracts of Births, Marriages and Deaths With Index, July 1908, August 1908, December 1909, February 1910 FamilySearch Library

Detroit's West Side Courier; An Index To Vital Statistics Listed 1930-1935 FamilySearch Library

Detroit's West side courier : an index to vital statistics listed, 1930-1935 WorldCat

Drogowski Church Records 1882-1892 US Gen Web Archives online

Early death records of Wayne County, Michigan, beginning 1867 FamilySearch Library

Fifty years of deaths, 1909-1959 : reported in the Ashlar, newsletter of Ashlar Lodge no. 91, Free and Accepted Masons, Detroit, Michigan : deaths, members, family and friends FamilySearch Library

Harper Avenue Methodist Church records, 1917-1957 WorldCat

Marriage and Death Newspaper Notices, Wayne County, Michigan, 1809-1868 : Newspaper Notices from Michigan At the Michigan Historical Collections, Bentley Historical Library, University of Michigan FamilySearch Library

Marriage and Death Newspaper Notices, Wayne County, Michigan, 1809-1868 : Newspaper Notices from Michigan At the Michigan Historical Collections, Bentley Historical Library, University of Michigan FamilySearch Library

Martin Kulwicki Funeral Home records, 1893-1942, Detroit, Mich. Archive Grid

Michigan Deaths and Burials Index, 1867-1995 Ancestry online

Michigan Deaths, 1971-1996 Ancestry online

Michigan, Death Records, 1867-present Michigan Department of Health and Human Services

Obituaries : Sweetest Heart of Mary Church, Detroit, Michigan WorldCat

Obituary card collection of the Downriver Genealogial Society, 1913-1999 FamilySearch Library

Ristow Church Records US Gen Web Archives online

Some Michigan nonagenarian obituaries from Alpena and Cheboygan Counties [and] Arizona (Michigan births) [and] Detroit, Michigan. WorldCat

St. Anne's Church records, 1704-1844, Detroit, Mich. Archive Grid

St. Matthew's and St. Joseph's Episcopal Church records, 1894-1973, Detroit, Mich. Archive Grid

Surname index to vital records printed in Dziennik Polski (Polish Daily News), Detroit, Michigan, March 4, 1904-January 31, 1907 WorldCat

Trumbull Avenue Presbyterian Church records, 1883-1924, Detroit, Mich. Archive Grid

Vital records from the Detroit Free Press 1831-1868 FamilySearch Library

Vital records, Wayne County, Michigan FamilySearch Library

Wayne County, Michigan, Death Index, 1934-1953 Ancestry online

Web: Wyandotte, Wayne County, Michigan, Death Index, 1820-1965 Ancestry online

Detroit Histories and Genealogies (121)


Detroit Immigration Records

Card index (soundex) to naturalization petitions of Wayne County, Michigan, ca. 1880-1995 FamilySearch Library

Declarations of intention, 1856-1949, United States District Court (Michigan : Eastern District) Southern Division Archive Grid

Declarations of intention, 1874-1936 FamilySearch Library

Detroit Border Crossings and Passenger and Crew Lists, 1905-1963 Ancestry online

Detroit Border Crossings and Passenger and Crew Lists, 1905-1963 Ancestry online

Detroit District manifest records of aliens arriving from foreign contiguous territory : arrivals at Detroit, Michigan, 1906-1954 FamilySearch Library

Detroit, Mich., Recorder's Court records, 1857-1906 Archive Grid

Incoming passenger manifests & alien crew lists (Detroit, Michigan) : M1479, 1946-1957 FamilySearch Library

Michigan, Detroit Manifests of Arrivals at the Port of Detroit, 1906-1954 Family Search online

Michigan, Federal Naturalization Records, 1887-1931 Ancestry online

Naturalization records, 1815-1928 FamilySearch Library

Naturalization records, 1837-1935 ; Index, 1837-1942 FamilySearch Library

Passage to America, 1851-1869: the records of Richard Elliott, passenger agent, Detroit Michigan FamilySearch Library

Recorder's Court records, 1860-1960, Detroit (Mich.). Recorder's Court Archive Grid

Records, 1857-1906, Detroit (Mich.). Recorder's Court Archive Grid

The Polish immigrant in Detroit to 1914 FamilySearch Library

Detroit Land Records

Deed records, 1766-1918; index, 1700-1903 FamilySearch Library

Early land transfers, Detroit and Wayne County, Michigan, 1703-1869 FamilySearch Library

Land records of Essex County, 1779-1955 FamilySearch Library

Land valuation maps of the city of Detroit FamilySearch Library

Proceedings of the Land Board of Detroit FamilySearch Library

Detroit Map Records (56)


Detroit Marriage Records (53)


Detroit Military Records

Detroit in the Civil War FamilySearch Library

Elmwood Cemetery : the Civil War veterans WorldCat

History of the Eighth U.S. Infantry from its Organization in 1838, Vols. 1-2 Ancestry online

History of the Services of the First Regiment Michigan Engineers and Mechanics, During the Civil War, 1861-1865 Ancestry online

History of the Twenty-Fourth Michigan of the Iron Brigade : Known as the Detroit and Wayne County Regiment Ancestry online

History of the Twenty-fourth Michigan of the Iron Brigade, known as the Detroit and Wayne County Regiment : introduction by Alan T. Nolan FamilySearch Library

History of the Twenty-fourth Michigan of the Iron brigade, known as the Detroit and Wayne county regiment LDS Genealogy online

History of the Twenty-fourth Michigan of the Iron brigade, known as the Detroit and Wayne county regiment Internet Archive online

Memoirs of the Second Michigan Infantry Ancestry online

Muniments, 1719-1825 FamilySearch Library

The 32nd Division in the World War, 1917-1919 Ancestry online

The Detroit Light Guard : a complete record of this organization from its foundation to the present day FamilySearch Library

The First Michigan Infantry Ancestry online

The Thirty-six review FamilySearch Library

U.S. Civil War, Roll of Honor, Vol. VIII (Soldier burials in Detroit and Jackson, Michigan) Ancestry online

U.S. Civil War, Roll of Honor, Vol. XVIII (Soldier burials in Detroit, Fort Wayne, Grand Rapids, Jackson, Kalamazoo, Ypsilanti, Corunna, Flint, and Niles) Ancestry online

U.S. Civil War, The Unpublished Roll of Honor (Soldier Burial Records): Soldiers Buried in Fort Wayne, Michigan Ancestry online

Detroit Minority Records

A Scandinavian heritage : 200 years of Scandinavian presence in the Windsor-Detroit border region FamilySearch Library

Congregation Shaarey Zedek, 5622-5742, 1861-1981 FamilySearch Library

Detroit Jewish Chronicle (1916-1951) Detroit Jewish News Foundation online

Detroit Jewish Chronicle and the Legal Chronicle. (Detroit, Mich.) 1932-1947 US Newspaper Directory

Detroit Jewish Chronicle. (Detroit, Mich.) 1919-1932 US Newspaper Directory

Detroit Jewish Chronicle. (Detroit, Mich.) 1947-1951 US Newspaper Directory

Detroit Jewish News (1942- ) Detroit Jewish News Foundation online

Dziennik Polski, Polish newspaper index, 1904-1941 Roots Web online

Echoes of Detroit's Jewish communities : a history FamilySearch Library

Indian Affairs Around Detroit in 1706 Open Library online

Jewish American. (Detroit, Mich.) 1900-1911 US Newspaper Directory

Jewish Chronicle. (Detroit, Mich.) 1916-1919 US Newspaper Directory

Jewish News. (Detroit, Mich.) 1942-Current US Newspaper Directory

Scandinavians in Michigan : with special reference to Detroit and environs FamilySearch Library

The Beth El story with a history of the Jews in Michigan before 1850 FamilySearch Library

The French-Canadian connection : ancestor charts FamilySearch Library

The Jewish Community Blue Book of Detroit, 1899 Ancestry online

The Jewish community blue book of Detroit FamilySearch Library

They made a difference : highlights of the Swedish influence on Detroit and Michigan FamilySearch Library

Untold tales, unsung heroes: an oral history of Detroit's African American community, 1918-1967 FamilySearch Library

Detroit Miscellaneous Records

Book of University Club of Detroit 1905 Google Books online

Detroit Society for Genealogical Research magazine cumulative index WorldCat

Directory of the Ingersoll boys and girls of Ingersoll, and Oxford County, Ontario, now residing in or near Detroit, Mich. FamilySearch Library

Reports of city physicians, 1860-1869, Detroit, Wayne County, Michigan FamilySearch Library

Reports of city physicians, 1860-1869, Detroit, Wayne County, Michigan WorldCat

The Detroit Society for Genealogical Research magazine : containing records of Michigan and Michigan source states FamilySearch Library

U.S., Applications for Seaman's Protection Certificates, 1916-1940 (includes Detroit, Michigan) Ancestry online

Detroit Newspapers and Obituaries (107)


Detroit Probate Records

1784-1980 Michigan Wills and Probate Records Ancestry online

Detroit School Records (362)




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