Michigan City Genealogy (in LaPorte County, IN)

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Michigan City Birth Records

1907-1940 Indiana Birth Certificates Ancestry online

Index to birth records, Michigan City, La Porte County, 1882-1920 FamilySearch Library

Indiana, Birth Records, 1907-present Indiana State Department of Health

Michigan City Cemetery Records

Beattys Corner Cemetery Billion Graves online

Beattys Corner Cemetery Find a Grave online

Greenwood Cemetery Billion Graves online

Greenwood Cemetery US Gen Web Archives online

Greenwood Cemetery Find a Grave online

Indiana State Prison Cemetery Find a Grave online

Lots of Calvary Cemetery, 1865, Michigan City, LaPorte Co. Indiana : 1865 FamilySearch Library

Old Burial Ground, Michigan City, IN : Michigan Township, La Porte Co., IN WorldCat

Old burial ground Michigan City, IN : Michigan Township, La Porte Co., IN FamilySearch Library

Saint Stanislaus Cemetery Billion Graves online

Saint Stanislaus Cemetery Find a Grave online

Sharp Cemetery US Gen Web Archives online

Sinai Temple Cemetery Find a Grave online

St. Paul Lutheran Church Michigan City, Indiana deaths and burials : 1876-1917 WorldCat

St. Stanislaus Catholic Cemetery aka Polish Cemetery : 1015 Greenwood Avenue, Michigan City, IN, Michigan Township, La Porte County, Indiana WorldCat

St. Stanislaus Catholic Cemetery aka Polish Cemetery : 1015 Greenwood Avenue, Michigan City, IN, Michigan Township, LaPorte County, Inidana FamilySearch Library

St. Stanislaus Cemetery burial records, 1898-1979 : Michigan, Indiana. WorldCat

St. Stanislaus Cemetery, Michigan City, Indiana, burial records, 1898-1979 FamilySearch Library

Swan Lake Memorial Gardens Billion Graves online

Swan Lake Memorial Gardens Find a Grave online

Michigan City Census Records

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

Michigan City Church Records

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Centennial, 1834-1934, Trinity Protestant Episcopal Church, Michigan City, Indiana LDS Genealogy online

Centennial, 1834-1934, Trinity Protestant Episcopal Church, Michigan City, Indiana Internet Archive online

Church records, 1837-1857 (Catholic Church. St. Ambrose (Michigan City, Indiana)) FamilySearch Library

Church records, 1845-1993 (Catholic Church. St. Mary of the Immaculate Conception (Michigan City, Indiana)) FamilySearch Library

Church records, 1856-1958 (St. John's United Church of Christ (Michigan City, Indiana)) FamilySearch Library

Church records, 1915-1993 (Catholic Church. Sacred Heart (Michigan City, Indiana)) FamilySearch Library

Church records, 1940-1973 (Catholic Church. St. Mary's Chapel, Indiana State Prison (Michigan City, Indiana)) FamilySearch Library

Church records, 1950-1993 (Catholic Church. Queen of All Saints (Michigan City, Indiana)) FamilySearch Library

Church records, 1952-1993 (Catholic Church. Notre Dame (Michigan City, Indiana)) FamilySearch Library

First Methodist Church, one hundred twenty-fifth anniversary, 1835-1960, Michigan City, Indiana FamilySearch Library

St Luke church records (in U.S., Evangelical Lutheran Church in America Church Records collection) Ancestry online

St Paul church records (in U.S., Evangelical Lutheran Church in America Church Records collection) Ancestry online

St. Paul Lutheran Church Michigan City, Indiana deaths and burials : 1876-1917 WorldCat

Zion Lutheran Church records (in U.S. Evangelical Lutheran Church, Swedish American Church Records collection) Ancestry online

Michigan City City Directories

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City directory, Michigan City, Indiana, 1909-1910 Genealogy Gophers online

City directory, Michigan City, Indiana, 1909-1910 LDS Genealogy online

City directory, Michigan City, Indiana, 1909-1910 Internet Archive online

Classified directory of Michigan City, Indiana : containing a complete list of all the residents, together with a business directory showing the address of merchants, manufactuers and those following the various pursuits and professions within the city proper; also, a street and avenue guide, 1890-1891 LDS Genealogy online

Classified directory of Michigan City, Indiana : containing a complete list of all the residents, together with a business directory showing the address of merchants, manufactuers and those following the various pursuits and professions within the city proper; also, a street and avenue guide, 1890-1891 Internet Archive online

H. C. Chandler & Co.'s Business Directory - Michigan City 1868 US Gen Web online

Johnson's business and professional directory of Indianapolis, Fort Wayne, Terre Haute, Anderson, Marion, Lafayette, Kokomo, Logansport, South Bend, Evansville, Vincennes, Washington, Petersburg, Mt. Vernon, Princeton, Elkhart, Elwood, Alexandria, Decatur, Bluffton, Gas City, Jonesboro, Goshen, Warsaw, Huntington, East Chicago, Laporte, Auburn, Michigan City, Wabash, Mishawaka, Whiting, Peru, Hammond, Columbia City, Noblesville, Brazil, Greenfield, Shelbyville, Hartford City, etc., etc., etc, 1902-1903 LDS Genealogy online

Johnson's business and professional directory of Indianapolis, Fort Wayne, Terre Haute, Anderson, Marion, Lafayette, Kokomo, Logansport, South Bend, Evansville, Vincennes, Washington, Petersburg, Mt. Vernon, Princeton, Elkhart, Elwood, Alexandria, Decatur, Bluffton, Gas City, Jonesboro, Goshen, Warsaw, Huntington, East Chicago, Laporte, Auburn, Michigan City, Wabash, Mishawaka, Whiting, Peru, Hammond, Columbia City, Noblesville, Brazil, Greenfield, Shelbyville, Hartford City, etc., etc., etc, 1902-1903 Internet Archive online

Michigan City (Indiana) city directories FamilySearch Library

Michigan City Directory 1919 MyHeritage online

Michigan City Directory 1925 MyHeritage online

Michigan City Directory 1929 MyHeritage online

Michigan City Directory 1931 MyHeritage online

Michigan City Directory 1938 MyHeritage online

Michigan City Directory 1940 MyHeritage online

Michigan City Directory 1949 MyHeritage online

Michigan City Directory 1952 MyHeritage online

Michigan City Directory 1954 MyHeritage online

Michigan City Directory 1956 MyHeritage online

Michigan City Directory 1960 MyHeritage online

Michigan City, IN 1902-1932 City Directories Allen County Public Library

Michigan City, IN; 1938 - 1943, 1947, 1949, 1952, 1954, 1956, 1958, 1960 City Directories Allen County Public Library

Michigan City, Indiana Directories, 1890-91, 1893-94 Ancestry online

Michigan City, Indiana, City Directory, 1893 - 1894 MyHeritage online

Michigan City, Indiana, City Directory, 1902 (in U.S. City Directories collection) Ancestry online

Michigan City, Indiana, City Directory, 1905 (in U.S. City Directories collection) Ancestry online

Michigan City, Indiana, City Directory, 1913 (in U.S. City Directories collection) Ancestry online

Michigan City, Indiana, City Directory, 1916 (in U.S. City Directories collection) Ancestry online

Michigan City, Indiana, City Directory, 1919 (in U.S. City Directories collection) Ancestry online

Michigan City, Indiana, City Directory, 1921 (in U.S. City Directories collection) Ancestry online

Michigan City, Indiana, City Directory, 1923 (in U.S. City Directories collection) Ancestry online

Michigan City, Indiana, City Directory, 1925 (in U.S. City Directories collection) Ancestry online

Michigan City, Indiana, City Directory, 1927 (in U.S. City Directories collection) Ancestry online

Michigan City, Indiana, City Directory, 1929 (in U.S. City Directories collection) Ancestry online

Michigan City, Indiana, City Directory, 1931 (in U.S. City Directories collection) Ancestry online

Michigan City, Indiana, City Directory, 1938 (in U.S. City Directories collection) Ancestry online

Michigan City, Indiana, City Directory, 1940 (in U.S. City Directories collection) Ancestry online

Michigan City, Indiana, City Directory, 1941 (in U.S. City Directories collection) Ancestry online

Michigan City, Indiana, City Directory, 1947 (in U.S. City Directories collection) Ancestry online

Michigan City, Indiana, City Directory, 1949 (in U.S. City Directories collection) Ancestry online

Michigan City, Indiana, City Directory, 1952 (in U.S. City Directories collection) Ancestry online

Michigan City, Indiana, City Directory, 1954 (in U.S. City Directories collection) Ancestry online

Michigan City, Indiana, City Directory, 1956 (in U.S. City Directories collection) Ancestry online

Michigan City, Indiana, City Directory, 1958 (in U.S. City Directories collection) Ancestry online

Michigan City, Indiana, City Directory, 1960 (in U.S. City Directories collection) Ancestry online

Michigan City, Indiana, city directory, 1893-94 LDS Genealogy online

Michigan City, Indiana, city directory, 1893-94 Internet Archive online

Michigan city directory, 1905 LDS Genealogy online

Michigan city directory, 1905 Internet Archive online

Smith's directory of Michigan City, Ind. : including the names of the farmers in the county 1913 LDS Genealogy online

Smith's directory of Michigan City, Ind. : including the names of the farmers in the county 1913 Internet Archive online

Michigan City Death Records

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1899-2011 Indiana Death Certificates Ancestry online

Funeral homes & undertakers of Michigan City : La Porte Co., IN FamilySearch Library

Index to death records, Michigan City, La Porte County, 1882-1920 FamilySearch Library

Index to obituaries : the Michigan City News-dispatch, 2014 WorldCat

Indiana Deaths, 1882-1920 Ancestry online

Indiana, Death Records, 1900-present Indiana State Department of Health

Michigan City, Indiana, Obituary Index, 1887-2011 Ancestry online

Michigan City, Indiana, Obituary Index, 1887-2011 Archives.com online

St. Paul Lutheran Church Michigan City, Indiana deaths and burials : 1876-1917 WorldCat

Michigan City Histories and Genealogies

Biographical sketches, La Porte County, Indiana FamilySearch Library

History of Michigan City, Indiana FamilySearch Library

History of Michigan City, Indiana LDS Genealogy online

History of Michigan City, Indiana Internet Archive online

Michigan City illustrated : historical, descriptive, and biographical : the Evening News review of a half century advance FamilySearch Library

Michigan City, Indiana : the life of a town FamilySearch Library

Michigan City Immigration Records

Indiana, Federal Naturalization Records, 1892-1992 Ancestry online

La Porte County naturalization records, 1909-1939 FamilySearch Library

Naturalization records : abstractions from declaration of intentions, Superior Court, Michigan City, La Porte County, Indiana LDS Genealogy online

Naturalization records : abstractions from declaration of intentions, Superior Court, Michigan City, La Porte County, Indiana Internet Archive online

Naturalization records : abstractions from declarations of intentions, La Porte County, Indiana : 22 August 1854 through ... June 1929 FamilySearch Library

Naturalization records : abstractions from second papers, La Porte County, Indiana FamilySearch Library

Naturalization records : declaration of intentions and final papers, abstractions from civil order books A thru mid-H common pleas book A - 1833 - July 1854, several later dates included, La Porte County, Indiana FamilySearch Library

US Naturalization Record Index, Northern Illinois, 1840-1950 ( includes La Porte County, IN) MyHeritage online

Michigan City Land Records

Deed records, 1833-1901; indexes to grantees and grantors, 1832-1903 FamilySearch Library

Michigan City Map Records

Bird's eye view map of Michigan City, La Porte County, Indiana 1869. Library of Congress online

Bird's eye view map of Michigan City, LaPorte County, Ind. 1869. Library of Congress online

Sanborn Fire Insurance Map from Michigan City, La Porte County, Indiana, 1905 Library of Congress online

Sanborn Fire Insurance Map from Michigan City, La Porte County, Indiana, 1912 Library of Congress online

Sanborn Fire Insurance Map from Michigan City, La Porte County, Indiana, 1922 Library of Congress online

Sanborn Fire Insurance Map from Michigan City, La Porte County, Indiana, 1929 Library of Congress online

Sanborn Fire Insurance Map from Michigan City, La Porte County, Indiana, 1936 Library of Congress online

Sanborn Fire Insurance Map from Michigan City, La Porte County, Indiana, 1936-1948 Library of Congress online

Sanborn Fire Insurance Map from Michigan City, La Porte County, Indiana, January 1884 Library of Congress online

Sanborn Fire Insurance Map from Michigan City, La Porte County, Indiana, July 1899 Library of Congress online

Sanborn Fire Insurance Map from Michigan City, La Porte County, Indiana, September 1889 Library of Congress online

Michigan City Marriage Records

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1810-2001 Indiana Marriages Ancestry online

Indiana Marriage Index, 1800-1941 Ancestry online

Indiana Marriages Through 1850 Indiana State Library online

Indiana Marriages, 1802-1850 (includes La Porte County 1832-1850) Ancestry online

Indiana, Marriage Index, 1806-1861 Ancestry online

Indiana, Marriages, 1780-1992 MyHeritage online

Indiana, Marriages, 1811-1959 MyHeritage online

Marriage records, 1832-1958 FamilySearch Library

Marriage records, 1913-1923 FamilySearch Library

Michigan City Miscellaneous Records

Prisoners At Indiana State Prison North, Michigan City, Indiana Who Died (1860-1898) Indiana Genealogical Society online

Prisoners At Indiana State Prison North, Michigan City, Indiana Who Escaped (1861) Indiana Genealogical Society online

Prisoners Pardoned from Indiana State Prison North (1861) Indiana Genealogical Society online

Prisoners Released from Indiana State Prison North (1861) Indiana Genealogical Society online

Prisoners Sentenced to Indiana State Prison North (1861) Indiana Genealogical Society online

Michigan City Newspapers and Obituaries

Index to obituaries : the Michigan City News-dispatch, 2014 WorldCat

La Porte County Herald-Dispatch 08/04/2020 to Current Genealogy Bank online

Michigan City Dispatch, 1879-1880 Newspaper Archive online

Michigan City, Indiana, Obituary Index, 1887-2011 Ancestry online

Michigan City, Indiana, Obituary Index, 1887-2011 Archives.com online

News-Dispatch 03/27/1997 to 08/03/2020 Genealogy Bank online

South Shore lines, 1925-1932 Indiana Memory online

Offline Newspapers for Michigan City

According to the US Newspaper Directory, the following newspapers were printed, so there may be paper or microfilm copies available. For more information on how to locate offline newspapers, see our article on Locating Offline Newspapers.

Evening Dispatch. (Michigan City, Ind.) 1881-1938

Evening News. (Michigan City, Ind.) 1887-1922

Michigan City Dispatch. (Michigan City, Ind.) 1879-1882

Michigan City Dispatch. (Michigan City, Ind.) 1885-1913

Michigan City Enterprise. (Michigan City, Ind.) 1855-1884

Michigan City Gazette, and General Advertiser. (Michigan City, Ind.) 1835-1830s

Michigan City Gazette. (Michigan City, Ia. [I.E. Ind.]) 1830s-1843

Michigan City News. (Michigan City, Ind.) 1847-1853

Michigan City News. (Michigan City, Ind.) 1875-1878

Michigan City News. (Michigan City, Ind.) 1922-1938

Michigan City Weekly Dispatch. (Michigan City, Ind.) 1882-1885

News-Dispatch. (Michigan City, Ind.) 1938-Current

Michigan City Probate Records

1798-1999 Indiana Wills and Probate Records Ancestry online

Michigan City probate order books, 1899-1920; complete record, 1901- 1919; will record, 1898-1920; partition record, 1898-1916 FamilySearch Library

Michigan City School Records

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Elston High School - Elstonian Yearbook (Michigan City, IN), 1915, 1916, 1923, 1924, 1925, 1926, 1927, 1928, 1929, 1930, 1931, 1932, 1933, 1934, 1935, 1936, 1937, 1938, 1939, 1940, 1941, 1942, 1943, 1944, 1945, 1946, 1947, 1948, 1949, 1950, 1951, 1952, 1953, 1954, 1955, 1956, 1957, 1958, 1959, 1960, 1963, 1964, 1965, 1968, 1975, 1981, 1987, 1988 E Yearbook online

Elston High School yearbook, 1915, 1916, 1923, 1924, 1925, 1926, 1927, 1928, 1929, 1930, 1931, 1932, 1933, 1934, 1935, 1936, 1937, 1938, 1939, 1940, 1941, 1942, 1943, 1944, 1945, 1946, 1947, 1948, 1949, 1950, 1951, 1952, 1953, 1954, 1955, 1956, 1957, 1958, 1959, 1960, 1961, 1962, 1963, 1964, 1965, 1966, 1967, 1968, 1969, 1970, 1971, 1972, 1973, 1974, 1975, 1976, 1977, 1978, 1979 (included in US Yearbooks collection) MyHeritage online

Elston High School yearbook, 1915, 1916, 1923, 1924, 1925, 1926, 1927, 1928, 1929, 1930, 1931, 1932, 1933, 1934, 1935, 1936, 1937, 1938, 1939, 1940, 1941, 1942, 1943, 1944, 1945, 1946, 1947, 1948, 1949, 1950, 1951, 1952, 1953, 1954, 1955, 1956, 1957, 1958, 1959, 1960, 1961, 1962, 1963, 1964, 1965, 1966, 1967, 1968, 1969, 1970, 1971, 1972, 1973, 1974, 1975, 1976, 1977, 1978, 1979, 1980, 1981, 1983, 1984, 1986, 1987, 1988, 1989, 1990, 1991, 1992, 1994, 1995 Classmates online

Elston High School yearbooks, 1915, 1916, 1923, 1924, 1925, 1926, 1927, 1928, 1929, 1930, 1931, 1932, 1933, 1934, 1935, 1936, 1937, 1938, 1939, 1940, 1941, 1942, 1943, 1944, 1945, 1946, 1947, 1948, 1949, 1950, 1951, 1952, 1953, 1954, 1955, 1956, 1957, 1958, 1959, 1960, 1961, 1962, 1963, 1964, 1965, 1966, 1967, 1968, 1969, 1970, 1971, 1972, 1973, 1974, 1975, 1976, 1977, 1978, 1979, 1980, 1981, 1983, 1984, 1986, 1987, 1988, 1989, 1990, 1991, 1992, 1994, 1995 (included in US School Yearbooks) Ancestry online

Elston Senior High School yearbook, 1975 (included in US School Yearbooks) Ancestry online

Marquette High School yearbook, 1970, 1973, 1979 (included in US Yearbooks collection) MyHeritage online

Marquette High School yearbook, 1970, 1973, 1979, 1983, 1987, 1988 Classmates online

Marquette High School yearbook, 1970, 1973, 1979, 1983, 1987, 1988 (included in US School Yearbooks) Ancestry online

Michigan City High School yearbook, 1944, 1967 (included in US Yearbooks collection) MyHeritage online

Michigan City High School yearbook, 1944, 1967, 1981, 1996, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010 Classmates online

Michigan City High School yearbooks, 1944, 1967, 1981, 1996, 1997, 1998, 1999 (included in US School Yearbooks) Ancestry online

Michigan State College yearbook, 1944 (included in US School Yearbooks) Ancestry online

Naturalization records : abstractions from declaration of intentions, Superior Court, Michigan City, La Porte County, Indiana Genealogy Gophers online

Rogers High School - RYB Yearbook (Michigan City, IN), 1972 E Yearbook online

Rogers High School yearbook, 1972 (included in US School Yearbooks) Ancestry online

Rogers High School yearbook, 1972, 1973, 1974, 1975, 1976, 1977, 1978, 1979 (included in US Yearbooks collection) MyHeritage online

Rogers High School yearbook, 1972, 1973, 1974, 1975, 1976, 1977, 1978, 1979, 1980, 1981, 1982, 1983, 1984, 1985, 1986, 1987, 1988, 1989, 1990, 1991, 1992, 1994, 1995 Classmates online

Rogers High School yearbook, 1972, 1973, 1974, 1975, 1976, 1977, 1978, 1979, 1980, 1981, 1982, 1983, 1984, 1985, 1986, 1987, 1988, 1989, 1990, 1991, 1992, 1994, 1995 (included in US School Yearbooks) Ancestry online

Saint Mary Central Catholic High School yearbook, 1960 (included in US School Yearbooks) Ancestry online

Saint Mary's High School yearbook, 1941, 1949, 1950, 1960, 1965 (included in US School Yearbooks) Ancestry online

St Mary's High School yearbook, 1967 (included in US School Yearbooks) Ancestry online

St Marys High School - Immaculata Yearbook (Michigan City, IN), 1941, 1949, 1950, 1960, 1965 E Yearbook online

St Marys High School yearbook, 1941, 1949, 1950, 1960, 1965 (included in US School Yearbooks) Ancestry online

St. Mary's High School yearbook, 1941, 1950, 1960, 1965, 1967 Classmates online

St. Mary's High School yearbook, 1941, 1950, 1960, 1965, 1967 (included in US Yearbooks collection) MyHeritage online

The South Bend Blue Book for 1909-1910 : containing the names ... with addresses ... of prominent residents in South Bend; the officers and faculty at Notre Dame University, the names and addresses of prominent residents in the neighboring Indiana cities of Mishawaka, Elkart, Goshen, Michigan City and LaPorte, also Niles, St. Joseph and Benton Harbor, Michigan FamilySearch Library



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