Ann Arbor Genealogy (in Washtenaw County, MI)

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Ann Arbor Birth Records

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1867-1911 Michigan Births and Christenings Index Ancestry online

Ann Arbor Township Records 1820s-1896 (includes death, birth, school, tax, and other records) Bentley Historical Library online

Ann Arbor Township Records, 1820s-1996 Archive Grid

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

Michigan, County Births, 1867-1917 Family Search online

Records (microform) 1841-1996, First Presbyterian Church (Ann Arbor, Mich.). Archive Grid

Records (microform) 1867-1955, St. Thomas Evangelical Lutheran Church (Ann Arbor, Mich.). Archive Grid

Records (microform) 1871-1952, Bethlehem Evangelical Lutheran Church (Ann Arbor, Mich.). Archive Grid

Some Michigan Vital Records, Arranged by Counties, from the Expounder of Primitive Christianity 1843-1848 Ancestry online

Some Michigan vital records, arranged by counties, from the Expounder of primitive Christianity : Jackson, Mich., Ann Arbor, Mich., 1843-1848, an organ of the Universalist Church. WorldCat

Vital records of the First Baptist Church of Ann Arbor, Michigan 1828-1876 FamilySearch Library

Ann Arbor Cemetery Records

Arborcrest Cemetery Billion Graves online

Arborcrest Memorial Park and Chapel Mausoleum Find a Grave online

Bethlehem Cemetery Find a Grave online

Bethlehem Cemetery US Gen Web Archives online

Botsford Cemetery Find a Grave online

Fairview Cemetery Find a Grave online

Fairview Cemetery Billion Graves online

First Presbyterian Church Memorial Garden Find a Grave online

First United Methodist Church Columbarium Find a Grave online

Forest Hill Cemetery Find a Grave online

Forest Hill Cemetery Billion Graves online

Forest Hill Cemetery US Gen Web Archives online

Forest Hill Cemetery (Ann Arbor, Mich.) records Archive Grid

Forest Hill Cemetery records, 1857-2000, Ann Arbor, Mich. Archive Grid

Forest Hill Cemetery, Ann Arbor, Michigan : interment record--book A February 1859-January 1879 WorldCat

Forest Hill Cemetery, Ann Arbor, Michigan : internment record--book A February 1859-January 1979 WorldCat

Leland Cemetery Find a Grave online

Leland Cemetery Billion Graves online

Michigan Deaths and Burials Index, 1867-1995 Ancestry online

Oak Grove Cemetery Billion Graves online

Old Saint Patricks Cemetery Find a Grave online

Rosier Cemetery Find a Grave online

Saint Andrews Memorial Cloister Garden Find a Grave online

Saint Clairs Episcopal Church Columbarium Find a Grave online

Saint Francis of Assisi Church Memorial Garden Find a Grave online

Saint Patrick Cemetery Billion Graves online

Saint Thomas Catholic Cemetery Find a Grave online

Terhune Pioneer Cemetery Find a Grave online

United Memorial Gardens Billion Graves online

Washtenong Memorial Park Billion Graves online

Washtenong Memorial Park and Mausoleum Find a Grave online

Westminster Presbyterian Church Memorial Garden Find a Grave online

Ann Arbor Census Records

Federal Census City of Ann Arbor 1870 US Gen Web Archives online

Michigan, Compiled Census and Census Substitutes Index, 1827-1870 (includes Washtenaw County 1827, 1845, and 1854) Ancestry online

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

Ann Arbor Church Records

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1867-1911 Michigan Births and Christenings Index Ancestry online

A History of St. Andrew's Church, Ann Arbor, Michigan Ancestry online

A History of St. Andrew's Church, Ann Arbor, Michigan HathiTrust Digital Library online

A History of St. Andrew's Church, Ann Arbor, Michigan FamilySearch Library

A history of St. Andrew's Church, Ann Arbor, Michigan LDS Genealogy online

A history of St. Andrew's Church, Ann Arbor, Michigan Internet Archive online

A history the First Presbyterian Church of Ann Arbor, Michigan, 1826-1988 : incorporating a sesquicentennial history 1976 newly revised and updated FamilySearch Library

Church records, 1826-1941 (First Presbyterian Church (Ann Arbor, Michigan)) FamilySearch Library

Church records, 1847-1945 (Congregational Church (Ann Arbor, Michigan)) FamilySearch Library

First Baptist Church records, 1837-ongoing, Ann Arbor, Mich. Archive Grid

First Congregational Church records, 1847-1984, Ann Arbor, Mich. Archive Grid

First Presbyterian Church of Ann Arbor, Michigan, founded 1826, supplement : compiled lists of membership and dismissions and the registers of marriages, baptisms and deaths FamilySearch Library

First Presbyterian Church records, 1872-1972, Ann Arbor, Mich. Archive Grid

First Unitarian Universalist Church (Ann Arbor, Mich.) records: 1859-1998, 2007-2015 Archive Grid

First Unitarian Universalist Church records, 1865-1984, Ann Arbor, Mich. Archive Grid

First Unitarian Universalist Church records, 1865-1997, Ann Arbor, Mich. Archive Grid

Grace Bible Church records, 1939-2002, Ann Arbor, Mich. Archive Grid

Grace Bible Church records, 1954-1987, Ann Arbor, Mich. Archive Grid

Grace Bible Church records, 1954-1989, Ann Arbor, Mich. Archive Grid

Guild register, 1887-1899 (St. Andrew's Episcopal Church. Hobart Guild (Ann Arbor, Michigan)) FamilySearch Library

Historical facts and events concerning the First Presbyterian Church of Ann Arbor, Michigan FamilySearch Library

Memorial Christian Church record, 1941, Ann Arbor, Mich. Archive Grid

Northside Presbyterian Church (Ann Arbor, Michigan) records: 1959-2007 Archive Grid

Northside Presbyterian Church records, 1959-ongoing, Ann Arbor, Mich. Archive Grid

Records (microform) 1841-1996, First Presbyterian Church (Ann Arbor, Mich.). Archive Grid

Records (microform) 1867-1955, St. Thomas Evangelical Lutheran Church (Ann Arbor, Mich.). Archive Grid

Records (microform) 1871-1952, Bethlehem Evangelical Lutheran Church (Ann Arbor, Mich.). Archive Grid

Salem Evangelical Lutheran Church records (microform), 1833-1871 and 1936-1963, Ann Arbor, Mich. Archive Grid

Salem Evangelical Lutheran Church records (microform), 1867-1963, Ann Arbor, Mich. Archive Grid

Salem Evangelical Lutheran Church records, 1833-1979, Ann Arbor, Mich. Archive Grid

Some Michigan vital records, arranged by counties, from the Expounder of primitive Christianity : Jackson, Mich., Ann Arbor, Mich., 1843-1848, an organ of the Universalist Church. WorldCat

St. Andrew's Episcopal Church records, 1834-1969, Ann Arbor, Mich. Archive Grid

St. Andrew's Episcopal Church records, 1834-1995, Ann Arbor, Mich. Archive Grid

St. Andrew's Episcopal Church records, 1834-1998, Ann Arbor, Mich. Archive Grid

St. Clare of Assisi Episcopal Church records, 1953-1985, Ann Arbor, Mich. Archive Grid

St. Thomas Evangelical Lutheran Church (Ann Arbor, Mich.) records: 1844-2000 Archive Grid

St. Thomas Evangelical Lutheran Church records, 1844-2000, Ann Arbor, Mich. Archive Grid

Vital records of the First Baptist Church of Ann Arbor, Michigan 1828-1876 FamilySearch Library

West Side United Methodist Church (Ann Arbor, Mich.) records: 1846-2000 Archive Grid

West Side United Methodist Church records, 1846-2000 (bulk 1950-1999), Ann Arbor, Mich. Archive Grid

Zion Lutheran Church records, 1833-1975, Ann Arbor, Mich. Archive Grid

Ann Arbor City Directories (117)


Ann Arbor Court Records

Justice of the Peace, civil dockets, 1948-1956 Archive Grid

Justice of the Peace, dockets for civil and criminal cases, 1837-1887 Archive Grid

Ann Arbor Death Records

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1867-1952 Michigan Death Records Ancestry online

1897-1920 Michigan Death Records Ancestry online

Ann Arbor Township Records 1820s-1896 (includes death, birth, school, tax, and other records) Bentley Historical Library online

Ann Arbor Township Records, 1820s-1996 Archive Grid

Death notices, 1829-1867 : from Ann Arbor, Washtenaw County, Michigan newspapers in the Michigan Historical Collections, Rackham Building, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan WorldCat

Death record 1867-1914; death index 1867-1947 FamilySearch Library

Deaths and marriages as published in the 'Signal of liberty' of Ann Arbor WorldCat

Deaths and marriages as published in the Signal of Liberty of Ann Arbor, 1841-1847 FamilySearch Library

First Presbyterian Church of Ann Arbor, Michigan, founded 1826, supplement : compiled lists of membership and dismissions and the registers of marriages, baptisms and deaths FamilySearch Library

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

Muehlig Funeral Chapel records, 1846-1867, 1882-1995 Archive Grid

Obituaries of persons ninety years or older at time of death taken from the Ann Arbor News, Ann Arbor, Michigan WorldCat

Obituaries of persons ninety years or older at time of death, taken from the Ann Arbor News, Ann Arbor, Michigan. WorldCat

Obituaries of persons over ninety years or older at time of death, taken from the Ann Arbor News, Ann Arbor, Michigan, 8 September, 1992 - through - December 31, 1993 WorldCat

Records (microform) 1841-1996, First Presbyterian Church (Ann Arbor, Mich.). Archive Grid

Records (microform) 1871-1952, Bethlehem Evangelical Lutheran Church (Ann Arbor, Mich.). Archive Grid

Salem Evangelical Lutheran Church records (microform), 1833-1871 and 1936-1963, Ann Arbor, Mich. Archive Grid

Salem Evangelical Lutheran Church records, 1833-1979, Ann Arbor, Mich. Archive Grid

Some Michigan vital records, arranged by counties, from the Expounder of primitive Christianity : Jackson, Mich., Ann Arbor, Mich., 1843-1848, an organ of the Universalist Church. WorldCat

University of Michigan, Death notices : supplementary to General catalogue of officers and students, 1837-1911, 1919-1920 Internet Archive online

Vital records of the First Baptist Church of Ann Arbor, Michigan 1828-1876 FamilySearch Library

Washtenaw County Death Index 1959-Present & Marriages 1959 to Present Washtenaw County online

Ann Arbor Histories and Genealogies

Ann Arbor the First Hundred Years 1927 MI Library Digital Collections online

Ann Arbor yesterdays FamilySearch Library

Ann Arbor, the First Hundred Years Ancestry online

Ann Arbor, the first hundred years FamilySearch Library

Historic buildings, Ann Arbor, Michigan FamilySearch Library

History of Earliest Ann Arbor 1919 MI Library Digital Collections online

Index to Early Ann Arbor and its People Chelsea District Library online

Index to O. W. Stephenson's, Ann Arbor, the first hundred years FamilySearch Library

Index to Old Ann Arbor, 1st-2nd Edition Chelsea District Library online

John Allen and the Founding of Ann Arbor MI Library Digital Collections online

Lansing, Jackson, Ann Arbor and automobiles FamilySearch Library

Les Voyageurs annual (Michigan) FamilySearch Library

Some of the early homes of Ann Arbor, Michigan 1909 HathiTrust Digital Library online

The Michigan Historical Collections of the University of Michigan Ancestry online

The Story of Our City & Its Schools: with a survey of the settlement & school system of the West HathiTrust Digital Library online

Ann Arbor Immigration Records

Depositions, Naturalizations papers, 1830-1930 FamilySearch Library

Michigan, Federal Naturalization Records, 1887-1931 Ancestry online

Naturalizations, 1888-1983 FamilySearch Library

Trnderlag Nyheter Brev : a newsletter for descendants of emigrants from the Trnderlag Region of Norway FamilySearch Library

Ann Arbor Land Records

Deed records, 1827-1923; index, 1827-1905 FamilySearch Library

Early pioneers listed in a land abstract of Ann Arbor, Washtenaw County, Michigan FamilySearch Library

Louisiana and Mississippi lands : a guide to Spanish land grants at the University of Michigan FamilySearch Library

Ann Arbor Map Records

Ann Arbor 1880 Bird's Eye View Map Historic Map Works online

Ann Arbor 1880 Bird's Eye View Map (in U.S. Historic Land Ownership and Reference Atlases) Ancestry online

Ann Arbor 1880 Bird's Eye View Map (included in Historic U.S. Maps) MyHeritage online

Panoramic view mapof the city of Ann Arbor, Washtenaw Co., Michigan 1880. Library of Congress online

Sanborn Fire Insurance Map from Ann Arbor, Washtenaw County, Michigan, August 1899 Library of Congress online

Sanborn Fire Insurance Map from Ann Arbor, Washtenaw County, Michigan, December 1908 Library of Congress online

Sanborn Fire Insurance Map from Ann Arbor, Washtenaw County, Michigan, January 1925 Library of Congress online

Sanborn Fire Insurance Map from Ann Arbor, Washtenaw County, Michigan, July 1892 Library of Congress online

Sanborn Fire Insurance Map from Ann Arbor, Washtenaw County, Michigan, July 1916 Library of Congress online

Sanborn Fire Insurance Map from Ann Arbor, Washtenaw County, Michigan, June 1888 Library of Congress online

Ann Arbor Marriage Records

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1867-1952 Michigan Marriage Records Ancestry online

Deaths and marriages as published in the 'Signal of liberty' of Ann Arbor WorldCat

Deaths and marriages as published in the Signal of Liberty of Ann Arbor, 1841-1847 FamilySearch Library

First Presbyterian Church of Ann Arbor, Michigan, founded 1826, supplement : compiled lists of membership and dismissions and the registers of marriages, baptisms and deaths FamilySearch Library

Michigan County Marriages, 1822-1940 Ancestry online

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

Records (microform) 1841-1996, First Presbyterian Church (Ann Arbor, Mich.). Archive Grid

Records (microform) 1867-1955, St. Thomas Evangelical Lutheran Church (Ann Arbor, Mich.). Archive Grid

Records (microform) 1871-1952, Bethlehem Evangelical Lutheran Church (Ann Arbor, Mich.). Archive Grid

Some Michigan vital records, arranged by counties, from the Expounder of primitive Christianity : Jackson, Mich., Ann Arbor, Mich., 1843-1848, an organ of the Universalist Church. WorldCat

Vital records of the First Baptist Church of Ann Arbor, Michigan 1828-1876 FamilySearch Library

Washtenaw County Death Index 1959-Present & Marriages 1959 to Present Washtenaw County online

Ann Arbor Newspapers and Obituaries

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Ann Arbor Argus, 1889-1896 Google News Archive online

Ann Arbor Argus-Democrat, 1902-1906 Google News Archive online

Ann Arbor Daily Argus 11/16/1898 to 06/24/1907 Genealogy Bank online

Ann Arbor Daily Courier, 1895-1895 Google News Archive online

Ann Arbor Daily Times 09/01/1903 to 05/02/1908 Genealogy Bank online

Ann Arbor Democrat 09/12/1878 to 10/07/1898 Genealogy Bank online

Ann Arbor Journal, 1848-1863 Google News Archive online

Ann Arbor Local News 07/21/1857 to 08/21/1860 Genealogy Bank online

Ann Arbor Local News, 1839-1839 Google News Archive online

Ann Arbor News 04/03/2003 to Current Genealogy Bank online

Ann Arbor News 07/02/1906 to 12/30/1922 Genealogy Bank online

Ann Arbor News Argus 06/25/1907 to 05/02/1908 Genealogy Bank online

Ann Arbor News: Web Edition Articles 07/24/2009 to Current Genealogy Bank online

Ann Arbor Record, 1902-1903 Google News Archive online

Ann Arbor Register, 1875-1897 Google News Archive online

Courier-Register, 1900-1901, 1903, 1905-1906 Google News Archive online

Death notices, 1829-1867 : from Ann Arbor, Washtenaw County, Michigan newspapers in the Michigan Historical Collections, Rackham Building, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan WorldCat

Deaths and marriages as published in the 'Signal of liberty' of Ann Arbor WorldCat

Local News and Advertiser, 1857-1859 Google News Archive online

Michigan Argus 02/12/1835 to 12/27/1907 Genealogy Bank online

Michigan Daily, 1947-2009 Google News Archive online

Obituaries of persons ninety years or older at time of death taken from the Ann Arbor News, Ann Arbor, Michigan WorldCat

Obituaries of persons ninety years or older at time of death, taken from the Ann Arbor News, Ann Arbor, Michigan. WorldCat

Obituaries of persons over ninety years or older at time of death, taken from the Ann Arbor News, Ann Arbor, Michigan, 8 September, 1992 - through - December 31, 1993 WorldCat

Peninsular Courier, 1861-1863 Google News Archive online

Peninsular courier, and family visitant, 1866-1876 Google News Archive online

Signal of Liberty (1841-1848) Ann Arbor District Library online

State Journal, 1837-1845, 1847 Google News Archive online

True Democrat 12/19/1845 to 03/08/1849 Genealogy Bank online

Weekly Michigan Argus, 1855-1865 Google News Archive online

Offline Newspapers for Ann Arbor

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.

Agenda : Ann Arbor's Alternative Newsmonthly. (Ann Arbor, Mich.) 1986-Current

Ann Arbor Argus [Microform]. (Ann Arbor, Mich.) 1969-1971

Ann Arbor Argus. (Ann Arbor, Mich.) 1969-1971

Ann Arbor Courier. (Ann Arbor, Mich.) 1876-1899

Ann Arbor Daily News. (Ann Arbor, Mich.) 1928-1936

Ann Arbor Journal. (Ann Arbor, Mich.) 1855-1868

Ann Arbor News. (Ann Arbor, Mich.) 1937-2009

Ann Arbor Register. (Ann Arbor, Mich.) 1872-1899

Ann Arbor Sun (Ann Arbor, Mich.) 1968-1970

Ann Arbor Sun. (Ann Arbor, Mich.) 1971-1975

Ann Arbor Times News. (Ann Arbor, Mich.) 1919-1927

Between the Lines. (Ann Arbor, Mi) 1993-Current

Business Review, Washtenaw Livingston. (Ann Arbor, Mich.) 2004-2000s

Daily News. (Ann Arbor, Mich.) 1880-1880s

Daily Times News. (Ann Arbor, Mich.) 1909-1919

Democratic Herald. (Ann Arbor, Mich.) 1839-1842

Emigrant. (Ann Arbour ≪arbor≫, Mich.) 1830-1832

Her-Self. (Ann Arbor, Mi.) 1972-1977

Huron Valley Ad-Visor. (Ann Arbor, Mich.) 1963-1972

Michigan Argus. (Ann Arbor, (M.T.) [Mich.]) 1835-1839

Michigan Argus. (Ann Arbor, Mich.) 1843-1845

Michigan Argus. (Ann Arbor, Mich.) 1846-1854

Michigan Argus. (Ann Arbor, Mich.) 1866-1879

Michigan Daily. ([Ann Arbor, Mich.) 1903-Current

Michigan Times. (Ann Arbor [Mich.) 1837-1840

Michigan Tribune. (Ann Arbor, Mi) 1990s-1992

Michigan Whig. (Ann Arbor, Washtenaw Co., M.T. [I.E. Michigan Territory]) 1833-1835

Peninsular Courier. (Ann Arbor, Mich.) 1862-1866

Signal of Liberty. (Ann Arbor, Mich.) 1841-1848

State Journal. (Ann-Arbor [Mich.]) 1835-1839

True Democrat. (Ann Arbor, Mich.) 1845-1846

Up Against The Wall Street Journal. (Ann Arbor, Mich.) 1970-1970s

Washtenaw Whig. (Ann Arbor, Mich.) 1847-1855

Weekly Michigan Argus. (Ann Arbor, Mich.) 1855-1860

Weekly Michigan State News. (Ann Arbor, Mich.) 1860s-1867

Western Emigrant. (Ann Arbour ≪arbor≫, Washtenaw Co., Mich.) 1829-1830

Ann Arbor Probate Records

1784-1980 Michigan Wills and Probate Records Ancestry online

Ann Arbor School Records (54)


Ann Arbor Tax Records

Ann Arbor Township Records 1820s-1896 (includes death, birth, school, tax, and other records) Bentley Historical Library online

Assessment roll, 1839-1841 FamilySearch Library

Assessment rolls, 1837-1854 FamilySearch Library



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