Pontiac Genealogy (in Oakland County, MI)

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Pontiac Birth Records

1867-1911 Michigan Births and Christenings Index Ancestry online

All Saints Episcopal Church records, 1837-1958 (microform), Pontiac, Mich. Archive Grid

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

Michigan, County Births, 1867-1917 Family Search online

Oakland County, Michigan Vital Records, 1800-1917 Ancestry online

Pontiac Cemetery Records

Michigan Deaths and Burials Index, 1867-1995 Ancestry online

Mount Hope Cemetery Find a Grave online

Mount Hope Cemetery Interment online

Mount Hope Cemetery Genealogy Trails online

Mt. Hope Cemetery, Oakland County, Michigan FamilySearch Library

Oak Hill Cemetery Find a Grave online

Oak Hill Cemetery Billion Graves online

Oak Hill Cemetery Interment online

Oak Hill Cemetery Genealogy Trails online

Oak Hill Cemetery, Pontiac, Michigan : a walking tour WorldCat

Oakhill Cemetery burials, 1869-1906, Pontiac, Michigan FamilySearch Library

Oakhill Cemetery burials, 1869-1906, Pontiac, Michigan WorldCat

Oakland Cemetery Find a Grave online

Oakland County, Michigan; Oak Hill Cemetery [in Pontiac] FamilySearch Library

Perry Mount Park Cemetery Find a Grave online

Perry Mount Park Cemetery Interment online

Perry Mount Park Cemetery Billion Graves online

Pontiac 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

Pontiac Church Records

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1867-1911 Michigan Births and Christenings Index Ancestry online

All Saints Church ledgers WorldCat

All Saints Episcopal Church records, 1837-1958 (microform), Pontiac, Mich. Archive Grid

Church records, 1857-1907 (First Presbyterian Church (Pontiac, Michigan)) FamilySearch Library

Church records, 1900-1919 (Reorganized Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints. Pontiac Branch (Oakland, Michigan)) FamilySearch Library

First Congregational Church records, 1832-1941, Pontiac, Mich. Archive Grid

First Presbyterian Church records, 1833-1986, Pontiac, Mich. Archive Grid

Gloria Dei Lutheran Church (St Johns) church records (in U.S. Evangelical Lutheran Church, Swedish American Church Records collection) Ancestry online

History of -- the First Congregational Church, Pontiac, Michigan : prepared for the dedication services, Oct. 7-14, 1962 FamilySearch Library

Pontiac City Directories

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Dau's blue book for Detroit : including Ann Arbor, Birmingham, Grosse Ile, Grosse Pointe, Grosse Pointe Farms, Mt. Clemens, Northville, Pontiac, Orchard Lake, Wyandotte, Ypsilanti FamilySearch Library

Polk's Pontiac, Michigan, city directory : including Auburn Heights, Keego Harbor, Orchard Lake and Sylvan Lake; also a buyer's guide and a complete classified directory FamilySearch Library

Polk's Pontiac, Michigan, city directory : including Auburn Heights, Keego Harbor, Orchard Lake and Sylvan Lake; also a buyer's guide and a complete classified directory - 1920 Genealogy Gophers online

Pontiac (Michigan) city directories FamilySearch Library

Pontiac City Directory 1925 MyHeritage online

Pontiac City Directory 1927 MyHeritage online

Pontiac City Directory 1928 MyHeritage online

Pontiac City Directory 1929 MyHeritage online

Pontiac City Directory 1930 MyHeritage online

Pontiac City Directory 1931 MyHeritage online

Pontiac City Directory 1935 MyHeritage online

Pontiac City Directory 1937 MyHeritage online

Pontiac City Directory 1938 MyHeritage online

Pontiac City Directory 1939 MyHeritage online

Pontiac City Directory 1941 MyHeritage online

Pontiac City Directory 1945 MyHeritage online

Pontiac City Directory 1947 MyHeritage online

Pontiac City Directory 1950 MyHeritage online

Pontiac City Directory 1956 MyHeritage online

Pontiac City Directory 1957 MyHeritage online

Pontiac City Directory 1960 MyHeritage online

Pontiac, MI 1920-1935 City Directories Allen County Public Library

Pontiac, MI 1937-1939, 1941-1942, 1945, 1947-1948, 1950, 1952-1953, 1955-1957, 1960 City Directories Allen County Public Library

Pontiac, Michigan, City Directory, 1920 (in U.S. City Directories collection) Ancestry online

Pontiac, Michigan, City Directory, 1922 (in U.S. City Directories collection) Ancestry online

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

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

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

Pontiac, Michigan, City Directory, 1928 (in U.S. City Directories collection) Ancestry online

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

Pontiac, Michigan, City Directory, 1930 (in U.S. City Directories collection) Ancestry online

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

Pontiac, Michigan, City Directory, 1935 (in U.S. City Directories collection) Ancestry online

Pontiac, Michigan, City Directory, 1937 (in U.S. City Directories collection) Ancestry online

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

Pontiac, Michigan, City Directory, 1939 (in U.S. City Directories collection) Ancestry online

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

Pontiac, Michigan, City Directory, 1942 (in U.S. City Directories collection) Ancestry online

Pontiac, Michigan, City Directory, 1945 (in U.S. City Directories collection) Ancestry online

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

Pontiac, Michigan, City Directory, 1948 (in U.S. City Directories collection) Ancestry online

Pontiac, Michigan, City Directory, 1950 (in U.S. City Directories collection) Ancestry online

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

Pontiac, Michigan, City Directory, 1953 (in U.S. City Directories collection) Ancestry online

Pontiac, Michigan, City Directory, 1955 (in U.S. City Directories collection) Ancestry online

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

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

Pontiac Court Records

Justice Court, civil docket, 1840-1911, Pontiac (Mich.). Justice of the Peace Archive Grid

Justice Court, criminal docket, 1883-1916, Pontiac (Mich.). Justice of the Peace Archive Grid

Pontiac Death Records

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1867-1952 Michigan Death Records Ancestry online

1897-1920 Michigan Death Records Ancestry online

Death records, 1867-1937 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

Oakland County, Michigan Vital Records, 1800-1917 Ancestry online

Oakland County, Michigan, Historical Resources Obituary Index, 1970-2009 Ancestry online

Pontiac Histories and Genealogies

Graphic street guide of greater Pontiac and Royal Oak : including Bloomfield Hills, Birmingham, Waterford, Sylvan Lake, Keego Harbor, Orchard Lake, Rochester, Troy, Southfield, Clawson, Berkley, Oak Park, Ferndale, Lathrup Village, Beverly Hills, Franklin Village, Farmington and other outlying areas FamilySearch Library

Pontiac Immigration Records

Index to the Oakland County Naturalization Files Michigan History Center online

Michigan, Federal Naturalization Records, 1887-1931 Ancestry online

Naturalization records for Oakland County, Michigan, 1827-1906 FamilySearch Library

Pontiac Land Records

Deed records, 1821-1926; index, 1821-1905 FamilySearch Library

Pontiac Map Records

Map of Pontiac, Oakland Co., Michigan 1867. Library of Congress online

Pontiac 1867 Bird's Eye View Map (in U.S. Historic Land Ownership and Reference Atlases) Ancestry online

Sanborn Fire Insurance Map from Pontiac, Oakland County, Michigan, February 1919 Library of Congress online

Sanborn Fire Insurance Map from Pontiac, Oakland County, Michigan, January 1898 Library of Congress online

Sanborn Fire Insurance Map from Pontiac, Oakland County, Michigan, January 1903 Library of Congress online

Sanborn Fire Insurance Map from Pontiac, Oakland County, Michigan, January 1915 Library of Congress online

Sanborn Fire Insurance Map from Pontiac, Oakland County, Michigan, June 1892 Library of Congress online

Sanborn Fire Insurance Map from Pontiac, Oakland County, Michigan, October 1888 Library of Congress online

Sanborn Fire Insurance Map from Pontiac, Oakland County, Michigan, October 1909 Library of Congress online

Pontiac Marriage Records

1867-1952 Michigan Marriage Records Ancestry online

All Saints Episcopal Church records, 1837-1958 (microform), Pontiac, Mich. Archive Grid

Michigan County Marriages, 1822-1940 Ancestry online

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

Oakland County, Michigan Vital Records, 1800-1917 Ancestry online

Record of marriages 1827-1919; index to marriages 1827-1959 FamilySearch Library

Pontiac Newspapers and Obituaries

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Jacksonian, 10 July 1838 - 2 July 1839 Digital Michigan Newspapers online

Jeffersonian, 10 December 1839 - 28 July 1840 Digital Michigan Newspapers online

Jeffersonian, and Oakland, Lapeer, & Shiawassee Advertiser, 30 July 1839 - 29 November 1839 Digital Michigan Newspapers online

Oakland Chronicle, 31 May 1830 - 22 April 1831 Digital Michigan Newspapers online

Oakland County Post, 6 January 1893 - 29 December 1893 Digital Michigan Newspapers online

Oakland County, Michigan, Historical Resources Obituary Index, 1970-2009 Ancestry online

Oakland Gazette, 14 February 1844 - 31 May 1851 Digital Michigan Newspapers online

Oakland Press 08/08/2004 to Current Genealogy Bank online

Pontiac Bill Poster (1882), 2 August 1882 - 25 December 1889 Digital Michigan Newspapers online

Pontiac Commercial, 20 June 1876 - 23 April 1878 Digital Michigan Newspapers online

Pontiac Courier (1836), 2 May 1836 - 5 April 1839 Digital Michigan Newspapers online

Pontiac Courier (1841), 23 September 1841 - 23 November 1842 Digital Michigan Newspapers online

Pontiac Daily Gazette, 2 October 1894 - 15 February 1896 Digital Michigan Newspapers online

Pontiac Evening Press, 17 February 1896 - 21 March 1896 Digital Michigan Newspapers online

Pontiac Gazette (1851), 7 June 1851 - 10 August 1860 Digital Michigan Newspapers online

Pontiac Gazette (1877), 30 March 1877 - 3 July 1896 Digital Michigan Newspapers online

Pontiac Jacksonian, 6 May 1842 - 19 April 1866 Digital Michigan Newspapers online

Pontiac Jeffersonian, 14 August 1840 - 18 June 1841 Digital Michigan Newspapers online

Pontiac Weekly Bill Poster, 3 January 1872 - 26 July 1882 Digital Michigan Newspapers online

Pontiac Weekly Gazette (1860), 17 August 1860 - 28 December 1860 Digital Michigan Newspapers online

Pontiac Weekly Gazette (1869), 6 January 1871 - 23 March 1877 Digital Michigan Newspapers online

Pontiac Weekly Jacksonian, 24 March 1840 - 29 April 1842 Digital Michigan Newspapers online

South Lyon Herald, 31 January 1929 - 27 December 1945 Digital Michigan Newspapers online

Offline Newspapers for Pontiac

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.

Bill Poster and General Intelligencer. (Pontiac, Oakland Co., Mich.) 1868-1869

Daily Press. (Pontiac, Mich.) 1902-1903

Evening Press. (Pontiac, Mich.) 1900-1901

Jeffersonian. (Pontiac, Oakland County, Mich.) 1839-1840

Living Issues. (Pontiac, Mich.) 1892-1897

Oakland Chronicle. (Pontiac, M.T. [Mich. Territory]) 1830-1831

Oakland County Post. (Pontiac, Mich.) 1890-1890s

Oakland Gazette. (Pontiac, Oakland County, Mich.) 1844-1851

Oakland Press. (Pontiac, Mich.) 1972-Current

Oakland Whig. (Pontiac, Oakland County, Mich.) 1835-1836

Pontiac Bill Poster. (Pontiac, Oakland Co., Mich.) 1869-1871

Pontiac Bill Poster. (Pontiac, Oakland County, Mich.) 1882-1890

Pontiac Commercial. (Pontiac, Mich.) 1876-1870s

Pontiac Courier. (Pontiac, Oakland County, Mich.) 1836-1839

Pontiac Courier. (Pontiac, Oakland County, Mich.) 1841-1842

Pontiac Daily Gazette. (Pontiac, Mich.) 1895-1896

Pontiac Daily Press. (Pontiac, Mich.) 1901-1902

Pontiac Daily Press. (Pontiac, Mich.) 1903-1906

Pontiac Daily Press. (Pontiac, Mich.) 1919-1953

Pontiac Gazette. (Pontiac, Mich.) 1851-1860

Pontiac Gazette. (Pontiac, Mich.) 1866-1868

Pontiac Jacksonian. (Pontiac, Mich.) 1842-1873

Pontiac Jeffersonian. (Pontiac, Oakland County, Mich.) 1840-1841

Pontiac Press Gazette. (Pontiac, Mich.) 1906-1919

Pontiac Press. (Pontiac, Mich.) 1953-1972

Pontiac Republican. (Pontiac, Mich.) 1893-1895

Pontiac Weekly Bill Poster. (Pontiac, Oakland County, Mich.) 1871-1882

Pontiac Weekly Gazette. (Pontiac, Oakland Co., Mich.) 1869-1877

Times. (Pontiac, Mich.) 1972-1970s

Pontiac Probate Records

1784-1980 Michigan Wills and Probate Records Ancestry online

Abstracts of probate files in the probate court of Oakland County, 1832-1868 FamilySearch Library

Pontiac School Records

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Eastern Junior High School - Arrow Yearbook (Pontiac, MI), 1927, 1930, 1931, 1933, 1938, 1961, 1962, 1963 E Yearbook online

Eastern Junior High School yearbook, 1927, 1930, 1931, 1932, 1933 (included in US School Yearbooks) Ancestry online

Notre Dame Prepatory yearbook, 2008 Classmates online

Notre Dame Prepatory yearbook, 2008 (included in US School Yearbooks) Ancestry online

Pontiac Catholic High School - Phoenix Yearbook (Pontiac, MI), 1980 E Yearbook online

Pontiac Catholic High School yearbook, 1971, 1974, 1975, 1976, 1977 (included in US Yearbooks collection) MyHeritage online

Pontiac Catholic High School yearbook, 1971, 1974, 1975, 1976, 1977, 1980 Classmates online

Pontiac Catholic High School yearbooks, 1971, 1974, 1975, 1976, 1977, 1980 (included in US School Yearbooks) Ancestry online

Pontiac Central High School yearbook, 1918, 1923, 1924, 1925, 1926, 1927, 1929, 1930, 1931, 1933, 1935, 1937, 1938, 1939, 1940, 1943, 1944, 1945, 1946, 1948, 1949, 1950, 1951, 1952, 1953, 1956, 1957, 1958, 1959, 1960, 1961, 1962, 1963, 1964, 1966, 1967, 1970, 1972, 1975, 1976, 1977, 1978 Classmates online

Pontiac Central High School yearbook, 1918, 1923, 1924, 1925, 1926, 1927, 1929, 1930, 1931, 1933, 1935, 1937, 1938, 1939, 1940, 1943, 1944, 1945, 1946, 1948, 1949, 1950, 1951, 1952, 1953, 1956, 1957, 1958, 1959, 1960, 1961, 1962, 1963, 1964, 1966, 1967, 1970, 1972, 1975, 1976, 1977, 1978 (included in US Yearbooks collection) MyHeritage online

Pontiac Central High School yearbooks, 1918, 1923, 1924, 1925, 1926, 1927, 1929, 1930, 1931, 1933, 1935, 1937, 1938, 1939, 1940, 1943, 1944, 1945, 1946, 1948, 1949, 1950, 1951, 1952, 1953, 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, 1982, 1983, 1984, 1985, 1986, 1987, 1988, 1989, 1990, 1991, 1992, 1993, 1994, 1995, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2002, 2004 (included in US School Yearbooks) Ancestry online

Pontiac High School yearbooks, 1907, 1909, 1910, 1912, 1913, 1914, 1915, 1916, 1917, 1918, 1919, 1920, 1921, 1922, 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 (included in US School Yearbooks) Ancestry online

Pontiac Northern High School - Avalanche Yearbook (Pontiac, MI), 1959, 1960, 1961, 1962, 1963, 1964, 1965, 1966, 1967, 1968, 1969, 1970, 1971, 1972, 1973, 1974, 1976, 1979, 1980, 1981, 1982, 1983, 1984, 1985, 1986, 1987, 1988 E Yearbook online

Pontiac Northern High School yearbook, 1959, 1960, 1961, 1962, 1964, 1965, 1966, 1970, 1971, 1972, 1974, 1976, 1979 (included in US Yearbooks collection) MyHeritage online

Pontiac Northern High School yearbook, 1959, 1960, 1961, 1962, 1964, 1965, 1966, 1970, 1971, 1972, 1974, 1976, 1979, 1980, 1985, 1988 Classmates online

Pontiac Northern High School yearbooks, 1959, 1960, 1961, 1962, 1963, 1964, 1965, 1966, 1967, 1968, 1969, 1970, 1971, 1972, 1973, 1974, 1975, 1976, 1977, 1978, 1979, 1980, 1981, 1982, 1983, 1984, 1985, 1986, 1987, 1988, 1989, 1990, 1991, 1992, 1993, 1995, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2003, 2004, 2005 (included in US School Yearbooks) Ancestry online

Pontiac Senior High School - Quiver Yearbook (Pontiac, MI), 1907, 1909, 1910, 1912, 1913, 1914, 1915, 1916, 1917, 1918, 1919, 1920, 1921, 1922, 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, 1982, 1983, 1984, 1985, 1986, 1987, 1988 E Yearbook online

Pontiac Senior High School yearbooks, 1907, 1909, 1910, 1912, 1913, 1914, 1915, 1916, 1917, 1918, 1919, 1920, 1921, 1922, 1923, 1924, 1925, 1926, 1927, 1928, 1930, 1931, 1932, 1933, 1934, 1935, 1936, 1939, 1940, 1941, 1942, 1945, 1946, 1947, 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, 1982, 1983, 1984, 1985, 1986, 1987, 1988 (included in US School Yearbooks) Ancestry online

Saint Frederick High School yearbooks, 1957, 1958 (included in US School Yearbooks) Ancestry online

St Frederick High School - Ramrod Yearbook (Pontiac, MI), 1957, 1958 E Yearbook online

St Michaels High School yearbook, 1965, 1966, 1967 (included in US School Yearbooks) Ancestry online

St. Frederick High School yearbook, 1957, 1958 Classmates online

St. Frederick High School yearbook, 1957, 1958 (included in US Yearbooks collection) MyHeritage online

Washington Junior High School - Reflector Yearbook (Pontiac, MI), 1965, 1966 E Yearbook online

Washington Junior High School yearbook, 1965, 1966 (included in US School Yearbooks) Ancestry online

Pontiac Tax Records

Assessment tax rolls, Oakland, Michigan, 1868-1888 FamilySearch Library

Ledger of accounts with tax collectors, v. 10, 12, 1827-1842 FamilySearch Library

Tax roll, Oakland County, Michigan, 1841-1867 FamilySearch Library



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