Traverse City Genealogy (in Grand Traverse County, MI)

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Traverse City Birth Records

1867-1911 Michigan Births and Christenings Index Ancestry online

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

Michigan, County Births, 1867-1917 Family Search online

Traverse City Cemetery Records

Bethlehem Lutheran Church Columbarium Find a Grave online

Central United Methodist Church Columbarium Find a Grave online

First Congregational Church Garden Find a Grave online

Grace Episcopal Church Find a Grave online

Grand Traverse Memorial Gardens Genealogy Trails online

Heimforth Cemetery Billion Graves online

Jewish Cemetery Find a Grave online

Jewish Cemetery Interment online

Lakeside Cemetery Find a Grave online

Linwood Cemetery Find a Grave online

Linwood Cemetery Billion Graves online

Linwood Cemetery Interment online

Memorial Gardens Cemetery Find a Grave online

Memorial Gardens Cemetery Billion Graves online

Memorial Gardens Cemetery Interment online

Michigan Deaths and Burials Index, 1867-1995 Ancestry online

Oakwood Catholic Cemetery Find a Grave online

Oakwood Catholic Cemetery Interment online

Oakwood Catholic Diocesan Cemetery death records, Traverse City, Michigan, 1861-July 2005 FamilySearch Library

Oakwood Cemetery Find a Grave online

Oakwood Cemetery Billion Graves online

Oakwood Cemetery Genealogy Trails online

Oakwood Cemetery death records, Traverse City, Michigan, 1861-July 2005 FamilySearch Library

Oakwood City Cemetery Interment online

Peninsula Township Cemetery Find a Grave online

Presbyterian Church Find a Grave online

Saint Joseph Catholic Cemetery Billion Graves online

Traverse 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

Traverse City Church Records

1867-1911 Michigan Births and Christenings Index Ancestry online

Church records, 1897-1919 (Reorganized Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints. Traverse City Branch (Traverse City, Michigan)) FamilySearch Library

Minutes Traverse City Monthly Meeting (Traverse City, Mich.). 1894-1906, 1906-1916, 1916-1928, 1942-1957 Archive Grid

Monthly meetings of the Society of Friends : Birch Lake, Cass County, 1841-1853, 1859-1880, 1883-1915; Long Lake, Grand Traverse County, 1880-1933; Penn, Cass County, 1883-1930; Traverse City, Grand Traverse County, 1894-1906; and Vandalia quarterly meeting, 1880-1917 FamilySearch Library

Traverse City City Directories

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Traverse City (Michigan) city directories FamilySearch Library

Traverse City Directories 1901 Google Books online

Traverse City Directory 1921 MyHeritage online

Traverse City Directory 1935 MyHeritage online

Traverse City Directory 1937 MyHeritage online

Traverse City Directory 1940 MyHeritage online

Traverse City Directory 1954 MyHeritage online

Traverse City and Grand Traverse County directory : a complete directory of Acme, Bates, Fife Lake, Grawn, Interlochen, Kingsley, Mayfield, Old Mission, Summit City, Walton and Williamsburg and a complete classified business directory, and buyers' guide FamilySearch Library

Traverse City, MI 1902-1935 City Directories Allen County Public Library

Traverse City, MI 1937, 1940, 1942, 1945, 1948, 1950, 1952, 1954, 1956, 1958-1959 City Directories Allen County Public Library

Traverse City, Michigan, City Directory, 1901 (in U.S. City Directories collection) Ancestry online

Traverse City, Michigan, City Directory, 1904 (in U.S. City Directories collection) Ancestry online

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

Traverse City, Michigan, City Directory, 1907 (in U.S. City Directories collection) Ancestry online

Traverse City, Michigan, City Directory, 1909 (in U.S. City Directories collection) Ancestry online

Traverse City, Michigan, City Directory, 1911 (in U.S. City Directories collection) Ancestry online

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

Traverse City, Michigan, City Directory, 1915 (in U.S. City Directories collection) Ancestry online

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

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

Traverse City, Michigan, City Directory, 1924 (in U.S. City Directories collection) Ancestry online

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

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

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

Traverse City Death Records

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1867-1952 Michigan Death Records Ancestry online

1897-1920 Michigan Death Records Ancestry online

Death records 1867-1916; death index 1867-1960 FamilySearch Library

Grand Traverse County Death Record Search 1867-present (Grand Traverse County Clerk) Grand Traverse County online

Grand Traverse County, Michigan, Death Index, 1867-2011 Ancestry online

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

Oakwood Catholic Diocesan Cemetery death records, Traverse City, Michigan, 1861-July 2005 FamilySearch Library

Oakwood Cemetery death records, Traverse City, Michigan, 1861-July 2005 FamilySearch Library

Obituaries from the Traverse City area, ca. 1900-July 2005 FamilySearch Library

Obituaries from the Traverse City record-eagle, ca. 1900-1992 FamilySearch Library

Traverse City Histories and Genealogies

A History of the Grand Traverse Region Ancestry online

Early Traverse City, Michigan, little Bohemia FamilySearch Library

Researching genealogy in Traverse City, Michigan at Northwestern Michigan College FamilySearch Library

The Traverse region, historical and descriptive, with illustrations of scenery and portraits and biographical sketches of some of its prominent men and pioneers 1884 Google Books online

The last Bohemian FamilySearch Library

Traverse City Immigration Records

Index to the Grand Traverse County Naturalization Files Michigan History Center online

Michigan, Federal Naturalization Records, 1887-1931 Ancestry online

Naturalization records, 1853-1981 FamilySearch Library

Traverse City Land Records

Record of deeds, 1853-1909 ; index 1853-1901 FamilySearch Library

Traverse City Map Records

Sanborn Fire Insurance Map from Traverse City, Grand Traverse County, Michigan, April 1904 Library of Congress online

Sanborn Fire Insurance Map from Traverse City, Grand Traverse County, Michigan, August 1893 Library of Congress online

Sanborn Fire Insurance Map from Traverse City, Grand Traverse County, Michigan, January 1899 Library of Congress online

Sanborn Fire Insurance Map from Traverse City, Grand Traverse County, Michigan, July 1884 Library of Congress online

Sanborn Fire Insurance Map from Traverse City, Grand Traverse County, Michigan, November 1910 Library of Congress online

Sanborn Fire Insurance Map from Traverse City, Grand Traverse County, Michigan, November 1920 Library of Congress online

Sanborn Fire Insurance Map from Traverse City, Grand Traverse County, Michigan, October 1890 Library of Congress online

Traverse City Marriage Records

1853-2003 Grand Traverse County, Michigan, Marriage Index Ancestry online

1853-2012 Grand Traverse County, Michigan, Marriage Index Ancestry online

1867-1952 Michigan Marriage Records Ancestry online

Grand Traverse County, Michigan, Marriage Index, 1853-2003 Ancestry online

Michigan County Marriages, 1822-1940 Ancestry online

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

Traverse City Minority Records

The last Bohemian FamilySearch Library

Traverse City Newspapers and Obituaries

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Grand Traverse Herald 02/19/2008 to 08/08/2014 Genealogy Bank online

Grand Traverse Herald and Traverse Bay Eagleᅠ(1908-1913) Newspaper Archive online

Grand Traverse Herald, the 1858-61 and 1867-75 (Traverse City, Michigan) Ancestry online

Grand Traverse Heraldᅠ(1858-1913) Newspaper Archive online

Grand Traverse Pressᅠ(1918-1918) Newspaper Archive online

Herald Correspondence: Local News Columns from 1889 from the Grand Traverse Herald : Covering Grand Traverse, Leelanau, Eastern Benzie, Western Kalkaska, Western Antrim, and Northern Wexford Counties, Michigan FamilySearch Library

Obituaries from the Traverse City area, ca. 1900-July 2005 FamilySearch Library

Obituaries from the Traverse City record-eagle, ca. 1900-1992 FamilySearch Library

Traverse Bay Eagleᅠ(1898-1898) Newspaper Archive online

Traverse City Bay Eagleᅠ(1898-1901) Newspaper Archive online

Traverse City Evening Recordᅠ(1897-1910) Newspaper Archive online

Traverse City Morning Recordᅠ(1897-1901) Newspaper Archive online

Traverse City North Coast, 2011-2022 Newspaper Archive online

Traverse City Pressᅠ(1917-1918) Newspaper Archive online

Traverse City Record Eagle 1917-77 (Traverse City, Michigan) Ancestry online

Traverse City Record Eagle, 1897-2022 Newspaper Archive online

Traverse City Record-Eagle 10/18/2009 to Current Genealogy Bank online

Traverse City Record-Eagle 1897-1977 Newspapers.com online

Offline Newspapers for Traverse 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.

Daily Eagle. (Traverse City, Mich.) 1893-1910

Evening Record. (Traverse City, Mich.) 1901-1910

Grand Traverse Herald and Traverse Bay Eagle. (Traverse City, Mich.) 1910-1913

Grand Traverse Herald. (Traverse City, Mich.) 1858-1910

Morning Record. (Traverse City, Mich.) 1897-1901

Record-Eagle. (Traverse City, Mich.) 1910-1910s

Traverse Bay Eagle. (Traverse City, Mich.) 1864-1910

Traverse City Press. (Traverse City, Mich.) 1910s-1918

Traverse City Probate Records

1784-1980 Michigan Wills and Probate Records Ancestry online

Traverse City School Records

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Alma College yearbook, 1977 (included in US School Yearbooks) Ancestry online

Central High School yearbook, 1947, 1952, 1957, 1959 Classmates online

Central High School yearbook, 1947, 1952, 1957, 1959 (included in US School Yearbooks) Ancestry online

Central High School yearbook, 1947, 1952, 1957, 1959 (included in US Yearbooks collection) MyHeritage online

Northern Michigan College of Education yearbook, 1955 (included in US School Yearbooks) Ancestry online

Northwestern Michigan College - Campus Yearbook (Traverse City, MI), 1958 E Yearbook online

Northwestern Michigan College yearbook, 1954, 1958 (included in US School Yearbooks) Ancestry online

St Francis High School yearbook, 1953, 1954, 1956, 1961, 1962, 1965, 1966, 1967, 1968, 1970, 1972, 1973, 1974, 1975, 1978, 1979, 1980, 1981, 1982, 1983, 1984, 1986, 1987, 1989, 1996, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2010 (included in US School Yearbooks) Ancestry online

St. Francis High School yearbook, 1953, 1954, 1956, 1961, 1962, 1965, 1966, 1967, 1968, 1970, 1972, 1973, 1974, 1975, 1978, 1979 (included in US Yearbooks collection) MyHeritage online

St. Francis High School yearbook, 1953, 1954, 1956, 1961, 1962, 1965, 1966, 1967, 1968, 1970, 1972, 1973, 1974, 1975, 1978, 1979, 1980, 1981, 1982, 1983, 1984, 1986, 1987, 1989, 1990, 1991, 1992, 1993, 1994, 1995, 1996, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2010 Classmates online

St. Francis High School yearbook, 1954, 1955, 1956, 1976 (included in US Yearbooks collection) MyHeritage online

St. Francis High School yearbook, 1954, 1955, 1956, 1976, 1985, 1986 Classmates online

St. Francis High School yearbook, 1990, 1991, 1992, 1993, 1994, 1995, 1997, 1998, 1999 (included in US School Yearbooks) Ancestry online

Traverse City Christian High School yearbook, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2010 Classmates online

Traverse City Christian High School yearbook, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2010 (included in US School Yearbooks) Ancestry online

Traverse City High School - Pines Yearbook (Traverse City, MI), 1900, 1926, 1932, 1935, 1940, 1945, 1946, 1947, 1952, 1957, 1959, 1965, 1974, 1975, 1976, 1977, 1978, 1980, 1981, 1982, 1983, 1984, 1985, 1986 E Yearbook online

Traverse City High School yearbook, 1900, 1902, 1907, 1908, 1909, 1910, 1911, 1912, 1913, 1914, 1915, 1916, 1917, 1918, 1919, 1921, 1922, 1923, 1924, 1925, 1926, 1927, 1928, 1929, 1930, 1931, 1932, 1933, 1934, 1935, 1936, 1937, 1938, 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

Traverse City High School yearbook, 1900, 1902, 1907, 1908, 1909, 1910, 1911, 1912, 1913, 1914, 1915, 1916, 1917, 1918, 1919, 1921, 1922, 1923, 1924, 1925, 1926, 1927, 1928, 1929, 1930, 1931, 1932, 1933, 1934, 1935, 1936, 1937, 1938, 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, 1989, 1990, 1991, 1992, 1993, 1994, 1995, 1996, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011 Classmates online

Traverse City High School yearbook, 1963, 1965, 1966, 1967, 1969, 1990, 1991, 1992, 1993, 1994, 1995, 1996, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011 (included in US School Yearbooks) Ancestry online

Traverse City Senior High School yearbooks, 1900, 1902, 1907, 1908, 1909, 1910, 1911, 1912, 1913, 1914, 1915, 1916, 1917, 1918, 1919, 1921, 1922, 1923, 1924, 1925, 1926, 1927, 1928, 1929, 1930, 1931, 1932, 1933, 1934, 1935, 1936, 1937, 1938, 1940, 1941, 1942, 1943, 1944, 1945, 1946, 1947, 1948, 1949, 1950, 1951, 1952, 1953, 1954, 1955, 1956, 1957, 1958, 1959, 1960, 1961, 1962, 1964, 1965, 1968, 1970, 1971, 1972, 1973, 1974, 1975, 1976, 1977, 1978, 1979, 1980, 1981, 1982, 1983, 1984, 1985, 1986, 1987, 1988, 1989 (included in US School Yearbooks) Ancestry online

Traverse City West Junior High School yearbook, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010 Classmates online

Traverse City West Junior High School yearbook, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010 (included in US School Yearbooks) Ancestry online

Traverse City Tax Records

Tax assessment roll, 1854-1862 FamilySearch Library



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