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Seeking Michigan Death Records? / K. Rzepczynski 1
Seeking Michigan Death Records?
A New Digitization Project
Kris RzepczynskiLibrary of Michigan
4 April 2009Library of Michigan Genealogy Seminar
What to Expect from Today
• Accessing the death records – Before & after
• Project overview & current status• Searching• Seeking Michigan web site
– Seek– Discover– Look
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Michigan Deaths, 1897-1920
• 302 rolls of microfilm • Nearly 1,000,000 records• Indexes for 1897-1914
– No index for 1915-1920
Michigan Deaths, 1897-1920
• Name• Date of death• Marital status• Age• Place of death• Cause of death• Occupation• Father’s name• Mother’s name
• Age at first marriage• Parent of how many
children• How many still living• Birthplace• Place and date of
burial• Informant• Undertaker
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1900 Michigan Death Index
• Book and page number?
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Project Overview
• Abrams Foundation• The Generations Network (Ancestry)
– Scanning and indexing– Library retains publishing rights
• CONTENTdm• Ongoing deaths…• FREE!
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Searching
• County• City / Village / Twp. • Last Name• First Name• Age• Birth Year
• Death Year• Death Month• Death Day• Father’s Last Name• Father’s First Name
Seeking Michigan
• Online community of historical collections– Library of Michigan– Archives of Michigan
• http://seekingmichigan.org• http://michigan.gov/familyhistory
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Seeking Michigan
• Michigan Death Records, 1897-1920• WPA Property Inventories• Civil War Service Records• Michigan Polish Americans• ….
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Fields specific to death records collection are at bottom of drop-down menu
Search up to 4 different fields at once – any combination
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Indexed data at bottom of Item Viewer page
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Look! Most up-to-date information about available years and counties
Look!Comments and questions from users and staff
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Final Thoughts
• “Michigan, My Michigan”• FamilySearch Labs & Seeking Michigan
– 1867-1920 all online– Free
• Look at Look• Future collections?• Stay tuned!
Questions?
Library of Michigan702 W. KalamazooLansing, MI 48909
(517) [email protected]
http://michigan.gov/familyhistory