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Jun 21
Survey of interest in Free Family Tree Maker Webinar
Jun 13
Next Season
The Board has met and scheduled meetings or the next year. Derek Blount, our VP and Program Chair, is busy confirming next year’s topics and dates. We are planning for hybrid meeting so those who choose canl be in person at the church. Testing on that is ongoing. We will be posting them as soon as available. Stay tuned!
Apr 01
Helpful Sources for African-American Genealogy
Searches for African American ancestors on most of the well-known genealogy platforms such as Ancestry.com and MyHeritage.com often lead to dead ends, particularly for those who lived only in what became the Confederate States of America. However, there are records from the Freedman’s Bureau, AfriGeneas.com and even Canadian records that can be extremely helpful. Speaker: Gary Wilkes.
Register in advance for this meeting:
https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZEsdOmtrjMtG9UJxBHHu_7maLqOabwaCz25
Feb 20
Finding Your Detroit and Wayne County Ancestors
When: Mar 1, 2022 07:00 PM Eastern Time (US and Canada)
Jan 27
Register for for February 1 Meeting
And There I Take My Stand: Women’s Suffrage in Michigan
Presented by Katherine Willson.
A celebration of the 100th anniversary of women’s suffrage with an overview of historical contributions from Michigan’s passionate and determined citizens.
Please register for the meeting at this link.
Jan 21
New Index in Member’s Area
A new index of articles published in Acorns to Oaks has been added to the member’s area. The index can be searched by “location” or key word. If you are searching for articles pertaining to a certain location use that location as a search term. Most locations are in Oakland County, but there are articles from Detroit and other counties also. You may also search by a key word, perhaps “death” without quotes. That will result in all articles with the word death in the title. Members may access the new index here.
Nov 08
2021 OCGS Survey
Please take a few minutes to help your board by answering our survey which is at this link.
Oct 30
Ethnic & Religious Group Migrations to Michigan
Our webinar will examine the sources that exist about the various ethnic groups that came to Michigan, mainly focusing on the Allen County Public Library’s collection. We will look briefly at the histories of these groups and examine books, and occasionally, websites, that will allow one to do further research on these groups.
This is our joint Zoom meeting program with the Detroit Society for Genealogical Research (DSGR). John Beatty from The Genealogy Center, Allen County Public Library in Fort Wayne, Indiana will be the speaker. The webinar begins at 11 a.m.
You must register in advance to attend this meeting using this link:
https://us02web.zoom.us/webinar/register/7416344659297/WN_RaIAFpsURXGlJX-CQSdVPQ
After registering, you will receive a confirmation email containing information about joining the webinar.
This meeting will not be recorded. We hope you will join us on November 6!
John D. Beatty, CG, has been a reference librarian in The Genealogy Center since 1984 and also serves as its principal bibliographer. He received a Bachelor of Arts degree with high honors in History from the University of Michigan in 1982, and a Master of Arts degree in History and Library Science with honors from that university in 1984. He became a Board-certified genealogist in 2014.
He is the author of sixteen books on local and family history, including works on German and early American families, abstracts of town vital records from Biddeford, Maine, and annotated narratives from the Irish Rebellion of 1798, as well as numerous articles on a variety of genealogical and local historical topics. In 2006, he served as principal editor for volume one of a two-volume History of Fort Wayne and Allen County, Indiana, 1700-2005, the first history of Allen County produced since 1917.
Because of a diversified family background, he has genealogical expertise in a variety of areas. He has conducted original research on families from colonial New England, Pennsylvania, Maryland, Virginia, the Carolinas, and Kentucky, as well as on seventeenth and eighteenth century families from Ireland, Germany and Switzerland. He serves as archivist for the Episcopal Diocese of Northern Indiana, and his interests also include local Fort Wayne and Allen County history.
Oct 28
Email Issues
Sep 03
Newspaper Archive Labor Day Special
Note: this refers to a paid site. OCGS does not specifically recommend this site, but is sharing information about the databases it contains.
Newspaper Archive has a Labor day special through September 7, 2021 A year’s access to the site is $109.90 and a 6 month subscription is $59.95.
The content available for Michigan is listed here to help you decide if this offer is right for you. There are other nationwide newspapers available, you can review available content at:https://newspaperarchive.com
Newspaper | City | State | Country | Years | Issues | Updated |
Adrian Daily Telegram | Adrian | MI | US | 1901-1976 | 1691 | 2/8/2011 |
The Alma Record | Alma | MI | US | 1885-1922 | 1793 | 6/9/2020 |
Alpena Weekly Argus | Alpena | MI | US | 1871-1893 | 1111 | 6/9/2020 |
Alpena Argus | Alpena | MI | US | 1893-1894 | 103 | 3/19/2020 |
Alpena Evening News | Alpena | MI | US | 1901-1910 | 7 | 1/8/2018 |
Alpena Labor Journal | Alpena | MI | US | 1887-1890 | 3 | 1/4/2018 |
Alpena Michigan Labor Journal | Alpena | MI | US | 1884-1884 | 1 | 12/19/2017 |
The Lake County Star | Baldwin | MI | US | 1873-1889 | 689 | 6/10/2020 |
Belding Banner | Belding | MI | US | 1895-1922 | 1229 | 6/9/2020 |
Benton Harbor News Palladium | Benton Harbor | MI | US | 1904-1975 | 14800 | 10/13/2018 |
Benton Harbor Evening News | Benton Harbor | MI | US | 1896-1972 | 1104 | 7/30/2018 |
Benton Harbor Daily Palladium | Benton Harbor | MI | US | 1896-1973 | 1387 | 7/28/2018 |
Benton Harbor Herald Palladium | Benton Harbor | MI | US | 1975-1977 | 898 | 7/27/2018 |
Benton Harbor Weekly Palladium | Benton Harbor | MI | US | 1889-1901 | 412 | 10/27/2014 |
News Palladium | Benton Harbor | MI | US | 1967-1967 | 1 | 10/5/2012 |
Bessemer Herald | Bessemer | MI | US | 1894-1970 | 2928 | 4/24/2015 |
Bessemer Pick and Axe | Bessemer | MI | US | 1974-1977 | 174 | 4/24/2015 |
Bessemer Gogebic Explorer | Bessemer | MI | US | 1885-1969 | 85 | 4/24/2015 |
Gogebic Iron Spirit | Bessemer | MI | US | 1890-1892 | 51 | 1/28/2015 |
Gogebic Explorer | Bessemer | MI | US | 1885-1885 | 15 | 10/19/2009 |
The Copper Country Evening News | Calumet | MI | US | 1896-1898 | 742 | 6/9/2020 |
The Calumet News | Calumet | MI | US | 1912-1914 | 822 | 3/19/2020 |
The Northern Tribune | Cheboygan | MI | US | 1875-1885 | 485 | 2/5/2021 |
Cheboygan Democrat | Cheboygan | MI | US | 1882-1927 | 388 | 1/30/2018 |
Clare Sentinel | Clare | MI | US | 1894-1977 | 2994 | 3/23/2018 |
Clare Courier | Clare | MI | US | 1896-1922 | 81 | 1/30/2018 |
Clare Rotary Chronicle | Clare | MI | US | 1955-1975 | 9 | 1/29/2018 |
Clare Sentinel and the Democrat | Clare | MI | US | 1896-1896 | 2 | 1/9/2018 |
Clare Press | Clare | MI | US | 1887-1887 | 2 | 1/9/2018 |
Clare Democrat and Press | Clare | MI | US | 1891-1892 | 2 | 1/8/2018 |
Clare Democrat | Clare | MI | US | 1887-1889 | 2 | 1/8/2018 |
Clare County Press | Clare | MI | US | 1881-1886 | 2 | 1/4/2018 |
The Clio Messenger | Clio | MI | US | 1907-1922 | 522 | 3/19/2020 |
Constantine Republican | Constantine | MI | US | 1836-1838 | 107 | 3/19/2020 |
Covert Weekly Review | Covert | MI | US | 1901-1901 | 7 | 6/5/2018 |
The Diamond Drill | Crystal Falls | MI | US | 1887-1922 | 2158 | 7/14/2020 |
Dearborn Independent | Dearborn | MI | US | 1919-1921 | 104 | 3/17/2020 |
Detroit Times | Detroit | MI | US | 1908-1917 | 2965 | 3/4/2021 |
Detroit Tribune | Detroit | MI | US | 1935-1966 | 1555 | 7/14/2020 |
The Tribune Independent Of Michigan | Detroit | MI | US | 1933-1935 | 79 | 7/14/2020 |
Detroit Detroiter Abend Post | Detroit | MI | US | 1914-1918 | 1605 | 6/9/2020 |
Romanul American | Detroit | MI | US | 1942-1963 | 873 | 6/9/2020 |
Ad Daleel | Detroit | MI | US | 1943-1951 | 189 | 6/9/2020 |
Detroit American Catholic Tribune | Detroit | MI | US | 1887-1894 | 285 | 5/10/2020 |
The Cass County Republican | Dowagiac | MI | US | 1858-1880 | 312 | 6/9/2020 |
Charlevoix County Herald | East Jordan | MI | US | 1904-1921 | 872 | 3/19/2020 |
Escanaba Daily Press UPDATED | Escanaba | MI | US | 1910-2021 | 25720 | 9/2/2021 |
Escanaba Morning Press | Escanaba | MI | US | 1909-1921 | 528 | 7/31/2018 |
Daily Press | Escanaba | MI | US | 1963-1981 | 74 | 10/1/2015 |
Escanaba Upper Peninsula Sunday Times | Escanaba | MI | US | 1978-1979 | 11 | 7/1/2015 |
Farwell News | Farwell | MI | US | 1953-1971 | 446 | 2/27/2018 |
Grand River Times | Grand Haven | MI | US | 1851-1857 | 311 | 9/11/2020 |
The Grand Haven News | Grand Haven | MI | US | 1858-1866 | 318 | 6/9/2020 |
Grand Rapids Herald UPDATED | Grand Rapids | MI | US | 1892-1902 | 3260 | 6/10/2021 |
Grand Rapids Telegram Herald | Grand Rapids | MI | US | 1886-1892 | 1952 | 2/11/2021 |
Grand Rapids Morning Telegram | Grand Rapids | MI | US | 1884-1885 | 240 | 6/9/2020 |
De Sheboygan Nieuwsbode | Grand Rapids | MI | US | 1849-1861 | 558 | 5/2/2020 |
Crawford Avalanche | Grayling | MI | US | 1879-1900 | 918 | 6/9/2020 |
Harrison Clare County Cleaver | Harrison | MI | US | 1891-1976 | 595 | 2/27/2018 |
Hillsdale Standard | Hillsdale | MI | US | 1851-1899 | 2461 | 6/10/2020 |
Hillsdale Daily News | Hillsdale | MI | US | 1963-1990 | 8378 | 11/8/2016 |
Hillsdale Whig Standard | Hillsdale | MI | US | 1846-1988 | 174 | 4/29/2016 |
Hillsdale Daily Standard | Hillsdale | MI | US | 1876-1893 | 33 | 3/7/2016 |
Holland Sentinel UPDATED | Holland | MI | US | 1977-2021 | 967 | 9/2/2021 |
Holland Evening Sentinel | Holland | MI | US | 1948-1977 | 8328 | 5/12/2021 |
De Grondwet | Holland | MI | US | 1853-1938 | 4017 | 6/10/2020 |
Holland City News | Holland | MI | US | 1960-1977 | 921 | 10/27/2014 |
Daily Globe UPDATED | Ironwood | MI | US | 1919-2014 | 21808 | 8/26/2021 |
Ironwood Times UPDATED | Ironwood | MI | US | 1888-1946 | 2629 | 8/11/2021 |
Ironwood Daily Globe UPDATED | Ironwood | MI | US | 1925-2014 | 17369 | 8/9/2021 |
Ironwood Auttaja | Ironwood | MI | US | 1906-1963 | 2531 | 5/25/2020 |
Ironwood Daily Advocate | Ironwood | MI | US | 1891-2001 | 30 | 5/1/2016 |
Midweek Daily Globe | Ironwood | MI | US | 2001-2001 | 2 | 3/9/2016 |
Ironwood Interstate News Record | Ironwood | MI | US | 1891-1891 | 2 | 4/24/2015 |
Ironwood News Record | Ironwood | MI | US | 1892-1921 | 1369 | 2/12/2015 |
Interstate News Record | Ironwood | MI | US | 1890-1891 | 50 | 1/28/2015 |
Ironwood Gogebic Advocate | Ironwood | MI | US | 1890-1892 | 53 | 5/12/2010 |
Daily Advocate | Ironwood | MI | US | 1891-1892 | 42 | 5/12/2010 |
Gogebic Advocate | Ironwood | MI | US | 1890-1892 | 57 | 12/15/2009 |
American Citizen | Ironwood | MI | US | 1893-1893 | 8 | 10/19/2009 |
Ironwood Advocate | Ironwood | MI | US | 1891-1892 | 73 | 10/19/2009 |
Lake Superior Citizen | Ironwood | MI | US | 1894-1894 | 31 | 10/19/2009 |
Gogebic Iron Spirit | Ironwood | MI | US | 1890-1892 | 16 | 10/19/2009 |
Inter State News Record | Ironwood | MI | US | 1890-1890 | 1 | 1/13/2009 |
Ironwood Inter State News | Ironwood | MI | US | 1890-1890 | 1 | 1/13/2009 |
Ironwood Lake Superior Citizen | Ironwood | MI | US | 1894-1894 | 17 | 9/26/2008 |
Ironwood Advocate | Ironwood | MI | US | 1891-1892 | 8 | 9/26/2008 |
Ironwood American Citizen | Ironwood | MI | US | 1893-1893 | 8 | 9/26/2008 |
Iron County Miner | Ironwood | MI | US | 1985-1985 | 1 | 9/17/2008 |
Kalamazoo College Index | Kalamazoo | MI | US | 1878-1977 | 70 | 5/8/2020 |
Kalamazoo Focus | Kalamazoo | MI | US | 1965-1968 | 38 | 1/30/2018 |
Kalamazoo Focus News | Kalamazoo | MI | US | 1968-1977 | 164 | 1/30/2018 |
L Anse Sentinel | L Anse | MI | US | 1901-1954 | 1608 | 4/10/2019 |
The Lanse Sentinel | L’ Anse | MI | US | 1890-1924 | 1716 | 7/14/2020 |
The Lansing State Republican | Lansing | MI | US | 1859-1866 | 395 | 6/10/2020 |
Lansing Sol de Aztlan | Lansing | MI | US | 1970-1971 | 9 | 1/30/2018 |
Lansing Westside News | Lansing | MI | US | 1969-1971 | 16 | 1/30/2018 |
Lansing Inner City Times | Lansing | MI | US | 1968-1969 | 15 | 1/30/2018 |
Lansing Post | Lansing | MI | US | 1963-1964 | 12 | 1/28/2018 |
Lansing New World | Lansing | MI | US | 1973-1973 | 1 | 1/27/2018 |
Lansing Times | Lansing | MI | US | 1975-1975 | 1 | 1/25/2018 |
Ludington Daily News | Ludington | MI | US | 1913-1977 | 15544 | 2/28/2011 |
Marquette Upper Peninsula Catholic | Marquette | MI | US | 1974-1976 | 151 | 12/18/2014 |
Marshall Advisor and Chronicle UPDATED | Marshall | MI | US | 2009-2020 | 618 | 8/11/2021 |
Marshall Chronicle | Marshall | MI | US | 1939-2009 | 5018 | 9/12/2018 |
Marshall Community Ad-Visor | Marshall | MI | US | 2003-2009 | 254 | 9/12/2018 |
Marshall Review | Marshall | MI | US | 2001-2003 | 55 | 9/12/2018 |
Marshall Evening Chronicle | Marshall | MI | US | 1928-1998 | 17152 | 8/18/2017 |
Marshall Daily Chronicle | Marshall | MI | US | 1879-1990 | 6818 | 2/4/2013 |
Marshall Expounder | Marshall | MI | US | 1885-1960 | 578 | 2/4/2013 |
Weekend Marshall Chronicle | Marshall | MI | US | 1991-1995 | 41 | 2/4/2013 |
Marshall Historian | Marshall | MI | US | 1986-1986 | 1 | 12/18/2012 |
Daily Chronicle | Marshall | MI | US | 1891-1988 | 173 | 12/18/2012 |
Evening Chronicle | Marshall | MI | US | 1912-1998 | 4430 | 12/18/2012 |
Democratic Expounder | Marshall | MI | US | 1851-1895 | 1111 | 5/16/2009 |
Marshall Evening Statesman | Marshall | MI | US | 1887-1914 | 602 | 3/31/2008 |
Daily News | Marshall | MI | US | 1903-1930 | 2304 | 3/31/2008 |
Evening Statesman | Marshall | MI | US | 1887-1887 | 9 | 3/31/2008 |
Semi Weekly Marshall Expounder | Marshall | MI | US | 1886-1886 | 8 | 3/31/2008 |
Marshall Western Statesman | Marshall | MI | US | 1839-1843 | 206 | 3/31/2008 |
Marshall Statesman | Marshall | MI | US | 1843-1914 | 3155 | 3/31/2008 |
Daily Statesman | Marshall | MI | US | 1881-1881 | 4 | 3/31/2008 |
Calhoun County Patriot | Marshall | MI | US | 1838-1840 | 85 | 3/31/2008 |
Marshall Democratic Expounder and Calhoun Patriot | Marshall | MI | US | 1841-1875 | 448 | 3/31/2008 |
Semi Weekly Statesman | Marshall | MI | US | 1887-1887 | 34 | 3/31/2008 |
Weekly Statesman | Marshall | MI | US | 1887-1887 | 11 | 3/31/2008 |
Marshall Daily News | Marshall | MI | US | 1899-1903 | 715 | 3/28/2008 |
Marshall News | Marshall | MI | US | 1898-1912 | 615 | 3/25/2008 |
Marshall News Statesman | Marshall | MI | US | 1914-1919 | 1010 | 7/28/2007 |
Milford Times | Milford | MI | US | 1882-1913 | 10 | 1/30/2018 |
Monitor Leader | Mount Clemens | MI | US | 1942-1945 | 713 | 4/14/2021 |
Mount Pleasant Daily Times | Mount Pleasant | MI | US | 1927-1931 | 1033 | 1/30/2018 |
Mount Pleasant Isabella County Enterprise | Mount Pleasant | MI | US | 1882-1926 | 311 | 1/30/2018 |
Mount Pleasant Times and Isabella County Enterprise | Mount Pleasant | MI | US | 1926-1927 | 62 | 1/30/2018 |
Mount Pleasant Times | Mount Pleasant | MI | US | 1926-1926 | 13 | 1/29/2018 |
Owosso times | Owosso | MI | US | 1881-1922 | 1973 | 9/11/2020 |
The True Northerner | Paw Paw | MI | US | 1858-1919 | 2283 | 7/14/2020 |
Pinckney Dispatch | Pinckney | MI | US | 1848-1965 | 3221 | 5/31/2019 |
The East Saginaw Courier | Saginaw | MI | US | 1859-1866 | 358 | 6/9/2020 |
Saint Clair times NEW | Saint Clair | MI | US | 2012-2013 | 16 | 9/2/2021 |
Saint Louis Leader | Saint Louis | MI | US | 1880-1911 | 5 | 1/30/2018 |
Saline Reporter | Saline | MI | US | 1958-1977 | 975 | 3/23/2018 |
Saline Observer | Saline | MI | US | 1882-1959 | 1892 | 3/23/2018 |
Saline Review | Saline | MI | US | 1874-1874 | 1 | 1/9/2018 |
Sault Ste Marie Evening News | Sault Ste Marie | MI | US | 1903-1974 | 7237 | 1/11/2011 |
Sault Ste Marie Democrat | Sault Ste Marie | MI | US | 1887-1887 | 34 | 5/16/2009 |
Shepherd Argus | Shepherd | MI | US | 1960-1966 | 278 | 3/23/2018 |
Sherman Wexford County Pioneer | Sherman | MI | US | 1879-1879 | 1 | 1/6/2018 |
South Haven Daily Tribune UPDATED | South Haven | MI | US | 1899-2017 | 22729 | 8/11/2021 |
South Haven Tribune Messenger | South Haven | MI | US | 1845-1917 | 707 | 9/14/2018 |
South Haven Sentinel | South Haven | MI | US | 1807-1904 | 1494 | 9/14/2018 |
South Haven Morning Sentinel | South Haven | MI | US | 1901-1903 | 664 | 9/14/2018 |
South Haven Tribune | South Haven | MI | US | 1899-1899 | 3 | 6/5/2018 |
South Haven Messenger | South Haven | MI | US | 1845-1900 | 828 | 6/5/2018 |
South Haven Weekly Tribune | South Haven | MI | US | 1899-1902 | 175 | 6/5/2018 |
St Joseph Herald Press | St Joseph | MI | US | 1868-1974 | 6976 | 10/13/2018 |
Saint Joseph Weekly Press | St Joseph | MI | US | 1906-1909 | 169 | 1/13/2004 |
Traverse City Record Eagle UPDATED | Traverse City | MI | US | 1897-2021 | 16426 | 9/2/2021 |
Traverse City North Coast UPDATED | Traverse City | MI | US | 2011-2021 | 423 | 9/2/2021 |
Traverse City Evening Record | Traverse City | MI | US | 1897-1910 | 2074 | 11/21/2014 |
Traverse City Morning Record | Traverse City | MI | US | 1897-1901 | 802 | 10/11/2014 |
Traverse City Bay Eagle | Traverse City | MI | US | 1898-1901 | 87 | 8/23/2014 |
Traverse Bay Eagle | Traverse City | MI | US | 1898-1898 | 14 | 7/15/2014 |
Grand Traverse Herald | Traverse City | MI | US | 1858-1913 | 974 | 1/26/2011 |
Grand Traverse Herald and Traverse Bay Eagle | Traverse City | MI | US | 1908-1913 | 155 | 1/18/2011 |
Grand Traverse Press | Traverse City | MI | US | 1918-1918 | 6 | 8/4/2010 |
Traverse City Press | Traverse City | MI | US | 1917-1918 | 18 | 11/6/2007 |
Traverse City Honest Opinion | Traverse City | MI | US | 1919-1919 | 3 | 10/11/2007 |
Wakefield News | Wakefield | MI | US | 1924-1977 | 2703 | 7/2/2015 |
Wakefield Advocate | Wakefield | MI | US | 1902-1924 | 210 | 5/31/2015 |
Wakefield Bulletin | Wakefield | MI | US | 1887-1971 | 54 | 4/24/2015 |
Wakefield News Review | Wakefield | MI | US | 1924-1924 | 1 | 2/2/2015 |
Washtenaw Reporter | Washtenaw | MI | US | 1948-1958 | 393 | 1/30/2018 |
Weidman Dispatch | Weidman | MI | US | 1946-1947 | 52 | 8/19/2014 |
Weekly Expositor | Yale | MI | US | 1882-1894 | 632 | 7/14/2020 |
Yale Expositor | Yale | MI | US | 1894-1922 | 1472 | 7/14/2020 |
Ypsilanti Sentinel | Ypsilanti | MI | US | 1843-1848 | 144 | 7/14/2020 |