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Michigan Land and Property

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	*Ainsworth, Fern ''Private land claims, Illinois, Indiana, Michigan and Wisconsin'' [Natchitoches, Louisiana : F. Ainsworth, 198-?]. This book contains a private land claims docket index for the states of Illinois, Indiana, Michigan and Wisconsin. {{FHL\|538634\|item\|disp=FHL fiche 6100813 (2 fiche); book 977 R2a.}}		*Ainsworth, Fern ''Private land claims, Illinois, Indiana, Michigan and Wisconsin'' [Natchitoches, Louisiana : F. Ainsworth, 198-?]. This book contains a private land claims docket index for the states of Illinois, Indiana, Michigan and Wisconsin. {{FHL\|538634\|item\|disp=FHL fiche 6100813 (2 fiche); book 977 R2a.}}
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		+	===== Placenames - Michigan & Great Lakes Area<br> =====
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		+	*See COUNTY EVOLUTION IN MICHIGAN, 1790-1897 by Richard W. Welch for the development of the counties in the state. This will help you to determine place of residence of your ancestors and under whose civil jurisdiction they resided. It is also useful for when you start to read the census records.
		+	*Check your local library for the various county atlases they may have that have been published for Michigan. Other important sources are:
		+	*ATLAS OF GREAT LAKES INDIAN HISTORY by H. Tanner.
		+	*ATLAS OF MICHIGAN by Earl J. Senninger
		+	*ATLAS OF MICHIGAN by Tackaberry.
		+	*ATLAS OF THE STATE OF MICHIGAN by H.F. Walling.
		+	*BIBLIOGRAPHY OF THE PRINTED MAPS OF MICHIGAN, 1840-1880 by Louis C. Karpinski
		+	*A DICTIONARY OF MICHIGAN PLACE NAMES, by Theodore G. Foster.
		+	*A DRIVE DOWN MEMORY LANE, by LeRoy Barnett
		+	*EARLY MICHIGAN SETTLEMENTS by W.W. Florer.
		+	*FORGOTTEN COMMUNITIES OF CENTRAL MICHIGAN by Ford S. Cesar
		+	*GHOST TOWNS OF MICHIGAN, BY Larry Wakefield, 3 vls.
		+	*INDIAN NAMES & HISTORY OF SAULT STE. MARIE CANAL, by Dwight H. Kelton (google books)
		+	*INDIAN PLACE NAMES NEAR THE GREAT LAKES, by Dwight H. Kelton (google book)
		+	*LAKE SUPERIOR PLACE NAMES: FROM BAWATING TO THE MONTREAL, by Bernard C. Peters
		+	*LOST & FOUND. GHOST TOWNS OF THE SAUGATUCK AREA, by the Saugatuck-Douglas Historical Soc., 2000.
		+	*MANUSCRIPT MAPS OF THE COUNTIES OF MICHIGAN, 1818-1841, 30 volS. by Bela Hubbard.
		+	*MICHIGAN ATLASES & PLAT BOOKS: A CHECKLIST 1872-1973, comp. by Wm. Miles.
		+	*MICHIGAN GHOST TOWNS, by Dodge, 3 vols.
		+	*MICHIGAN INDIAN PLACE NAMES, by Vogel
		+	*MICHIGAN INDIAN PLACE NAMES, THE LITTLE TRAVERSE BAY REGION, by Eileen Concannon Shimizu.
		+	*MICHIGAN PLACE NAMES by Walter Romig.
		+	*MICHIGAN PLACE NAMES, collected by Frances Wood
		+	*MICHIGAN SHADOW TOWNS: A STUDY OF VANISHING AND VIBRANT VILLAGES, by Gene Scott
		+	*“Obsolete Michigan Counties” in MICHIGAN HERITAGE, ed. By Dr. Ethel W. Williams, v.5 #4, Summer, 1964, p. 156.
		+	*OFFICIAL RAILROAD MAP, SHOWING STEAM AND ELECTRIC LINES OF THE STATE OF MICHIGAN, compiled by the authority and under the supervision of the Michigan Railroad Commission,
		+	*PLACE NAMES AND GHOST TOWNS OF BAY COUNTY, by Odeal LeVasseur Sharp.
		+	*PLACE NAMES OF ISLE ROYLE, by Smitty Parratt & Doug Welker
		+	*THERE WAS A PLACE CALLED WHAT??? IN LENAWEE COUNTY, MICHIGAN: BASED ON THE WORK OF WALTER ROMIG, by Carol A. Bowen Stevens
		+	*TOWNSHIP ATLAS OF THE UNITED STATES comp. by John L. Andriot.
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		+	*Other interesting data is the "The Rural Property Inventory" by LeRoy Barnett, a description of which appears in "Michigan's Habitant Heritage" the journal of the French-Canadian Heritage Society of Michigan, v.3 #3 p.43 (1982).
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		+	<br>Other books of interest are:
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		+	*CITY DIRECTORIES OF THE UNITED STATES, 1860-1901, by Research Publications.
		+	*THE LAND RECORDS OF AMERICA & THEIR GENEALOGICAL VALUE, by E.K. Kirkham.
		+	*USING MAPS AND AERIAL PHOTOGRAPHY, revised, by M. Lind.
		+	*THE MAP CATALOG, revised, by Joel Makower.
		+	*MAPS, ATLASES AND GAZETTEERS, by John W. Heisey.
		+	*SEARCHING AMERICAN LAND & DEED RECORDS, by Fran Carter.
		+	*SIXTY MILLION ACRES: AMERICAN VETERANS AND PUBLIC LANDS BEFORE THE CIVIL WAR, by James W. Oberly
		+	*SURVEYS, DEEDS AND TITLE SEARCHES, A MANUAL FOR THE LAYMAN, 4th revised by Charles E. Lawson
		+	*TOWNSHIPS & THE LEGAL DESCRIPTIONS OF LAND, by Charles Butler Barr.
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	=== Government Land Transfers ===		=== Government Land Transfers ===

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	*[http://ftp2.census.gov/geo/maps/general_ref/us_base/stco2003/stco2003.pdf United States Census Bureau State and County Map].  This map will allow you to zoom in on any State or County in the United States and read the names of all of the neighboring Counties. This makes it easy to see close by locations where other relatives might have lived. This map shows current Counties, consult the individual State Maps section to find out about historical maps. You can even type in a county name in the search box to locate the county on the map.		*[http://ftp2.census.gov/geo/maps/general_ref/us_base/stco2003/stco2003.pdf United States Census Bureau State and County Map].  This map will allow you to zoom in on any State or County in the United States and read the names of all of the neighboring Counties. This makes it easy to see close by locations where other relatives might have lived. This map shows current Counties, consult the individual State Maps section to find out about historical maps. You can even type in a county name in the search box to locate the county on the map.
	*[http://www.google.com/books?id=1ooBAAAAMAAJ&pg A complete descriptive and statistical gazetteer of the United States of America ...: with an abstract of the census and statistics for 1840] (Compiled by Daniel Haskel, John Calvin Smith pub 1843)		*[http://www.google.com/books?id=1ooBAAAAMAAJ&pg A complete descriptive and statistical gazetteer of the United States of America ...: with an abstract of the census and statistics for 1840] (Compiled by Daniel Haskel, John Calvin Smith pub 1843)
−	*[http://net.lib.byu.edu/fslab/researchoutlines/US/US.pdf BYU United States Research Outline] largely duplicates these Wiki pages. Includes some bibliographic lists from BYU Library, 2001.<br>	+	*[http://net.lib.byu.edu/fslab/researchoutlines/US/US.pdf BYU United States Research Outline] largely duplicates these Wiki pages. Includes some bibliographic lists from BYU Library, 2001.<br>
		+	*[http://www.digitalstatearchives.com/ Online State Archives] are an often-overlooked resource that can include very useful family history information such as state census and voter rolls, military pensions, slave records, court cases, and much more.

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