Bay County, Michigan:
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Projects

• Bay County History & Genealogy      (Source: Genealogy Trails History Group)
• Bay County Michigan      (Source: Legacy USGenWeb)
• Bay County MIGenWeb      (Source: USGenWeb)
• Bay County Records      (Source: Michigan Family History Network)

Adjacent counties

• Arenac County, MI  to the north
• Gladwin County, MI  to the northwest
• Midland County, MI  to the west
• Saginaw County, MI  to the south
• Tuscola County, MI  to the east

Biographies, Oral Histories, Diaries, Memoirs, Genealogies, Correspondence (12)

Cemeteries

• Bay County  Michigan Cemetery Transcription & Photo Project     (Source: The American History and Genealogy Project)
• Bay County Cemeteries      (Source: The Tombstone Transcription Project)
• Bay County Cemetery List      (Source: Find A Grave)
• Billion Graves for Bay County, Michigan      (Source: Billion Graves)
• Cemeteries of Bay County      (Source: Interment.net)
• Pine Grove Cemetery History  Williams Township
• Pine Ridge Cemetery, Bay City 
• The Political Graveyard      (Source: The Political Graveyard)

Census Records and Indexes (26)

Church Records

• Evangelical Lutheran Church in America, Swedish American Church Records, 1800-1946  includes Bay City     (Source: Explore Ancestry for free)     ($)
• U.S. Presbyterian Church Records, 1701-1970  includes Bay City and Munger, Michigan     (Source: Explore Ancestry for free)     ($)

Court and Legal Records

• Bay County Court Records Directory      (Source: Court Records Free Reference and Directory)
• The Courts and Bar      (Source: Michigan County Histories)

Directories

• Bay City Business Directory  1863/64     (Source: The Perseus Digital Library)
• Bay City City Directories      (Source: Explore Ancestry for free)     ($)
• Bay County, Michigan City, Town, and Rural Directories      (Source: Online Historical Directories)
• Brown's Annual Directory of the Saginaw Valley      (Source: MyHeritage)     ($)
• Indian and Pioneer History of the Saginaw Valley  Also Pioneer Directory and Business Advertiser, 1866-1867     (Source: Google Books)
• Portsmouth Business Directory  1863/64     (Source: The Perseus Digital Library)
• Wenona City Directories      (Source: Explore Ancestry for free)     ($)
• West Bay City Directory  1889-90     (Source: Explore Ancestry for free)     ($)

Estate Records

• Michigan Probate Records  1797-1973     (Source: FamilySearch)
• Michigan Wills and Probate Records, 1784-1980  includes Bay County     (Source: Explore Ancestry for free)     ($)

Ethnic

• Indian Stoicism and Courage      (Source: Michigan County Histories)
• Indian Traditions and Treaties      (Source: Michigan County Histories)

History (58)

Immigration and Naturalization Records

• Michigan Passenger and Crew Lists, 1903-1965  includes Bay City, Michigan     (Source: Explore Ancestry for free)     ($)

Introduction and Guides

• Bay County      (Source: Histopolis Collaborative Genealogy & History)
• Bay County Public Records      (Source: Nationwide Environmental Title Research)
• Bay County, Michigan Genealogy      (Source: Genealogy, Inc.)
• Cyndi's List of Michigan locality links      (Source: Cyndi's List of Genealogy Sites on the Internet)
• FamilySearch Wiki Research Guide      (Source: FamilySearch)

Land Records

• Bay County Deeds and Indexes      (Source: FamilySearch)
• Bay County Land Records      (Source: USGenWeb Michigan Archives)
• Land Patent Search      (Source: Bureau of Land Management, General Land Office)
• U.S. General Land Office Records, 1796-1907  Bay County     (Source: Explore Ancestry for free)     ($)

Libraries, Museums, Archives

• Bay City Historical Society Museum 
• Bay County Data Collections      (Source: Explore Ancestry for free)     ($)
• Family History Library Holdings      (Source: FamilySearch)
• Library Directory for Bay County, Michigan      (Source: libraries.org - A directory of libraries throughout the world)
• Local History & Genealogy  Alice and Jack Wirt Public Library, Bay City
• Local History Bibliography - Bay County  Clarke Historical Library
• PERiodical Source Index Search  Bay County, Michigan     (Source: Find My Past)
• Saginaw Valley State University Archives & Special Collections 

Mailing Lists and Message Boards

• GenForum Message Boards      (Source: Genealogy.com)
• RootsWeb Message Board      (Source: RootsWeb)

• MIBAY Bay County genealogy

  • MIBAY Mailing List Homepage      (Source: RootsWeb)

Maps and Gazetteers (14)

Military Records and Histories

• List of Pensioners on the Roll January 1, 1883  Bay County, Michigan     (Source: Internet Archive)

• Civil War

  • 1890 Census of Union Veterans and Widows of the Civil War  Bay County     (Source: FamilySearch)

• Spanish American War

  • Michigan Volunteers      (Source: Michigan Family History Network)

• World War I

  • World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918  Bay City     (Source: Explore Ancestry for free)     ($)
  • World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918  Bay County     (Source: Explore Ancestry for free)     ($)

• World War II

  • World War II Honor List      (Source: Genealogy Trails History Group)

Miscellaneous Data

• Bay County Public Records Links      (Source: Free Public Records Directory)
• Classic Buildings of Bay County      (Source: Society of Architectural Historians)

Newspaper Records

• Bay County Newspaper Articles      (Source: USGenWeb Michigan Archives)
• Bay County Newspaper Holdings  Michigan Newspaper Project
• Chronicling America  Bay County     (Source: The Library of Congress)
• Search Bay City Historical Newspapers      (Source: GenealogyBank)     ($)

Obituaries and Funeral Home Records (12)

Photographs, Postcards, Historical Images

• Bay City  Taking the Long View: Panoramic Photographs     (Source: American Memory from the Library of Congress)
• Bay County  Built in America     (Source: American Memory from the Library of Congress)
• Bay County Courthouse 
• Bay County Photographs  Jan 1935-June 1944     (Source: Photogrammar)
• Bay County, Bay City  America from the Great Depression to World War II     (Source: American Memory from the Library of Congress)
• Historical Postcards of Bay County      (Source: Explore Ancestry for free)     ($)
• Sage Library  Bay City, Mich.     (Source: Post Card Library)

School Records and Histories (15)

Societies

• Bay City Historical Society 
• Bay County Genealogical Society of Michigan 
• Remus Area Historical Society 
• Saganaw River Marine Historical Society 
• Saginaw River Marine Historical Society 

Surnames Web sites, obituaries, biographies, and other material specific to a surname (256)

Tax Lists

• Internal Revenue Assessment Lists  1862-1874     (Source: FamilySearch)

Transportation and Industry (20)

Vital Records (10)

Wiki

• Bay County, Michigan Wiki      (Source: RootsWeb)

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