Cass County, Michigan:
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Projects

• Cass County History & Genealogy      (Source: Genealogy Trails History Group)
• Cass County MIGenWeb      (Source: USGenWeb)
• Cass County Records      (Source: Michigan Family History Network)
• Michiana Roots Genealogy and History 

Adjacent counties

• Berrien County, MI  to the west
• Elkhart County, IN  to the southeast
• Kalamazoo County, MI  to the northeast
• Saint Joseph County, IN  to the southwest
• Saint Joseph County, MI  to the east
• Van Buren County, MI  to the north

Biographies, Oral Histories, Diaries, Memoirs, Genealogies, Correspondence

• Cass Co, Michigan, USA      (Source: Our Family Tree)
• Cass County Biographies      (Source: USGenWeb Michigan Archives)
• Cass County Biography Bibliography      (Source: WorldCat)
• Cass County GEDCOM Index      (Source: GEDCOM Index .Com)
• Cass County, Michigan Biographies      (Source: My Genealogy Hound)
• Cass County, Michigan Biographies      (Source: Online Biographies)
• Portrait and biographical record of Berrien and Cass counties, Michigan  1893     (Source: Michigan County Histories)

Cemeteries

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

Census Records and Indexes (29)

Church Records

• Indices of United Methodist Church of Wakelee, Women's Auxiliary  St. Paul's Episcopal Church, Dowagiac, Michigan     (Source: MyHeritage)     ($)
• Indices of United Methodist Church of Wakelee, Women's Auxiliary, St. Paul's Episcopal Church, Dowagiac, Michigan      (Source: Internet Archive)
• Quaker Meeting Records, 1681-1935  includes Cass County, Michigan     (Source: Explore Ancestry for free)     ($)

Court and Legal Records

• Cass County Court Records Directory      (Source: Court Records Free Reference and Directory)
• Chancery records, 1847-1926      (Source: FamilySearch)
• Livingston's Law Register, 1851  Cass County Lawyers     (Source: Google Books)

Directories (11)

Enslaved people, enslavers, and slavery in general - information

• The Underground Railroad and the Kentucky Raid in Cass County, MI      (Source: rays-place.com)

Estate Records

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

History (47)

Introduction and Guides

• Cass County      (Source: Histopolis Collaborative Genealogy & History)
• Cass County Public Records      (Source: Nationwide Environmental Title Research)
• Cass 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

• Cass County Deeds and Indexes      (Source: FamilySearch)
• Cass County Land Records      (Source: USGenWeb Michigan Archives)
• Family Maps of Cass County, MI      (Source: Arphax Publishing Co.)     ($)
• Land Patent Search      (Source: Bureau of Land Management, General Land Office)
• U.S. General Land Office Records, 1796-1907  Cass County     (Source: Explore Ancestry for free)     ($)
• U.S. General Land Office Records, 1796-1907  Cass, St Joseph Counties     (Source: Explore Ancestry for free)     ($)

Libraries, Museums, Archives

• Cass County Data Collections      (Source: Explore Ancestry for free)     ($)
• Dowagiac Area History Museum 
• Family History Library Holdings      (Source: FamilySearch)
• Library Directory for Cass County, Michigan      (Source: libraries.org - A directory of libraries throughout the world)
• Local History Bibliography - Cass County  Clarke Historical Library
• Local History Branch, Cass District Library  Cassopolis, Michigan
• PERiodical Source Index Search  Cass County, Michigan     (Source: Find My Past)

Mailing Lists and Message Boards

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

• MIBERRIEAREA For anyone with a genealogical interest and/or historical interest in Berrien County, Michigan, area including surrounding areas both in Michigan and Indiana

  • MIBERRIEAREA Mailing List Homepage      (Source: RootsWeb)

• MICASS Cass County genealogy

  • MICASS Mailing List Homepage      (Source: RootsWeb)

• SouthwestMichigan Southwest Michigan genealogy

  • SouthwestMichigan Mailing List Homepage      (Source: RootsWeb)

Maps and Gazetteers (22)

Military Records and Histories

• Census of Pensioners for Revolutionary or Military Services, 1841  Cass County     (Source: Internet Archive)
• List of Pensioners on the Roll January 1, 1883  Cass County, Michigan     (Source: Internet Archive)

• Civil War

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

• Spanish American War

  • Michigan Volunteers      (Source: Michigan Family History Network)

• World War I

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

Miscellaneous Data

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

Newspaper Records

• Cass County      (Source: Newspaper Abstracts)
• Cass County Newspaper Holdings  Michigan Newspaper Project
• The Cass County Republican.  Dowagiac, Mich., 18??-1880     (Source: Chronicling America: Historic American Newspapers)
• Chronicling America  Cass County     (Source: The Library of Congress)
• Dowagiac Historical Newspapers      (Source: Newspapers.com)     ($)
• Historical Dowagiac Newspapers      (Source: Newspaper Archive)     ($)
• Search Dowagiac Historical Newspapers      (Source: GenealogyBank)     ($)

Obituaries and Funeral Home Records (12)

Photographs, Postcards, Historical Images

• Cass County Courthouse 
• Historical Postcards of Cass County      (Source: Explore Ancestry for free)     ($)
• Penny Postcards from Michigan      (Source: USGenWeb Michigan Archives)

School Records and Histories (10)

Societies

• Edwardsburg Area Historical Museum      (Source: Facebook)
• Underground Railroad Society of Cass County 
• Van Buren Regional Genealogical Society 

Surnames Web sites, obituaries, biographies, and other material specific to a surname (436)

Tax Lists

• Assessment rolls, 1845-1880  Viewing restrictions may apply     (Source: FamilySearch)
• Internal Revenue Assessment Lists  1862-1874     (Source: FamilySearch)

Transportation and Industry

• Building histories of Cass County      (Source: Philadelphia Architects and Buildings Project)
• Cass County  N. W. Ayer & Son's American Newspaper Annual, 1880     (Source: HathiTrust Digital Library)
• Cass County, Michigan      (Source: Historic Bridges of Michigan and Elsewhere)
• Extant Railroad/Railway Structures      (Source: Railroad Station Historical Society)
• Mines, Mining and Mineral Resources      (Source: mindat.org - the mineral and locality database)
• Patents  Cass County, Michigan     (Source: Google Patents)
• The Press of Cass County, MI      (Source: rays-place.com)
• Railroad Michigan, Cass County  Links to Existing Structures, Equipment & Artifacts

Vital Records (11)

Wiki

• Cass County, Michigan Wiki      (Source: RootsWeb)

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