Grand Traverse County, Michigan:
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Projects

• Grand Traverse County History & Genealogy      (Source: Genealogy Trails History Group)
• Grand Traverse County Records      (Source: Michigan Family History Network)
• Grand Traverse County, Michigan      (Source: USGenWeb)
• Grand Traverse Michigan Genealogy 
• Grand Traverse, MI      (Source: The American History and Genealogy Project)

Adjacent counties

• Antrim County, MI  to the northeast
• Benzie County, MI  to the west
• Kalkaska County, MI  to the east
• Leelanau County, MI  to the northwest
• Manistee County, MI  to the southwest
• Missaukee County, MI  to the southeast
• Wexford County, MI  to the south

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

• Grand Traverse Co, Michigan, USA      (Source: Our Family Tree)
• Grand Traverse County Biography Bibliography      (Source: WorldCat)
• Grand Traverse County GEDCOM Index      (Source: GEDCOM Index .Com)
• A history of northern Michigan and its people  Volume II, 1912     (Source: Internet Archive)
• A history of northern Michigan and its people  Volume III, 1912     (Source: Internet Archive)
• Sprague's history of Grand Traverse and Leelanaw counties, Michigan  1903     (Source: Internet Archive)
• Sprague's history of Grand Traverse and Leelanaw counties, Michigan  1903     (Source: Internet Archive)
• Sprague's history of Grand Traverse and Leelanaw counties, Michigan  1903     (Source: Internet Archive)

Blogs

• Grand Traverse Area Genealogy Society 
• Grand Traverse Region Genealogy & History 

Cemeteries (10)

Census Records and Indexes (24)

Church Records

• Quaker Meeting Records, 1681-1935  includes Grand Traverse County, Michigan     (Source: Explore Ancestry for free)     ($)
• U.S. Presbyterian Church Records, 1701-1970  includes Grand Traverse Bay, Michigan     (Source: Explore Ancestry for free)     ($)

Court and Legal Records

• Early Practice in Grand Traverse Region      (Source: Michigan County Histories)
• Grand Traverse County Court Records Directory      (Source: Court Records Free Reference and Directory)
• Lis pendens, v. 1, 1861-1904      (Source: FamilySearch)

Directories

• 1884 Directory of Western Michigan  includes Fife Lake, Kingsley, Mayfield, Traverse City and Walton in Grand Traverse County     (Source: Explore Ancestry for free)     ($)
• Traverse City Business Directory  1863/64     (Source: The Perseus Digital Library)
• Traverse City City Directories      (Source: Explore Ancestry for free)     ($)

Estate Records

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

History (35)

Introduction and Guides

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

Land Records

• Grand Traverse County Deeds and Indexes      (Source: FamilySearch)
• Grand Traverse 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  Grand Traverse County     (Source: Explore Ancestry for free)     ($)
• U.S. General Land Office Records, 1796-1907  Antrim, Grand Traverse Counties     (Source: Explore Ancestry for free)     ($)

Libraries, Museums, Archives (12)

Mailing Lists and Message Boards

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

• MIGRANDT Grand Traverse County genealogy

  • MIGRANDT Mailing List Homepage      (Source: RootsWeb)

Maps and Gazetteers (13)

Military Records and Histories

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

• Civil War

  • 1890 Census of Union Veterans and Widows of the Civil War  Grand Traverse County     (Source: FamilySearch)
  • The Grand Traverse Region in the Civil War      (Source: Michigan County Histories)

• Spanish American War

  • Michigan Volunteers      (Source: Michigan Family History Network)

• World War I

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

Miscellaneous Data

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

Newspaper Records

• Chronicling America  Grand Traverse County     (Source: The Library of Congress)
• Grand Traverse County      (Source: Newspaper Abstracts)
• Grand Traverse County Newspaper Holdings  Michigan Newspaper Project
• Historical Traverse City Newspapers      (Source: Newspaper Archive)     ($)
• Traverse City Historical Newspapers      (Source: Newspapers.com)     ($)
• Traverse City Record Eagle (Traverse City, Michigan)  1917-1977     (Source: Explore Ancestry for free)     ($)

Obituaries and Funeral Home Records

• Grand Traverse County Obituaries      (Source: USGenWeb Michigan Archives)
• Index to Obituaries  January 1994-December 1997     (Source: Genealogy Buff)
• Kingsley Funeral Homes      (Source: Legacy.com)
• Obituary Index  Individuals born in Grand Traverse County
• Obituary search includes Record-Eagle  Traverse City, MI     (Source: Explore Ancestry for free)     ($)
• Obituary search includes Traverse City Record-Eagle      (Source: Explore Ancestry for free)     ($)
• Traverse City Funeral Homes      (Source: Legacy.com)
• Traverse City Record-Eagle 
• Traverse City, Michigan Newspaper Obituaries      (Source: GenealogyBank)     ($)

Photographs, Postcards, Historical Images

• Grand Traverse County Courthouse 
• Grand Traverse County Photographs  Jan 1935-June 1944     (Source: Photogrammar)
• Grand Traverse County, Interlochen  America from the Great Depression to World War II     (Source: American Memory from the Library of Congress)
• Interlochen  Taking the Long View: Panoramic Photographs     (Source: American Memory from the Library of Congress)
• Neatawanta      (Source: Detroit Publishing Company)
• Penny Postcards from Michigan      (Source: USGenWeb Michigan Archives)
• Traverse City      (Source: Detroit Publishing Company)

School Records and Histories

• First School      (Source: Michigan County Histories)
• Michigan Schools  Grand Traverse Co.
• Northern Michigan Insane Asylum      (Source: Michigan County Histories)
• Public Schools      (Source: Michigan County Histories)
• Traverse City School Yearbooks      (Source: Explore Ancestry for free)     ($)

Societies

• Fife Lake Area Historical Society      (Source: Facebook)
• Fife Lake Historical Society 
• Grand Traverse Area Genealogical Society 
• Old Mission Peninsula Historical Society 
• Traverse Area Historical Society 

Surnames Web sites, obituaries, biographies, and other material specific to a surname (182)

Tax Lists

• Internal Revenue Assessment Lists  1862-1874     (Source: FamilySearch)
• Tax assessment roll, 1854-1862  Viewing restrictions may apply     (Source: FamilySearch)

Transportation and Industry (11)

Vital Records

• Grand Traverse County Death Records      (Source: USGenWeb Michigan Archives)
• Grand Traverse County Marriage Records      (Source: USGenWeb Archives Marriage Records Project)
• Grand Traverse County Marriage Records      (Source: USGenWeb Michigan Archives)
• Grand Traverse County Vital Records      (Source: Vital Records Information for the United States)
• Grand Traverse County, Michigan, Marriage Index  1853-2012     (Source: Explore Ancestry for free)     ($)
• Michigan County Births, 1867-1917  includes Grand Traverse County     (Source: FamilySearch)
• Michigan County Marriages, 1822-1940  includes Grand Traverse County     (Source: Explore Ancestry for free)     ($)
• Michigan, County Marriages  1820-1940     (Source: FamilySearch)
• U.S. Federal Census Mortality Schedules, 1850-1880  Grand Traverse County     (Source: Explore Ancestry for free)     ($)

Wiki

• Grand Traverse County, Michigan Wiki      (Source: RootsWeb)

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