Hillsdale County, Michigan:
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Projects

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

Adjacent counties

• Branch County, MI  to the west
• Calhoun County, MI  to the northwest
• Fulton County, OH  to the southeast
• Jackson County, MI  to the north
• Lenawee County, MI  to the east
• Steuben County, IN  to the southwest
• Williams County, OH  to the south

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

Cemeteries (12)

Census Records and Indexes (33)

Church Records

• U.S. Presbyterian Church Records, 1701-1970  includes Hillsdale, Michigan     (Source: Explore Ancestry for free)     ($)

Court and Legal Records

• Chancery calendars, 1847-1930; chancery index, ca. 1840-1930      (Source: FamilySearch)
• Hillsdale County Court Records Directory      (Source: Court Records Free Reference and Directory)
• Livingston's Law Register, 1851  Hillsdale County Lawyers     (Source: Google Books)

Directories (20)

Estate Records

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

History (57)

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)
• Hillsdale County      (Source: Histopolis Collaborative Genealogy & History)
• Hillsdale County Public Records      (Source: Nationwide Environmental Title Research)
• Hillsdale County, Michigan Genealogy      (Source: Genealogy, Inc.)

Land Records

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

Libraries, Museums, Archives

• Family History Library Holdings      (Source: FamilySearch)
• Hillsdale College Archives 
• Hillsdale County Data Collections      (Source: Explore Ancestry for free)     ($)
• Jonesville Michigan Family History Center      (Source: FamilySearch)
• Library Directory for Hillsdale County, Michigan      (Source: libraries.org - A directory of libraries throughout the world)
• Local History Bibliography - Hillsdale County  Clarke Historical Library
• Mitchell Research Center  Hillsdale Community Library
• PERiodical Source Index Search  Hillsdale County, Michigan     (Source: Find My Past)

Mailing Lists and Message Boards

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

• MIHILLSD Hillsdale County genealogy

  • MIHILLSD Mailing List Homepage      (Source: RootsWeb)

Maps and Gazetteers (21)

Military Records and Histories

• Census of Pensioners for Revolutionary or Military Services, 1841  Hillsdale County     (Source: Internet Archive)
• List of Pensioners on the Roll January 1, 1883  Hillsdale County, Michigan     (Source: Internet Archive)
• Military Discharge Records, ca.1847 - ca.1965      (Source: FamilySearch)

• Civil War

  • 1890 Census of Union Veterans and Widows of the Civil War  Hillsdale County     (Source: FamilySearch)
  • Civil War Officers and Soldiers From Hillsdale County, Michigan      (Source: Images of Michigan)
  • Hillsdale County Military Records      (Source: USGenWeb Michigan Archives)

• World War I

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

Miscellaneous Data

• Classic Buildings of Hillsdale County      (Source: Society of Architectural Historians)
• Hillsdale County Indexes      (Source: USGenWeb Michigan Archives)
• Hillsdale County Public Records Links      (Source: Free Public Records Directory)

Newspaper Records (10)

Obituaries and Funeral Home Records (11)

Photographs, Postcards, Historical Images

• Hillsdale County  Built in America     (Source: American Memory from the Library of Congress)
• Hillsdale County Courthouse 
• Historical Postcards of Hillsdale County      (Source: Explore Ancestry for free)     ($)
• Penny Postcards from Michigan      (Source: USGenWeb Michigan Archives)

School Records and Histories (11)

Societies

• Hillsdale County Historical Society      (Source: Facebook)
• Hillsdale County Historical Society 
• Pittsfield Township Historical Society 

Surnames Web sites, obituaries, biographies, and other material specific to a surname (240)

Tax Lists

• Assessment roll for the city of Reading ward  1944     (Source: FamilySearch)
• Assessment roll for the city of Reading ward  1945     (Source: FamilySearch)
• Assessment roll for the city of Reading ward  1941     (Source: FamilySearch)
• Assessment roll for the city of Reading ward  1943     (Source: FamilySearch)
• Assessment roll for the township of Reading  1943-1946     (Source: FamilySearch)
• Internal Revenue Assessment Lists  1862-1874     (Source: FamilySearch)
• Village Assessment rolls for the village of Reading  1919-1934     (Source: FamilySearch)

Transportation and Industry

• (Original) Hillsdale Airport  Hillsdale, Michigan     (Source: Abandoned & Little-Known Airfields)
• Building histories of Hillsdale County      (Source: Philadelphia Architects and Buildings Project)
• Extant Railroad/Railway Structures      (Source: Railroad Station Historical Society)
• Hillsdale County  N. W. Ayer & Son's American Newspaper Annual, 1880     (Source: HathiTrust Digital Library)
• Hillsdale County Bridges      (Source: Historic Bridges of the United States)
• Hillsdale County, Michigan      (Source: Historic Bridges of Michigan and Elsewhere)
• Mines, Mining and Mineral Resources      (Source: mindat.org - the mineral and locality database)
• Patents  Hillsdale County, Michigan     (Source: Google Patents)
• Railroad Michigan, Hillsdale County  Links to Existing Structures, Equipment & Artifacts

Vital Records

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

Wiki

• Hillsdale County, Michigan Wiki      (Source: RootsWeb)

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