Ontonagon County, Michigan:
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Projects

• Copper Country Historical Page 
• Cornish to Michigan  Dick and June Ross Collection     (Source: USGenWeb)
• Ontonagon County      (Source: American Local History Network)
• Ontonagon County History & Genealogy      (Source: Genealogy Trails History Group)
• Ontonagon County MIGenWeb      (Source: USGenWeb)

Adjacent counties

• Gogebic County, MI  to the south
• Houghton County, MI  to the east
• Iron County, MI  to the southeast

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

• Greenland Township Biographical Sketches      (Source: Michigan County Histories)
• A History of the Northern Peninsula of Michigan and Its People  Volume II     (Source: Google Books)
• History of the upper peninsula of Michiga  1883     (Source: Internet Archive)
• Ontonagon Biographical Sketches      (Source: Michigan County Histories)
• Ontonagon County Biography Bibliography      (Source: WorldCat)
• Ontonagon County GEDCOM Index      (Source: GEDCOM Index .Com)
• Rockland Township Biographical Sketches      (Source: Michigan County Histories)

Cemeteries

• Billion Graves for Ontonagon County, Michigan      (Source: Billion Graves)
• Cemeteries of Ontonagon County      (Source: Interment.net)
• Index to Agate, Forest Lawn, Green, Greenland, Lakeview, Maple Grove, Methodist Greenland, Methodist Rose Rockland and Rousseau Cemeteries 
• Ontonagon County  Michigan Cemetery Transcription & Photo Project     (Source: The American History and Genealogy Project)
• Ontonagon County Cemeteries      (Source: The Tombstone Transcription Project)
• Ontonagon County Cemetery List      (Source: Find A Grave)
• The Political Graveyard      (Source: The Political Graveyard)

Census Records and Indexes (25)

Church Records

• Evangelical Lutheran Church in America, Swedish American Church Records, 1800-1946  includes Ontonagon     (Source: Explore Ancestry for free)     ($)
• Green Evangelical Lutheran Church, Carp Lake Township  Early Membership Records

Court and Legal Records

• Ontonagon County Court Records Directory      (Source: Court Records Free Reference and Directory)
• Ontonagon County, Michigan Surrogate's Records      (Source: SAMPUBCO)

Directories

• Algonquin History and Business Directory  1863/64     (Source: The Perseus Digital Library)
• Greenland Business Directory  1863/64     (Source: The Perseus Digital Library)
• National Business Directory  1863/64     (Source: The Perseus Digital Library)
• Ontonagon Business Directory  1863/64     (Source: The Perseus Digital Library)
• Ontonagon County, Michigan Online Historical Directories      (Source: Online Historical Directories)

Estate Records

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

Ethnic

• Cornish to Michigan  Dick and June Ross Collection     (Source: USGenWeb)
• The Red Man      (Source: Michigan County Histories)

History (38)

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

Land Records

• First United States Land Entries      (Source: Michigan County Histories)
• Land Patent Search      (Source: Bureau of Land Management, General Land Office)
• Ontonagon County Deeds and Indexes      (Source: FamilySearch)
• U.S. General Land Office Records, 1796-1907  Ontonagon County     (Source: Explore Ancestry for free)     ($)

Libraries, Museums, Archives

• Family History Library Holdings      (Source: FamilySearch)
• Library Directory for Ontonagon County, Michigan      (Source: libraries.org - A directory of libraries throughout the world)
• Local History Bibliography - Ontonagon County  Clarke Historical Library
• Ontonagon County Historical Society Museum 
• PERiodical Source Index Search  Ontonagon County, Michigan     (Source: Find My Past)

Mailing Lists and Message Boards

• CopperCountryHistory  Welcome, genealogists and history buffs. Discover your family connections and the history of the fascinating Copper Country     (Source: Yahoo! Groups)
• GenForum Message Boards      (Source: Genealogy.com)
• RootsWeb Message Board      (Source: RootsWeb)

• MIONTONA Ontonagon County genealogy

  • MIONTONA Mailing List Homepage      (Source: RootsWeb)

Maps and Gazetteers (11)

Military Records and Histories

• List of Pensioners on the Roll January 1, 1883  Ontonagon County, Michigan     (Source: Internet Archive)
• War Record      (Source: Michigan County Histories)

• Civil War

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

• Spanish American War

  • Michigan Volunteers      (Source: Michigan Family History Network)

• World War I

  • An honor roll  containing a pictorial record of the gallant and courageous men from Ontonagon county, Mich., U.S.A., who served in the Great war. 1917--1918--1919     (Source: Michigan County Histories)
  • World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918  Ontonagon County     (Source: Explore Ancestry for free)     ($)

Miscellaneous Data

• Classic Buildings of Ontonagon County      (Source: Society of Architectural Historians)
• Members of Knights of Kaleva, 1910  Virokannas Lodge Number 10, Bruce Crossing, Michigan
• Members of Knights of Kaleva, 1913  Virokannas Lodge Number 17, Bruce Crossing, Michigan
• Ontonagon County Public Records Links      (Source: Free Public Records Directory)

Newspaper Records

• Chronicling America  Ontonagon County     (Source: The Library of Congress)
• Ontonagon County      (Source: Newspaper Abstracts)
• Ontonagon County Newspaper Holdings  Michigan Newspaper Project
• Search Ontonagon Historical Newspapers      (Source: GenealogyBank)     ($)

Obituaries and Funeral Home Records

• Bruce Crossing Funeral Homes      (Source: Legacy.com)
• Ontonagon Funeral Homes      (Source: Legacy.com)

Photographs, Postcards, Historical Images

• Ontonagan County, Trout Creek  America from the Great Depression to World War II     (Source: American Memory from the Library of Congress)
• Ontonagon County  America from the Great Depression to World War II     (Source: American Memory from the Library of Congress)
• Ontonagon County  Built in America     (Source: American Memory from the Library of Congress)
• Ontonagon County Courthouse 
• Ontonagon County Photographs  Jan 1935-June 1944     (Source: Photogrammar)
• Ontonagon County, Bruce Crossing  America from the Great Depression to World War II     (Source: American Memory from the Library of Congress)
• Ontonagon County, Ewen  America from the Great Depression to World War II     (Source: American Memory from the Library of Congress)
• Ontonagon County, Trout Creek  America from the Great Depression to World War II     (Source: American Memory from the Library of Congress)

School Records and Histories

• Ontonagon School Yearbooks      (Source: Explore Ancestry for free)     ($)

Societies

• The Ontonagon County Genealogical Society 
• Ontonagon County Historical Society 
• Ontonagon County Historical Society      (Source: Facebook)

Surnames Web sites, obituaries, biographies, and other material specific to a surname (236)

Tax Lists

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

Transportation and Industry (13)

Vital Records

• Green Evangelical Lutheran Church, Carp Lake Township  Christening Records
• Green Evangelical Lutheran Church, Carp Lake Township  Marriage Records
• Green Evangelical Lutheran Church, Carp Lake Township  Burial Records
• Michigan, County Marriages  1820-1940     (Source: FamilySearch)
• Ontonagon County Marriage Records      (Source: USGenWeb Archives Marriage Records Project)
• Ontonagon County Vital Records      (Source: Vital Records Information for the United States)
• U.S. Federal Census Mortality Schedules, 1850-1880  Ontonagon County     (Source: Explore Ancestry for free)     ($)

Wiki

• Ontonagon County, Michigan Wiki      (Source: RootsWeb)

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