Saint Joseph County, Michigan:
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Projects

• Michiana Roots Genealogy and History 
• St. Joseph County GenWeb      (Source: Legacy USGenWeb)
• St. Joseph County History & Genealogy      (Source: Genealogy Trails History Group)
• St. Joseph County, MIGenWeb      (Source: USGenWeb)

Adjacent counties

• Branch County, MI  to the east
• Calhoun County, MI  to the northeast
• Cass County, MI  to the west
• Elkhart County, IN  to the southwest
• Kalamazoo County, MI  to the north
• Lagrange County, IN  to the southeast
• Van Buren County, MI  to the northwest

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

• History of St. Joseph County, Michigan  Volume II, 1911     (Source: Internet Archive)
• Portrait and Biographical Album of St. Joseph County, Michigan  1889     (Source: Google Books)
• Portrait and biographical album of St. Joseph county, Michigan  1889     (Source: Michigan County Histories)
• Saint Joseph County Biography Bibliography      (Source: WorldCat)
• Saint Joseph County GEDCOM Index      (Source: GEDCOM Index .Com)
• St. Joseph Co, Michigan, USA      (Source: Our Family Tree)

Cemeteries (16)

Census Records and Indexes (34)

Church Records

• Early U.S. French Catholic Church Records, Saint Joseph  1720-1773     (Source: Explore Ancestry for free)     ($)
• U.S. Presbyterian Church Records, 1701-1970  includes Three Rivers, Michigan     (Source: Explore Ancestry for free)     ($)

Court and Legal Records

• Chancery records, 1879-1942      (Source: FamilySearch)
• Livingston's Law Register, 1851  St. Joseph County Lawyers     (Source: Google Books)
• St. Joseph County Court Records Directory      (Source: Court Records Free Reference and Directory)

Directories (16)

History (44)

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

Land Records

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

Libraries, Museums, Archives

• Family History Library Holdings      (Source: FamilySearch)
• Genealogy Information  St. Joseph County Clerk
• Library Directory for St. Joseph County, Michigan      (Source: libraries.org - A directory of libraries throughout the world)
• Local History Bibliography - Saint Joseph County  Clarke Historical Library
• PERiodical Source Index Search  St. Joseph County, Michigan     (Source: Find My Past)
• St Joseph County Data Collections      (Source: Explore Ancestry for free)     ($)
• Sturgis Michigan Family History Center      (Source: FamilySearch)

Mailing Lists and Message Boards

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

• MISTJOSE Saint Joseph County genealogy

  • MISTJOSE Mailing List Homepage      (Source: RootsWeb)

• SouthwestMichigan Southwest Michigan genealogy

  • SouthwestMichigan Mailing List Homepage      (Source: RootsWeb)

Maps and Gazetteers (23)

Military Records and Histories

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

• Civil War

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

• Spanish American War

  • Michigan Volunteers      (Source: Michigan Family History Network)

• World War I

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

Miscellaneous Data

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

Newspaper Records (15)

Obituaries and Funeral Home Records (11)

Photographs, Postcards, Historical Images

• Historical Postcards of St Joseph County      (Source: Explore Ancestry for free)     ($)
• Penny Postcards from Michigan      (Source: USGenWeb Michigan Archives)
• St. Joseph County Courthouse 
• Three Rivers      (Source: Detroit Publishing Company)

School Records and Histories (13)

Search Engines and Searchable Databases

• Death Record Search, 1867-2008  St. Joseph County Clerk

Societies

• St. Joseph County Genealogical Society 
• St. Joseph County Historical Society 
• St. Joseph County Historical Society of Michigan      (Source: Facebook)

Surnames Web sites, obituaries, biographies, and other material specific to a surname (395)

Tax Lists

• Internal Revenue Assessment Lists  1862-1874     (Source: FamilySearch)
• Tax assessments rolls, 1831-1895      (Source: FamilySearch)

Transportation and Industry

• Building histories of St. Joseph County      (Source: Philadelphia Architects and Buildings Project)
• Extant Railroad/Railway Structures      (Source: Railroad Station Historical Society)
• Mines, Mining and Mineral Resources      (Source: mindat.org - the mineral and locality database)
• Patents  Saint Joseph County, Michigan     (Source: Google Patents)
• Railroad Michigan, St Joseph County  Links to Existing Structures, Equipment & Artifacts
• Rawson's King Mill Park  Leonidas Township
• St. Joseph County  N. W. Ayer & Son's American Newspaper Annual, 1880     (Source: HathiTrust Digital Library)
• St. Joseph County Bridges      (Source: Historic Bridges of the United States)
• St. Joseph County, Michigan      (Source: Historic Bridges of Michigan and Elsewhere)

Vital Records (10)

Wiki

• St. Joseph County, Michigan Wiki      (Source: RootsWeb)

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