Additional Genealogy Resources
Community Resources
- Ingham County Genealogical Society
- Mid-Michigan Genealogical Society
- Lansing Area African American Genealogy Society
General
- Civil War Soldiers and Sailors –Database on the men who served in the Union and Confederate armies during the Civil War.
- Cyndi’s List – A categorized and cross-referenced index to genealogical resources on the Internet.
- Ellis Island On-line – Access to immigration records from Ellis Island New York.
- Ingham County MIGenWeb – Part of the USGen Web project.
- Lansing Michigan Family History Center – A major genealogical resource provided by the Church of Latter Day Saints.
- Library of Michigan Genealogy Resources – Information about the Library of Michigan's extensive genealogy resources.
- Michigan County Histories and Atlases – Searchable county histories and atlases published before 1923.
- MIGenWeb – Part of the USGen Web project.
- USGenWeb – Genealogy websites in every county and every state of the United States.
- The Western Michigan Genealogical Society – Databases and information for Kent county and western Michign.
Find a Date of Death
- Also see resources above.
- Clinton County Death Index – From the genealogists of the Clinton County Historical Society.
- Deaths Recorded in the Stockbridge Newspaper 1886-1999 –From the Stockbridge Area Genealogical/Historical Society.
- Find a Grave –Information on final resting sites from all over the world.
- Interment.net –Search and browse cemetery burial records from thousands of cemeteries across the world
- Legacy.com –Search for obituaries from more than 800 newspapers worldwide.
- Online Searchable Death Indexes & Records – Compiled by Joe Beine.
- Social Security Death Index – Covers death from 1962-2011 and a few from 1937 -1961.
Locate an Obituary
- Requesting Obituaries from the Library
- Local: The Downtown Lansing Library has the Lansing State Journal on microfilm (or hard copy for current months) from 1855 to the present.
- Local: The Lansing State Journal database* Full text of obituaries for recent years but no pictures.
- Local: The Lansing State Journal Web Site archives obituaries for free for the past 30 days and it can be used as an index for obituaries going back to 2003.
- Michigan: Library of Michigan’s newspaper collection on microfilm. You must visit the library directly.
- United States: Try the databases and websites listed on CADL's Newspapers and Magazine Articles page.
- United States: If the death was 1980 to the present Obitsarchive.com (A fee is charged but also useful as a free index.)
- Check the Michigan Obituary Project and How to Find an Obituary for good tips on finding obituaries.
- Volunteers from Gen Lookups may be able to help you.
Vital Records
Ingham County
Michigan
- Michigan Vital Records
- Michiganology (previously Seeking Michigan)
- Michigan Dept. of Community Health 1867 - 1897 (online records)