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This is for profiles created as part of the Lithuanian Heritage Project (LHP), a group on Facebook. The goal of the Lithuanian Heritage Project is to work collaboratively to build the information bridge between countries and generations, to collect information that enables Lithuanians globally to connect with their Lithuanian family members. Those wanting to join this project should be member...
This project is for those who were born, lived, and died in the State of Michigan.
Please add profiles of those who were born, lived or died in Houghton County, Michigan. Official Website Both the county and the city were named for Michigan State geologist and Detroit Mayor Douglass Houghton. It was part of Copper Country during the mining boom of the latter half of the 19th century and the early part of the 20th century. Adjacent Counties Baraga County Iron County...
Please add profiles for those who were born, lived or died in Ottawa County, Michigan. Official Website The county was set off in 1831 and organized in 1837. It is named for The Ottawa Nation. Adjacent Counties Muskegon County Kent County Allegan County Racine County, Wisconsin Milwaukee County, Wisconsin Cities & Villages Coopersville Ferrysburg Grand Haven (County Seat...
Please add profiles for those who were born, lived or died in Allegan County, Michigan. Official Website Allegan County is a county in the U.S. state of Michigan . The county seat is Allegan. The name was coined by Henry Rowe Schoolcraft to sound like a Native American word. It is primarily an agricultural area that is rapidly becoming urbanized as the population centers of Grand Rapids on t...
Please add profiles of those who were born, lived or died in Kent County, Michigan. Official Website The county was set off in 1831, and organized in 1836. It was named for New York jurist and legal scholar James Kent, who represented the Michigan Territory in its dispute with Ohio over the Toledo Strip. Adjacent Counties Ionia County Montcalm County Allegan County Ottawa County B...
Please add profiles of those who were born, lived or died in Baraga County, Michigan. Official Website The county is named after Bishop Frederic Baraga , a Roman Catholic Bishop & missionary who ministered to indigenous peoples of the area during the period when Michigan was obtaining statehood. The L'Anse Indian Reservation of the Ojibwa is located within this county. Villages & Communiti...
Please add profiles of those who were born, lived or died in Marquette County, Michigan.= Official Website =The county is named for Father Marquette, a Jesuit missionary. It was set off in 1843 and organized in 1851. Adjacent Counties * Alger County * Delta County * Menominee County * Dickinson County * Iron County * Houghton County * Baraga County
Please add profiles for those who were born, lived or died in Wayne County, Michigan. Official Website Wayne County was the sixth county in the Northwest Territory, formed August 15, 1796 from portions of territorial Hamilton County, territorial Knox County and unorganized territory. It was named for the U.S. general "Mad Anthony" Wayne. Adjacent Counties & Provinces Washtenaw County ...
Please add profiles of those who were born, lived or died in Genesee County, Michigan. Official Website Genesee County was created on March 28, 1835 and was named after Genesee County, New York. Adjacent Counties Lapeer County Livingston County Oakland County Saginaw County Shiawassee County Tuscola County Cities & Villages Burton Clio Davison
Roselawn Memorial Park, was established in 1928 on the 54 acre Betz farm. In 1958 Roselawn was turned into a non-profit cemetery and is currently governed by a Board of Directors. Planned and operated as a community oriented cemetery, Roselawn is recognized as Monroe County’s finest memorial park. An additional 26.5 acres has been added for future development. Roselawn Website This cemeter...
This is a project for Finnish-born immigrants and for their descendants in Michigan, USA. Brief history of Finns in Michigan Finns first arrived in Michigan ’s Upper Peninsula after the Civil War, when a copper mining company recruited them from mines in Norway because of their reputation as hard workers. The Upper Peninsula was a major destination for Finns during the peak years of migratio...
Please add profiles of those who were born, lived or died in Ontonagon County, Michigan. The county was set off in 1843, and organized in 1848. The county is named after the Ontonagon River. The name is said to be loosely derived from an Ojibwe language word noojitoon ziibi, meaning "hunting river." A French transliteration, Nantounagon, identified the river on a 1670 French map. Alternatively,...
Please add profiles of those who were born, lived or died in Keweenaw County, Michigan. Official Website The county was set off and organized in 1861. It is believed "Keweenaw" is a Native American word that means "portage or place where portage is made". Adjacent Provinces & Counties Alger County Marquette County Province of Ontario Cook County, Minnesota Ontonagon County Ho...
Please add profiles of those who were born, lived or died in Schoolcraft County, Michigan. The county was founded in 1843 and organized in 1876. It is named in honor of Henry Schoolcraft, who explored the area with the expedition of Lewis Cass. Adjacent Counties Luce County Mackinac County Alger County Delta County Leelanau County Cities. Townships, Communities & Reservation...
Please add profiles for those who were born, lived or died in Oakland County, Michigan.= Official Website =The county was founded in 1819 and organized in 1820. It most likely gets its name from the oak trees found in this region by early settlers.The Oakland County Child Killer (OCCK) is the name given to the perpetrator(s) responsible for the serial killings of at least four children in Oakla...
Please add profiles of those who were born, lived or died in Macomb County, Michigan.= Official Website =The Ojibwe lived in the area for centuries before European contact, and were preceded by other cultures of ancient indigenous peoples.The first European explorers were French, and they arrived in the area during the 17th century. Other early settlers were French fur trappers, who sometimes m...
Please add profiles of those who were born, lived or died in Gogebic County, Michigan. Official Website This was historically part of the territory of the Lake Superior Band of Chippewa, which had twelve bands in Michigan, Wisconsin and Minnesota. The Lac Vieux Desert Indian Reservation is in this county, in Watersmeet Township; it is the land base of one of the federally recognized tribes. ...
University of Michigan The University of Michigan (UM, U-M, UMich, or U of M), frequently referred to as simply Michigan, is a public research university located in Ann Arbor, Michigan, United States. It is the state's oldest university and has two satellite campuses located in Flint and Dearborn. The university was founded in 1817 in Detroit as the Catholepistemiad, or University of Michigania...
This project is a sub-project of the Lake Superior Mine Fatalities, For the county of Keweenaw, Michigan. The Ahmeek Mine The Ahmeek Mining Company was organized in 1880 as an exploration wing of the Seneca Mining Co. to work the Kearsarge Conglomerate lode. The original operations consisted of two shallow shafts, but production was irregular. In 1903, with the discovery of the Kearsarge Amyg...
Please add profiles for those who were born, lived or died in Ionia County, Michigan. Official Website The county is named for Ionia, a historic area of Greece. It was defined by act of the Territorial Legislature in 1831, and was organized in 1837. Adjacent Counties Gratiot County Clinton County Montcalm County Eaton County Barry County Kent County Cities, Villages & Tow...
History of the Copper Range Consolidated Company- The Copper Range Company (1899-1977) operated copper mines in Houghton County's South Range and in Ontonagon County. The second largest mining company in the Copper Country (after Calumet & Hecla), the Copper Range Company was the only one to survive the 1960s. In addition to mining, it owned and operated the Copper Range Railroad (1899-1973) an...
The Lake Superior Mine Fatalities (This project is intended to hold profiles of all the mining deaths that occurred in the Lake Superior District.) The Lake Mines 3 districts are: Portage Lake District Keweenaw Point District Ontonagon District Including now the Marquette Iron Range Mines . The underground copper mines were a treacherous place, where danger lurked at every turn. ...
Please add profiles of those who were born, lived or died in Delta County, Michigan. Official Website The county was surveyed in 1843 and organized in 1861. Its name originates from the Greek letter "delta", which refers to the triangular shape of the original county which included segments of Menominee, Dickinson, Iron, and Marquette counties. Adjacent Counties Alger County Schoolcr...
Please add profiles of those who were born, lived or died in Lapeer County, Michigan.= Official Website =The county was created on September 18, 1822, and was fully organized on February 2, 1835. The name is a corruption of the French la pierre, which means "the stone".The first European-American settler in Lapeer was Alvin N. Hart, who was born in Cornwall, Connecticut on February 11, 1804. He...