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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 Mo...
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 ...
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 Alger County, Michigan. Alger County was organized in 1885. The county was named for lumber baron Russell Alexander Alger , who was elected as a Michigan Governor, and US Senator, and appointed as US Secretary of War during the William McKinley Presidential administration. There are six lighthouses in the county: Grand Island Ea...
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...
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 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...
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 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. ...
Goal and Scope of this Project This project is a description of the city of Detroit, its history and people that made it famous. The story of Detroit--and this project--starts from the first recorded mention of the site in 1670, when French missionaries found a stone idol venerated by the Indians there and destroyed it with an axe. Detroit on the map today. Toponymy How to Input Locations ...
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 Ann Arbor, Michigan . Official Website History In about 1774, the Potawatomi founded two villages in the area of what is now Ann Arbor. Ann Arbor was founded in 1824 by land speculators John Allen and Elisha Walker Rumsey . On May 25, 1824, the town plat was registered with Wayne County as "Annarbour", the earliest known use of t...
Please add profiles for people who were born, lived or died in Mason County, Michigan.The county is named for Stevens T. Mason, Governor of Michigan from 1835 to 1840. It was created by the Michigan Legislature in 1840 as Notipekago County, then renamed Mason County in 1843. Adjacent Counties * Lake County * Manistee County * Manitowoc County, Wisc. * Sheboygan County, Wisc. * Newaygo County * ...
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 Iron County, Michigan. Official Website Iron County was organized in 1885 and was named for the valuable iron ore found within its borders. Adjacent Counties Houghton County Baraga County Marquette County Ontonagon County Dickinson County Florence County, Wisconsin Florence County, Wisconsin
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
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 of those who were born, lived or died in Emmet County, Michigan. Official Website Ottawa history records that Emmet County was thickly populated by indigenous peoples called the Mush-co-desh, which means "the prairie tribe". They had an agrarian society and were said to have "shaped the land by making the woodland into prairie as they abandoned their old worn out gardens w...
This cemetery office has stated that they would like written permission from relatives requesting photos. Please call and obtain plot information before you send out a photo request, so that it can be included in the email to the photo requester. The cemetery is located on the southeast corner of the intersection of Patterson Avenue SE and 28th Street SE (Michigan 11) in Cascade Township, Gran...
Please add profiles of those who were born, lived or died in the city of Kalamazoo, Michigan. Official Website Kalamazoo is the county seat of Kalamazoo County. Originally known as Bronson (after founder Titus Bronson) in the township of Arcadia, the names of both the city and the township were changed to "Kalamazoo" in 1836 and 1837, respectively. The Kalamazoo name comes from a Potawatomi w...
Please add profiles of those who were born, lived or died in Luce County, Michigan. Official Website The county was set off and organized in 1887 and named after former Michigan Governor Cyrus G. Luce. Adjacent Counties & Provinces Chippewa County Province of Ontario Mackinac County Alger County Schoolcraft County Villages, Townships & Communities Betty B. Landing Carpente...
The cemetery is located on the northeast corner of the intersection of Walker Avenue NW and Richmond Street NW, Grand Rapids, Kent County, Michigan. The U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) Geographic Names Information System (GNIS) feature ID for the cemetery is 628469 (Holy Cross Cemetery / Polish Catholic Cemetery ). Find a Grave
Maple Lawn Cemetery is set in a beautifully wooded and peaceful area. The grounds are well maintained year round. It is located at 1050 Boyne Avenue, Boyne City, Charlevoix County, Michigan. Find a Grave USGW Archives Billion Graves
Greenwood Cemetery, overlooking beautiful Little Traverse Bay on the western side of the city limits, is a perpetual care municipal cemetery established by the City of Petoskey, Bear Creek Township and Resort Township. One does not have to be a resident of these municipalities to choose Greenwood as a final resting place. The rolling hills and wooded areas cover more than 100 acres -- many of...
This subportal is part of the USA Portal . =The Great Lake State, The Wolverine State, The Mitten State, Water, Winter Wonderland are a few nicknames for the State of Michigan . State Motto: If you seek a pleasant peninsula, look about you .* State Rock: Petoskey* State Bird: Robin* State Mammals: Wolverine and the Whitetail Deer* State Tree: Eastern White PineWhen you ask a Lower Peninsula "Mi...