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Photo of Ellis Island in New York where many immigrants to America were processed.

While our focus is on local history, much of the information developed has a value to genealogists. The following is an attempt to highlight pages on Bay-Journal that may be of interest to viewers doing genealogy on their families. Also, we've included links to other pertinent websites.

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Bay-Journal Genealogy Pages

Directories:

Auburn-Williams Township Businesses & Professional 1st 100 years:
...... Listed by category of business.
Bay City 1858 Business Directory:
...... Includes pioneer businesses, their location and names of owners.
Bay City 1866-67 Business Directory:
...... Includes county, city and fire department officers. Index to businesses by name and location.
Essexville City Directory for 1875-76:
...... Scanned pages of actual directory. Includes map link of Essexville for finding location.
People in Bay County History Listing:
...... Names and brief comments, and links to information.
Service Memorial
...... Listing of soldiers, police and fire individuals who fell in harms way.

Database Files:

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..... Bay County Historical Time Line.
..... Bangor Township Names Lists for 1916 Plat Map.
..... St. Paul Lutheran Church list of Charter Members.

Groups - Ethnic, Families, Schools, Churches, etc.:

Birney, James G. (Descendants of):
...... Descendants and biographies.
Central High School, Class of 1928:
...... Actual year book. Includes directory of faculty and students, plus pictures.
Central High School, Class of 1948 Pictorial:
...... Complete Centralia year book with pictures and names of students and faculty.
Church Histories
...... Many include names and lists of early members.
Eastern High School Monthly 1896
...... Student newsletter with names of board, faculty & seniors.
Ethnic Groups of Saginaw Bay Area
...... Genealogy and History Information. Includes FORUM DISCUSSION BOARDS for each group.
Trombley Family of Bay County Genealogy:
...... Lists ancestry of Trombley (Tromble, Tromblay, Tremblay) pioneers that settled in Bay County.

Indexes to Books/Papers:

Bay County - Its Pioneer History & Marvelous Development (1880)
...... Paper by B.J. Partridge. Names to page index.
Bay County Story - From Footpaths to Freeways (1982)
...... Book by Leslie Arndt. Over 2000 names indexed to their pages.
Portraits & Biographical Record, Saginaw & Bay Counties, MI (1892)
..... Book by Chicago Biographical Publishing Co. Index of Name & sketches from book.

Places & Locations:

Bay County Cemeteries:
...... Listing of known cemeteries in Bay County's history. Some include plot maps.
Maps Library:
...... Historical maps, useful for finding community names/location of your ancestors.
Map History of Bay County:
...... Information on township formations.
Bay County - Its Pioneer History & Marvelous Development (1880)
...... Paper by B.J. Partridge. Places to page index.

Search Bay-Journal to find pages containing key words/phrases.

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Internet Genealogy Resources

Arenac County:

[-] MiGenWeb: Arenac

Bay County:

[-] Bay City: 1926 Central High School Class (Michigan Family History Network)
[-] Bay City: Families (Migrations Project)
[-] Bay Co. Clerk's Office Informaton (www.co.bay.mi.us)
[-] Bay Co. Genealogical Society, membership information, look ups.
[-] Bay Co., Multiple data bases (MI-GenWeb)
[-] Bay Co. MiGenWeb, Michigan Family History Org.
Cemeteries:

[-] Cemetery Listing (MiGenWeb)
[-] Cemeteries of Bay County (www.interment.net)

Births:

[-] Bay Co. Births (Michigan Family History Network)

Census Data:

[-] 1870 Michigan Census Index, Over 5000 records with micro-film roll#/page#. (University of Michigan)
[-] 1920 Bay County Census of Germans from Russia (www.webbitt.com)
[-] 1930 Federal Census Extended Index for Bay Co. (www.us-census.org)

Civil War Veterans:

[-] 1883 Pensioners for Bay Co. (Michigan Family History Network)
[-] 1894 Veteran's Census of MI for Bay Co., 593 records. (Michigan Family History Network)

Family Genealogy Websites: (Contact us to add a family's website to listing.)

[-] Carney (www.billcarney.com)
[-] Kusmierz/Rytlewski (Polish Gen. & History)
[-] Piechowiak/Luczak (www.larrya.us)
[-] Schultz, article by Joseph Martin (pdf).

Forums & Message Boards:

[-] Gen-Forum: Bay County, MI (www.genealogy.com)
[-] Message Board, Bay Co., MI (www.rootsweb.com)

Obituaries:

[-] Bay Co., MLIVE
[-] Bay Co. deaths (Michigan Family History Network)
[-] WWII Death Index of Bay Co. (www.accessgenealogy)
[-] Saginaw River Range Lighthouse Keepers (1841-1939)
[-] Michigan Gazetteer & Bus. Dir. for 1860, Bay City (Clarke Hist. Lib., CMU)
[-] Obituary Times, search newspaper obits

Michigan:

[-] Abrams Foundation Hist. Col. Genealogy & Local History (UM Library)
[-] LinkPendium.com (Excellent portal to history & genealogy resources.)
[-] Michigan Census Maps showing County formations (negenealogy.com)
[-] Michigan Family History Organization
[-] MiGenWeb: Michigan Genealogy on the Web
[-] Michigan Historical Center (michiganhistory.org)
[-] Midland Genealogical Society
[-] Naturalization Papers, Michigan Online Index
[-] Public Libraries of Saginaw Obituary Index
[-] Rootsweb: Michigan Research Links
[-] State Archives of Michigan
[-] Terminology, Databases, Articles & Products (negenealogy.com)
[-] USGenWeb Census Project: Michigan/Counties

Other Significant Sites:

[-] Ancestry.com
[-] Antiqauus Morbus - Glossary of old medical terms in different languages.
[-] Ellis Island Organization
[-] Family Search Organization (LDS)
[-] Immigration Arrival Records (USINS)
[-] Roots Web
[-] U.S. Bureau of Land Management (Search Land Patents)
[-] U.S. National Archives & Records Administration
[-] Listing of other genealogy websites