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Key Titles in the Abrams Foundation Historical Collection

Abajian, James. Blacks in Selected Newspapers, Censuses and Other Sources: An Index to Names and Subjects. Boston: G. K. Hall, 1977.
Gene E 185.96 .A2z
Index to African-American primary source material.

Alphabetical General Index to Public Library Sets of 85,271 Names of Michigan Soldiers and Sailors Individual Records. Lansing, MI: Wynkoop Hallenbeck Crawford Co., 1915.
Mich Docs E 514.3 .M622
Microfiche UMI PS 302
Names and information about Michigan soldiers in the Civil War.

American Genealogical-Biographical Index to American Genealogical, Biographical and Local History Materials. Middletown, CT: Godfrey Memorial Library, 1952- .
Gene Z 5313 .U5 A55
Citation listed with name, birth year, state, key title (source) and page number. Key Title Index is at the beginning of the set.

The American West: Overland Journeys 1841-1880. Bethesda, MD: University Publications of America, 1998- .
Microfiche F 593 .A44 1998
Includes written histories and personal narratives that document migration along several major trails.

The Atlantic Canadians, 1600-1900: An Alphabetized Directory of the People, Places and Vital Dates. Toronto, Canada: Genealogical Research Library, 1994.
Gene CS 81 .A8 1994
An index of the names of people who lived in the Atlantic provinces, with personal identifying details and their record sources.

Barbour Collection of Connecticut Vital Records. Salt Lake City: Genealogical Society, 1949.
Microfilm F 93 .B356 1949
Indexed Connecticut vital records, organized by town.

Biography and Genealogy Master Index: A Consolidated Index to More Than 3,200,000 Biographical Sketches in Over 350 Current and Retrospective Biographical Dictionaries. Detroit: Gale Research Inc. 1993- .
Available on Library's Electronic Resources computers, and through MeL, the Michigan eLibrary.

Britnell, W. E., ed. County Marriage Registers of Ontario, Canada, 1858-1869. Agincourt, ON: Generation Press, 1979- .
Gene CS 88 .O6 C68

The Central Canadians 1600-1900: An Alphabetized Directory of People, Places and Vital Dates. Toronto, Canada: Genealogical Research Library, 1994.
Gene CS 81 .C46 1994
An index of the names of people who lived in Ontario and Manitoba, with identifying details and their record sources.

Charbonneau, Hubert and Jacques Legare. Repertoire des Actes de Bapteme, Mariage, Sepulture et des Recensement du Quebec Ancien. Montreal, Canada: Presses de l'Universite de Montreal, 1980-1988.
Gene F 1051.5 .Q8 R46 1980
Parish records of early Quebec.

Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. International Genealogy Index. Salt Lake City: Corporation of the President of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, 1992.
Gene Microfiche CS 25 .C47 1992
Name index from selected sources obtained for the Family History Library.

Civil War Unit Histories: Regimental Histories and Personal Narratives. Bethesda, MD: University Publications of America, 1990- .
Microfiche E 470 .C58 1990
Guides to this series are located at the Genealogy Index Tables.

Correspondence, Field Notes, and the Census Roll of All Members or Descendants of Members Who Were on the Roll of the Ottawa and the Chippewa Tribes of Michigan in 1870, and Living on March 4, 1907. (Durant Roll). Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1996.
Microfilm E 99.09 C6 1996

Daughters of the American Revolution. Lineage Book. Washington, D.C.: The Society, 1896-1921; Harrisburg, PA: Harrisburg Pub. Co.
Gene E 202.5 .A15 L55
Lineages of Revolutionary War patriots of DAR members, submitted prior to 1921.

Draper, Lyman C. The Draper Manuscript Collection. Madison, WI: Chadwyk-Healy Ltd., 1980.
Microfilm E 172 .D73 1980
Microfiche E 172 .D73 1980

Collected documents of the "trans-Allegheny West" before 1815.

Dutch Immigrants on U.S. Ship Passenger Lists: An Alphabetical Listing. Kent, OH: Swierenga, 1978.
Microfiche HE 601.U5 S95z

Emigrant Savings Bank. Emigrant Savings Bank Records, 1841-1945. Wilmington, DE: Scholarly Resources, 1999.
Microfilm HG 1881 .E45 1999

Family History Library. Salt Lake City: Corporation of the President of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, 1992.
Microfiche Z 5319 .F3 1992
Card catalog of the Family History Library.

Famine Immigrants: Lists of Irish Immigrants Arriving at the Port of New York, 1846-1851. Baltimore: Genealogical Pub. Co., 1983.
Gene E 184 .I6 F25 1983
List of Irish immigrants arriving at the Port of New York.

Filby, William P. Passenger and Immigration Lists Index: A Guide to Published Arrival Records of About 500,000 Passengers Who Came to the United States and Canada in the Seventeenth, Eighteenth and Nineteenth Centuries. Detroit: Gale Research Co., 1981.
Gene CS 68 .P363
Citation lists name, age, date of arrival, source number and page number within the source. Front of index volume lists source numbers.

Freedman's Savings and Trust Company. Indexes to Deposit Ledgers in Branches of the Freedman's Savings and Trust Company, 1865-1874. Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Service, General Services Administration, 1971.
Microfilm HG 2613 .W34 F74 1865

Freedman's Savings and Trust Company. Journal of the Board of Trustees, and Minutes of Committees of Inspectors of the Freedman's Savings and Trust Company: Bank Records, 1864-1874. Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Service, General Services Administration, 1972.
Microfilm F 2613 .W34 F74 1865

Freedman's Savings and Trust Company. Registers of Signatures of Depositors in Branches of the Freedman's Savings and Trust Company, 1865-1874. Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Services, General Service Administration, 1969.
Microfilm HG 2613 .W34 F743 1865

French Canadians, 1600-1900: An Alphabetized Directory of the People, Places and Vital Dates. 1st ed. Toronto, Canada: Genealogical Research Library, 1992.
Gene CS 81 .F7 1992
An index of the names of people who lived in Quebec and French in every Canadian province.

Genealogical and Local History Books in Print, 5th ed. Baltimore, MD: Genealogical Pub. Co., 1996- .
Gene Z 5313 .U5 G453 5th
Books in print organized by place or family name.

Genealogy Newspaper Columns, Boston Transcript. Boston: Boston Evening Transcript., 1896-1941.
Microfiche F 73.5 .B677z
Query columns from Boston Transcript newspaper. Arranged by date of paper and query number. Indexed in American Genealogical and Biographical Index.

General Index to Compiled Military Service Records of Revolutionary War Soldiers. Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Service, 1972.
Microfilm E 255 .G36 1972

Germans to America: Lists of Passengers Arriving at U.S. Ports. Wilmington, DE: Scholarly Resources, 1988.
Gene E 184 .G3 G38
Lists of German passengers arriving at U.S. ports.

Gibson, June, ed. Surrogate Court Index of Ontario, Canada, 1859-1900. Agincourt, ON: Generation Press, 1988-1994.
Gene CS 88 .O6 G52 1988

Hale Collection of Connecticut Vital Records. Hartford, CT: filmed by the Genealogical Society Salt Lake City, at the Connecticut State Library, 1949.
Microfilm F 93 .H3 1949a
Connecticut vitals from newspapers.

Hewett, Janet B. The Roster of Confederate Soldiers, 1861-1865. Wilmington, NC: Broadfoot Pub. Co., 1995.
Gene E 548 .H4 1997

Hewett, Janet B. The Roster of Union Soldiers, 1861-1865. Wilmington, NC: Broadfoot Pub. Co., 1997.
Gene E 494 .H4 1997
Consolidated indexes to Union and Confederate compiled service records.

Index to Compiled Service Records of Volunteer Soldiers Who Served During the Mexican War. Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Service, 1965.
Microfilm E 409 .I5 1965

Index to Compiled Service Records of Volunteer Soldiers Who Served During the War of 1812. Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Service, 1965.
Microfilm E 359 .I53 1965

Index to Compiled Service Records of Volunteer Soldiers Who Served From the State of Michigan During the Patriot War, 1838-1839. Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Service, 1965.
Microfilm UA 264 .B7 I6z

Index to Compiled Service Records of Volunteer Union Soldiers Who Served in Organizations from the State of Michigan. Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Service, 1964.
Microfilm E 514 .I5 1964
Also available for Connecticut, Illinois, Indiana, Minnesota, New York, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Wisconsin and the U.S. Colored Troops regiments.

Index to Mexican War Pension Files, 1887-1927. Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Service, 1949.
Microfilm E 409.4 U55 1949

Index to New England Naturalization Petitions, 1791-1906. Washington, D.C.: National Archives, National Archives and Records Service, General Service Administration, 1983.
Microfilm F 4 .I53 1983

Index to War of 1812 Pension Application Files. Washington, D.C.: National Archives, 1960.
Microfilm E 359.4 .I5 1960

Indian Wars Index to Pension Files, 1892-1926. Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Service, 1959.
Microfilm E 81 .U55 1959

Iowa Vital Records. Hiawatha, IA: Heritage Microfilm, 19- .
Microfilm F 627
Collection of birth, death and marriage records for selected Iowa counties.

Institut Genealogique Drouin. Repertoire Alphabetique des Mariages des Canadiens-Francais, 1760-1935: Ordre Feminin. Montreal, Quebec: Institut Genealogique Drouin, 1991?.
Microfiche CS 88 .Q4 I572 1991
An alphabetic list of Quebec marriage records by female.

Institut Genealogique Drouin. Repertoire Alphabetique des Mariages des Canadiens-Francais, 1760-1935: Ordre Masculin. Lonqueuil, Quebec: Services Genealogiques Claude Drouin, 1989-1990.
Microfiche CS 88 .Q4 I57 1989
An alphabetic list of Quebec marriage records by male.

Ireland. General Valuation and Boundary Survey. General Valuation of Rateable Property in Ireland. Dublin: Irish Microforms Ltd., 1978.
Microfiche HD 630 .C686 G75 1856a
This series by Richard Griffith is also known as Griffith's Valuation.

Italians to America: Lists of Passengers Arriving at U.S. Ports, 1880-1899. Wilmington, DE: Scholarly Resources, 1992- .
Gene E 184 .I8 I844 1992

The Jesuit Relations and Allied Documents: Travels and Explorations of the Jesuit Missionaries in New France, 1610-1791. Cleveland, OH: Burrows, 1896-1901. 1958.
Microfiche F 1030.7 .Z95 1960

Loomis, Frances. Michigan Biography Index. Detroit: Reference Department, Detroit Public Library, 1946-1958.
Gene F 565 .L55z
Housed at the Genealogy Desk.
Indexes a large number of Michigan county and local histories.

Manifest Records of Aliens Arriving From Foreign Contiguous Territories: Arrivals at Detroit, Michigan From January 1, 1906 to December 24, 1954. Washington, D.C.: Immigration and Naturalization Services, 19--?.
Microfilm CS 68 .M36 1900z
An index to border crossing records for individuals who entered the United States from Canada at Detroit, Port Huron or Sault Sainte Marie.

Michigan Vital Record Indexes.
Microfilm F 565. I5 1960
Statewide birth, death, marriage and divorce indexes for selected years.

Michigan Vital Records Returns.
Microfilm F 565 .I5 1960
Statewide vital records for selected years.

Migration From the Russian Empire: List of Passengers Arriving at the Port of New York. Baltimore: Genealogical Pub. Co., 1995.
Gene E 184 .R9 M54 1995
Contains data on individuals who emigrated from the Russian Empire to the United States between 1875 and 1910.

Muster Rolls of the U.S. Marine Corps, 1798-1892. Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Service, 1969.
Microfilm VE 23 .A33 M87 1969

Archives of Ontario. Ontario Archives Land Record Index. Ottawa: Archives of Ontario, 1979.
Microfiche HD 1186 .C3 O57z

Ontario Office of the Registrar General. Index Books, 1869- . Toronto, Canada: Archives of Ontario.
Microfilm F 1058.6 .O57
Index to Ontario births, stillbirths, marriages and deaths.

Papers of the American Slave Trade. Bethesda, MD: University Publications of America, 1996.
Microfilm E 445 .R4 P37

Pennsylvania Archives. (s.l: s.n.) Philadelphia: Joseph Severns, 1852- .
Gene F 146 .P41
Partially indexed.

Pension Index File. Washington, D.C.: Veterans Administration Publications Service, 1953.
Microfilm UB 373 .P4 1953
A general index to pension files, 1861-1934.

Periodical Source Index. Fort Wayne, IN: Allen County Public Library Foundation, 1987-1997.
Gene CS 1 .P47
Subject guide to genealogical periodicals.

Record of Chinese Arrivals and Disposition Thereof at the Port of San Francisco, California. Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1985.
Microfilm F 866 .R43 1985

Records of Ante-Bellum Southern Plantations From the Revolution Through the Civil War. Frederick, MD: University Publications of America, 1985.
Microfilm F 213 .R43 1985

Register of Enlistments in the United States Army, 1798-1914. Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Service, 1956.
Microfilm E 181 .U5 1956

Research Publications Inc. Rare Printed Sources for Genealogical Research. Reading, Berkshire, England: Research Publications, 1986- .
Microfilm CS 1 .R37
Collection of English genealogy publications

Revolutionary War Rolls, 1775-1783. Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Service, 1976.
Microfilm E 255 .R48 1976

Romig, Walter. Michigan Place Names: The History of the Founding and the Naming of More Than Five Thousand Past and Present Michigan Communities. Detroit: Wayne State University Press, 1986.
Mich F 564 .R6 1986
Housed at the Genealogy Desk.

Saint Albans District Manifest Records of Aliens Arriving From Foreign Contiguous Territory: Arrivals at Canadian Border Ports From January 1895 to December 1952. Bountiful, UT: AGLL, 199- .
Microfilm CS 68 .U55 1990z
Microfilm of index cards arranged by Soundex code.

Ste. Anne's Church. Mackinac Register, 1695-1888. Mackinac Island, MI : Ste. Anne's Church, 2000.
Mich CD F 572 .M16 S35 2000
Mackinac church register of baptisms, deaths and marriages.

Sanborn Fire Insurance Maps. Teaneck, NJ: Chadwyck-Healy, 1983.
Microfilm G 1411 .G475 S3z 1983
Michigan maps; show location and structure of buildings. There are also maps for Illinois, Indiana, Massachusetts, Minnesota, New York, Ohio and Wisconsin.

Selected Records from Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty-Land-Warrant Application Files. Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Service, 1969.
Microfilm E 255 .S45 1969

Selected Records of the War Department Relating to Confederate Prisoners of War, 1861-1865. Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Service, 1965.
Microfilm E 615 .S45 1965

Slavery In Ante-Bellum Southern Industries. Bethesda, MD: University Publications of America, 1991.
Microfilm HD 4865.U6 S43 1991

Southern Women and Their Families in the 19th Century, Papers and Diaries. Bethesda, MD: University Publications of America, 1991.
Microfilm HQ 1438 .S63 S68

A Supplemental Index to Passenger Lists of Vessels Arriving at Atlantic and Gulf Coast Ports (excluding New York), 1820-74. Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Service, 1960.
Microform CS 68 .I47 A118 1820
Indexes are available for the ports of Baltimore, Boston, Galveston, New Orleans and Philadelphia.

United States. Army. Quartermaster Corps. Cemetery Branch. Card Records of Headstones Provided for Deceased Union Civil War Veterans. Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1997.
Microfilm E 494 .U55 1879
Information on cards includes rank, company, regiment, cemetery name and location.

United States. Bureau of Indian Affairs. Indian Census Rolls 1885-1940. Washington, D.C.: National Archives.
Microfilm E 98 .C3 I53 1965
This set of microfilm includes census information for tribes throughout the United States.

United States. Bureau of Refugees, Freedmen, and Abandoned Land Education Division. Records of the Education Division of the Bureau of Refugees, Freedmen and Abandoned Lands, 1865-1871.
Microfilm LC 2802 .S6 U55 1865

United States. Indian Claims Commission. Indian Claims Commission. New York: Clearwater Pub. Co. 1973-1982.
Microfilm E 98 .C6 U6 1993
This set of microfiche indexes the decisions of the Indian Claims Commission.

United States. National Archives and Records Administration. Applications for Nonresident Alien's Border Crossing Identification Cards Made at El Paso, Texas, ca. July 1945-December 1952. College Park, MD: National Archives at College Park, 1998.
Microfilm CS 58 .U555 1998

United States. National Archives and Records Administration. Copies of Lists of Passengers Arriving at Miscellaneous Ports on the Atlantic and Gulf Coasts and at Ports on the Great Lakes, 1820-1873. Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Service, 1964.
Microfilm CS 68 .C67 1964
Passenger arrival records. There are passenger manifest for the ports of Baltimore, Boston, Galveston, New Orleans and Philadelphia.

United States. National Archives and Records Administration. Correspondence, Field Notes and the Census Roll of All Members or Descendants of Members Who Were on the Roll of the Ottawa and the Chippewa Tribes of Michigan in 1870, and Living on March 4, 1907. (Durant Roll). Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1996.
Microfilm E 99 .O9 C6 1996
Field notes may include tribal band, residence and extended family information.

United States. War Department. The War of the Rebellion: A Compilation of the Official Records of the Union and Confederate Armies. Washington: Government Printing Office, 1880-1901.
Docs Ref W 45.5

Wisconsin Births, Deaths, Marriages, Divorces. Madison, WI: Wisconsin Department of Health and Social Services, 1900-1991.
Microfiche F 580 .W57 1900
An alphabetical index of deaths, 1959-1991; divorces, 1965-1984; and marriages, some pre-1907 and 1973-1992. There are some vital records for Alabama, Georgia and Illinois.

World War I Card Index. Lansing, MI: Michigan State Library, 1976.
Microfilm D 609 .U7 M5
Lists Michigan military personnel of the First World War.

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