02 February 2022

Finding Information on Michiganology that was on Seeking Michigan

Where Did Seeking Michigan Go?

Many genealogists used SeekingMichigan.org when researching their Michigan family. Seeking Michigan is no longer available to researchers unless you use Internet Archive Wayback Machine. Michiganology replaced it. 

Michiganology is the free digital platform of the Archives of Michigan. The Archives of Michigan is the record keeper of important documents pertaining to Michigan. These records include keeping all the records having to do with the business of the government, including records of genealogical interest. A list of government departments and their record coverage is here. https://michiganology.org/index.php?name=SO_116ceb56-8917-48a5-a9a9-62cf4a53bfad This is one reason that the Archives migrated to a new platform. The new platform will be able to store many more documents than Seeking Michigan could have. The upcoming Naturalization and Probate records will make this change exciting.

In addition to Michiganology, the Michigan History Center website https://www.michigan.gov/mhc/ has an Archives of Michigan section. The Michigan History Center encompasses the Archives of Michigan and the Michigan History Museum at the Michigan Library and Historical Center, 702 W. Kalamazoo, Lansing, MI. Other museums and historic sites are part of the Michigan History Center. The way I understand it is the databases will be stored on Michiganology and the business of the Archives will be at the Michigan History Center. For example, if you are looking for a guide on military records, it would be found at the Archives portion of the MHC website. If you are looking for death certificates, they would be found on the Michiganology website.

Can you find everything that was on Seeking Michigan at Michiganology and Archives of Michigan Michigan History Center? Yes, but finding it is a challenge. Using the Wayback Machine I was able to see what was once on Seeking Michigan.



To use the Wayback Machine, go to Internet Archive. Type www.seekingmichigan.org and click "browse history" or enter button.


 A timeline of years is at the top of the page. I chose 2018. A monthly calendar shows and the blue circles are the dates that Seeking Michigan was archived. I selected the last day of the year for my use.

Seeking Michigan had headings Seek, Discover, Look, Learn, and Services. I have taken the five headings and their subheadings and created the list below. Next, I found where the information is currently, January 2022. If there is no URL listed for a subheading that means I haven’t been able to find the information.. Some items are being reformatted and will be available at a later date. I used Michiganology, Archives of Michigan and Google to find the same information.

This is a work in progress and as I found new information I will update it.

Seeking Michigan

Michiganology

Archives of Michigan

Seek

 

 

About

 

https://www.michigan.gov/mhc/0,9075,7-361-85148_85779-463960--,00.html

Guides

 

Being reformatted

      Getting Started in Genealogy

 

 

      Vital Records

https://michiganology.org/vital-records/

 

      County Records

 

Upcoming

   Immigration and Naturalization

https://michiganology.org/naturalization/  (incomplete)

 

      Military

Department of Military and Veterans Affairs https://michiganology.org/uncategorized/SO_4450ae0d-f082-48ed-a285-9271b35c5996

 

Indexes

The indexes are being reformatted and are incomplete at this time.

 

   Detroit News Index

https://michiganology.org/the-detroit-news-archive/

 

   Naturalization Index

 

https://michiganology.org/naturalization/ (incomplete-more to come)

 

   Military Index

 

Being reformatted

   Civil War

https://michiganology.org/civil-war/

 

   Civil War List of Principals and Substitutes

RG 59-14

https://www.michigan.gov/documents/hal_mhc_sa_CWPrin_Abbey_Dillon_135181_7.pdf

 

https://www.michigan.gov/documents/hal_mhc_sa_CWPrin_Disher_KnappE_135183_7.pdf

Last names A-K. Available

 

Michigan Civil War Graves Database

https://web.archive.org/web/20180902234835/http://www.suvcwmi.org/graves/

 

 Grand Army of Republic Posts

 

 

Being reformatted

Record Group 63-19

 Grand Army of Republic Membership Rosters

 

Being reformatted

 Spanish American War Medal Recipients

 

Being reformatted

      WWI Guest Register

 

Being reformatted

      WWII Honor List

https://web.archive.org/web/20171203232857/https://www.archives.gov/research/military/ww2/army-casualties/michigan.html

 

   Photograph Index

 

Being reformatted

      Portrait Collection

 

Being reformatted

      Civilian Conservation Corps

 

Being reformatted

      General Photograph Collection

 

Being reformatted

Events

 

https://www.michigan.gov/mhc/0,9075,7-361-61086_66302---,00.html

Programs

 

https://www.michigan.gov/mhc/0,9075,7-361-61086---,00.html

Visit

 

https://www.michigan.gov/mhc/0,9075,7-361-85148_85780_92246-493712--,00.html

Contact Us

 

https://www.michigan.gov/mhc/0,9075,7-361-85148---,00.html

County Clerks

Offsite at https://web.archive.org/web/20190105025933/http://michigancountyclerks.us/contact

 

 

 

 

 

Discover

 

 

All Collections

https://michiganology.org/uncategorized/SO_6e94eaa7-d9e6-4f65-93a6-1b9e9be9ea73/

 

 

   Death Records 1897-1920

https://michiganology.org/vital-records/

 

   Death Records 1921-1952

https://michiganology.org/vital-records/

 

   Architecture

/https://michiganology.org/uncategorized/SO_f4fadd9a-16f5-4af5-b770-c3288fabc8df/

Conduct a search within this collection.

 

   Civil War Battle Flags

https://michiganology.org/civil-war/

 

   Civil War Manuscripts

https://michiganology.org/uncategorized/SO_8e15bc0c-b6d0-4aed-957e-3e3786d40ac4/

Conduct a search ‘civil war’ within this collection. Over 1500 items online

 

   Civil War Photographs

https://michiganology.org/civil-war/

 

   Civil War Service Records

https://michiganology.org/civil-war/

 

   Civil War Volunteer Registry

https://michiganology.org/civil-war/

 

   Early Documents

https://michiganology.org/uncategorized/SO_e36948d6-0951-484e-8afd-989b7f31c351/

 

 

   Films

Audiovisual materials available at https://michiganology.org/index.php?name=SO_fdb466ec-8e3c-4836-8382-674379793de0

 

 

   Governors of Michigan

 

https://www.michigan.gov/formergovernors/ Incomplete

   Early Photography

https://michiganology.org/index.php?name=SO_fdb466ec-8e3c-4836-8382-674379793de0

Search within this collection, over 1700 images available

 

   Lighthouses and Life Saving Stations

 

 

   Main Streets

 

 

   Maps

https://michiganology.org/index.php?name=SO_fdb466ec-8e3c-4836-8382-674379793de0

Search within this collection, over 6,000 maps are online.

 

   Music of Michigan

River Street Anthology https://michiganology.org/riverstreetanthology/

 

   Oral Histories

Use the search feature in the middle of the home page or at the top right corner at https://michiganology.org

 

 

   Rural Property Inventories

https://michiganology.org/?s=rural+property+inventories

 

 

   State Census 1827-1874

https://michiganology.org/index.php?name=SO_582893d9-fe09-4945-8f2a-230f8d7d3a7f

 

 

   State Census 1884-1894

https://michiganology.org/index.php?name=SO_582893d9-fe09-4945-8f2a-230f8d7d3a7f

 

 

   Surveyor Notes

https://michiganology.org/index.php?name=SO_b2ac8f99-b597-447a-9f8b-6930f813c70d

 

 

   Surveyor Plat Maps

 

https://www.michigan.gov/dtmb/services/maps/static/general-land-office-plats

 

 

 

 

Look

 

 

   Historical Stories

Discoveries in the Archives: https://michiganology.org/series/discoveries-in-the-archives/

 

 

 

 

Learn

https://michiganology.org/subjects/

 

   Statehood

https://michiganology.org/stories/steps-to-statehood-for-michigan/

 

 

   State Capital

 

https://www.michigan.gov/som/government/state-capitol

 

   State Symbols

 

https://www.michigan.gov/som/about-michigan/state-facts-and-symbols

 

   Governor’s Decisions

 

Https://www.michigan.gov/mhc/0,9075,7-361-85129_85968-424045--,00.html

 

This is from 2017 and not all links work.

   Museum Programs

 

https://www.michigan.gov/mhc/0,9075,7-361-85147_87196---,00.html

The museum special programs are on hiatus due to Covid-19.

 

 

 

Services

 

 

      Research Requests

 

https://www.michigan.gov/mhc/0,9075,7-361-85148---,00.html

 

         Annual Report

 

 

         Appeals Court

 

 

         Certification

 

 

         Circuit Court

 

 

         Corrections

 

 

         Land Patents

 

 

         Legislative History

 

 

         Military Records

 

 

         Naturalization

 

 

         Probate Court

https://shop.michiganology.org/products/probate-court-research

 

 

         Supreme Court

 

 

         Survey Notes

 

 




 


1 comment:

  1. Thanks for this article, from Northern Michigan!

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