Our Library collection is housed at the Taylor Public Library located at 12303 Pardee Road, between Northline and Goddard. The holdings of the Downriver Genealogical Library include:
*** Family histories both professionally published and privately done by our members.
*** Ancestry chart books
*** Wyandotte and Taylor death records
*** Thon's and Ballheim funeral home indexes
*** Various downriver cemeteries
*** Materials on the 17 communities encompassed by the Downriver Genealogical Society - including some yearbooks
*** City directories for selected downriver communities
*** Death, marriage and anniversary notices from local newspapers
*** 1910-1930 microfilm for the Southeastern Michigan area
*** Early Woodmere Cemetery transcriptions done by our society
*** Complete Holy Cross Cemetery transcriptions done by our society
*** Wi-Fi and computer internet through the Taylor Community Library
*** Research guides, genealogy how-to's, military materials, immigration and passenger lists, and many national and local genealogical periodicals
*** European research materials
*** Materials for French Canadian research - including Tanguay, Denissen, and Jette
Shelving with city directories. |
Card catalog of death notices. |
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Black binders are local obits; white binders are local marriages. |
Europe, Canada and miscellaneous reference books. |
United States & Wayne County, Michigan & Detroit. |
Michigan books. | |||
United States Books. |
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