BIOGRAPHY (and) HISTORY

History of Manistee County, Michigan:
with illustrations and biographical sketches of some of its prominent men and pioneers.
Publisher: H.R. Page & Co.; Chicago, 1882

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Call # 977.4 H2hm

A Story of Portage: the settlers and homesteaders cut into Lake Michigan
by Elsket Barstow Chaney
Book / Monograph with film
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Call Number 977.4 A1 no. 34

Birth Records

Record of Births 1867-1914
Index to Births 1867-1973

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CENSUS

Church Records

Swedish Lutheran Church
Title: Ansgarius Svenska Evangeliska Lutheran forsamlingen
Church records  1884-1954
Note: Includes index of members. History of the Swedish Lutheran congregation from 1884-1914. Membership records, 1884-1954 with information of birth data, confirmations, marriage and death dates and the place they immigrated from.
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Language: Swedish
1 microfilm reel

Messiah Lutheran Church
Title: Church Messian register  1859-1908
Note: Includes index to members. Registers of members indicating birth date, place, marriage date, when arrived in America and death dates.
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Language: Swedish
1 microfilm reel

St. Petri German Evangelical Lutheran Church
Title: Kirchen-, Stamm, und Protokoll-Buch  1888-1915
Note: Includes parish register of baptisms 1888-1915, confirmations 1898-1915, sunday school 1898-1899, marriages 1899-1015, communions 1898-1916, and burials 1898-1915.
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Language: German
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Den Skandinaviske Evangeliske Lutherske menighed
Title: Kirkebog B  1873-1888
Notes: Contains index of members, baptisms 1873-1888, communions 1873-1888, marriages 1873-1888, confirmations 1874-1888 and deaths 1873-1888.
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Language: Danish, Norwegian and Swedish
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Den Danske Evangeliske Lutherske menighed
Title: Kirkebog C  1889-1943
Notes: Includes minutes of church services 1890-1943, baptisms 1889-1943, marriages 1889-1942, confirmations 1890-1942, deaths 1889-1943, and communions 1889-1943.
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Language: English
1 microfilm reel

Norwegian Lutheran Church
Den Norske Evangeliske Lutherske Kirke
Title: Ministerialbog for Den Norsk-Lutherske menighed at Manistee, Michigan 1888-1945
Notes: Parish register of the Norwegian Lutheran Church in Manistee County, Michigan. Text in Norwegian. Contains births 1881-1928, confirmations 1889-1922, 1936, 1941, 1944, and marriages 1888-1928, 1933, 1939, 1943, and deaths 1888-1945, communions 1888-1941 and membership records 1888-1928.
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Language: Norwegian
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Scandinavian Lutheran Augusta Synod
Title: Records of Ministerial acts 1885-1924
Notes: Includes baptisms 1888-1923, confirmations 1885-1924, marriages 1888-1923, records of reception of members 1887-1923, dismissal of members 1885-1923 and funerals 1884-1923.
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Language: Swedish
1 microfilm reel

Circuit Court Records

Notice les (sic) pendens
Vol. 1, 1867 - 1882
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Flim 945042

City Directory

R. L. Polk & Co.
Manistee City Directory 1922-1923; 1928-1929
(Includes in various editions the towns of Arcadia, Bear Lake, Brethren, Chief, Copemish, Eastlake, Henry, Kaleva, Marilla, Norwalk, Onekama, Stronach, and Wellston)
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Format: Serial

Death Records

Record of Deaths, vols. 1-2 1867-1911
Index to Deaths 1867-1973
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Film # 945505

Deed Records

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Income Tax Records - Civil War Years

Income Tax Records of the Civil War Years
Michigan, 1862-66
NARA  # M773
15 rolls

Marriage Records

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Records of Mortgages

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Probate Records and Guardianship

Probate Calendars, Records and Files 1855-1968
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Manuscript on film - 37 microfilm reels