Wayne County Lookup Page
If you need a lookup please contact one of the volunteers below and please remember to thank these volunteers for taking the time and effort to do lookups for you.
Please limit lookups to no more than one per week.
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I have yearbooks for Detroit Central High School for 1935, 1936, 1937 and 1938 would be happy to do lookups for anyone and 1932 Ypsilanti Dixit High School (no scans)
assent24219@mypacks.net
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Downriver Newspaper Obituaries: Wyandotte, Riverview, Southgate, Lincoln Park, Ecorse, Grosse Ile and Trenton
skomraus@wideopenwest.com
Death Certificates for Wyandotte Only: The Death Certificates are from the year 1897 thru 1998 for people that died in Wyandotte, they could live in a different town, but they had to die in Wyandotte.
skomraus@wideopenwest.com
Marriage Records -- Ste. Anne Church Detroit 1701-1850
godenver@msn.com
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Index to City of Detroit, adult deaths, 1867-1897 The index is only for adults who died in the City of Detroit. It does not index children or persons who died in the townships of Wayne County. The index includes surname, first name and volume, page and number on which the death is recorded. It does not include death dates, ages, addresses, cause of death or parent's names. You have to obtain a copy of the death record from the Wayne County death record microfilms to obtain this information - LDS#1377692 - 1377697.
Index to Wayne County deaths, excluding the City of Detroit
1935-50 detroitsearch@hotmail.com
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Governor and Judges Records, Proceedings of the Land Board of
Detroit
Edited by M. Agnes Burton
compiled by Clarence M. Burton, City Historiographer
1915 (has an index)
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Eastern High School Yearbook 1935 and 1936
Will scan and send a picture if available.
1936 index online at:
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1910 Wayne County Census
Look ups will include, in this order:
Surname, Given Name, Age,Birthplace,County, Locality, T-Roll # and Page number. This is ALL the information I can give, as this is all that is listed. Please send inquiries to sissyrz@aol.com and write 1910 MI Census in the subject line.
Susan
sissyrz@aol.com
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I live very close by the Livonia Cemetery, Union-Briggs Cemetery, and Newburgh Cemeteries in Livonia. Anyone needed help with these can contact me. (Note --some older stones are no longer legible!)
Julie Witkowski
jfwski@hotmail.com
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I have obtained a June 1940 Western High School (Detroit) school year book.
I am willing to do lookups. The yearbook is called "The Beacon" and is
dated June of 1940.
KathyPoston
kmpost1@cs.com
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I will do free census lookups for Michigan ancestors that
went to Wyoming and Montana.
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Simple lookups for the book "Where the Lilac's Grew"
Union Chapel Cemetery of
Dearborn Twp., MI
also:
1860 Census for Dearborn and Nankin township
Robert Gabrielli
robert.gabrielli@worldnet.att.net
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1920 Wyandotte Census only.
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Click here for a list of headstone photos I have, please contact if you find a name on the list.
Brenda Ozog ozog1999@earthlink.net
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Trinity Evangical Church 1885-1920 (Fort St., Detroit)
Nancy Lytle nlytle@escape.ca
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CITY OF WAYNE - Polk City Cross-Index - City of Wayne, Garden City, City of Inkster, for the years 1951 and 1956 ONLY (Hint for those who are not familiar with Metro Detroit--City of Wayne is on the west side--not to be confused with the County of)
G.W. Whitworth Whit@Whitworth.com
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1876 Indexed List of Landowners from Illustrated Historical Atlas of Wayne Co.
Nancy Lytle nlytle@escape.ca
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Where the Lilacs Grew - A History of Union Chapel Cemetery, Dearborn Township (Inkster), Michigan" by Barbara MacDonald and Julia E. Rogers." This book has a listing of all the graves and headstones in this cemetery along with SOME short family histories.
Kathleen B. Wagner kathleenwagner@sprintmail.com
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Sheldon Cemetery in Canton Township, Michigan. Records received from the Dept. of Public Works on Sept. 29, 1995. All pages were scanned and reproduced for genealogy use only by Richard E. Jolly [Westminster, CA] on November 26,1995.
Kathleen B. Wagner
Proudly We Record, the Story of Wyandotte , Michigan
Published by The Rotary Club of Wyandotte , Michigan , 1955
Our Fame & Fortune in Wyandotte
Published by the Rotary Club of Wyandotte , Michigan , 1985
Wyandotte : A Pictorial History, The Early Years
Published by Wyandotte Historical Society, 1997
It has an index identifying photographs.
R.L. Polk & Co.’s Wyandotte Directory 1907-1908
Mt. Carmel Cemetery , Wyandotte , Michigan
Published by Downriver Genealogical Society, 1988
Bloomdale Cemetery , Trenton , Michigan
Published by Downriver Genealogical Society, 1985
Mt. Calvary Cemetery (St. Mary’s), Rockwood ,
Michigan
Published by Downriver Genealogical Society, 1988
West Mound United Methodist Church Cemetery , Taylor , Michigan
Published by Downriver Genealogical Society, 1988
Saint Francis Xavier Cemetery , Ecorse , Michigan
Published by Downriver Genealogical Society, 1986
Ferndale Cemetery , Riverview , Michigan
Published by Downriver Genealogical Society, 1988
Indexed List of Landowners from 1876, Illustrated Atlas of Wayne County , Michigan and Maps
Published by Downriver Genealogical Society, 1993
City of Wyandotte Death Records, Old Book1, 1897-1902, Located in Wayne County , Michigan
Published by Downriver Genealogical Society, 1998
Thon’s Funeral Home Records 1898-1915, Wyandotte , Michigan
Published by Downriver Genealogical Society, 1996
Thon’s Funeral Home Records 1913-1920, Wyandotte , Michigan , Book 2
Published by Downriver Genealogical Society, 2000
Souvenir Book of the Dedication of Pulaski Park , Also Biography of Brig. Gen. Count Casimir Pulaski
Published by the City of Wyandotte , 1938
There is a Patron list and the history of the Polish Community of Wyandotte.
Newspaper Article, “Polish Pride”
Published by the News-Herald, Wednesday, August 24, 1994 ,
This gives the history of the Polish Community in Wyandotte .
Jubilee Memoirs of Our Lady of Mt. Carmel Parish 1899-1949, Wyandotte , Michigan
This gives quite a bit of history on the Polish Community.
Michele Bender mishbender@comcast.net