Genealogy and Waterford History
You're welcome at Waterford Genealogical Society meetings
Waterford & Oakland County Information
- Waterford Historical Timeline
- Index to Death Notices from 19th Century Pontiac, Michigan, Newspapers
- Waterford Township Cemetery Index, ca. 1820 - 1990
- Index to Probate Notices from 19th Century Pontiac, Michigan, Newspapers
- Index to Marriage Notices from 19th Century Pontiac, Michigan, Newspapers
- U.S. Census for Waterford Township, 1850 (Printable PDF pages)
- U.S. Census, Agriculture Schedule, for Waterford Township, 1850 - Printable PDF pages transcription listing farmers, farms & products
- Waterford Township Landowners, 1857
- U.S. Census for Waterford Township, 1860 (Printable PDF pages) Business Notices, from Waterford Township, 1872
- Business Notices, from Waterford Township Villages, 1872
- Clintonville Map, 1872
- Drayton Plains Map, 1872
- Waterford Township Map, 1872 (Printable PDF version)
- Waterford Township Map, 1872 (very large image file)
- Waterford Village Map, 1872 (Printable PDF version)
- Waterford Village Map, 1872 (very large image file)
- Oakland County Pioneer Death Index from the Late 19th & early 20th Centuries
- Waterford Biographies [From the Biographical Record...of Oakland County Michigan (1903)]
- Oakland County Obituary and Death Notice Index, 1999 (Printable PDF page) obits1999.pdf
- Oakland County Obituary and Death Notice Index, 2000 (Printable PDF page)obits2000.pdf
- Death Notice Information
Library Resources
- State & Year Coverage of CD-ROM Census Indexes held by WTPL. Part 1: A-L, Part 2: M-N, and Part 3: O-W
- Genealogy CD-ROM Databases held by WTPL
- Waterford High School Yearbooks held by WTPL
- Books Donated to the Waterford Library by the Waterford Genealogical Society
- Area Genealogy Research Collections
Other Links
- Oakland County Historical Resources - links to digital resources
- The Waterford Twp. Historical Society and History of Waterford Village - early developments to the 1870s
- 1820 Oakland County Census - online transcription
- 1830 Oakland County Census - online transcription
- Oakland County Atlas, 1872 - limited to township images
- Oakland County - American Local History Network
- Oakland County GenWeb
- Lydia Barnes Potter Chapter - Waterford area chapter of the Daughter of the American Revolution
OTHER USEFUL LINKS ON THE WEB
Great Places to Start
- FamilySearch - provides record indexing and pedigrees for tens of millions of individuals
- USGenWeb - free access to state and county level data
- Social Security Death Index - search for individuals receiving social security benefits before death
- American Local History Network - check out info on the state you're researching
General Collections of Genealogy Links
- Cyndi's List [The top site for links]
- Genealogy Home Page
- Helm's Genealogy Toolbox
- Olive Tree Genealogy
Michigan Links
- Michigan Death Records 1867-1882 - contains full records and will extend through 1897 when completed
- State of Michigan Vital Records Application Forms - for ordering birth, marriage, death and divorce records
- Michigan County Clerks Genealogy Directory - addresses, hours, fees, etc.
- Macomb County Death Index
- St. Clair County, Michigan Death Index, 1868-1974
- 1870 Michigan Census Online Index - including complete census images from the Library of Michigan
- Michigan Civil War Regimental Rosters - online transcriptions
Great Lakes Links
- Illinois Death Certificates, 1916-1950 Illinois Public Domain Land Sales Archive - 19th century
- Illinois Statewide Marriage Index 1763-1900 - searchable index from the State of Illinois
- Indiana Marriages Through 1850 - searchable database from the Indiana State Library
- Minnesota Death Certificate Index, 1906-1996
- Online Ohio Death Index, 1913-1937 (will eventually cover 1908-1944)
- Wisconsin Genealogy Index - more than 100,000 obituaries, personal sketches, and other short biographies of Wisconsin people, fee for copies.
New England Links
- Colonial Connecticut Records, 1636-1776 Genealogy Books on the Web - mostly Massachusetts
- Index to Maine Marriages, 1892-1996
- Maine Vital Records
- Massachusetts Revolutionary War Soldiers, 1775-1783
- Savage's A Genealogical Dictionary of the First Settlers of New England before 1892
Southern Links
- Kentucky Vital Records Index - search for death (1911-1992), marriage (1973-1993) and divorce (1973-1993) records
- Kentucky Biographies - online transcriptions of the biographies of prominent and not so prominent Kentuckians.
- State Index to Tennessee Death Records, 1914-1925
- Tennessee Newspaper Obituary Indexes in Public Libraries
- Alabama Birth Records
- Alabama Marriage Records
- Alabama Death Records
- Georgia Obituary Links
- Georgia Civil War Pensions
- West Virginia Birth & Death Certificates
- West Virginia in the Civil War
Western Links
- California Death Index, 1940-1995
- Texas Confederate Pension Index - contains almost 55,000 Texas Confederate pension applications
- Texas Death Records, 1964-1998
Canada
- Genealogical and Family History Research at the Library and Archives of Canada
- Quebec and Eastern Township Genealogy Research Page - fee based service for Protestant records and censuses
- PRDH - the comprehensive site of Quebec French-Canadian genealogy of the 17th & 18th centuries
- Dictionary of Canadian Biography Online
- Genealogical Research at the Archives of Ontario
Ethnic Links
- JewishGen Family Finder - database of towns and surnames being researched by Jewish genealogists worldwide
- Afrigeneas - African ancestored genealogy
- Christine's Genealogy Site - a wealth of information for African-American genealogical research
- African-American Genealogy - includes full text how-to articles
Immigration & Naturalization Links
- American Family Immigration History Center - search passenger arrivals at Ellis Island
- Ellis Island Database One-Step Search Tool - try these tools if you're having trouble locating your Ellis Island immigrants
- Passenger Ship Information - includes arrival dates, ports of entry and embarkation, and much more
Links to Useful Tools
- American Memory - Historical Collections for the National Digital Library @ the Library of Congress - you may find that old book you need on this site
- Webpages by Stephen P. Morse - includes Census & Soundex, Ellis Island, Ship Arrivals, Birth Death, and other Vital Records search tools
- Print a free Ancestral Chart as well as other useful forms