Category Archive: Michigan

Jun 15

Library of MI – Genealogy Collection at least partially preserved

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Great news via a post on blog.EOGN.com. Back in 2010, the political situation combined with the budget in MI resulted in a short-sighted decision by the governor to move the Library of Michigan under the Department of Education and significantly change its mission and cut its funding (including quite a number of staff). Now, at …

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Sep 28

The Bark Covered House. Or, Back in the Woods Again.

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Publication Information – Nowlin, John. Edited by Quaife, Milo Milton. Dearborn, MI: Dearborn Historical Commission. 6th Printing – 1992. [Republication of an 1876 book. Footnotes and index added in 1937 by the Commission.] Availability – Over 300 libraries   Online at American Memory (Library of Congress) without the index or footnots   bookstores (new & …

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