Michigan newspapers online.
Online access to these Benzie County historical newspapers:
Benzie Banner
Benzie Record Patriot
Benzonia Citizen
Frankfort Express
South Frankfort Alert
The Elberta Alert
The Frankfort Times
City directories for Grand Traverse and Leelanau Counties, 1945-2009. In older editions, residents are listed by name and address--sometimes with occupation and children’s names. Located in the Reference Room.
Plat Books are maps of an area that show who owned the land. The library has the most recent plat books for surrounding counties in the reference collection (G 1413) and old ones in storage. Ask a librarian to retrieve them for you.
Google has scanned millions of historical newspapers and placed them online. Use Google to find old newspaper articles. Click on the link above to search Google's entire newspaper archive.
The Morning Record, 1897-1901
Honest Opinion, 1919
The Evening Record, 1901-1907
The Daily Eagle, 1903-1907
Traverse City Press, 1917
Traverse Bay Eagle, 1891, 1901
Grand Traverse Press, 1918
A compilation of published cemetery transcriptions located at the Library of Michigan and links to Michigan cemetery websites. This database also identifies the location of over 3,700 cemeteries in Michigan. It is NOT intended to include a list of personal names.
Or use the Michigan Cemetary Atlas in the map case in the Reference Room.
Ref-Atlas G 1411 .E6225 L5 1991.
Try the HathiTrust Digital Library for family histories, genealogies, and local histories which tend to be copyright-free and digitized.
