May 2025 Meeting
Next Meeting Saturday, May 10th 2025, 1:30 PM
at The Gaelic League, 2068 Michigan Ave., Detroit, MI 48216
Please join us for the monthly meeting of the 2024 - 2025 season featuring Mark Bowden as our featured speaker. Reminders for this meeting will be emailed out to members as the date approaches. Zoom invitations are sent out to members only due to capacity limitations. Non-Members will be charged $10.00 to access our Zoom presentations.
Selected Detroit and Michigan Genealogical Resources
at the Burton Historical Collection,
Detroit Public Library
This presentation focuses on some of the unique genealogical resources for Michigan and Detroit research found at the Burton Historical Collection including: Detroit Death index, burial transit permits, Wayne County coroner’s files, Roman Catholic Church records, naturalization records from Detroit Recorders Court, Michigan World War II service awards index, Michigan Korean war casualties index, and more!
Since 2010, Mark Bowden has been the Coordinator for Special Collections at the Detroit Public Library. These collections include: the Burton Historical Collection, the Rare Book Collection, the E. Azalia Hackley Collection of African Americans in the Performing Arts, the Ernie Harwell Sports Collection, and the National Automotive History Collection. During the last 19 years he has spoken to many groups about the genealogical resources housed in the Burton Collection.
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Welcome
Welcome to the Irish Genealogical Society of Michigan. The Irish Genealogical Society of Michigan is a non-denominational organization focusing on genealogical research in all thirty-two counties of the Emerald Isle. Our meeting is open to everyone who can attend at the Gaelic League. Zoom invitations are sent out to members only due to capacity limitations.
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