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Obituary Web Board
 Jackman-Hiltunen Obituary Collection
Richards Family Obits
Ross Collection - Obituaries
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 1870 Federal Census - Online with images
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Census Maps - The history of county formations for Michigan - off site
1850 Mortality Lake Superior Country
1860 Mortality Sched. Houghton  

Collections

Family Group Sheet Project  Forms available for submission onsite. Houghton Co. has files online.

Ross Collection
Italians of the Upper Peninsula
Richards Family Obits
Jackman-Hiltunen Obituary Collection
Resurrection Church Records
Jacques' Family Obituary Collection

Historical Photo Collection

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Harriet Rule Autograph Book
Calumet Theater Name List
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Ship Manifests
A History of the Northern Peninsula.... 
Biographical Record of Houghton, Baraga and Marquette

Localities

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Mail Lists & Web Board

Query Web Board - Ancestry/Rootsweb
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Obituaries Web Board
Biography Web Board
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Military

  • Veteran Fatalities Memorial

  • Civil War
          1883 Pensioners
          1894 State Census - Vets only


  • Spanish American War online Partial pension file numbers and info now being added for all Houghton Co. men
           Our Boys in the Spanish American War - scans of pages
           34th Company F -
                    Roster
                    Order in Battle
                    John F. Stanton Story
  • World War I - 

    •      Doings of Battery B
         Michigan In The War Entries
  • 1924 Houghton Men at Camp Custer

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    Mining Records

    Accidents and Deaths names added! July 2006
    Employment Records - C&H
    The Italian Hall Disaster of December 1913

     

    Nationalities

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    Finnish November 2003
    French - Canadian - Offsite
    Italian - biographies added 
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          General Obituaries - Ross Coll.
          Jacques' Family
    Obituary Web Board

     

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    MIGenWeb Archives - Houghton Co.
    List of Mailing Addresses

     

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    LDS Family History Center
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              Ross  Collection
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              1954 Memorials
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              Schoolcraft Twp.
              Burial Records
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              The Italian Hall Disaster
              Gendis - MI State Early Deaths
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              Dibean Michigan Collection
    Mining Deaths
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