Institutions
The following institutions have been found to have information about the Milan area.
- Milan Public Library
The library has a local history room and includes publications compiled by
Carl and Lillian Eggert Brown. One publication is a multi-volume
compilation of death records with a every name index.
- Archives of the Monroe County Historical Society
The archives includes a obituary file with the obituaries sorted in alphabetical order
and a card file of names indicating which publications they can be found in.
On the same floor is a room where the Monroe County Genealogical Society keeps their
archival material - but they are only open on Wednesdays and select Saturdays before
society meetings.
- Ellis branch library of the
Monroe County Library System
This branch library has a genealogical section that includes information about the
local area, including microfilm of some of the Monroe County newspapers, as well as
information about other states (such as Ohio, New York, Rhode Island, etc.).
The Bedford branch library also has a good genealogical section.
- LDS - Family History Center in Saline
The FHC has moved from Hill Street in Ann Arbor to Saline. Their on-site collection
includes film about Washtenaw County and also contains the archives of the Washtenaw
County Genealogical Society.
- Ann Arbor Public Library
The library has microfilm of the Ann Arbor newspapers.
- Bentley Library in Ann Arbor
The Bentley library has an extensive collection of photos and other items of Milan history, much of it stored there on behalf of the Milan Area Historical Society. It also has county
histories for the state of Michigan, an assortment of maps which include the Milan area and surrounding communities, plus a copy of the 1894 Washtenaw County state census. Their internet offerings are wonderful.
- Ypsilanti District Library
The library has the Michigan room, which contains data about the history and some
genealogical data about families in Ypsilanti and Washtenaw County. It also has a
microfilm of the Ypsilanti Newspapers.
- Archives of the Ypsilanti Historical Society
It was common for people to move back and forth between Milan and Ypsilanti.
These archives mainly contain information about people in the city of Ypsilanti
but it also has some information about Washtenaw County.
Last Changed on Nov. 22, 2011.
