The Farmington Genealogical Society has been serving the family history community with information on Farmington, Oakland County, Michigan for fifty years! We are celebrating our Golden Anniversary and are moving into our second half century with renewed energy.

The Farmington Genealogical Society meets on the third Tuesday of each month, September through May, except December, at the Downtown Branch of the Farmington Library, located at 23500 Liberty Street in Farmington, Michigan. Click this link to Google Map. Our meetings begin at 6:30 pm and our speaker presentation begins at 7:00 pm.

Our website provides interest for our members and non members alike. Our meeting schedule with program topics can be viewed in our Calendar of Events, our Publications as digital publications available are available for download. We have the funeral home documents for the Thayer-Rock Funeral Home (July 1937 through December 2016) and Passenger Crew Lists for Canada to Michigan crossings (February 1901 through December 1952).

Also check us out on Facebook, and join our Facebook group.

How can we help?

See the word Suggestions / Questions on the sidebar? If you are a member, after you have signed in on your membership account, click it and add what we can do to make your membership more meaningful. Topics for meetings or anything else you want to bring forward is gratefully accepted. If you are not a member, Click Here to send an email and we will respond as soon as possible.

Special Pricing Announcement - MyHeritage DNA

MyHeritage DNA is now on sale for $36.00 (regular $89.00) This is strictly informational and not an endorsement from the

Farmington Genealogical Society.

Michiganology

The Michigan Archives Website, Michiganology.org contains a number of digital treasures including the actual images of Death Certificates (up through 1948 and rolling an additional year each January in compliance with the state 75 year limitation). Non-digital items, such as research and county guides, are available at the Archives of Michigan pages on Michigan.gov. Check it out! The Library of Michigan can also be researched online. They are in the same building in Lansing, but fall under different departments in the state government, therefore, different websites.

Associations

The Farmington Genealogical Society is a member of both the Michigan Genealogical Council and the National Genealogical Society.

The Michigan Genealogical Council Newsletter is available to download, read, or print. Click on the link to find out more about the genealogical happenings around our State.

MGC Family History Event

Sat - 11/16/2024

Angie Bush, MS at the 2024 MGC Fall Family History Event - Saturday, November 16, 2024 Angie Bush, MS will be our speaker. Angie is a Genetic Genealogist Researcher with Ancestry ProGenealogists in Salt Lake City. Angie has been interested in her genealogy since she was very young. After college, she spent several years working in biotech while continuing to pursue her genealogy hobby. With the growing popularity and introduction of autosomal DNA testing in 2012, she decided to combine her two loves into one career. Although she spends a lot of time working on recent unknown parentage cases (adoptions, ...

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Native American, First Nations, Indian: Researching Indigenous People

Tue - 11/19/2024

Judy Nimer-Muhn, Professional Genealogist, President of the Michigan Genealogical Council, and President of the Oakland County Genealogical Society is our speaker for this subject. Family legends often tell of an ancestor who was the daughter of a chief or some other Indian relationship. Come and find out the truth, myths, facts and information about how to determine if your family descends from Native or First Nations people.

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Evaluating Genealogical Evidence

Tue - 01/21/2025

Genealogical research can eventually reveal conflicting records. Well-versed in teaching genealogical and family history, Dan Fantore’s Evaluating Genealogical Evidence explores the value of the evidence that genealogical researchers uncover. The importance of evaluating the strength of evidence is stressed when there are discrepancies between sources. Strengths and weaknesses of common sources (census schedules, birth and death certificates) are presented. Challenges with indices and original versus derivative sources will be discussed.

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