Farmington Genealogical Society

Welcome to Farmington Genealogical Society!

 
Our website provides interesting articles and helpful ideas on pursuing your personal research.  We update the website frequently, so please check back often.  If you have any comments or suggestions, please click on the "Contacts" tab and send us an email.  Also check us out on Facebook, and join our Facebook group.
 
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.  Our meetings at 6:30 pm and our speaker presentation begins at 7:00 pm. 
 
The Library is 1 block west of Farmington Road and 1 block south of Grand River.  Parking is available at the library and behind the businesses on the west side of Farmington Road, as well as a parking lot just south of the library, behind the CVS store.  Click this link to Google Map.

MGC Newsletter

 
The Winter 2023 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.

Michiganology

Digital collections, such as Michigan death records, are available at the webstite Michiganology.org. Non-digital items, such as research and county guides, have been migrated to the Archives of Michigan pages on Michigan.gov. Check it out!


Funeral Record Index

 
Selected information from the records of Farmington’s Thayer-Rock Funeral Home for the period July, 1937 - December, 2016, has been indexed and is available for review.  More books will be added as they are indexed.   There are instructions to order a copy of those you are interested in when you click on the “Thayer-Rock" button on the left.

Passenger and Crew List Indexes

 
Check out the Passenger and Crew List indexes of those who crossed into Michigan from Canada between February 1901 and December 1952.  There are instructions to order a copy of those you are interested in when you click on the "Passenger and Crew List Indexes" button on the left.   
 
Enjoy.

Come Find Your Ancestors on Ancestry.com and other databases at the Library
Tue - 04/11/2023
Come join us for help with your research.  Members of the Farmington Genealogical Society will help attendees look through the thousands of databases of Ancestry.com Library Edition plus FamilySearch.org (Latter Day Saints) database.  Be sure to call the library and register to save a spot.  See you there.
Navigating the 1890 Gap: Using State Censuses
Tue - 04/18/2023
Details will be forthcoming.
Genealogy Jeopardy
Tue - 05/16/2023
Join us to see how good you are at the game of Jeopardy but with a genealogy twist!  We will have two teams who will try and answer questions about methodology and research techniques.  If either team doesn't get the answer, the audience can chime in.  Come join us.