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Peninsula Community Library

Local History Resources and Research

Old Mission Peninsula Historical Society

Old Mission Gazette History Archives 

Dougherty Mission House

Traverse Area District Library Local History Collection

Bureau of Land Management (United States Department of the Interior) - search for purchase patents from the land office. See signatures of your ancestors and get dates for specific purchases.

Library of Michigan and Archives of Michigan (family history link) - information about their resources and some newspaper links.

MIGenWeb - Michigan genealogy information online, part of USGenWeb

Find A Grave - Search by last name, cemetery name, etc.; find pictures of grave stones; some have additional documents and pictures.

The Michigan One Room Schoolhouse Database

Archaelogical Atlas of Michigan, William B. Hinsdale.

Searchable Map of Native Territories, Languages and Treaties