If your search is in the state of Michigan, you will find these resources invaluable.

Vital Records Applications
The State of Michigan vital records office has records of births, deaths, and marriages that occurred in Michigan and were filed with the state as early as 1867, and divorce records as early as 1897.

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Genealogical Death Indexing
The data in this system were obtained from microfilmed death ledgers for Michigan, which have been transcribed by genealogists from Michigan's local genealogical societies.

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MeL databases contain full-text articles from magazines, journals and newspapers as well as digital books.

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A cumulative full-name index merging many Michigan publications and manuscripts.

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	Van Buren District Library
	Detroit Public Library

	Berrien County Genealogical Society
	Calhoun County Genealogical Society
	Michigan Genealogical Council
	Southwest Michigan Black Heritage Society
	Van Buren Regional Genealogical Society
	Western Michigan Genealogical Society

Michigan Genealogy on the Web is part of the USGenWeb project that focuses on genealogy website in the state of Michigan.  Listed here are the websites southwest Michigan counties.

	Allegan County
		Early Births of Allegan County
		Early Marriages of Allegan County
		Wayland Register of Births
	Barry County
	Branch County
	Calhoun County
	Cass County
		Cass County Births
		Cass County Marriages
		Cass County Early Divorces
		Cass County Obituaries
	Kalamazoo County
		Kalamazoo County Births
		Kalamazoo County Deaths
	St Joseph County
		St Joseph County Miscellaneous Births
		St Joseph County Marriage Index, 1832-1887
		St Joseph County Marriage Index, 1889-1925
		St Joseph County Obituaries
	Van Buren County
		Southwest Michigan Obituary Index
		Southwest Michigan Marriage, Divorce, Engagement, and Anniversary Index

A directory of links to many online Michigan death indexes, full state and by county, including death certificate indexes, obituaries, cemetery burials and probate records.

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