The Waterford Genealogical Society meets at the library. You are welcome to attend their meetings. Check the Library Calendar for dates and times.

Access Online Genealogy Databases

Waterford & Oakland County Information 

• Waterford Historical Timeline
• Index to Death Notices from 19th Century Pontiac, Michigan, Newspapers - Last Names A-L
• Index to Death Notices from 19th Century Pontiac, Michigan Newspapers - Last Names M-Z
• Waterford Township Cemetery Index, ca. 1820 - 1990
• Index to  Probate Notices from 19th Century Pontiac, Michigan, Newspapers - Last Names A-L
• Index to Probate Notices from 19th Century Pontiac, Michigan, Newspapers - Last Names M-Z
• Index to Marriage Notices from 19th Century Pontiac, Michigan Newspapers
• U.S. Census for Waterford Township, 1850 (Printable PDF pages)
• U.S. Census, Agriculture Schedule, for Waterford Township, 1850 -  Printable PDF pages transcription listing farmers, farms & products
• Waterford Township Landowners, 1857
• U.S. Census for Waterford Township, 1860 (Printable PDF pages)
• Business Notices from Waterford Township, 1872
• Business Notices from Waterford Township Villages, 1872
• Waterford Historical Maps
• Oakland County Pioneer Death Index from the Late 19th & early 20th Centuries
• Waterford Biographies [From the Biographical Record...of Oakland County Michigan (1903)]
• Oakland County Obituary and Death Notice Index, 1999 (Printable PDF page)
• Oakland County Obituary and Death Notice Index, 2000  (Printable PDF page)
• Death Notice Information

Library Resources

• State & Year Coverage of CD-ROM Census Indexes held by WTPL.  Part 1: A-L, Part 2: M-N, and Part 3: O-W
• Genealogy CD-ROM Databases held by WTPL
• Waterford High School Yearbooks held by WTPL
• Books Donated to the Waterford Library by the Waterford Genealogical Society
• Area Genealogy Research Collections
• Handouts from Genealogy U classes taught by Irv Rabideau at the Waterford Library

Other Links

• Oakland County Historical Resources - links to digital resources
• The Waterford Twp. Historical Society and History of Waterford Village - early developments to the 1870s
• 1820 Oakland County Census - online transcription
• 1830 Oakland County Census - online transcription
• Oakland County Atlas, 1872 - limited to township images
• Oakland County GenWeb
• Lydia Barnes Potter Chapter - Waterford area chapter of the Daughter of the American Revolution

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OTHER USEFUL LINKS ON THE WEB

Great Places to Start

• FamilySearch - provides record indexing and pedigrees for tens of millions of individuals
• USGenWeb - free access to state and county level data
• Social Security Death Index - search for individuals receiving social security benefits before death
• American Local History Network - check out info on the state you're researching

General Collections of Genealogy Links

• Cyndi's List [The top site for links]
• Helm's Genealogy Toolbox
• Olive Tree Genealogy

Michigan Links

• Michigan Death Records 1867-1882 - contains full records 
• Death Notices on Michigan.com
• State of Michigan Vital Records Application Forms - for ordering birth, marriage, death and divorce records
• Michigan County Clerks Genealogy Directory - addresses, hours, fees, etc.
• Macomb County Death Index
• St. Clair County, Michigan Death Index, 1868-1974
• 1870 Michigan Census Online Index - including complete census images from the Library of Michigan 
• Michigan Civil War Regimental Rosters - online transcriptions
• MeL Michigana - Michigan Digital History Portal

Great Lakes Links

• Illinois Death Certificates, 1916-1950
• Illinois Public Domain Land Sales Archive - 19th century
• Illinois Statewide Marriage Index 1763-1900 - searchable index from the State of Illinois
• Indiana Marriages Through 1850 - searchable database from the Indiana State Library
• Minnesota Historical Society People Finder - searchable index of many types of records/items, including birth and death records
• Select Ohio Public Records Index - mainly death certificates, including 1913-1944 and 1954-1963 
• Wisconsin Family History Resources - more than 3,000,000 records including birth, death, and marriage record indexes

New England Links

• Colonial Connecticut Records
• Maine Vital Records
• Savage's A Genealogical Dictionary of the First Settlers of New England, before 1692

Southern Links

• Kentucky Vital Records Index - search for death (1911-1992), marriage (1973-1993) and divorce (1973-1993) records
• Kentucky Biographies - online transcriptions of the biographies of prominent and not so prominent Kentuckians.
• State Index to Tennessee Death Records, 1914-1933
• Tennessee Newspaper Obituary Indexes in Public Libraries
• Alabama Birth Records
• Alabama Marriage Records
• Alabama Death Records
• Georgia Obituary Links
• Georgia Civil War Pensions
• West Virginia Birth & Death Certificates
• West Virginia in the Civil War

Western Links

• California Death Index, 1940-1995
• Texas Confederate Pension Index - contains almost 55,000 Texas Confederate pension applications
• Texas Death Records, 1964-1998

Canada

• Genealogical and Family History Research at the Library and Archives of Canada
• Quebec and Eastern Township Genealogy Research Page - fee based service for Protestant records and censuses
• PRDH - the comprehensive site of Quebec French-Canadian genealogy of the 17th & 18th centuries
• Dictionary of Canadian Biography Online
• Genealogical Research at the Archives of Ontario

Ethnic Links

• JewishGen Family Finder - database of towns and surnames being researched by Jewish genealogists worldwide
• Afrigeneas - African ancestored genealogy
• Christine's Genealogy Site - a wealth of information for African-American genealogical research
• African-American Genealogy on Cyndi's List - includes full text how-to articles

Immigration & Naturalization Links

• The Statue of Liberty-Ellis Island Foundation - search passenger arrivals at Ellis Island
• Ellis Island Database One-Step Search Tool on JewishGen - try these tools if you're having trouble locating your Ellis Island immigrants
• Passenger Ship Information - includes arrival dates, ports of entry and embarkation, and much more

Links to Useful Tools

• American Memory - Historical Collections for the National Digital Library @ the Library of Congress - you may find that old book you need on this site
• Webpages by Stephen P. Morse - includes Census & Soundex, Ellis Island, Ship Arrivals, Birth Death, and other Vital Records search tools
• Print a free Ancestral Chart as well as other useful forms