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ENAWEE HISTORICAL SOCIETY MUSEUM

 LENAWEE COUNTY, MICHIGAN

Lenawee Historical Society Museum

Click for Adrian Public Library, circa 1909

Lenawee Public/Vital Records
110 E. Church St.
Adrian, Michigan 49221
517-265-6071
Location: Map
 HOURS;
Tuesday thru Friday: 10 AM to 2 PM
Saturday: 10 AM to 4 PM

EMAIL the Lenawee Museum, lenaweemuseum@yahoo.com


Biographies
 Obituaries
 Seeds of Time Booklets
 Membership
 Lenawee Links


Archived Articles


An Invitation To You!
     To Join
          The Lenawee County
Historical Society
(Membership)
The Tower

 "He who will not look
backward with reverence,
will not look forward with hope."
Edmund Burke

HELP! The MUSEUM
     By Volunteering A Little Time.
          Call Mike Griffith at 517-215-1490 To Volunteer.


Next Meeting of the Lenawee County Historical Society

The Program: Thursday Feb. 23 at 7 p.m.
At the Museum
The Speaker: Phyllis Rickard

Basic Genealogy: Tracing Your Roots


     Phyllis Rickard, whom many of you know from her 29 years at the Lenawee County Library, will be our speaker. An avid genealogist, who has assisted hundreds in tracing their roots, she will give attendees basics of genealogy. This will include what information to record, where to look for it, and how to trace family ties using multiple resources.

     Phyllis’s interest in genealogy was sparked by her learning from her grandmother about her great-great-grandfather who fought in the Civil War. “I wanted to know more about him,” Phyllis said. “That was how I started, because I wanted to know more about that one man.”

This program is free and open to the public.






MUSEUM RESOURCES

      The Archives of the Lenawee Historical Museum, free and open to the public, includes the following: Adrian City Directories 1859-1998, Adrian City Tax Records 1865-1906, Lenawee County Tax Records 1840-1915, school yearbooks, cemetery records, marriage/birth/death records, tens of thousands of obituaries, scrapbooks, business ledgers, atlases and plat books, Sanborn insurance maps, histories of Lenawee County, and histories of cities and towns (Adrian, Tecumseh, Blissfield, Addison).

     The Archives houses thousands of documents relating to business, government, religion, education, railroads, the military, the Grange, the Underground Railroad, prominent citizens, and many other subjects of local interest. The Photo Archives contains photographs and postcards of places, people, and events in Lenawee County.






BOOKS


Adrian, The City That Worked



by Charles Lindquist

     A new printing of Dan Cherry's book NIGHT OF THE WIND, about the devastating 1965 tornado, is now available at the museum. The price, which includes sales tax, is $26.50. If you would like the book mailed to you, add $3.50 for shipping.


     Dan has a web site about the Palm Sunday Tornado. Take a look to learn more about the tornado destruction and photos at Devil's Lake.


Seeds of Time Booklets

Read about Adrian & Lenawee County History
available in the "Seeds of Time" Booklet series.







Please call or email the Museum for books or pamphlets on the
History of Lenawee County and special subjects.



LENAWEE FAMILY WEB SITES

     I have started a section on the Lenawee Links Page for Lenawee Family Web Sites. If you have a family web sites that you want listed on th Links Page, email the link to me at Corpmiz@aol.com.


NEW LENAWEE CEMETERY RESOURCE:

     Crazy Cemetery Ladies of Lenawee County
          I'm not sure how to categorize this web site(s) except to say that there is some good data on the web pages that the "Crazy Ladies" have created. The site provides wonderful information about certain Lenawee Cemeteries. The coverage is far from complete about Lenawee County. You will find some features that aren't generally available on the Internet. The Crazy Ladies have some obituaries, Cemetery maps and some stories about particular families. The Cemetery maps are useful because the plots and rows are laid out on the web page. Some grave locations are identified. If I had more family buried in Lenawee County rather than Fulton County, I would check it out before visiting the Cemeteries listed. No doubt about it, the Crazy Ladies have room on this web site to expand as much as they like with Lenawee County Cemeteries.


Michigan 4th Infantry Regiment
     http://fourthmichigan.com/

     The 4th Infantry Regiment was raised from the inhabitants of cities in Lenawee County to served during the War of the Rebellion, The Civil War. This is a great site to visit for information & photos from the Civil War era.

The Toledo War
http://www.toledowar.com/

     This web site is as much about the establishment of the Northern Border of Ohio, as it is about the so called War between Michigan and Ohio. The web site has many photos of the existing border markers. The numerous surveys of the Ohio - Michigan contact area are detailed.

New!
The Clinton Historical Society


Thompson House Museum and Gardens in Hudson
     The Thompson House Museum & Gardens in Hudson, MI is now open. Further information is at http://www.thompsonmuseum.org or by calling 517-448-8125.


19th-Century Adrian Architecture.com,
http://www.sienaheights.edu/personal/pbarr/links.html

     The various styles of homes in Adrian's Historical District are featured with an analysis of the developement and history of each. A printable walking tour map of the homes is a feature of the site; just look under the TOUR tab.

     The site was originally created by Peter Barr, Associate Professor of Art History and Klemm Gallery Director at Siena Heights University in Adrian, Michigan., and designed by Todd Marsee.


Maple Lane Manor
Maple Lane Manor
Lenawee County Asylum for the Poor
BIOGRAPHIES

 Read about Charles Miller Croswell, who was elected Governor in 1876 & 1878. He helped build the house in Adrian that he later purchased. This web page is on the Adrian DAR web site.

 OBITUARIES

 Biography of the Hon. William L. GREENLY, Governor of the State of Michigan, 1847 - 1848.
Biography of the Lucretia Harper Simpson, from Kentucky & Adrian; former slave.
Please send your photo scans, biographies or obituaries of Lenawee
residents and locations for posting on this web site.
Click to mail: Corpmiz@aol.com

Visit a "sister" site:
Lenawee County Platt Maps

1895 Lenawee Map


View the 1895 Lenawee County Map &
Internet link to the 1895 U.S. Atlas





GREAT RESEARCH SITE: Michigan County Histories, http://www.hti.umich.edu/m/micounty/

- A site where you can search turn-of-the-century Michigan County History books for your ancestors. You can enter your subject to search (location or surname, for instance) and the site will return a list of books & number of hits in each book. When you pick the book to view, you can again enter your subject to search. The search will give how many hits are on the various pages of the book. Then you can view the actual page of the book where your subject is listed. You can also print a copy of your selected page. This is a good way to view History Books that you may not find in your local library & may not be able to borrow.

Thanks to Phyllis Rickard,
for sending the site URL

"NEW" Lenawee County Links
Please send me addresses of non-commercial Lenawee County web sites.





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