7-3-2024

1st land owners of Oakland County, have been placed online.

6-27-2024

Business Directories for Oakland County 1859, 1863 and 1877 are now online.
Township histories are now online, listed under Community Histories.

Cemetery photos for some cemeteries are online. Goto the cemetery, click on the person to bring up the individual view for that person, if a headstone image appears, you can click on it to enlarge it. The following cemeteries so far online are: Aaron Webster, Andersonville, Beebe, Bigelow, Bigler, Brewster, Bridge Lake, Brookins, Carmer, Crooks Road, Dell Smith, East Farmington, Eastlawn (part), Eaton, Four Towns, Granger, Hadley (part), Kingsbury, Kline, Knapp, North Oxford, Paint Creek, Quaker, Roe Bullard, Sashabaw Plains, St. Patricks Dublin, Unnion Corners, Waterford Center (part), Waterford Village and West Farmington. These are pictures that my wife and I have taken over the years, ranging from 2002 - 2022.

6-25-2024

1920 Census for Oakland County, Territory of Michigan, under the census catagory.

6-19-2024

DAR Cemetery transcripts added (1924-27), a few more Bios and news articles.

6-7-2024

Cemetery transcripts added - almost 500,000 people listed.

5-24-2024

Oakland County adopted by Mark Johnston - Some pages being updated.

12-17-2018

Revised text on main page describing submissions to this website

Removed the Available Searches topic from the Navigation Tree

Moved the Google Site Search to the main page.

Removed the Find-a-Grave search and Expert Genealogy searches

Removed GenForum link on main page.

Moved Search Oakland County MIGenWeb Archives to main page

3-13-2018

Added the DiBean Marriage records data in the Marriage records topic as submitted by Jack and Marianne DiBean.

1-22-2018

Updated email address for Sandy Dempsey in the Obituaries topic for Nancy Clark obituary and in the Surnames - Surnames 2007 - 2008 topic for surname Pattan.

6-20-2016

Fixed link in the Copyright Information topic

Removed out of date links in the Links topic.

5-23-2016

Corrected broken links for Oakland Families topic which is located under the Biographies and Histories topic.

Revised text format and arrangement on web site first page.

Updated text formatting throughout web site

12-17-2015

Changed Searches topic to Available Searches

Removed broken link People Search - Genealogy Resources

Combined the four separate searches in the Available Searches topic to display on single page

Updated text format throughout web site

5-13-2014

Added Oakland County MIGenweb Archives Search to the Searches topic

Added Oakland County Site search - MIGenWeb to the Searches topic.

Added MIGenWeb Official Notices and Disclaimers link to the bottom of the main page. Added MIGenweb Volunteer Guide to main page

4-21-2014

Removed AtomZ search as company has shut down.

Added Google site search.

Removed all emails shown in the Churches topic since most were no longer current

Removed church information in the Churches topic to reflect closed churches

Corrected all broken links in the Links topic.

Corrected all broken links in the Libraries topic. Corrected broken kinks in the Vital Records topic.

Removed all obsolete email addresses in the Queries and Query Archive topic.

Reformatted all text in all tables in the Oakland site to increase font size.

1-2-2014

Entire site has been formatted to correct text and spacing issues.

Added Atomz search feature

4-1-2013

Added link and description to Links topic for Farmington and Farmington Hills web site as submitted by Concetta Phillips

3-27-2013

Removed header graphic

Updated formatting on all pages in site

Moved Oakland County Introduction from Navigation Tree as separate topic to main page

Updated link for Ancestry.com United States Social Security Index in Links topic.

Added link for Family Search United States Social Security Index in Links topic

Changed over Link topic to table format

3-1-2013

Added links to the Oakland County Genealogical Society 1890 Census Substitute and Acorn to Oaks Volumes 1 - 30 to the Links topic as submitted by Concetta Phillipps.

1-7-2013

Added Eloise Asylum Facebook link to the Links topic page as submitted by Concetta Phillips.

6-9-2012

Added Addison Township Plat Map Index topic to the Navigation Tree.

Added data to Addison Township Plat Map Index as submitted by Concetta Phillipps.

6-5-2012

Added Detroit Public Library links to Links topic.

Added direct link to the Oakland County Vital Marriage and Death Records to Links topic.

Added Bibliography topic to navigation tree and added Royal Oak Michigan - the Early Years publication

Revised content and arrangement of Links topic.

4-9-2012

Removed AtomZ site search in the Searches topic as it is not working.

Added Google site search.

5-20-2011

Changed topic title Query Submissions & Archives in Navigation Tree to Query Archives.

Added page header graphic to all pages.

Added Submissions to this Web Site & Queries with links to main page.

Added Searches link to main page.

4-17-2011

Corrected founding date from 1891 to 1819 in the Oakland County Introduction topic.

2-23-2011

Corrected document location under Families and Histories - Oakland Families. The links in this topic were previously broken.

10-27-2010

Added Oakland County Clerk's Office Genealogy web site link and announcement text to the Links topic.

5-5-2010

Removed multiple links for Lakeview Cemetery under USGenWeb Archives & Tombstones topic and changed to correct single link.

Changed format of Libraries topic to table format.

Removed no longer active web site link for Baird family under Families and Histories - Individual Biographies topic

Corrected link for Oak Hill (Holly Cemetery) under Families and Histories - Individual Biographies topic.

Changed format of Links topic to list from previous table format and fixed broken links.

5-4-2010

Removed multiple links for Mt. Avon cemetery under the USGenWeb Archives & Tombstones topic and added main link to USGenWeb archives as submitted by Pat McArthur.

5-3--2010

Revised links for South Lyon Cemetery in the USGenWeb Archives & Tombstone Project Links topic as submitted by Pat McArthur.

Revised links in Links topic as submitted by Pat McArthur.

Moved USGenWeb Archives & Project Tombstone Project Links from under Cemetery Locations to a separate topic in navigation tree.

1-7-2010

Added new subtopic 2010 Queries under Query submissions & Archives and added Curtis family query as submitted by Jeanine Franson.

11-22-2009

Removed Research and Reference topic and combined all sub topics into Navigation tree.

11-6-2009

Changed Cemeteries topic title to Cemetery Locations and placed all data in sorted table format.

Added USGenWeb Archives & Tombstone Project topic under Cemetery Locations topic.

10-27-2009

Removed all geocities links as this free provider is now closed.Removed township table listing in Oakland County Townships topic. Townships will no longer be listed as up for adoption in the Oakland web site.

9-11-2009

Added George B. Thompson query to 2009 Queries topic as submitted by Joe Hilton

5-31-2009

Added new query for Edith Whipple as submitted by Michelle Beesley. Added new 2009 Queries section under Query Submissions & Archives.

4-3-2009

Changed site email address.

11-16-2008

Removed FreeFind search feature from Search Options section and added built in Search that is now a part of the Navigation box at the bottom of each page.

11-11-2008

Removed link to Highland township as AOL free space is no longer active.

11-4-2008

Revised links for Wayne and Genesee counties on main page.

10-23-2008

Added Surnames Gray, Graves, and Miller as submitted by Sandy Montgomery to Surnames - Surnames 2007- 2008 section.

10-13-2008

Added Find A Grave by surname search for Oakland county to Search Options section

Revised Navigation and Content section to Navigation - Content - Site Map and added current web site map to page

9-8-2008

Revised main page to show Rootsweb and GenForum links for Oakland county. Reorganized link table in Research and Reference section to alphabetical sorting.

Updated formatting and text size throughout site

4-18-2008

Updated MIGenWeb logo graphic and link.

4-7-2008

Added note that the Easttowne cemetery has been closed and the East Lawn cemetery is now being used.

4-1-2008

Combined Research and Reference links to common and county specific links to new page which was subsequently removed.

3-30-2008

Added Search for Ancestors site in the Research and Reference section.

3-24-2008

Added links to Research and Reference section

3-17-2008

Added Tom Cooper and Louis Delbert Russell to the Obituaries section as submitted by Heide Russell.

3-12-2008

Updated email addresses for surnames Clack and Ousnamer in 2006 archive as requested by Leslie Ousnamer

3-11-2008

Added Church section with content under Research and Reference section and added content to Genealogy and Historical Societies section

Added 1910 Lake Orion Summer Home, 1912 Lake Home at Lake Orion, 1914 Bowville Boat House, and Pennants photographs to Historic Photographs and Graphics section as submitted by Concetta Phillipps.

3-10-2008

Changed top section of tree to show heading Navigation and Content Revised URL for Livingston county site.

2-25-2008

Rearrangement of Tree alphabetically and Tree will be in closed state when web site is first opened. Font size standardization throughout site

2-3-2008

Added Free Find search option.Oakland web site moved to new URL

1-20-2008

Revised email address for all instances of Bill Kemp address.Added Laying, Layng to Surnames and to 2007 -2008 Query Sections.

Added Search Options to Tree and added Expert Genealogy search feature.

Revised email address for all instances of Bill Kemp address.

1-16-2008

Added Historical Photographs and Graphics section to Tree.

Added 1816-1916 Centennial Watch, Oak Park Library 1958, and Oakland County hospital 1936 graphics.

Added Lake Orion Grace Cottage 1907 and Lake Orion Tuttle's Point photographs

1-15-2008

Added James G Adam obituary as submitted by Bill Kemp.

1-12-2008

Added Southeast Michigan Genealogy blog link.Revised text content for Look Up and research page

Added table with Link and Description in Look ups and Research section Reference Links section.

1-10-2008

Added new Avon township URL and contact information.

Revised township page to table format.

12-24-2007

Added Goggle Site search and USGenweb search functionsAdded Rootsweb link for queries

12-20-2007

Changed site over to new format.

Removed Look Ups as none shown in previous site version are current.