Land Patents

1. Check the Federal Land Grants to determine if the land has a Federal Patent, if so direct the patron to the Bureau of Land Management.
Bureau of Land Management Dept. of Interior
7450 Boston Blvd.
Springfield, Virginia 22 153
(703) 440-1600
2.  Get the name of the Patent Holder if possible.
3.  Get Legal Coordinates of the land including quarter [...]

The Story of Michigan License Plates

The Story of Michigan License Plates
James M. Hare, Secretary of State
Published by the Michigan Department of State

Samuel Oliver Knapp

Jackson’s Quiet Promoter
by John Halsey
Michigan History Magazine Nov/Dec 1998

Photographs of Prohibition/Bootlegging/Stills

General Photos. Prohibition Folder
State Police RG 79-45. Photographic Prints. Boxes 25, 26, 27, 28.
Also newspaper scrapbooks from 1930s.

National Historic Register Files

These files are marked as permanant in the State Historic Preservation Office.  Please refer questions regarding state or national historic marker to Bob Christensen (or his future replacement)