Michigan Attorney General opinions can be search online at:
http://www.michigan.gov/ag/0,1607,7-164-20988—,00.html
Opinions from 1963-1976 are available as Abode pdf only.
Opinions from 1977-present are keyword searchable.
There are also pages listing opinions in chronological and numerical order.
Local ordinances are filed with the Office of the Great Seal.
See Mark’s rolodex under “G” for a direct number into the Great Seal (this is not a public number).
Sarah Emma Edmonds Seelye’s request for a pension.
RG 59-14 Box 95 Folder 6 Doc 1-6
Maps in the Archives of Michigan holdings that date prior to 1800.
The 16th Amendment of the U.S. Constitution was approved by the Michigan Senate February 23, 1911.
Michigan Senate Journal 1911
Veterans Organizations (Includes descriptions of Northern Veterans of the Civil War and Comrades on the Battlefield, both founded by George E. Dolton)
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 sections.
4. Location R8/8/5-6. Go to DNR 85-50, This will give the parcel, patent land description, purchaser’s name, date of purchase and volume and page number for the patent.
5. Location R19112-131. Go to Dept of State 94-64, This will give the actual volumes for the Land Patents This record group also has another index to the land patents that can be used to double check the accuracy of the patent. These indices are organized by county then legal description and land type ie agricultural or swamp. They are located on shelves number 1 and 2, Unit 12-13 of 94-64.
The Story of Michigan License Plates
James M. Hare, Secretary of State
Published by the Michigan Department of State
Jackson’s Quiet Promoter
by John Halsey
Michigan History Magazine Nov/Dec 1998
General Photos. Prohibition Folder
State Police RG 79-45. Photographic Prints. Boxes 25, 26, 27, 28.
Also newspaper scrapbooks from 1930s.
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