Welcome!

The Genealogical Society of Washtenaw County, Michigan (GSWC for short) functions through volunteer efforts and welcomes anyone interested in genealogy and local history, whether beginning their family research or more experienced researchers.

THANK YOU for visiting the GSWC website. We hope your visit will help your research and you will return often.

To navigate easily on this site, and get the most benefit:

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Our website features an extensive list of Washtenaw County and Michigan research links and resources; databases; indexes; a surname database; a catalog of over 2,000 books, cemetery records, and census records in our library; and a calendar of events.
For HELP with your Washtenaw County research, use the "Research Requests” button on the left.
We encourage you to become a MEMBER. (Click here to join). Your membership in the GSWC will help you further your research goals and will also help GSWC in its important work of collecting and preserving Washtenaw County’s family history and heritage.

January Meeting: Sunday January 24, 2021

Our January meeting will be a virtual meeting held on Zoom beginning at 1:30. A zoom link and information on how to join the meeting will be sent to members one week prior to the event. Non-members wishing to attend may send a request by January 20th to info@washtenawgenealogy.org.

Program: "Researching Revolutionary America" by Dr. John G. McCurdy

Hear Professor McCurdy discuss his book Quarters: The Accomodation of the British Army and the Coming of the American Revolution. Find out how debates over where to lodge British soldiers led to the American War for Independence. Learn techniques for researching 18th Century sources and how to locate Revolutionary-era archival documents.

Class: "Black Loyalists in the Revolutionary War" by Cheryl Garnett 3:15pm

Black Loyalists were soldiers of African descent fighting with the Red Coats against the colonists in the Revolutionary War. Learn why they joined with the British and where they went after the war.

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2020-2021 Lectures and Classes

Click here for information about our meetings and the meeting schedule through May 2021.

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