About Our Website

Our website features an extensive list of Washtenaw County and Michigan research links and resources; databases; indexes; a surname database; a library catalog of over two thousand books, cemetery records, and census records; and a calendar of events. 
 
Navigation notes
  • Subtopics under Washtenaw Research, with loginIf you click on Washtenaw Research in the navigation bar without logging in, three subtopics appear:
    • ​Where to Write
    • Capers Name Index
    • Capers Subject Index
  • *With* login, a longer list of subtopics appears
    • ​Capers Archive has the complete run of Family History Capers, including the current issue
  • ​With its twenty categories, the page Washtenaw Research is our most important page.
    • It has its own navigation, formatted as a grid
    • Clicking on an anchor link in the grid will take you to the beginning of a specific category further down the page
 
  • Cemetery readings are located in two places:
    • Washtenaw Research (page) > #Cemetery Records (grid)
    • Cemetery Records in the navigation bar
      • If you click on Cemetery Records in the navigation bar without logging in, four subtopics appear
      • *With* login, a longer list appears
      • The pages with transcriptions done by GSWC are
        • ​GSWC Cemetery Readings
        • Member Only Cemetery Tx
Without login With login
  • More cemetery addresses may be found at Washtenaw Research (navigation bar) > Where to Write (subtopic)
    • ​The title of the page is Washtenaw County Research Addresses
    • Under the title are anchor links for State, County, Township, City/Village, Cemeteries, and Funeral Homes
  • If you are logged in, you have access to Member Only Downloads and current issues of Family HIstory Capers and News-Pages under Members in the navigation bar
With login
 
  • Meeting handouts, depending on permission status, are available at Member Only Downloads or Public Downloads.