The State Archives is located in the Michigan Library and Historical Center, two blocks west of the State Capitol, in Lansing, Michigan. The State Archives also houses a number of records at regional repositories. Includes information on the use of the State Archives and lists addresses. The Library is closed on official state holidays. The Michigan and Family History Department of the Grand Rapids Public Library has all of GR newspapers on microfilm.
Some obituaries are in a card file and others are indexed in books.
Mount Pleasant is located approximately sixty miles north of Lansing. The Clarke Historical Library is also a regional repository for the State Archives of Michigan . In addition to the National Archives in Washington, D.C., there are currently 12 Regional Archive Centers located in various cities around the country. The regional centers all have United States census data and a variety of other research materials. There is no inter-center loan, so you must go to the regional center that has the records that you need to search.