Archives
The Plymouth Historical Museum Archives collects and preserves material relating to Plymouth
history, genealogy, Civil War history, and Abraham Lincoln. No appointment is
needed, but an archivist must be present to access the collection. Archives
hours are the same as the Museum hours. Research
Room Guidelines.
If you can't visit the Archives, fill in the Archives
Research Request Form (Adobe Reader required for viewing) and we will do our best to help you find the material
you are looking for. If our archivist does your research, we request a minimum
donation of $20 to the Plymouth Historical Society for this service. If you
research your own material in the Archives, we request a minimum donation of $5
for assistance with your material/subject.
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Civil War Soldier Campaign
Research Resources
- 24th Michigan
Infantry, Company C
This company formed in Kellogg Park, Plymouth, Michigan, in August 1862
- Census records for all of Wayne County (except Detroit):
1850, 1860, 1870, 1880, 1900, 1910, 1920, 1930
- Genealogy material on Plymouth families from 1840 - present
- Maps and Atlases of the Plymouth area; Wayne County Atlas for 1876 and
1893 (visit the online Gift Shop
to purchase the Land Ownership Atlases of Wayne County,
Michigan, 1876-1925 CD)
- Photographs relating to Plymouth and Michigan History
(check out our new—and growing—Virtual
Plymouth exhibit of Plymouth images)
- Plymouth Mail newspaper, September 1887—December 1954
- Civil War material relating to Plymouth and Michigan in the
War—photographs, letters, diaries, and the Official Records of
the Union and Confederate Armies Series
- Abraham Lincoln: rare books, clip files, photographs, and other research
data in the
Weldon
Petz Abraham Lincoln Collection archival material
Online Resources
Archivist:
Heidi Nielsen |
