Genealogists Support for Library of Michigan
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Support for the Library of Michigan
Within the genealogical community, the Library of Michigan has long been recognized as one of the premier state libraries in the country.
The cohesive Library of Michigan collection with over 180 years of Michigan history, literature and culture records and reflects the lives of not only those who remained to raise their families within the state but of millions more whose migration to other parts of the country left their footprints in the soil and records generated by their passage. Visitors come from all across the country to research at the Library of Michigan.
While we are aware of the budget crises in Michigan, we support every effort to keep the collection intact, provide free access to the entire collection and assure that it stays within state jurisdiction. We urge that all alternatives to disbanding the collection be explored. We view with dismay the prospect of scattering this unique collection for fear that it could never again be reassembled.
Within the genealogical community, the Library of Michigan has long been recognized as one of the premier state libraries in the country.
The cohesive Library of Michigan collection with over 180 years of Michigan history, literature and culture records and reflects the lives of not only those who remained to raise their families within the state but of millions more whose migration to other parts of the country left their footprints in the soil and records generated by their passage. Visitors come from all across the country to research at the Library of Michigan.
While we are aware of the budget crises in Michigan, we support every effort to keep the collection intact, provide free access to the entire collection and assure that it stays within state jurisdiction. We urge that all alternatives to disbanding the collection be explored. We view with dismay the prospect of scattering this unique collection for fear that it could never again be reassembled.
6964 Signatures
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Kenneth P
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Michael H
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- My family came to Michigan from Ireland
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Grove S
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- Protect Michigan's history
- I am a member of (insert genealogical society names)
- Mid-Michigan & Ingham County Societies
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Jay'me G
- I am a member of (insert genealogical society names)
- SCGS
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Oma R
- I am a member of (insert genealogical society names)
- The New England Historic Genealogical Society
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Walter G. B
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- Save the Library
- I am a member of (insert genealogical society names)
- Midland Genealogical Society
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David W
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Eunice Krueger P
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- This vast library needs to stay intact. The library should stay where it is.
- I am a member of (insert genealogical society names)
- Michigan Genealogical Council/Cheboygan Genealogical Society
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Tim F
- I am a member of (insert genealogical society names)
- Association of Professional Genealogists, American-Canadian Genealogical Society, Polish Genealogical Society of America
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Joanne H. Harvey, A
- I am a member of (insert genealogical society names)
- Mid-Michigan Genealogical Societyl
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Susan M
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- This facility has been of great use to me in my research. I strongly urge the legislators of Michigan to keep it open in its current location and incarnation.
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Byron A
- I am a member of (insert genealogical society names)
- CAGGNI
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Wilma M. D
- I am a member of (insert genealogical society names)
- Midland Genealogical Society
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Curt D I
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- Do NOT close or move the Library
- I am a member of (insert genealogical society names)
- Kalamazoo Valley Genealogical Society
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Julia C
- I am a member of (insert genealogical society names)
- Mid-Michigan Genealgical Society
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Loraine E. W
- I am a member of (insert genealogical society names)
- Grand Traverse Area Genealogical Society
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Michael H
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- This plan to close the Michigan Library and disburse its assets is a foolish waste of money and would destroy valuable genealogical assets of the State of Michigan which took years to assemble. I will not allow the elected officials of this state continue to sell off the assets of the people of Michigan a piece at a time.
- I am a member of (insert genealogical society names)
- WashingtonTownship Genealogical Society
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Barbara K
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- Are Roots are too important.
- I am a member of (insert genealogical society names)
- Several
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Cecelia P
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Faye A E
- I am a member of (insert genealogical society names)
- Midland Genealogical Society, Michigan Genealogical Council Delegate
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Tony D
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Joan J
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- We really need to keep the library as it is!
- I am a member of (insert genealogical society names)
- Van Buren Regional Genealogical Society
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Ann E
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- @yahoo.com
- I am a member of (insert genealogical society names)
- WMGS
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Mary Ann Rivard M
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Nancy R
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Althea B
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Nancy R
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- My ancestor came to Michigan in 1834 and I found this information at the Library of Michigan
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Eleanor K
- I am a member of (insert genealogical society names)
- Western Pennsylvania Genealogy Society
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Eileen M R
- I am a member of (insert genealogical society names)
- Bay County Genealogical Society and Polish Genealogical Society of Michigan
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Christel W
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- please save our valuable library resources
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Judy L
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- If we do not have access to information about our history, we have no change of dealing with the future.
- I am a member of (insert genealogical society names)
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Lorna L
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H David R
- I am a member of (insert genealogical society names)
- Midland Genealogical Society
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Edward A. S
- I am a member of (insert genealogical society names)
- [email protected]
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Barbara S
- I am a member of (insert genealogical society names)
- Eaton Co. Genealogical Society
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Judith K
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- Please stop this travesty.
- I am a member of (insert genealogical society names)
- Francis Cooke Genealogical Society
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Donna H
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- I am a member of (insert genealogical society names)
- Genealogical Society of Isabella County
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Dorothy B
- I am a member of (insert genealogical society names)
- Ancestry; NEHGS
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Ralph B
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- I no longer live in Michigan, but my family has been there for 150 years, and I have found the Library of Michigan absolutely crucial to my understanding of my family history. To dismantle the library would be a tragedy. I implore you not to do it.
- I am a member of (insert genealogical society names)
- East European Genealogical Society, Detroit Genealogical Society
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Vickie Wybo - Y
- I am a member of (insert genealogical society names)
- Genealogical Scociety of Flemish Americans
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Phyllis C
- I am a member of (insert genealogical society names)
- Midland Genealogy Society
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Myra H
- I am a member of (insert genealogical society names)
- Several Michigan societies!
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David C
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- I support Genealogy
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Jody Z
- I am a member of (insert genealogical society names)
- Mecosta, Midland, Oakland & Saginaw County Genealogical Societies, Natinal Genealogical Society, Federation of Genealogical Societies
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Marian G
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Elizabeth S
- I am a member of (insert genealogical society names)
- WMGS
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Joyce W
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Ella W
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- The collection is vital to genealogists and others. I would be willing to pay a fee to use the collection
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corky D
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- Save the Library,we need it.
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Joan R
- I am a member of (insert genealogical society names)
- Midland (MI) Genealogical Society
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