I have been a member of the Detroit Society for Genealogical Research since 1998. 28 years might seem a long time, but DSGR has been in existence since 1936! It will celebrate it’s 90th Anniversary this year. At the beginning of my membership to DSGR, I was only aware of the monthly meetings and the quarterly magazine that showed up in my mailbox (USPS mailbox that is). It wasn’t until after 2011 when I became more involved with the Society that I realized the quarterly magazine has been published since 1937. Publication stopped in 2018 due to a lack of volunteers to edit and layout the magazine. The current Board of Directors is looking to begin publication again this year! There are over 80 years of this publication that contains family histories, queries, and transcriptions of original manuscripts held by the Burton Historical Collection at the main Detroit Public Library.
But this is the tip of the publishing iceberg. I have recently been working on a 90th Anniversary Publication for DSGR when my research led to to look into what else DSGR was listed as Publisher. The list is rather long:
Books
| Title | Author |
|---|---|
| 1830 Federal Census: Territory of Michigan and A Guide to Ancestral Trails | Lucy Mary Kellogg |
| 1860 Index to Federal Population Census of Detroit and Wayne County, Michigan | Donna Valley Stuart |
| Bird and Mott Funeral Register, Detroit Michigan 1922-1944 | Patricia Ibbotson |
| Cadillac’s Village of Detroit Under Cadillac, 1701-1710 | Index added James N Jackson |
| Elmwood Cemetery Register, 1862-1874 | Patricia Ibbotson |
| Index to the 1880 Federal Population Census of Macomb County, Michigan | Donald E Worell |
| Marriage Records, Ste. Anne Church, Detroit 1701-1850 | Committee |
| Marriage and Death Newspaper Notices, Kent County, Michigan 1847-1866 | Marguerite Novy Lambert & James N Jackson |
| Marriage and Death Newspaper Notices, Wayne County, Michigan 1809-1868 | Marguerite Novy Lambert & James N Jackson |
| Marshall Michigan Marriage and Death Newspaper Notices | Marguerite Novy Lambert & James N Jackson |
| Michigan Voyagers from the Notary Book for Samuel Abbott, Mackinac Island, 1806-1818 | Donna Valley Russell |
| Mt Elliot Cemetery Burial Records, 1845-1861, Detroit, Wayne County, Michigan | Mary Lou Duncan |
| Passage to America 1851-1869: Records of Richard Elliott, Passenger Agent, Detroit, Michigan | Mary Lou Duncan |
| Record of the Juvenile Inmates of the Home for the Friendless, Detroit, Wayne County, Michigan 1862-1868 | Patricia Ibbotson, index by James N Jackson |
| Reports of City Physicians, 1860-1869, Detroit, Wayne County, Michigan | Patricia Ibbotson |
| New Jersey: Digging for Ancestors in the Garden State | Kenn Stryker-Rodda |
| Some Descendants of Peter Pitts of Tauton, Massachusetts | Frances Davis Teer |
| Adventures in Ancestry – How to Trace Your Family History as told in Letters to Jenny Hunter by Lucy Mary Kellogg | Harold F Powell |
| The First Steps in Climbing the Family Tree | Russell E Bidlack |
| Genealogy of the French Families of the Detroit River Region 1701-1936, Vol 1 | Rev. Fr. Christian Denissen |
| Genealogy of the French Families of the Detroit River Region 1701-1936, Vol 2 | Rev. Fr. Christian Denissen |
| Guide to the First Fifty Years of the Detroit Society for Genealogical Research Magazine | James N Jackson |
| Michigan Censuses 1710-1830 | Donna Valley Russell, ed. |
| The Sublett (Soblet) Family of Manakintown, King William Parish, Virginia | Cameron Allen |
| Virginia Genealogical Resources | Robert Young Clay |
| The Descendants of John Palmer of Detroit | Sabria Ann (Palmer) Lamb |
| Some References for Genealogical Searching in New York State | Dorothy C Barck |
| Index to 1840 Federal Population Census of Michigan | Estelle A McGlynn |
| Aids for Genealogical Research in Indiana – A Bibliography | Carolynne L Wendel |
| A Reference Guide for Genealogical and Historical Research in Illinois | Joseph C Wolf |
| Searching in Western Pennsylvania | Raymond Martin Bell |
| Detroit City Cemetery Burial Records 1854-1861, Detroit and Wayne County, Michigan | Mary Lou Duncan |
| Charter Members and Their Emigrant Ancestors | Patrick Shaul |
Publication dates range from 1946 to 2026. Bolded titles, as well as the full run of the Detroit Society for Genealogical Research Magazine, are in my personal library.
A number of these items are available on the DSGR website – http://www.dsgr.org
I will post more details on the Charter Members and Their Emigrant Ancestors in my next blog.
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