Many different ethnic groups have made up the population of Michigan. People from the same geographic location tended to come together as a group to settle.  Companies sent agents to various countries to hire people to come to Michigan to work in it's industries.  These people would write back and let them know that they were employed, had bought land or sent money so other family members could also enjoy the benefits they had found here. The links below are on this server or have a tie to the site specifically.  If you have a site that will help people within this category please go to the links at the bottom and enter them for site visitors to see.

• DP Camps of Europe - Information on how to search the Displaced Persons Camps in different countries of the world.  Many nationalities are represented.  

• Finnish
  U.P. Finnish

• Swedish

• Polish
  Temporarily offline-Bay County St. Stanislaus Kostki 50th Jubilee 1874-1925 book and name index.  Over 1250 names online with links to the full page images from the book. This book is in Polish and was published in 1925. It has the pioneers listed and many have birth dates, place of birth and the date they came to Bay City, Michigan.  Other files online for this parish are linked.  
  Narol Poland Parish Records - located in SE Poland transcriptions of the births from this parish are being done and put online. Many parts of various families left their villages and settled around the world including Michigan. 
  Michigan Polonia - Ceil Jensen's site devoted to helping researchers find their Michigan and Polish heritage. Highlights traditional and electronic research methods.

• Cornish
  Cornish to Michigan

• Italian

• French Canadian

• German
  Baase Family of Michigan and New York extractions from Mecklenburg parish records.

• Ukraine

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