believe it or not, some city directories are available at the Library of Congress web site so are some other things www.loc.gov search for michigan Michigan biographies, including members of Congress, elective state officers, justices of the Supreme court, members of the Michigan Legislature, Board of regents of the University of Michigan, State board of agriculture and State board of education ... Volume 2. Michigan. Historical commission. CREATED/PUBLISHED Lansing, The Michigan historical commission, 1924. SUMMARY This is the second volume of a two-volume work containing brief biographies of members of Congress from Michigan, elective state officers, Justices of the state Supreme Court, members of the legislature, members of the Board of Regents at the University of Michigan, the state Board of Education, and the state Board of Agriculture. This volume covers individuals whose names begin with the letters L-Z. The work revises and expands an earlier publication, Early History of Michigan, with Biographies of State Officers, Members of Congress, Judges and Legislators. Much of the other information here was obtained from the Michigan Manual's several editions. Each entry gives the individual's place of birth, detailed educational background (including early schooling), and a history of his career. Genealogical and personal information occasionally supplements other data. NOTES "Material is being gathered for a supplementary work."--Pref. I. A-K.--II. L-Z. A revision of S.D. Bingham's Early history of Michigan with biographies of state officers to 1888, with additions from the several editions of the Michigan Manual. SUBJECTS Michigan--Biography. Michigan--Officials and employees. __________________________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! Mail Plus - Powerful. Affordable. Sign up now. http://mailplus.yahoo.com