Digital Resources

Bloomfield Hills

Bloomfield Hills, settled in 1819 by Amasa Bagley, was known as Bagley's Corners and Bloomfield Center until the present name was adopted in the 1890s.

West Bloomfield

Greater West Bloomfield Historical Society

Oakland County Historical Resources

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Oakland County Historical Resources, a full-text, searchable database

Michigan

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The State of Michigan, through the Michigan Electronic Library, has wonderful digital resources to explore about local history and genealogy.

Michigan County Histories and Atlases

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Check out this resource containing digitized County sources from before 1924.

Michigan in the Civil War

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Check out this website for more information on Michigan's participation in Civil War history.

Unknown No Longer

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A new resource from the Virginia Historical Society. Unknown No Longer features all slaves' names across all of slaveholding Virgina.

Digital Detroit

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The Detroit Historical Society has a number of pictures of Detroit from the 1960s and 1970s. Check them out.

The International Tracing Service

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"The ITS in Bad Arolsen is a centre for documentation, information and research on Nazi persecution, forced labor and the Holocaust. It documents the fate of millions of victims whose names and memory are to be preserved."

Oakland County

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Digital connections

Historical Places

Buildings of Historical Interest

Affleck House (or Gregor S. and Elizabeth B. Affleck House)

925 Bloomfield Woods, Bloomfield Hills, Michigan 48302

Historic Significance: Architecture/Engineering

Architect, builder, or engineer: Wright, Frank LLoyd

Architectural Style: Other

National Register of Historical Places

Detroit Area Art Deco Society

Lawrence Technological University

Bagley Inn

101 West Long Lake Road, Bloomfield Hills

BTPL Resources

Genealogy Databases and Websites

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Click here to access the library's genealogy and website resources.

Yearbooks

Yearbooks are kept in the closed stacks in the Local History Room. You may make an appointment with the Adult Services staff to view them. You can call us at 248-642-5800 ext. #171.

Academy of the Scared Heart. 1977-1980

Directories

Birmingham Bloomfield Hills Directory and Blue Book. 1929

Little Blue Book 1986-1987, Birmingham & Bloomfield business and professional telephone directory

Newspapers

Birmingham Bloomfield Eagle –The Bloomfield Township Public Library has copies of this paper from January 21, 2004 until the present in our Local History Collection. You may make an

Other Resources

Listed below are some additional local history resources available at the Bloomfield Township Public Library. You may view these items by making an appointment with an Adult Services librarian. Please call 248-642-5800, ext. # 171.

Sesquicentennial Civil War Books & Movies

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In celebration of Oakland County's Sesquicentennial

(150 year anniversary), we would like to provide you

with just a sampling of our many resources on the

Civil War. Click below to see the list.

We have biographies on generals and wives,

Genealogy Programs

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Interested in genealogy? You might want to attend the programs of the Detroit Society for Genealogical Reseaarch. The programs begin at 10:30 a.m. in the Explorer's Room of the Detroit Public Library, 5201 Woodward Ave. Detroit, Michigan. Click here for details.