RESEARCH LIBRARY
Our extensive Research Library has resources including birth announcements, biographies, diaries, family histories, scrapbooks, military records, newspapers, obituaries, photographs, postcards, oral history tapes, information files, maps, micro film, ledgers, census records, cemetery records, city and court directories, document boxes, farm auctions, funeral home ledgers, telephone books, yearbooks, and wedding announcements.
There is space available in which individuals can work, or we will do research for you as time permits. If you request research to be done, including via the email link below, please give us as much information and details pertaining to your question(s) as possible. We will not exceed your limits on time spent and will inform you if the search would take considerable time or expense. Obituaries are copied and sent out for $5.00 per request and most simple research requests can be handled for $50 or less. Our basic charges are as follows:
| Daily usage fee ...................... |
$ 9.00 |
| Research charge .................... |
$15.00 first half hour/$24.00 per hour thereafter |
| Obituaries copied ................... |
$ 5.00 per obituary |
| Copies ................................. |
$ .30 |
| Scan of photograph ................ |
$ 12.00 (done by staff, to be conveyed electronically) |
Photos duplicated or scanned on photo paper, $ 14.00 and up depending on size (“for profit” entities will be charged at least a $20.00 usage fee per photo) and credit must always be given as follows: “From the Collection of the Mason County Historical S ociety, Historic White Pine Village, Ludington, MI 49431"
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