Site Updates

6/15/24
• Rejuvenated the Historical Resources page.
• Removed outdated material from the Civil War Resources page.

6/13/24
• Rejuvenated the Washtenaw County Libraries and other Michigan Archives and Libraries in the process of refreshing many other pages.

6/9/24
• Rejuvenated the Scio Township page in the process of refreshing many other pages.

6/8/24
• Added Death Extractions from the Pioneer Society of the State of Michigan, 1907, Page 446 to the Death Resources page.
• Refreshed the Michigan Resources page.
• Added Ancestry.com Obituary Postings link to the Death Resources page.

6/7/24
• Refreshed the Ham Palmer, Jr. page.
• Refreshed the Washtenaw County Historical & Genealogical Societies page.
• Refreshed the basic county histories page.

6/6/24
• Added John Geddes diary extractions to the Marriage Resources page.
• Changed the order of listed resources on the Death Resources page and added a Direct Letter Access to the John Geddes extractions.
• Added a Birth Resources page.

6/5/24
• Added a Marriage Resources page.

6/4/24
• Replaced the broken Historic Markers page with a link to a third party listing.

6/1/24
• Repaired the contact link for our state coordinator.

5/29/24
• Made some adjustments to the common page templates and styling.
• Updated more links to use the secure protocol.

5/28/24
• Updated the Home Page navigation anchor icon.

5/27/24
• Corrected a typo in the daily tips.

5/25/24
• Removed the broken "MIGenWeb Family Group Sheets" link from the home page.
• Added a link to the USGenWeb^® Tombstone Transcription Project on the Death Resources page.
• Added a link to Washtenaw listings on BillionGraves.com to the Death Resources page.
• Normalized the mandatory link to the MIGenWeb Washtenaw Archive on the home page.

5/24/24
• Added Site Index by Direct Letter Access to the Search Tools page.
• Fixed the "Advanced Search" link in the site header.
• Updated the site search function to imitate the styling used on the rest of the site.

5/22/24
• Fixed the favicon broken when the file was relocated on the MIGenWeb site.

3/31/24
• Updated link to the Washtenaw County Clerk site on the Home page.
• Updated Advanced Search to use secure protocol.

5/1/23
• Updated link to the Oakland County MIGenWeb site on the Home page.

4/24/23
• Added photo of AAFD Vigilant Hose Co. circa 1880 to the Photos page.

2/13/23
• Fixed links to Historical Markers on the Scio Township Historical Markers page.

2/10/23
• Fixed link to Historical Markers on the Historical Information page.

1/30/23
• Improved layout issues on Survey of the Salem Evangelical Lutheran Church Cemetery page.

12/26/22
• Added ® mark to USGenWeb^® references.

12/26/22
• Updated Photo Gallery with new, enhanced versions of photos.
• Fixed a small error on the Updates page.

6/10/22
• Added Lat/Lon-based mapping link for Popkins Cemetery on index pages. Fixed a small typo, too.

5/13/22
• Updated numerous links to eliminate redirects and dead-ends.
• Fixed GENDIS-S page suffering from incomplete upload.

5/12/22
• Replaced "MIGenWeb State Coordinator" with "Colleen Pustola, MIGenWeb State Coordinator".
• Added the official and hotlinked MIGenWeb logo to the home page.

11/30/21
• Improved mobile user experience for GENDIS pages.

11/24/21
• Rotated the pool of Daily Tips shown on the home page.

11/23/21
• Added "View Details" links to the Vietnam War Deaths page.

11/20/21
• Added a Korean War Deaths page.

11/16/21
• Added a Findagrave.com Search feature.

11/12/21
• Made numerous maintenance updates to the Manchester page.
• Fixed some problems with the Necrology report pages.
• Finished applying modernized styling to all site pages. Fixed and corrected a few pages in the process.

11/2/21
• Tested and updated URLs used in Tips of the Day.

11/2/21
• Applied styling adjustments to top-level pages to improve user experience on mobile devices.
• Added Search MIGenWeb Tool to the Search Tools page.

11/1/21
• Converted table of links on the home page to a simplified list to improve user experience on mobile devices.

10/30/21
• Modernized styling of the York Cemetery page.

10/29/21
• Added Site index and Site Map features to the Search Tools page.
• Fixed all the broken links on the GENDIS pages.
• Added a Search Surrounding Counties tool.
• Added a Search Tools page.

10/22/21
• Fixed broken link to Oakland County MIGenWeb site.
• Fixed broken link to Washtenaw County Clerk.
• Removed broken link to Google Groups Surname Queries.
• Removed broken link to CousinConnect Queries.
• Fixed broken link to Genealogy.com Queries for Washtenaw.
• Removed broken link to RootsWeb Queries.
• Removed broken links to dead mailing lists.
• Converted the copyright notice to automatically renew each year.

8/24/21
• Modernized styling of Pray Cemetery page and improved user experience for mobile users.

8/23/21
• Modernized styling of Dexter Townhall / St. Joseph Catholic Cemetery page and improved user experience for mobile users.

10/23/20
• Corrected bad sort by cemetery name function on Cemeteries page.

7/23/20
• Updated materials on Scio Township page.
• Modernized styling of Scio Township Historical Markers page.
• Modernized styling of Scio Forest Lawn Historical Marker page.
• Modernized styling of Bates Flour Millstone Historical Marker page.
• Added sort by municipality function and municipality anchors to Cemeteries page.

4/10/20
• Corrected name for Olds Cemetery and added approximate lat/lon coordinates on the cemeteries page.

1/2/20
• Replaced approximate street address with precise lat/lon coordinates for Scio Cemetery on the cemeteries page.

12/28/19
• Added approximate street address for Scio Cemetery on the cemeteries page.

11/22/19
• Added online version of County Evolution in Michigan 1790-1897 by Richard M. Welch.

11/12/19
• Reformatted the Mount Olivet Cemetery pages.
• Reformatted and updated the North Lake Cemetery page.
• Reformatted the Oak Grove, Chelsea Cemetery pages.

11/11/19
• Reformatted the Harwood Cemetery page.
• Reformatted the Hudson Mills Cemetery page.
• Updated the Cemeteries page with Find-a-Grave link for the Hudson Mills Cemetery.
• Reformatted the Williams Cemetery page.
• Reformatted the Judd Cemetery page.
• Reformatted the Lapham Cemetery Partial Readings page.
• Reformatted the Leland Cemetery page.
• Updated the Cemeteries page with Find-a-Grave link for the Leland Cemetery.
• Reformatted the Lima Center Cemetery page.
• Reformatted the Glover Cemetery page.
• Reformatted the Maple Grove Cemetery page.
• Edited the Moore/Canfield Cemetery page.
• Reformatted the Mooreville Cemetery page.
• Reformatted and consolidated the Mt. Hope Cemetery page.

11/8/19
• Reformatted the 1860 Freedom Township Census page.
• Reformatted the 1860 Sylvan Township Census page.
• Reformatted the Benton Cemetery page.
• Reformatted the Bridgewater Cemetery page.
• Reformatted the Clements Cemetery page.
• Reformatted the Cooley Cemetery page.
• Reformatted the Cottonwood Cemetery page.
• Reformatted the Dixboro Cemetery page.
• Reformatted the Four Mile Lake Cemetery page.

6/14/19
• Applied organizational refresh to the Cemeteries page.

6/12/19
• Fixed some issues with the Maps page.
• Added links to cemeteries on Find-a-Grave.com where no files existed on the Cemeteries page.

5/2/19
• Added Google-based MIGenWeb.org Meta-search alternative to State Resources page.
• Refreshed MIGenWeb Counties page.

4/24/19
• Expanded the Books page.
• Cleaned up the History page a bit.

4/23/19
• Published new Books page.

4/19/19
• Removed global left navigation to improve experience on mobile devices.
• Enabled Auto-focus for on-site search.
• Suppressed broken MIGenWeb Metasearch.
• Reformatted Updates page.
• Optimized all images for faster downloads.
• Replaced Postcards page with new Photo Gallery.
• Procured vintage photo of S. B. Nickels Butcher Shop circa 1910.
• Updated Maps page, removing dead links and adding new maps.
• Integrated Genealogical Society of Washtenaw Facebook feed into home page.

4/18/19
• Updated and optimized GENDIS death pages.
• Procured vintage photo of J. J. Livernoise circa 1910.
• Procured vintage photo of Elsifor Bros Trucking Cart circa 1910.

4/15/19
• Cleaned up other link issues.
• Fixed broken GENDIS individual links.
• Merged 1840 Superior Township Census pages, alphabetized listings and added alphabetical page index.
• Repaired on-site search.

4/14/19
• Re-established site on MIGenWeb server.
• Updated links to surrounding county sites.