The Milford Historical Society now offers help with Genealogy research. Email: genealogy@milfordhistory.org to get in touch with our researchers.
Moments in Time -
Remembering Milford’s Own Mary Jackson -
The Michigan Preservation 14th Annual Rsource Guide
NOTE: This is big PDF file
The History of Milford, MI Video
An enjoyable video history of Milford, Michigan from YouTube
The Mary Jackson Teas Cookbook is available at the Museum and a new set of update pages will be available at the Fall Tea, which is Usually planned for November. The tea may be canceled due to the Covid-
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Back issues of the Milford Times, from 1871 to 1931 from our microfilm archives are now available for viewing at the Clarke History Museum site. The URL for the portal site with all of the papers is -
https://www.cmich.edu/library/clarke/Pages/Michigan-
Page down to Oakland County to find the Milford Times copies.
Obituaries
The local obituaries from 1929 through 1949 have been indexed and made available online. The index is available at http://milfordlibrary.info/find-
Member Contributed Content -
The Milford Historical Museum
The Museum is is now closed for the winter.
Another successful Home Tour
The weather cooperated this year and we had another great Milford Home Tour.
Thank you to those who opened their homes for our visitors to tour.
A specially thanks to the sponsors for this year’s event -
Presenting Sponsor -
Authentic Kitchen & Design
Platinum-
Heinsight Eyecare
Huron Valley Law Center
Milford Downtown Development Authority
Silver-
Huron Valley State Bank
Bronze-
The Clothing Cove & Tenacity
Huron Valley Furniture
Main Street Art
Your Nesting Place
MediLodge of Milford
Banditos
Thank you also to the companies that supported us by having a shingle on display on one of uor banners.
Historic Pictures From Milford, Michigan Available for Sale -
We have undertaken a fund-
Pictures suitable for framing will be for sale in the Museum. Call the Museum at 248-
Photos@milfordhistory.org for more information. Sizes available are 10”, 14”, 20” and 24”, where that is the longest dimension of the print; with prices ranging from $30 to $120.
March 21st – General Membership Meeting – at the Milford United Methodist Church. 1200 Atlantic St, Milford, MI 4838
Potluck begins at 6:30 P.M. – Program begins at 7:30 P.M.
Our guest speaker is very well known around the Historical Societies and The Henry Ford. Joseph Oldenburg grew up on the west side of Detroit and always loved history. He is a retired librarian and former Director of the Main Library in Detroit. He also retired as an instructor in the department of "Michigan History" at Oakland Community College. Joseph was also a presenter at the Greenfield Village for Thomas Edison and the Wright Brothers.
Joseph is a well known speaker on the Purple Gang which will be his topic for our general meeting presentation. The Purple Gang, also known as the Sugar House Gang, was a criminal mob of bootleggers and hijackers composed predominantly of Jewish gangsters.They operated in Detroit, Michigan, during the 1920s of the Prohibition era and came to be Detroit's dominant criminal gang.