Archives staff are available for research support services, not research itself. For email and phone inquiries, staff can assist with identifying resources and finding aids that are most likely to contain relevant records. If you are unable to conduct your research in person, the Archives maintains a list of unaffiliated researchers that you can contact for research on your behalf. Any arrangements must be made directly with the independent researcher and will generally involve a fee. This list is maintained as a service to the public, and these researchers are not employed as such by the Michigan Tech Archives.
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| Lucy Granroth Lucy Granroth Phone: (906) 281-0629 Email: owner@copperthreadgenealogy.com Website: copperthreadgenealogy.com Lucy is an independent genealogist and researcher based in Houghton County. She builds family trees, conducts deep genealogy research to break through brick walls, creates family histories and other research projects, writes local history articles, and takes on hourly research requests. |
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| Kenneth J. Vrana Kenneth J. Vrana Phone: (906) 201-4974 Email: vrana@cmurm.org Website: www.cmurm.org Ken is a semi-retired professional who was previously employed by the National Park Service, Michigan State University, Michigan Technological University, and private sector on a diversity of field projects involving the survey and assessment of historical and archaeological sites throughout the U.S. and abroad. These sites include abandoned maritime infrastructure, such as wharfs, docks, and the remains of other commercial activities; former coastal habitations, including aboriginal sites; and historical shipwrecks. His historical research specialties are identification and confirmation of ownership and associated property rights, and assessment of site significance in terms of history, archaeology, recreation and tourism, and present-day commercial value. |