Hi Jocelyn and Shoshana,

In Dexter, we use the Washtenaw County parcel lookup at Washtenaw.org>>services>>Property/Parcel Lookup.  This diverts the viewer off to an older site at https://secure3.ewashtenaw.org/ecommerce/property/pStart.do  This has been helpful for us because each individual parcel lists the school district where taxes are paid.  Our boundaries are the same as the Dexter School District, so it makes it easy to determine if someone is inside or outside our boundary. 

We also use a similar service through Livingston County as we overlap counties.  https://www.bsaonline.com/?uid=2015  Washtenaw and Livingston both provide this service for free.

Many municipalities use the BS&A service and these records will show school district and municipality.  The Village of Vicksburg provides access here https://bsaonline.com/?uid=2081 I'm not sure how big your service area is, so you might need to investigate whether your surrounding townships provide this separately.  I looked up Prevos Family Markets at 137 N Main in Vicksburg.  It looks like Vicksburg charges for look-ups.  There is an account set-up option and option 1 on the result said the service was free to homeowners and current residents.  Kalamazoo County looks like it provides the service free at https://bsaonline.com/?uid=405 and also showed the Prevos entry in Vicksburg, but it looks like the County provides less information that other municipalities.  They show total taxes paid, but not detailed parcel information, like school district.  You might be able to get a free log on from the county that would provide more information.

Hope this helps,
Paul
Paul McCann				Dexter District Library
Library Director			3255 Alpine St.
Phone: 734-426-4477			Dexter, MI 48130
Fax: 734-426-1217			www.dexter.lib.mi.us
On 2/13/2020 6:15 PM, Shoshanna Wechter via Michlib-l wrote:

Hey there!

 

Jocelyn, this is super helpful! I will definitely use this to see what municipality an address is in! I wonder, if anyone knows a good one for school districts? I feel like some library districts are made up of combinations of municipalities, some have boundaries coterminous with school districts, some have combinations of both! I really appreciated that FactFinder listed municipality ::and:: school district.

 

Shoshanna Wechter

(she, her, hers)

Reference Librarian

Ypsilanti District Library

229 W Michigan Ave

Ypsilanti MI 48197

 

From: michlib-l-bounces@mcls.org [mailto:michlib-l-bounces@mcls.org] On Behalf Of Jocelyn Levin via Michlib-l
Sent: Thursday, February 13, 2020 5:58 PM
To: michlib-l <michlib-l@mail2.mcls.org>
Subject: Re: [Michlib-l] Determining Residency and Millages for Public Library Cards

 

I'm not sure if this is exactly what you're looking for, but my library checks the Michigan Secretary of State's Find My Clerk page to verify what municipality the patron pays taxes in and therefore whether a patron lives in our service area:  https://mvic.sos.state.mi.us/Clerk

 

Jocelyn Levin, MLIS 
Youth and Teen Services Librarian 
jlevin@lyon.lib.mi.us 

Lyon Township Public Library 
27005 Milford Rd, South Lyon, MI 48178 
248.437.8800 Ext. 615 
www.lyon.lib.mi.us 

 

From: "Michlib-l" <michlib-l@mcls.org>
To: "Adrianne Schinkai" <amschinkai@gmail.com>, "michlib-l" <michlib-l@mail2.mcls.org>
Sent: Thursday, February 13, 2020 5:52:54 PM
Subject: Re: [Michlib-l] Determining Residency and Millages for Public        Library        Cards

 

We were just looking into this, and found the following:

 

https://michigan.hometownlocator.com/

 

https://usgeocoder.com/

 

 

From: michlib-l-bounces@mcls.org [mailto:michlib-l-bounces@mcls.org] On Behalf Of Adrianne Schinkai via Michlib-l
Sent: Thursday, February 13, 2020 1:07 PM
To: michlib-l <michlib-l@mail2.mcls.org>
Subject: [Michlib-l] Determining Residency and Millages for Public Library Cards

 

Hello everyone,

In the past, my library has used American Factfinder to help determine where millages are paid and how classifications for residency are determined for our library cards. We were basically able to punch in an applying patron’s address into the system and based on the Economic Place results, we were able to easily determine the classification.

However, American Factfinder is going offline on March 31st and we are having some issues with navigating the Census Data website thus far. As I am waiting to hear a reply from the Census Data website of whether this feature will be part of the migration or going obsolete, we are exploring other options, such as working with Google Maps. Nothing is showing the ease of access we are hoping for thus far.

Would anyone mind sharing their foolproof go to for determining residency and where mileages are paid?

Thanks in advance for your help and advice.

-- 

Adrianne M. Schinkai

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