[Michlib-l] Determining Residency and Millages for Public Library Cards

Fri Feb 14 10:31:04 EST 2020

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 at mcls.org [mailto:michlib-l-bounces at mcls.org] 
> *On Behalf Of *Jocelyn Levin via Michlib-l
> *Sent:* Thursday, February 13, 2020 5:58 PM
> *To:* michlib-l <michlib-l at 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 at lyon.lib.mi.us <mailto:jlevin at 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 <http://www.lyon.lib.mi.us/>
>
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> *To: *"Adrianne Schinkai" <amschinkai at gmail.com 
> <mailto:amschinkai at gmail.com>>, "michlib-l" <michlib-l at mail2.mcls.org 
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> *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 at mcls.org <mailto:michlib-l-bounces at mcls.org> 
> [mailto:michlib-l-bounces at mcls.org] *On Behalf Of *Adrianne Schinkai 
> via Michlib-l
> *Sent:* Thursday, February 13, 2020 1:07 PM
> *To:* michlib-l <michlib-l at mail2.mcls.org 
> <mailto:michlib-l at 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 
> <https://factfinder.census.gov/faces/nav/jsf/pages/index.xhtml> 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 
> <https://factfinder.census.gov/faces/nav/jsf/pages/searchresults.xhtml?refresh=t> 
> and based on the Economic Place results, we were able to easily 
> determine the classification.
>
> However, American Factfinder is going offline on March 31^st 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
>
>   * Head of Reference and Circulation Services
>   * Vicksburg District Library, Vicksburg, MI
>   * Work Email <mailto:aschinkai at vicksburglibrary.org>
>   * Personal Email <mailto:amschinkai at gmail.com>
>   * LinkedIn Account <https://www.linkedin.com/in/amschinkai/>
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