Kent County (Mich.) -- Genealogy

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The Cannon Township death records consists of the unofficial death records for the residents of that township from 1911-1952. The records provide the name, age, sex and birth date, along with the date and cause of death. The occupation, marriage status, birth place and date, undertaker, and some family history area also included in all of the records.

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This collection contains 42 volumes of federal and state censuses that were taken between 1850 and 1894 of Kent County, Michigan. The censuses record information about residents, agriculture and industry, as well as vital and social statistics. This collection would be of particular interest to genealogists researching their ancestors who lived in Kent County; the population schedules provide a wealth of information about individual residents.

Abstract James Alexander DeVore (1853-1926), who became a well known Grand Rapids, Michigan physician and his wife, Mary Adele Pressey DeVore (1850-1927), co-authored a diary in 1877. At the time they had been married less than a year and James was completing medical school at the Cincinnati College of Medicine and Surgery. James and Adele settled in West Michigan in 1878 and later had two children; Elwin and Ethelyn. James began the DeVore Hospital and Sanitarium in 1902. Family...

Abstract The Grand Rapids Township death records includes photocopies of death certificates for those listed as residents of Grand Rapids Township, Michigan at the time of death. It is believed that the original books from which the copies were made are located at the State Archives. The copies list deaths from 1906-1910 and from 1914-1952. The records provide information such as name, age, sex, and birth date, along with date of death and cause. Additional information is included in later...

Abstract This is a small collection of records for Grattan Township, Kent County, Michigan. The records were photocopied from those at the township and provided to the Grand Rapids Public Library by the Western Michigan Genealogical Society for wider accessibility. Of note are registers of death, 1900-1951 and burial permits, 1926-1969; as well as some cemetery inscription information. Some of this information was kept at both the township and county level. In addition to genealogical data, the...

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This collection contains a number of identified photos of the Sundbeck family, the Keck boarding house, the Lindberg family, and Stocking School. Also included are a few pieces of local ephemera.

Abstract The Western Michigan Genealogical Society church records collection is the result of a project conducted by the WMGS to borrow and microfilm historical files from churches throughout the Western Michigan community. The project was begun in 1974 and completed during the late 1980s. Some 243 church organizations eventually contributed to the project. Many of these, but not all, are represented here. The number of documents contributed varies from church to church, from one page to...

Abstract The Grand Rapids Woman's Committee of the Council on National Defense was organized in the spring of 1917. The group contributed to the war effort by helping with home and allied relief, food conservation and the welfare of children. The bulk of this collection is a large group of note cards containing data about women who registered for home front service during World War I. The cards include the greater Grand Rapids, Michigan area, covering much of Kent County and occasionally...