Ionia County, Michigan:
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Projects

• Common Corners  Sharing What We Have in Common
• Ionia County History & Genealogy      (Source: Genealogy Trails History Group)
• Ionia County MIGenWeb      (Source: USGenWeb)
• Ionia County Records      (Source: Michigan Family History Network)

Adjacent counties

• Barry County, MI  to the southwest
• Clinton County, MI  to the east
• Eaton County, MI  to the southeast
• Gratiot County, MI  to the northeast
• Kent County, MI  to the west
• Montcalm County, MI  to the north

Biographies, Oral Histories, Diaries, Memoirs, Genealogies, Correspondence (12)

Cemeteries

• Billion Graves for Ionia County, Michigan      (Source: Billion Graves)
• Cemeteries of Ionia County      (Source: Interment.net)
• Ionia County  Michigan Cemetery Transcription & Photo Project     (Source: The American History and Genealogy Project)
• Ionia County Cemeteries      (Source: Genealogy Trails History Group)
• Ionia County Cemeteries      (Source: The Tombstone Transcription Project)
• Ionia County Cemeteries      (Source: USGenWeb Michigan Archives)
• Ionia County Cemetery List      (Source: Find A Grave)
• The Political Graveyard      (Source: The Political Graveyard)

Census Records and Indexes (30)

Court and Legal Records

• Ionia County Court Records Directory      (Source: Court Records Free Reference and Directory)
• Livingston's Law Register, 1851  Ionia County Lawyers     (Source: Google Books)

Directories (16)

Estate Records

• Michigan Probate Records  1797-1973     (Source: FamilySearch)
• Michigan Wills and Probate Records, 1784-1980  includes Ionia County     (Source: Explore Ancestry for free)     ($)

History (70)

Introduction and Guides

• Cyndi's List of Michigan locality links      (Source: Cyndi's List of Genealogy Sites on the Internet)
• FamilySearch Wiki Research Guide      (Source: FamilySearch)
• Ionia County      (Source: Histopolis Collaborative Genealogy & History)
• Ionia County Public Records      (Source: Nationwide Environmental Title Research)
• Ionia County, Michigan Genealogy      (Source: Genealogy, Inc.)

Land Records

• Family Maps of Ionia County, MI      (Source: Arphax Publishing Co.)     ($)
• Ionia County Deeds and Indexes      (Source: FamilySearch)
• Ionia County Land Records      (Source: USGenWeb Michigan Archives)
• Land Patent Search      (Source: Bureau of Land Management, General Land Office)
• U.S. General Land Office Records, 1796-1907  Ionia County     (Source: Explore Ancestry for free)     ($)

Libraries, Museums, Archives

• The Belrocton Historical Museum  Belding, Michigan
• Family History Library Holdings      (Source: FamilySearch)
• Genealogy Section  Alvah N. Belding Library
• Ionia County Data Collections      (Source: Explore Ancestry for free)     ($)
• Lake Odessa Area Historical Society and Depot Museum      (Source: Facebook)
• Library Directory for Ionia County, Michigan      (Source: libraries.org - A directory of libraries throughout the world)
• Local History Bibliography - Ionia County  Clarke Historical Library
• PERiodical Source Index Search  Ionia County, Michigan     (Source: Find My Past)

Mailing Lists and Message Boards

• GenForum Message Boards      (Source: Genealogy.com)
• RootsWeb Message Board      (Source: RootsWeb)

• MI-IONIA-BELDING Genealogy and history of the town of Belding and surrounding areas (Orleans, Smyrna, Long Lake, Cooks Corners, Greens Corners, Kiddville, Howe Town, etc.)

  • MI-IONIA-BELDING Mailing List Homepage      (Source: RootsWeb)

• MIIONIA Ionia County genealogy

  • MIIONIA Mailing List Homepage      (Source: RootsWeb)

• WMGS-TALK Western Michigan genealogy

  • WMGS-TALK Mailing List Homepage      (Source: RootsWeb)

Maps and Gazetteers (25)

Military Records and Histories

• Ionia County Military Records      (Source: USGenWeb Michigan Archives)
• List of Pensioners on the Roll January 1, 1883  Ionia County, Michigan     (Source: Internet Archive)

• Civil War

  • 1890 Census of Union Veterans and Widows of the Civil War  Ionia County     (Source: FamilySearch)
  • G.A.R Posts in Ionia County, Michigan      (Source: Images of Michigan)
  • Ionia County, Michigan Civil War Soldiers      (Source: Images of Michigan)

• Spanish American War

  • Michigan Volunteers      (Source: Michigan Family History Network)

• World War I

  • World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918  Ionia County     (Source: Explore Ancestry for free)     ($)

Miscellaneous Data

• Classic Buildings of Ionia County      (Source: Society of Architectural Historians)
• Ionia County Indexes      (Source: USGenWeb Michigan Archives)
• Ionia County Public Records Links      (Source: Free Public Records Directory)
• Ionia County Scrapbooks      (Source: USGenWeb Michigan Archives)

Newspaper Records

• Belding banner      (Source: Chronicling America: Historic American Newspapers)
• The Belding banner-news      (Source: Chronicling America: Historic American Newspapers)
• Belding Historical Newspapers      (Source: Newspapers.com)     ($)
• Chronicling America  Ionia County     (Source: The Library of Congress)
• Historical Belding Newspapers      (Source: Newspaper Archive)     ($)
• Ionia County      (Source: Newspaper Abstracts)
• Search Belding Historical Newspapers      (Source: GenealogyBank)     ($)

Obituaries and Funeral Home Records (14)

Photographs, Postcards, Historical Images

• Hall-Fowler Memorial Library  Ionia, Mich.     (Source: Post Card Library)
• Historical Postcards of Ionia County      (Source: Explore Ancestry for free)     ($)
• Ionia County  America from the Great Depression to World War II     (Source: American Memory from the Library of Congress)
• Ionia County  Built in America     (Source: American Memory from the Library of Congress)
• Ionia County Courthouse 
• Ionia County Photographs  Jan 1935-June 1944     (Source: Photogrammar)
• Penny Postcards from Michigan      (Source: USGenWeb Michigan Archives)

School Records and Histories

• Belding School Yearbooks      (Source: Explore Ancestry for free)     ($)
• Clarksville School Yearbooks      (Source: Explore Ancestry for free)     ($)
• Ionia School Yearbooks      (Source: Explore Ancestry for free)     ($)
• Lake Odessa School Yearbooks      (Source: Explore Ancestry for free)     ($)
• Michigan Schools  Ionia Co.
• Portland School Yearbooks      (Source: Explore Ancestry for free)     ($)
• Saranac School Yearbooks      (Source: Explore Ancestry for free)     ($)

Societies

• Hubbardston Area Historical Society 
• Ionia County Genealogical Society 
• The Ionia County Historical Society 
• Ionia County Historical Society      (Source: Facebook)
• Lake Odessa Area Historical Society 
• Lake Odessa Area Historical Society      (Source: Facebook)
• Western Michigan Genealogical Society 

Surnames Web sites, obituaries, biographies, and other material specific to a surname (393)

Tax Lists

• Assessment rolls, 1840-1850  Viewing restrictions may apply     (Source: FamilySearch)
• Internal Revenue Assessment Lists  1862-1874     (Source: FamilySearch)
• Otisco Township Assessment rolls, 1842  Viewing restrictions may apply     (Source: FamilySearch)

Transportation and Industry (10)

Vital Records (11)

Wiki

• Ionia County, Michigan Wiki      (Source: RootsWeb)

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