Kent County, Michigan:
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Projects

• Common Corners  Sharing What We Have in Common
• Kent County History & Genealogy      (Source: Genealogy Trails History Group)
• Kent County Michigan GenWeb Project      (Source: USGenWeb)
• Kent County Records      (Source: Michigan Family History Network)
• Kent County, MI Genealogy & History      (Source: American Local History Network)

Adjacent counties

• Allegan County, MI  to the southwest
• Barry County, MI  to the southeast
• Ionia County, MI  to the east
• Montcalm County, MI  to the northeast
• Muskegon County, MI  to the northwest
• Newaygo County, MI  to the northwest
• Ottawa County, MI  to the west

Biographies, Oral Histories, Diaries, Memoirs, Genealogies, Correspondence (14)

Cemeteries (15)

Census Records and Indexes (38)

Church Records

• Dutch Reformed Church Records, 1639-1989  includes Grand Rapids     (Source: Explore Ancestry for free)     ($)
• Evangelical Lutheran Church in America, Swedish American Church Records, 1800-1946  includes Grand Rapids and Kent City     (Source: Explore Ancestry for free)     ($)
• Evangelical Lutheran Church of America, Records, 1875-1940  includes Grand Rapids, Michigan     (Source: Explore Ancestry for free)     ($)
• Kent County Church Records      (Source: USGenWeb Michigan Archives)
• U.S. Presbyterian Church Records, 1701-1970  includes Grand Rapids and Wyoming, Michigan     (Source: Explore Ancestry for free)     ($)

Court and Legal Records

• Circuit Court Chancery records, 1880-1921      (Source: FamilySearch)
• Kent County Court Records Directory      (Source: Court Records Free Reference and Directory)
• Livingston's Law Register, 1851  Kent County Lawyers     (Source: Google Books)
• Superior Court Chancery records, 1875-1919  Viewing restrictions apply     (Source: FamilySearch)

Directories (36)

Estate Records

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

History (117)

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)
• Kent County      (Source: Histopolis Collaborative Genealogy & History)
• Kent County Public Records      (Source: Nationwide Environmental Title Research)
• Kent County, Michigan Genealogy      (Source: Genealogy, Inc.)

Land Records

• Family Maps of Kent County, MI      (Source: Arphax Publishing Co.)     ($)
• Family Maps of Kent County, Michigan  Homesteads Edition     (Source: Arphax Publishing Co.)     ($)
• Kent 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  Kent County     (Source: Explore Ancestry for free)     ($)

Libraries, Museums, Archives (23)

Lookups

• Kent County Books      (Source: Books-We-Own)

Mailing Lists and Message Boards

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

• MIKENT Kent County genealogy

  • MIKENT Mailing List Homepage      (Source: RootsWeb)

• WMGS-TALK Western Michigan genealogy

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

Maps and Gazetteers (30)

Military Records and Histories

• Grand Rapids, MI Draft Rendezvous  Returns from U.S. Military Posts, 1800-1916     (Source: Explore Ancestry for free)     ($)
• Kent County Military Records      (Source: USGenWeb Michigan Archives)
• List of Pensioners on the Roll January 1, 1883  Kent County, Michigan     (Source: Internet Archive)

• Civil War

  • 1890 Census of Union Veterans and Widows of the Civil War  Kent County     (Source: FamilySearch)
  • Grand Rapids Michigan People Who Fought in the Civil War      (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  Grand Rapids City     (Source: Explore Ancestry for free)     ($)
  • World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918  Kent County     (Source: Explore Ancestry for free)     ($)
  • WWI Veterans Census Index  1917-1919     (Source: Explore Ancestry for free)     ($)

Miscellaneous Data

• Classic Buildings of Kent County      (Source: Society of Architectural Historians)
• Index to Illustrations  Standard Atlas of Kent County, Michigan     (Source: Bryant Genealogy Home Page)
• Kent County Indexes      (Source: USGenWeb Michigan Archives)
• Kent County Miscellaneous Records      (Source: USGenWeb Michigan Archives)
• Kent County Public Records Links      (Source: Free Public Records Directory)
• Kent County Scrapbooks      (Source: USGenWeb Michigan Archives)

Newspaper Records (15)

Obituaries and Funeral Home Records (26)

Photographs, Postcards, Historical Images (13)

School Records and Histories (20)

Search Engines and Searchable Databases

• Search Kent County's Death Records  1989 to present

Societies (23)

Surnames Web sites, obituaries, biographies, and other material specific to a surname (676)

Tax Lists

• Internal Revenue Assessment Lists  1862-1874     (Source: FamilySearch)

Transportation and Industry (12)

Vital Records (19)

Wiki

• Kent County, Michigan Wiki      (Source: RootsWeb)

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