Mecosta County, Michigan:
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Projects

• Mecosta Co., MI Genealogy and History      (Source: The American History and Genealogy Project)
• Mecosta County History & Genealogy      (Source: Genealogy Trails History Group)
• Mecosta County MIGenWeb      (Source: USGenWeb)
• Mecosta County Records      (Source: Michigan Family History Network)

Adjacent counties

• Clare County, MI  to the northeast
• Isabella County, MI  to the southeast
• Lake County, MI  to the northwest
• Montcalm County, MI  to the south
• Newaygo County, MI  to the west
• Osceola County, MI  to the north

Biographies, Oral Histories, Diaries, Memoirs, Genealogies, Correspondence

• Mecosta County Biography Bibliography      (Source: WorldCat)
• Mecosta County GEDCOM Index      (Source: GEDCOM Index .Com)
• Portrait and biographical album, Mecosta county, Mich.  1883     (Source: Michigan County Histories)
• Portrait and biographical album, Mecosta county, Mich.  1883     (Source: Internet Archive)
• Portrait and biographical album, Mecosta county, Mich.  1883     (Source: Internet Archive)

Cemeteries

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

Census Records and Indexes (25)

Church Records

• Evangelical Lutheran Church in America, Swedish American Church Records, 1800-1946  includes Gilbert     (Source: Explore Ancestry for free)     ($)

Court and Legal Records

• Mecosta County Court Records Directory      (Source: Court Records Free Reference and Directory)

Directories

• 1884 Directory of Western Michigan  includes Big Rapids in Mecosta County     (Source: Explore Ancestry for free)     ($)
• Big Rapids History and Business Directory  1863/64     (Source: The Perseus Digital Library)

Estate Records

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

Ethnic

• Old Settlers  Montcalm, Isabella and Mecosta Counties

History (22)

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

Land Records

• Land Patent Search      (Source: Bureau of Land Management, General Land Office)
• Mecosta County Deeds and Indexes      (Source: FamilySearch)
• U.S. General Land Office Records, 1796-1907  Mecosta County     (Source: Explore Ancestry for free)     ($)

Libraries, Museums, Archives (10)

Mailing Lists and Message Boards

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

• MIMECOST Mecosta County genealogy

  • MIMECOST Mailing List Homepage      (Source: RootsWeb)

Maps and Gazetteers (14)

Military Records and Histories

• List of Pensioners on the Roll January 1, 1883  Mecosta County, Michigan     (Source: Internet Archive)

• Civil War

  • 1890 Census of Union Veterans and Widows of the Civil War  Mecosta County     (Source: FamilySearch)

• Spanish American War

  • Michigan Volunteers      (Source: Michigan Family History Network)

• World War I

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

Miscellaneous Data

• Classic Buildings of Mecosta County      (Source: Society of Architectural Historians)
• Mecosta County Public Records Links      (Source: Free Public Records Directory)

Newspaper Records

• The Big Rapids Current  Feb 6, 1879 - Dec 30, 1885     (Source: Google News Archive)
• Chronicling America  Mecosta County     (Source: The Library of Congress)
• Mecosta County      (Source: Newspaper Abstracts)
• Mecosta County Newspaper Holdings  Michigan Newspaper Project

Obituaries and Funeral Home Records

• Barryton Funeral Homes      (Source: Legacy.com)
• Big Rapids Funeral Homes      (Source: Legacy.com)
• Big Rapids, Michigan Newspaper Obituaries      (Source: GenealogyBank)     ($)
• Remus Funeral Homes      (Source: Legacy.com)

Photographs, Postcards, Historical Images

• Historical Postcards of Mecosta County      (Source: Explore Ancestry for free)     ($)
• Mecosta County  Built in America     (Source: American Memory from the Library of Congress)
• Mecosta County Courthouse 
• Penny Postcards from Michigan      (Source: USGenWeb Michigan Archives)

School Records and Histories

• Austin School Yearbooks      (Source: Explore Ancestry for free)     ($)
• Big Rapids School Yearbooks      (Source: Explore Ancestry for free)     ($)
• Ferris Collection  Ferris State University
• The History of Ferris State University 
• Mecosta School Yearbooks      (Source: Explore Ancestry for free)     ($)
• Michigan Schools  Mecosta Co.
• Morley School Yearbooks      (Source: Explore Ancestry for free)     ($)
• University Archives  Ferris State University

Societies

• Mecosta Chapter      (Source: National Society Daughters of the American Revolution)
• Mecosta County Genealogical Society 
• Mecosta County Genealogical Society 

Surnames Web sites, obituaries, biographies, and other material specific to a surname (97)

Tax Lists

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

Transportation and Industry

• Building histories of Mecosta County      (Source: Philadelphia Architects and Buildings Project)
• Extant Railroad/Railway Structures      (Source: Railroad Station Historical Society)
• Lumbertowns in the Cutover (1880-1910)  includes Big Rapids
• Mecosta County  N. W. Ayer & Son's American Newspaper Annual, 1880     (Source: HathiTrust Digital Library)
• Mecosta County Bridges      (Source: Historic Bridges of the United States)
• Mecosta County, Michigan      (Source: Historic Bridges of Michigan and Elsewhere)
• Mines, Mining and Mineral Resources      (Source: mindat.org - the mineral and locality database)
• Patents  Mecosta County, Michigan     (Source: Google Patents)
• Railroad Michigan, Mecosta County  Links to Existing Structures, Equipment & Artifacts

Vital Records

• Mecosta County Marriage Records      (Source: USGenWeb Archives Marriage Records Project)
• Mecosta County Vital Records      (Source: Vital Records Information for the United States)
• U.S. Federal Census Mortality Schedules, 1850-1880  Mecosta County     (Source: Explore Ancestry for free)     ($)

Wiki

• Mecosta County, Michigan Wiki      (Source: RootsWeb)

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