Montcalm County, Michigan:
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Projects

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

Adjacent counties

• Clinton County, MI  to the southeast
• Gratiot County, MI  to the east
• Ionia County, MI  to the south
• Isabella County, MI  to the northeast
• Kent County, MI  to the southwest
• Mecosta County, MI  to the north
• Newaygo County, MI  to the west

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

• History of Ionia and Montcalm counties, Michigan  1881     (Source: Internet Archive)
• History of Montcalm County, Michigan  Volume II, 1916     (Source: Internet Archive)
• Memorials of the Grand River Valley  1878     (Source: Michigan County Histories)
• Montcalm Co, Michigan, USA      (Source: Our Family Tree)
• Montcalm County Biography Bibliography      (Source: WorldCat)
• Montcalm County GEDCOM Index      (Source: GEDCOM Index .Com)
• Montcalm County, Michigan Biographies      (Source: Images of Michigan)
• Portrait and biographical album of Ionia and Montcalm counties, Mich.  1891     (Source: Michigan County Histories)

Cemeteries

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

Census Records and Indexes (29)

Church Records

• Evangelical Lutheran Church in America Church Records, 1826-1945  includes Fairplain, Greenville and Trufant, Michigan     (Source: Explore Ancestry for free)     ($)
• Evangelical Lutheran Church of America, Records, 1875-1940  includes Fairplain and Trufant, Michigan     (Source: Explore Ancestry for free)     ($)

Court and Legal Records

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

Directories

• 1884 Directory of Western Michigan  includes Howard City, Maple Hill and Pierson in Montcalm County     (Source: Explore Ancestry for free)     ($)
• Bushnell Centre Business Directory  1863/64     (Source: The Perseus Digital Library)
• Crystal Business Directory  1863/64     (Source: The Perseus Digital Library)
• Fairplain Business Directory  1863/64     (Source: The Perseus Digital Library)
• Greenville Business Directory  1863/64     (Source: The Perseus Digital Library)
• Greenville City Directories      (Source: Explore Ancestry for free)     ($)
• West Bloomer Business Directory  1863/64     (Source: The Perseus Digital Library)

Ethnic

• Old Settlers  Montcalm, Isabella and Mecosta Counties

History (51)

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

Land Records

• Flat River Community Library Archive Search  Births 1870-1970, Census 1850-1930, Death Books, Deeds, etc.
• Land Patent Search      (Source: Bureau of Land Management, General Land Office)
• Montcalm County Deeds and Indexes      (Source: FamilySearch)
• U.S. General Land Office Records, 1796-1907  Montcalm County     (Source: Explore Ancestry for free)     ($)

Libraries, Museums, Archives (16)

Mailing Lists and Message Boards

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

• MIMONTCA Montcalm County genealogy

  • MIMONTCA Mailing List Homepage      (Source: RootsWeb)

• WMGS-TALK Western Michigan genealogy

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

Maps and Gazetteers (18)

Military Records and Histories

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

• Civil War

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

• Spanish American War

  • Michigan Volunteers      (Source: Michigan Family History Network)

• World War I

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

Miscellaneous Data

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

Newspaper Records

• Chronicling America  Montcalm County     (Source: The Library of Congress)
• Greenville Independent and The Daily Call  Flat River Community Library
• Montcalm County      (Source: Newspaper Abstracts)
• Montcalm County Newspaper Holdings  Michigan Newspaper Project

Obituaries and Funeral Home Records (13)

Photographs, Postcards, Historical Images

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

School Records and Histories

• Crystal School Yearbooks      (Source: Explore Ancestry for free)     ($)
• Edmore School Yearbooks      (Source: Explore Ancestry for free)     ($)
• Greenville School Yearbooks      (Source: Explore Ancestry for free)     ($)
• Howard City School Yearbooks      (Source: Explore Ancestry for free)     ($)
• Lakeview School Yearbooks      (Source: Explore Ancestry for free)     ($)
• Michigan Schools  Montcalm Co.
• Montcalm County Schools      (Source: Genealogy Trails History Group)

Search Engines and Searchable Databases

• Flat River Community Library Archive Search  Births 1870-1970, Census 1850-1930, Death Books, Deeds, etc.

Societies

• Flat River Historical Society and Museum      (Source: Facebook)
• Howard City Area Historical Society 
• Western Michigan Genealogical Society 

Surnames Web sites, obituaries, biographies, and other material specific to a surname (185)

Tax Lists

• Bloomer Township Assessment roll, 1886  Viewing restrictions may apply     (Source: FamilySearch)
• Internal Revenue Assessment Lists  1862-1874     (Source: FamilySearch)
• Tax assessments for Greenville, Michigan 1879-1900  Viewing restrictions may apply     (Source: FamilySearch)

Transportation and Industry

• Building histories of Montcalm County      (Source: Philadelphia Architects and Buildings Project)
• Extant Railroad/Railway Structures      (Source: Railroad Station Historical Society)
• Lumbertowns in the Cutover (1880-1910)  includes Sheridan and Stanton
• Montcalm County  N. W. Ayer & Son's American Newspaper Annual, 1880     (Source: HathiTrust Digital Library)
• Montcalm County Railroad History 
• Montcalm County, Michigan      (Source: Historic Bridges of Michigan and Elsewhere)
• Patents  Montcalm County, Michigan     (Source: Google Patents)
• Railroad Michigan, Montcalm County  Links to Existing Structures, Equipment & Artifacts

Vital Records (10)

Wiki

• Montcalm County, Michigan Wiki      (Source: RootsWeb)

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