Ottawa County Court House

Grand Haven, Michigan

Washington Street
Grand Haven, Michigan

 (Dewey Hill
In the Background)

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Welcome to Ottawa County,
Michigan

US GenWeb Volunteer Project

We invite you to use these FREE pages for your
research.  Please scroll down this page.  You will find
links to a variety of resources as well as places which welcome your own data.

County Coordinator: Evelyn Sawyer
NEW - evlynsaw@comcast.net

Jan Cortez
StateCoordinator@MiGenWeb.Com  
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Miscellaneous Newspapers Non-Ottawa County Obituaries
Online Links Organizations Other Organizations Ottawa County
Pioneers Projects Schools Societies
Towns Township Records What's New  

What's New!!   
 
06/22/2008:    Photo of the tombstone of the first burial in Pilgrim Home Cemetery - Janna Vanden Beldt submitted
by Joan Van Spronsen 
06/22/2008:    Genealogies: Augustus W. Taylor and Friederick Viebrock I submitted by Carol Kesteloot 
06/22/2008:    Civil War Soldiers Obituaries: August Bruske and Nathaniel Abbey; Obituary for Gerrit Hemkes
transcribed by Joan Van Spronsen
06/11/2008:    Pilgrim Cemetery - list of those buried  in the Potter's Field transcribed by Joan Van Spronsen
06/11/2008:   Civil War Obituaries: Joseph Brown, John Jackson, Peter Steketee and Lemuel Ward transcribed
by Joan Van Spronsen
06/11/2008:   Jamestown Township Biographical Sketches from the 1882 Ottawa County History transcribed by ES 
06/11/2008:   Georgetown Township Biographical Sketches from the 1882 Ottawa County History transcribed by ES
05/29/2008:   Early Deaths Found in Newspapers, 1851-1867 
05/29/2008:   Early Marriages Found in Newspapers, 1851-1867
                      Alphabetically by   Brides            Grooms
05/27/2008:   Vriesland Reformed Church Marriages, 1872-1896 and 1912-1943
 Alphabetically by Bride's Name            Alphabetically by Groom's Name
05/25/2008:   Olive Township Historical Society 2008 Events  
05/25/2008:   Ottawa County Probate Court Information - contributed by Roxanne Munns
05/22/2008:   Membership List for Hudsonville Christian Reformed Church, 1970-1979
05/09/2008:   Genealogies: Abraham Stauffer and additions to Abijah Edson and Albert Gebben
05/09/2008:   Civil War Obituary: Charles Tuttle from Mary Trimbach.  
05/09/2008:   The history of the Dutch Reformed Church movement in the Netherlands, 1860's-1900.
05/04/2008:   State Archives of Michigan - Fees for research and the topics that they will research. 
05/04/2008:   Corrections made to some broken links.
04/25/2008:   Current rules for obtaining vital records from the Ottawa County Clerk's Office.
04/12/2008:   Photo of the Grand Haven Orpheum Theater contributed by Sheila Cadawaler.
04/12/2008:   Genealogies: David Austin, William Baehre, Daniel Bennett, John Beuschel, Jacob Denhof,
Ephriam Devenport, Shadrack Doane, Hendrikus W. Driesenga, John Dys, Phillip Fahling, Jacob
Gilbert, John Gillhespy, Henry Host, George Irish, John Keas, Engelko Koolman, Conrad Kraft,
Adam Lachmann, Jonas Mauterstock, Aaron McClain, John McNitt, Daniel McWilliams, Wilson
McWilliams, Amos Merrick, George M. Miller, Jared Miller, William Morley, Abram Nostrant,
Lewis Pierce, William Rauber, H. Adam, Ritz, Henry Schaefer, George Ulmer, John Umlor,
Gilbert Vander Hoof, Klaas VanderMolen, Cornelius VanderWiltenburg, Johannes VanOeffelen,
and William Wright transcribed by ES.
04/12/2008:   Civil War Obituaries: Nathaniel B. Abby, Dr. John Austin, Albert E. Bolt, Joel Bond,
Michael Canty, John Cooney, Charles N. Dickinson, Charles Hinsley, Albertus Kronemeyer, Thomas J. McCulloch,
Henry E. Plant, Asa L. Porter, William Miner Porter, James Richardson, Elijah Smead, Charles R. Steward, Arthur VanderHoef, Andrew Webster and John A. Williams transcribed by Joan Van Spronsen
04/12/2008:   Obituary of Charles Smead transcribed by Joan VanSpronsen
04/12/2008:   Obituary and Photo of William Comstock contributed by Chris Korstange
03/28/2008:   Corrections made and broken links repaired.
03/21/2008:   Obituaries of Civil War Soldiers: Albert Boardmann, John W. Downs, Frank Jones,
Alfred Muzzall and Asa Rice transcribed by Joan Van Spronsen.
03/03/2008:   The genealogies of Willem Lievense, Jan Machiela and Albert Siersema are being replaced by
newer information from Jeff Machiela

 What's New
2002,  2003,   2004,   2005,   2006, 2007, 2008


NEEDED VOLUNTEERS

Anyone having family genealogies, old photos of school classes, church events, local businesses; church anniversary booklets, organizations, with the history and membership or other records
that you feel would be appreciated by people doing genealogy research in Ottawa County; old township
records, etc. please contact me - 

Evelyn Sawyer - evlynsaw@comcast.net
 
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 About the The Michigan US GenWeb Volunteer Project

In March and April, 1996, a group of genealogists organized the Michigan Comprehensive Genealogy Database. The idea was to provide a single entry point for all counties in Michigan, where collected databases would be stored. In addition, the databases would be indexed and cross linked, so that even if an individual were found in more than one county, they could be located in the index. 

At the same time, volunteers were found who were willing to coordinate the collection of databases and generally oversee the contents of the web page. Brian and Terri Rene (DaVar) Howard have been responsible for Ottawa County from the summer of 1996 until the Spring of 2002.
Please contact the county coordinator, Evelyn Sawyer,  if you would like to contribute to this site
or volunteer to "Look-up" information for people.

You are welcome to contact the Ottawa County Coordinator at evlynsaw@comcast.net
or the Michigan State Coordinator at StateCoordinator@MiGenWeb.com 

The Ottawa Co., MI GenWeb Page      

 


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