County-Wide

Kent County Council for Historical Preservation
115 College Ave. SE
Grand Rapids, MI 49503
(616) 458-2422

Western Michigan Genealogical Society
c/o Grand Rapids Public Library
60 Library Plaza NE
Grand Rapids, MI 49503

General Museums

Gerald R. Ford Library and Museum
303 Pearl St. NW
Grand Rapids, MI 49504
(616) 456-2674

Van Andel Public Museum
(Formerly - Grand Rapids Public Museum)
272 Pearl NW
Grand Rapids, MI 49504
(616) 456-3977

Neighborhood Associations

Descendants' Groups

Daughters of the American Revolution (DAR)
Sophie de Marsac Campau Chapter

The General John A. Logan, Camp #1
Sons of Union Veterans of the Civil War (SUVCW)

Daughters of the Union Veterans of the Civil War (DUVCW)
Eva Gray Tent No. 2

The Military Order of the Loyal Legion of the United States
Michigan Commandery

Military History

Civil War Roundtable of Grand Rapids, MI

Michigan Soldiers' Aid Society (MSAS)
Civilian Reenactors of the 1860s

The Woman's Relief Corps
Champlin Corps No. 41

Enthic Heritage

Polish Heritage Society
P. O. Box 1844
Grand Rapids, MI  49501

Swedish-American Heritage Society of West Michigan
29 Pearl Street NW Suite 127
Grand Rapids, Michigan 49503

Town/Township Historical Societies

Ada Township
Averill Historical Museum of Ada
7144 Headley
Ada, MI 49301

Ada Township Historical Society
7144 Headley
P.O. Box 741
Ada, MI 49301

Algoma Township

Algoma Township Historical Society
10531 Algoma Ave.
Rockford, MI 49343

Alpine Township

Alpine Historical Committee
5255 Alpine NW
Comstock Park, MI  49321 (2003)

Alpine Township Historical Office/Historical Commission
2015 Seven Mile Road NW
Comstock Park, MI 49321

Alpine Township Historical Museum
2408 Seven Mile Road NW
Comstock Park, MI 49321

Bowne Township

Bowne Township Historical Society
P.O. Box 35
Alto, MI 49302

Byron Township

Byron Center Historical Society (2003)
P.O. Box 20, 2506 Prescott
Byron Center, MI 49315

 We do have a genealogical room for research in the museum.  Family histories, Rural Inventory 1939 of the WPA, more than 1,000 photos, church files, school files, club files and old home files.

Caledonia Township

Caledonia Historical Museum
6260 92nd Street SE
Caledonia, MI 49316

Caledonia Historical Society
9626 Kraft SE
Caledonia, MI  49316

Cannon Township

Cannon Township Historical Society (2003)
4711 Honeycreek NE
Ada, MI  49301

Cannon Township Historical Museum
8045 Cannonsburg Rd. NE

Cascade Township

Cascade Historical Society
Cascade Township Museum
2839 Thornapple River Dr. SE
Grand Rapids, MI 49546
(616) 956-1228

Cedar Springs

Cedar Springs Historical Society & Museum
P.O. Box 296
60 Cedar St
Cedar Springs, MI 49319
Cedar Springs Museum Genealogy Information

East Grand Rapids

East Grand Rapids History Room
c/o EGR Public Library
750 Lakeside Dr. SE
Grand Rapids, MI 49506

Fallasburg

Fallasburg Historical Society (Vergennes Township)
13944 Covered Bridge Rd.
Lowell, MI 49331

Gaines Township

Gaines Township Historical Society
421 68th St. SE
Grand Rapids, MI 49548

Grand Rapids

Western Michigan Genealogical Society
c/o Grand Rapids Public Library
Third Floor - Special Collections
111 Library Street NE
Grand Rapids, MI  49503

Grand Rapids Historical Society
c/o Grand Rapids Public Library
111 Library Street NE
Grand Rapids, MI 49503

Grand Rapids Public Library
Special Collections (Western Michigan Genealogical Society collection included)
Library Street
Grand Rapids, MI  49503

Grand Rapids Historical Preservation Commission
Grand Rapids City Hall
Grand Rapids, MI  49503

Grandville, Wyoming Township

Grandville Historical Commission and Museum Association
3195 Wilson
Grandville, MI 49418
Grandville Historical Commission
Historic Images of Grandville

Grattan Township

Grattan Township Historical Society
12050 Old Belding Road NE
Belding, MI  48809

Kent City

Kent City Area Historical Society
16652 Fruit Ridge
Kent City, MI 49330

Kentwood

Kentwood Historical Commission
4900 Breton Ave. SE
PO Box 8848
Kentwood, MI 49518-8848

Lowell

Lowell Area Historical Association/
Lowell Area Historical Museum
325 W. Main Street
P. O. Box 81
Lowell, MI 49331

Oakfield Township

Oakfield Pioneer Heritage
11009 Podunk Rd
Greenville, MI  48838

Plainfield Township

Plainfield Township Historical Committee
P.O. Box 74
3861 West River Dr.
Comstock Park, MI 49321-0074

Rockford

Rockford Area Historical Society and Museum (Algoma Township)
11 E. Bridge St., P. O. 781
Rockford, MI  49431

Museum: Native American artifacts, portraits of early settlers of Rockford (Laphamville), farming implements, Victorian 'living room', medical paraphernalia, war memorabilia.
Collection of research materials such as cemetery records, plat maps, Kent Co. census information and Rockford newspapers.

Sand Lake

Sparta Township

Sparta Township Historical Commission
71 North Union Street
Sparta, MI  49345

Vergennes Township

Vergennes Historical Society
13738 3 Mile Rd
Lowell, MI  49331
Misner Museum and Fallasburg Schoolhouse

Walker

Walker Historical Society
2068 Deerfield Dr. NW
Walker, MI  49544

Walker Historical Commission
4243 Remembrance Rd., NW
Walker, MI   49544

Wyoming

Wyoming Historical Commission
Wyoming Public Library
3350 Michael SW
Wyoming, MI

The commission maintains an archive and History Room at the library.
They have an extensive collection of pictures, family and business memorabilia, local yearbooks, directories,
histories of Kent County; a large collection of plat maps, aerial maps and atlases; copies of the Advance and
other newspapers - some in print, some on film, and original tax records from 1848 on.