Index to Western Michigan Genealogical
Society Resources

Primary genealogy society for Kent County.
They have many helpful resources and long experience in area research.

• Western Michigan Genealogical Society (WMGS)
• WMGS News
• WMGS Research Request Form
• WMGS Messaging Board
• WMGS Internet Links
  Includes some good Dutch-English genealogy dictionaries.
• WMGS Publications List
• WMGS Membership Application
• Index to Women's Records at the Michigan Soldiers Home, Grand Rapids
• Index to WWI Veterans Census in Kent County
• New website with information from surrounding township and county historical and genealogical societies - http://www.commoncorners.com
  For example, Oakfield Township Marriages: http://www.commoncorners.com/kent/kent_oakfield_marriages.htm
• WMGS Databases
  Index to Names in Goss' 1906 History of Grand Rapids
  Index to Kent County Federal Census
  Index to Kent County Marriages, 1845-1929
  Index to Obituaries from the G. R. Herald and G. R. Press, 1910-to present
  Index to School Records
  Index to Michigana
  Index to Latzek Funeral Home Records
  Index to Kent County Farm Bureau News, 1918-1926
  Index to 1881 Chapman's History of Kent County
   

Created: 4 August 2005
URL: http://www.migenweb.org/kent/