1884 Big Rapids City Directory
ELECTIONS
First Village of Morley Election - 1870
New Supervisors Elected - 1871
1945 Mecosta Township Ballot
FAMILY STORIES
Waldo Family - Bits and Pieces
A Family Named Hand
Chloe Forward Davis Family Group Sheet - Contributed by Ivan Corbin
Chloe Forward Davis Individual Record - Contributed by Ivan Corbin
FEATURES
In the Woods - Featured Stories by Jim Wood
FUNERAL HOMES
Funeral Home Listing
GENEALOGY HELP
Genealogists and Researchers
Just Beginning Your Family Tree??
Information Exchange Corner
Genealogy Links
Where To Find It
GOVERNMENT
Warren Hunt City Government
Unclaimed Letters Big Rapids Post Office August 01, 1871- NEW!!
Big Rapids First Postmasters- NEW!!
Old Mecosta Jail and brief history
1870 Petit Jury Drawn
1871 Petit Jury Drawn
New County Clerk Fee Schedule
HISTORY
Mecosta County Sesquicentennial 2005
Mecosta County Poor House, Stanwood
Big Rapids Mayors
Organization of Mecosta County
Mecosta County Early Days
Pioneers of Mecosta County
HISTORICAL, GENEALOGICAL and Other SOCIETIES
Mecosta County Genealogical Society
HISTORICAL MONUMENTS
School Section Lake Old Settlers Monument - List of Negro Settlers
LAND RECORDS
Mecosta County Land Patents
1879 - Every Name Index - Fork Township Plat Book - Contributed by Tom Bennett
LIBRARIES
Phelps Free Library
Mecosta County Libraries & Resources
LOOKUP VOLUNTEERS
Lookup Volunteers
MAILING LISTS
State of Michigan Mailing List - To subscribe send an email to MI-Genealogy+subscribe@groups.io -
MAPS
Mecosta County Plat Maps
1879 Mecosta County Atlas
Map of Mecosta County
MILITARY
Fallen Heroes of Mecosta County - NEW
Civil War Honor Roll
Civil War Soldiers of Mecosta Co., as compiled by James Wood-
Korean War Casualties-
Mecosta County Pension Records - 1883-
Mecosta County in the Civil War
Mecosta County in the Spanish American War
Civil War Soldiers of Mecosta County
Veteran Ancestor Registry
MISCELLANEOUS
Annual Gathering of the Pioneers
Our Oldest County Patriachs
Big Rapids Boosters - Some of the Citizens Who Make the City what it is and What it is Not
History of the Medical Profession in Mecosta County
Story of the Four Drive Tractor and Inventor J. H. Fitch
1895 Mecosta County Hunting Licenses
1873 Dog Licenses and Owners
Hard on Musk Rat Catchers - Three Millbrook and two Remus men arrested and fined.
Big Rapids Secret Societies
NATURALIZATION & PROBATE
Mecosta County has transferred all Naturalization records to Lansing.
NEWSPAPERS
News from the Big Rapids Current in 1879 to more coming.
A few deaths from the Current Newspaper (1881-84)
News Briefs of Big Rapids & Mecosta County
1873 Local Occurances
Obituary Indices for Surnames A - Z Online.
Disorderlies & Wife Whipping
Borland Sensation - Double Tragedy - Murder/Suicide
Pioneer Magnet News from the late 1800's
Pioneer Magnet News from the late 1800's - Page 2
Pioneer Newspaper Obits
Traverse City Train Wreck Involving a Big Rapids Man - Guy Sheneman
Pioneer Group Newspaper
Old Newspaper Clippings
Old Newspapers Available on microfilm from Libraries.
ODDS & ENDS
Who Is He?
OLD SETTLERS
Old Settlers of Mecosta, Isabella, and Montcalm Counties - Monument.
Old Settlers Reunion.
Slater/Myers Family (Cotterman and Letts)
PHOTO ALBUMS
Mecosta County in Old Photos
Family Photo Album- NEW!!
PIONEERS
Charlie Gay - Founder of the Pioneer Newspaper- NEW!!
SCHOOLS
Mecosta Schools Long Ago - City/Village/Rural
Autograph Book of Sarah Vollwiler Townsend
Mecosta County Schools of early 1900's
Barryton Yearbook Signatures
Ferris State University
SURNAMES
Surnames of Mecosta County
TOWNSHIPS - CITIES
Deerfield Township Online
Fork Township Online
Hinton Township
Mecosta County Townships and the City of Big Rapids
VITAL RECORDS - BIRTHS, DEATH, MARRIAGES, OBITUARIES
Millbrook Township Births - Incomplete
Millbrook Township Burial Permits (Incomplete)
Millbrook Township Death Certificates - Incomplete
Mecosta Area Marriages - Found from random news articles
Page of random obituaries contributed.
1873 Mecosta County Deaths- Contributed by Pat McArthur
Obituary Indices for Surnames A - Z Online.
Marriage Announcements from the Pioneer News
1938 Deaths from the Pioneer News
1939 Deaths from the Pioneer News
Mecosta County Vital Records
Michigan Marriages - Dibean Collection of all the Counties
Mecosta County Obituaries
Submitted by Family Members
Seeking Michigan Website for Death Certificates
Slow, but worth the time
OFF SITE LINKS
Genealogical Death Index (Gendis)
Detroit Society of Genealogical Research, Inc.
Western Michigan Genealogy Society Databases(Contains Kent County Obits - Many in this area used Kent Co. Hospitals)
TheUSGenWeb Project
World Genealogy Web Project
Michigan Specific USGenWeb Search Engine
