Grand Rapids Genealogy (in Kent County, MI)

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Grand Rapids Birth Records

Birthday celebration notices from the Banner, ca. 1980-1998 FamilySearch Library

Death Notices and Obituary index published in the Grand Rapids Press and Grand Rapids Herald, 1910 to present Western Michigan Genealogical Society online

St. Paul's Episcopal Church records, 1870-2005, Grand Rapids, Mich. Archive Grid

Grand Rapids Cemetery Records (97)


Grand Rapids Census Records

White Printing Co.'s map of the city of Grand Rapids and suburbs FamilySearch Library

Grand Rapids Church Records

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Banner obituary card file, 1867-1997 FamilySearch Library

Bethlehem Lutheran Church records (in U.S. Evangelical Lutheran Church, Swedish American Church Records collection) Ancestry online

Birthday celebration notices from the Banner, ca. 1980-1998 FamilySearch Library

Church records, 1876-1882 (Presbyterian Church (Grand Rapids, Michigan)) FamilySearch Library

Church records, 1883-1896 (Mission Wood Presbyterian Church (Grand Rapids, Michigan)) FamilySearch Library

Church records, 1896-1934 (Reorganized Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints. Grand Rapids Branch (Grand Rapids, Michigan)) FamilySearch Library

Ebenezer Holland Presbyterian Church records, 1905-1907, Grand Rapids, Mich. Archive Grid

First Presbyterian Church, Baptisms, Births, 1899 (in US Presbyterian Church Records collection) Ancestry online

First Presbyterian Church, Baptisms, Births, Marriages, Deaths, 1946-1970 (in US Presbyterian Church Records collection) Ancestry online

First Presbyterian Church, Baptisms, Deaths, 1856-1882 (in US Presbyterian Church Records collection) Ancestry online

First Presbyterian Church, Pastoral Register, 1837-1859 (in US Presbyterian Church Records collection) Ancestry online

First Presbyterian Church, Session and Membership Book, 1855-1966 (in US Presbyterian Church Records collection) Ancestry online

Fountain Street Baptist Church records, 1856-1978, Grand Rapids, Mich. Archive Grid

Fountain Street Church records, 1856-1978, Grand Rapids, Mich. Archive Grid

He did wondrous things : centennial reflections of the Burton Heights Christian Reformed Church, 1905-2005 FamilySearch Library

Immanuel Presbyterian Church, Baptisms, Births, Marriages, Deaths, 1915-1947 (in US Presbyterian Church Records collection) Ancestry online

Immanuel Presbyterian Church, Baptisms, Births, Marriages, Deaths, 1947-1967 (in US Presbyterian Church Records collection) Ancestry online

Immanuel Presbyterian Church, Baptisms, Births, Marriages, Deaths, 1967-1970 (in US Presbyterian Church Records collection) Ancestry online

Index to church records: Michigan room, Grand Rapids Public Library, Grand Rapids, Michigan FamilySearch Library

Oakhill Presbyterian Church, Register, 1909-1970 (in US Presbyterian Church Records collection) Ancestry online

Period pieces: an account of the Grand Rapids Dominicans, 1853-1966 FamilySearch Library

Records, 1871-1954 Temple Emanuel (Grand Rapids, Mich.). Archive Grid

St. Paul's Episcopal Church records, 1870-2005, Grand Rapids, Mich. Archive Grid

The Catholic Church in the Grand River Valley, 1833-1950 FamilySearch Library

Third Presbyterian Church, Baptisms, Births, Marriages, Deaths, 1883-1952 (in US Presbyterian Church Records collection) Ancestry online

Wealthy Park Baptist Church (Grand Rapids, Mich.) records: 1892-1982 Archive Grid

Wealthy Park Baptist Church records, 1892-1985, Grand Rapids, Mich. Archive Grid

Wedding anniversary notices from the Banner, ca. 1920-1999 (Hekman Library (Grand Rapids, Michigan)) FamilySearch Library

Westminister Presbyterian Church records, 1931-1933, Grand Rapids, Mich. Archive Grid

Wyoming Park Trinity Presbyterian Church records, 1923-1924, Grand Rapids, Mich. Archive Grid

Grand Rapids City Directories (153)


Grand Rapids Death Records

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Banner obituary card file, 1867-1997 FamilySearch Library

Burial cards, A-Z, 1885-1981 FamilySearch Library

Burial record, 1885-1981 FamilySearch Library

De Wachter Obituary Card File, 1868-1985 FamilySearch Library

Death Notices and Obituary index published in the Grand Rapids Press and Grand Rapids Herald, 1910 to present Western Michigan Genealogical Society online

Grand Rapids death index WorldCat

Grand Rapids record of burials WorldCat

Grand Rapids transient death index WorldCat

Index to Michigan soliders obituaries: Civil, Spanish and World War I [1898-1939] FamilySearch Library

Index to Michigan soliders obituaries: Civil, Spanish and World War I [1898-1939] WorldCat

Index to deaths of transients, 1850-1940 FamilySearch Library

Interment cards, 1900-1983 WorldCat

Kent Co., Michigan, death index, Grand Rapids, 1867-1926 FamilySearch Library

Latzek Funeral Home records, 1903 - 1962 Western Michigan Genealogical Society online

Latzek Funeral Home registers : an index to ten volumes 1903 to 1962 WorldCat

Latzek Funeral Home registers: an index to ten volumes, 1903 to 1962 FamilySearch Library

Muriel Link obituary file [Michigan], 1930-1970 FamilySearch Library

Records, 1917-1938, Birdsall Funeral Home (Grand Rapids, Mich.). Archive Grid

Grand Rapids Histories and Genealogies

Flex line index, Graceland WorldCat

Goss' History of Grand Rapids and its Industries, 1906 Western Michigan Genealogical Society online

Grand Rapids : Beautiful, Industrial, Commercial Ancestry online

Grand Rapids : beautiful, industrial, commercial FamilySearch Library

Grand Rapids and Kent County, Michigan : historical account of their progress from first settlement to the present time .. FamilySearch Library

Grand Rapids and Kent County, Michigan : historical account of their progress from first settlement to the present time Volume 1 MI Library Digital Collections online

Grand Rapids and Kent County, Michigan : historical account of their progress from first settlement to the present time Volume 2 MI Library Digital Collections online

Grand Rapids and Kent County, Michigan, 1918 (included in U.S. County and Regional Histories and Atlases collection) Ancestry online

Grand Rapids and Kent County, Michigan: History and Account of Their Progress from First. Vol. I LDS Genealogy online

Grand Rapids and Kent County, Michigan: History and Account of Their Progress from First. Vol. I Internet Archive online

Grand Rapids and Kent County, Michigan: History and Account of Their Progress from First. Vol. II LDS Genealogy online

Grand Rapids and Kent County, Michigan: History and Account of Their Progress from First. Vol. II Internet Archive online

Grand Rapids and Kent County, Michigan: historical account of their progress from first settlement to the present time, Volume 1 Google Books online

Grand Rapids as It Is Ancestry online

Grand Rapids as it is FamilySearch Library

Grand Rapids, Mich., as it is, 1894 FamilySearch Library

Grand Rapids, Michigan homecomming and 60th anniversary celebration, August 22-27, 1910 FamilySearch Library

Grand River Valley history FamilySearch Library

Grand River times : newsletter of the Grand Rapids Historical Society FamilySearch Library

History of Grand Rapids : with biographical sketches FamilySearch Library

History of Grand Rapids : with biographical sketches 1874 MI Library Digital Collections online

History of Grand Rapids and Its Industries, Volume 1 1906 Google Books online

History of Grand Rapids and its industries FamilySearch Library

History of the City of Grand Rapids, Michigan Ancestry online

History of the City of Grand Rapids, Michigan 1891 Google Books online

History of the City of Grand Rapids, Michigan 1891 MI Library Digital Collections online

History of the city of Grand Rapids, Michigan : with an appendix: history of Lowell, Michigan FamilySearch Library

Index to Michigan genealogical records available in the Grand Rapids Public Library FamilySearch Library

Index to Michigan research found in genealogical periodicals FamilySearch Library

Index to WMGS manuscript, family history and geographical collections FamilySearch Library

Index to family names in genealogical periodicals FamilySearch Library

Index to manuscripts and family histories available in the Grand Rapids Public Library FamilySearch Library

Old Bible and other genealogical records WorldCat

Old Bible and other pioneer records WorldCat

Old Bible and other pioneer records, Michigan WorldCat

The City of Grand Rapids and Kent County, Mich. : up to date, containing biographical sketches of prominent and representative citizens FamilySearch Library

The City of Grand Rapids and Kent County, Mich., Up to Date Ancestry online

The City of Grand Rapids and Kent County, Michigan, 1900 (included in U.S. County and Regional Histories and Atlases collection) Ancestry online

The Flood in Grand Rapids : photographic views of the inundated sections of the city : March 25-29, 1904 FamilySearch Library

The Grand River Valley Review : a magazine of west Michigan history FamilySearch Library

The Greeks of Michiana : a microcosm of the Greek experience in America FamilySearch Library

The yesterdays of Grand Rapids FamilySearch Library

Grand Rapids Map Records

Grand Rapids 1868 Bird's Eye View Map (in U.S. Historic Land Ownership and Reference Atlases) Ancestry online

Grand Rapids, Michigan Maps 1914, 1949, 1996 American Geographical Society online

Kent County and Grand Rapids, 1894 Map (in U.S. Historic Land Ownership and Reference Atlases) Ancestry online

Map of Grand Rapids, Michigan 1868. Library of Congress online

Sanborn Fire Insurance Map from Grand Rapids, Kent County, Michigan, 1888 Library of Congress online

Sanborn Fire Insurance Map from Grand Rapids, Kent County, Michigan, 1895 Library of Congress online

Sanborn Fire Insurance Map from Grand Rapids, Kent County, Michigan, 1895 Library of Congress online

Sanborn Fire Insurance Map from Grand Rapids, Kent County, Michigan, 1912 Library of Congress online

Sanborn Fire Insurance Map from Grand Rapids, Kent County, Michigan, 1912 Library of Congress online

Sanborn Fire Insurance Map from Grand Rapids, Kent County, Michigan, 1913 Library of Congress online

Sanborn Fire Insurance Map from Grand Rapids, Kent County, Michigan, 1913 Library of Congress online

Sanborn Fire Insurance Map from Grand Rapids, Kent County, Michigan, 1921 Library of Congress online

Sanborn Fire Insurance Map from Grand Rapids, Kent County, Michigan, 1923 Library of Congress online

Sanborn Fire Insurance Map from Grand Rapids, Kent County, Michigan, 1924 Library of Congress online

Sanborn Fire Insurance Map from Grand Rapids, Kent County, Michigan, 1930 Library of Congress online

Sanborn Fire Insurance Map from Grand Rapids, Kent County, Michigan, 1948 Library of Congress online

Sanborn Fire Insurance Map from Grand Rapids, Kent County, Michigan, 1950 Library of Congress online

Sanborn Fire Insurance Map from Grand Rapids, Kent County, Michigan, 1950 Library of Congress online

Sanborn Fire Insurance Map from Grand Rapids, Kent County, Michigan, 1950 Library of Congress online

Sanborn Fire Insurance Map from Grand Rapids, Kent County, Michigan, 1950 Library of Congress online

Sanborn Fire Insurance Map from Grand Rapids, Kent County, Michigan, 1953 Library of Congress online

Sanborn Fire Insurance Map from Grand Rapids, Kent County, Michigan, 1953 Library of Congress online

Sanborn Fire Insurance Map from Grand Rapids, Kent County, Michigan, 1953 Library of Congress online

Sanborn Fire Insurance Map from Grand Rapids, Kent County, Michigan, 1953 Library of Congress online

Sanborn Fire Insurance Map from Grand Rapids, Kent County, Michigan, 1953 Library of Congress online

Sanborn Fire Insurance Map from Grand Rapids, Kent County, Michigan, 1953 Library of Congress online

Sanborn Fire Insurance Map from Grand Rapids, Kent County, Michigan, 1953 Library of Congress online

Sanborn Fire Insurance Map from Grand Rapids, Kent County, Michigan, September 1906 Library of Congress online

White Printing Co.'s map of the city of Grand Rapids and suburbs FamilySearch Library

Grand Rapids Marriage Records

Death Notices and Obituary index published in the Grand Rapids Press and Grand Rapids Herald, 1910 to present Western Michigan Genealogical Society online

St. Paul's Episcopal Church records, 1870-2005, Grand Rapids, Mich. Archive Grid

Grand Rapids Military Records

A Brief History of the Tenth Michigan Cavalry Ancestry online

An Historical Sketch of the Seventh Regiment Michigan Volunteer Cavalry : from its Organization in 1862 Ancestry online

Burial cards : 1885-1981. WorldCat

Burial records of Michigan soldiers in the Indian, Mexican, Spanish-American, Civil Wars and World War I WorldCat

History of the Eighth U.S. Infantry from its Organization in 1838, Vols. 1-2 Ancestry online

Index to Michigan soliders obituaries: Civil, Spanish and World War I [1898-1939] WorldCat

Personal and Historical Sketches and Facial History of . . . the Seventh Regiment, Michigan Volunteer Cavalry, 1862 Ancestry online

Roster of Survivors of the Seventh Michigan Cavalry and Muster Out Rolls of the Regiment Ancestry online

U.S. Civil War, Roll of Honor, Vol. XVIII (Soldier burials in Detroit, Fort Wayne, Grand Rapids, Jackson, Kalamazoo, Ypsilanti, Corunna, Flint, and Niles, Michigan) Ancestry online

Grand Rapids Minority Records

The Greeks of Michiana : a microcosm of the Greek experience in America FamilySearch Library

Grand Rapids Miscellaneous Records

Publications of the Historical Society of Grand Rapids FamilySearch Library

Grand Rapids Newspapers and Obituaries (50)


Grand Rapids School Records (121)




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