Miscellaneous Records

Census
 
Federal Census 1830   1840   1850   1860 Mortality   1868 Grand Rapids
Federal Census 1870   Mortality   Grand Rapids Mortality   Townships Mortality
Federal Census 1880  
Other Census 1884 Alpine Twp   1900 St. John's Orphanage
1884 State Census for Kent County
1894 State Census for Kent County
Churches
 
Kent County Church Records  
Catholic Church in the Grand River Valley Father McGee 1833-1950
West Michigan Church Records From WMGS
   
Directories
 
Grand Rapids Business Directory 1856   
Grand Rapids Business Directory 1859  
Grand Rapids Directory 1886-7 Churches, Newspapers, Public Halls, Buildings, Schools, & Societies
1870 Dillenback and Leavitt Kent County History and Directory
1907 Kent County Directory  
   
Documents
 
Diaries and Letters  
WMGS Manuscripts From WMGS
1918 Petition for Women's Right to Vote  
   
Land
 
Simple Township Layout  
1859 Grand Rapids Ward Boundaries  
Identifying Old Land Descriptions  
Kent County 1972 Centennial Farms  
Kent County Land Owners 1863  
Patrons in Kent County 1876  
Kent County Early Land Records to 1870  
   
Medical
 
Kent County Medical Information  
   
Military
 
Military Records of Kent County  
   
Naturalization
 
Kent County Citizenship Index 1840-1932  
Kent County Naturalization Index 1860-1880  
Kent County Petition of Intention 1899-1904  
   
Newspapers
 
List of Newspapers in Kent County from 1837  
Chronology of Newspapers in Kent County  
Grand Rapids Press 1873-Present Free to Michigan residents with a free Library of Michigan library card.
Kent County Newspapers Digital Scans - Many are free
Reminiscences of Editors and Reporters by Arthur S. Whitle
Women's Press Club 1893  
Evening Press Newsboys Band of 1900  
Newspapers from Michigan Pioneer Collections  
African-American Newspaper Index  
Women Newspaper Index
West Michigan Newspaper Index  
Farm Bureau News 1918-1926  
   
Organizations
 
Grand Rapids and Kent County Historical and Present Day
   
Periodicals
 
Michigana Index 1954-2018 WMGS quarterly
   
Schools
 
Kent County School Census WMGS - fee for copies
Alpine Township School Records  
Byron Township School Records  
Caledonia Township School Records  
Cascade School #10 1901-1903
Catholic School Records  
Central High School Records Formerly Grand Rapids High School
Godfrey-Lee School History
Kentwood Schools Index to Kentwood From Here to There
Lee Township Schools  
Lowell School #3 1927
Solon Township School Records  
Tyrone Township School Records  
Wyoming Township School Records  
Kent County Schools List of mostly one-room schools
1938-9 Kent County School Board & Teachers  
   
   

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