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SURROUNDING COUNTIES


Mecosta County is bordered on the North by Osceola County, on the South by Montcalm County, on the West by Newaygo County, and on the East by Isabella County, on the northeast corner by Clare Countyand on the northwest corner by Lake County.



WHAT'S NEW!!


11-26-07 - Obituary indices for surnames U - Z added. Listed under newspapers below.
01-25-08 - Mecosta County Genealogical Society webpage updated with more publications available.
04-12-08 - Obituary Indices updated with over 400 more added. Mostly from 1930's - 1960's





Index to Mecosta County Local History Page


MECOSTA COUNTY GENEALOGICAL SOCIETY


BIOGRAPHIES & FAMILY HISTORIES

Index to Surnames

Family Tales ...Bios from Mecosta County

BOOKS

Books of Interest for Mecosta County

CEMETERIES

Michigan Tombstone Transcription & Photo Project

Mecosta County Cemeteries -

Mecosta County Cemeteries - Location Map

CENSUS

- 1870 Partial Big Rapids

1860 Mecosta County Census - Page 1 -

1860 Mecosta County Census - Page 2 -

1880 Census Extracts

CHURCHES

Big Rapids Congregational Church in the News

Churches of Mecosta County

DIRECTORIES

1918 - 1923 Mecosta County Farm Directory

ELECTIONS

1945 Mecosta Township Ballot

FAMILY STORIES

- A Family Named Hand

FEATURES

- In the Woods - Featured Stories by Jim Wood

FUNERAL HOMES

Funeral Home Listing

Barryton Funeral Home Index

GENEALOGY HELP

Genealogists and Researchers

Just Beginning Your Family Tree??

Information Exchange Corner

Genealogy Links

Where To Find It

GOVERNMENT

New County Clerk Fee Schedule

HISTORY

Mecosta County Poor House, Stanwood

Big Rapids Mayors

Organization of Mecosta County

Mecosta County Early Days

Pioneers of Mecosta County

HISTORICAL & GENEALOGICAL SOCIETIES

Mecosta County Genealogical Society

HISTORICAL MONUMENTS

Old Mecosta Jail House Historical Monument

Anna Howard Shaw Biography

School Section Lake Old Settlers Monument - List of Negro Settlers

Paris Fish Hatchery

Big Rapids Mineral Well

First United Methodist Church

LAND RECORDS

Mecosta County Land Patents

1879 - Every Name Index - Fork Township Plat Book - Contributed by Tom Bennett

LIBRARIES

Mecosta County Libraries & Resources

LOOKUP VOLUNTEERS

Lookup Volunteers - <

MAILING LISTS

MAPS

Mecosta County Plat Maps

- 1879 Mecosta County Atlas

Map of Mecosta County

MIGRATIONS

Mecosta County Migrations Project

MILITARY

Michigan Soldiers of the Great War, WWI-

Mecosta County Pension Records - 1883-

Mecosta County in the Civil War

Mecosta County in the Spanish American War

Civil War Soldiers of Mecosta County

Daughters of Union Veterans of the Civil War - Michigan

Veteran Ancestor Registry

MISCELLANEOUS

1895 Mecosta County Hunting Licenses

NATURALIZATION & PROBATE

NEWSPAPERS

Obituary Indices for Surnames A - Z Online.

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 SETTLERS

Negro settlers of Mecosta, Isabella, and Montcalm Counties.

Slater/Myers Family (Cotterman and Letts)

PHOTO ALBUMS

Mecosta County in Old Photos

Family Photo Album- NEW!! -

SCHOOLS

Glenwood-Titus School, Sheridan Township

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

Colfax Township Online

Deerfield Township Online

Fork Township Online

Hinton Township

Mecosta County Townships and the City of Big Rapids

VITAL RECORDS - BIRTHS, DEATH, MARRIAGES, OBITUARIES

Chippewa Township Death Records - 1914 - 1947

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

OFF SITE LINKS

Michigan Migration Project

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)

MIGenWeb Archives Page

TheUSGenWeb Project

World Genealogy Web Project

The USGenWeb Search Engine

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