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WHAT's NEW?
02/05/2010: 1864 List of
Some of the Schools in Kent County transcribed by ES
02/05/2010: GR-Events:
1916 Fires, possibly arson, and Mayor
George Steketee's enforcement of the Blue Law transcribed by ES.
02/05/2010: Obituaries:
Charles H. Saunders,
Captain John Johnson,
Mrs. Cornelius Vorst,
Herman DeBruin,
Ira Stout and
Eugene Rogers transcribed by ES
02/05/2010:
Description of Fire Engine House No. 12 transcribed by ES
01/31/2010: Lowell
Township Death Records, 1920-1952 transcribed by ES
01/22/2010: Early Grand
Rapids Police Department Equipment
01/22/2010:
National Hotel Burns, 1912
01/22/2010: Early Grand
Rapids Fire Department Photos and Data by ES
01/22/2010: NOTICE: Seeking the family of Friedrich
Cekursch to give them the
Death Record for Friedrich Cekursch who
died in the Lutheran Old Folks Home in Monroe, Michigan but was returned for
burial to Grand Rapids at Valley City Cemetery. The information was sent
by Loretta Dunham, Record Editor for the Genealogy Society of Monroe County.
01/22/2010: Additional Old
Grand Rapids Advertisements
01/22/2010: Photo of
the Kalamazoo State Asylum, Kalamazoo, Michigan
01/22/2010: Photos of the
Old Hastings High School and
Howard City School House
01/16/2010:
Sheldon Family Association will meet August 5-8, 2010 at the
Holiday Inn in Grand Rapids Michigan at the 71st annual gathering for genealogy
& friendship. Contact website for information at :
Sheldonfamily.org
01/16/2010: "T"
Citizenship Records transcribed by ES
01/16/2010: 1889 History of
Grand River Eagle's 45th Anniversary transcribed by Barb Jones
01/16/2010:
Biography of Eddie DeLosh, Boxing Trainer transcribed by Barb Jones
01/10/2010:
Biography of Mel Trotter transcribed by Barb Jones
01/10/2010:
History of the Bissell
Carpet Company transcribed by Barb Jones
01/04/2010:
Peninsular Club bios of Grand Rapids Furniture Business Men: Stuart Foote,
Charles G. and Earl M.
Johnson, Charles J. Kindel, Philip Lewis and Frederick H. Mueller transcribed by
Barb Jones
01/04/2009: Circus with
Madame Louise Tournarie and her Dancing Horses
12/26/2009: Old Fair Buildings Burned transcribed by ES
12/26/2009: 1936
Caledonia High School Yearbook - "Cal Donian" scanned by Dale Working
12/25/2009: Ads in Grand River Daily Eagle, 1864-1865
12/25/2009: 1889
Pictures of Homes of Prominent People in Grand Rapids
12/24/2009: Evangeline
Home for Unwed Mothers transcribed by Barb Jones
12/24/2009: "R"
Citizenship Records transcribed by ES.
12/12/2009: Genealogies:
Orson Cook and descendants contributed
by Claud Dallas Cook
12/12/2009:
Early History of the
Peninsular Club transcribed by Barb Jones
12/12/2009: Early
History of Grand Rapids Airport Service transcribed by Barb Jones
12/12/2009:
Peninsular Club Members Obituaries: Charles J. Baldwin, T. Herschel Brown,
Harry Bylenga,
Dr. Irving D. Carpenter, Judge A. C. Denison, Roy E. Dennis, Robert R. Drake,
John Duffy, Hugh J. Gray,
Thomas P. Kain, Elmer L. Kinsey, Closson L. Lockwood, Herman W. MacPhail, John
Samuel McDonald,
Clarence S. Monson, Earl W. Munshaw, Mark Norris, Alfred Day Rathbone, III,
Benno T. Schall, Francis N. Stalter, Henry Swanson, Clarence J. VanEtten,
Sanford P. Wilcox, Frank Wiles, Clarence I. Williams, and Harold C. Wilmarth
transcribed by Barb Jones
11/29/2009: 1858
Railroad Riot Near Lowell - transcribed by ES
11/29/2009: 1857 Grand
Rapids Downtown Fire - transcribed by ES
11/29/2009: Obituaries:
Mrs. Melinda Brown,
Mrs. Lucretia Edgerton,
Rosamond Hinsdill,
Judge Holmes,
Abby W. Lucas,
Anthony B. Mathews,
Samantha Provin,
Edwin Rhodes,
Mrs. Nancy A. Scott,
Martha M. Stone,
John C. Tryon and
Luke A. White transcribed by ES
11/29/2009: Obituaries:
Mrs. J. W. Phillips,
Judge Stuart and
A. B. Wykes
11/29/2009: 1922
Union High School Yearbook Records Transcribed by Joanne Umlor and Scanned
by ES
11/18/2009: "P" Kent
County Citizenship Records transcribed by Joanne Umlor
11/18/2009: Additional information added to
Sempray Jovinay Cosmetic Company
transcribed by ES
11/18/2009: Obituaries:
Mrs. J. C. (Nora Bresnahan) Husted Carr and
Miss Nora M. Husted transcribed by
ES
11/05/2009: 1921
Union High School Yearbook Records transcribed by ES
11/05/2009:
Correction to early Marriage Record of Daniel P. Vanliew and Julia Ryan not
Byron per Susan Beardsley
10/24/2009: 1905
photo of Sempray Jovinay Cosmetic Company contributed by Joanne Umlor
10/05/2009: Wyoming
Historical Commission - Updated information
10/04/2009: New link to Kent
County Land records, 1807-1907
10/04/2009: Obituaries:
Frank L. Billings,
Joseph G. Griswold transcribed by
Barb Jones
09/12/2009:
Correction on
Grandville-Wyoming Cemetery contact
09/12/2009: Capital
Punishment in Michigan
09/12/2009:
Photos of the Kent County Poor Farm, Maple Grove, contributed by Daniel
Postellon
09/12/2009: Additional
newspaper article on the Thomson Murder transcribed by ES
09/12/2009: Latzek
Funeral Home Records, Vol. 1 - 10 transcribed by Kathy Tabb
09/12/2009: Spring Funeral
Home Records, Vol. 16 - 1942 - transcribed by ES.
09/12/2009: 1868 Listing of
People Residing in Grand Rapids, MI and those deceased by 1893 transcribed
by ES.
08/14/2009: Obituary:
Daniel McVean transcribed by ES
08/08/2009: 1939 Plat
Maps of Kent County Townships and Towns scanned by ES
08/07/2009:
St. Patrick's Cemetery, Caledonia Tp., 2009 transcribed by ES
08/07/2009: Grand Rapids Ads from Early Newspapers:
Hotel Ads in 1849;
McConnell's Building, 1857
08/07/2009: Found Item - Photo of John Shannon dated 29 August 1882, Grand Rapids, MI
08/07/2009: Library of
Michigan - Death Records, 1897-1920 Link
07/31/2009: 1907 Kent County
Township Plat Maps
07/25/2009: Death
Index, 1850-1940 - "R" transcribed by ES
07/25/2009: Pioneer Sheriffs,
1836-Early 1840's transcribed by ES
07/25/2009: Citizenship Records, "Mi-My" transcribed by ES
07/25/2009: Beginning
of the Grand Rapids Orphan Asylum transcribed by ES
07/25/2009: WWI
Soldiers Dead from the counties of: Allegan, Barry, Ionia, Kent, Montcalm,
Muskegon, Newaygo,
Ottawa and Van Buren transcribed by ES
07/17/2009: Old Settlers Society -
Articles read to the
society in 1873 of Early History of Grand Rapids
transcribed by ES
07/17/2009: Citizenship Records:
Ma-Me and additions and
corrections to D, H, N, O, Q, Y, Z
07/11/2009: Bowen's Sketches:
Rev. H. T. Barnaby, John C. Beardslee, Christopher Bergin, Lewis Blair, Thomas
Blanchard, Chancey Blodgett, Frank Braford, Patrick Bresnahan, Horace Briggs
and John H. Colleton
07/11/2009: Genealogies: House-Sanger Families from
Canada to Newaygo and Kent Counties
07/11/2009: Obituaries:
Erich Duus,
Joseph Hummel,
James Maroney,
Mary Monje transcriber ES
07/07/2009: Obituaries:
William B. Banks, Henry W. Becker, Henry J. Bennett, Dewey Blocksma, Marcus D.
Brooks, David H. Brown, Wallace E. Brown, Ralph W. Bulkeley, Joseph E. Bureau,
Albert DeHaan, James Campbell Everett, John W. Ferson, Brinton F. Hall, T. W.
Hefferan, Gustave A. Hendricks, Gertrude M. Hendricks, Fred E. Hill, R. Wallace
Hook, Myron H. Hopkins, William C. Hopson, Felix Houseman, Lee M. Hutchins,
Edgar W. Hunting, William A. Jack, Otto G. Jentsch, Robert L. Johnstone, Stuart
E. Knappen, Charles McPherson, George Morse, Oscar A. Ogren, Percy Seaman Peck,
H. Wilbert Spence, Ernest A. StoweTom Thoits, Minor Walton, John H. Wheeler, and
Roy E. Wing transcribed by Barb Jones
07/03/2009: 1840-1932 Kent County Citizenship Records:
Ha-He,
Hi-Hy and
I transcribed by Karen Blumensheim
07/01/2009: Broken links repaired
06/26/2009: Thomson
Murder transcribed by Barb Jones
06/26/2009: Bidwell
Brothers Bilk Bank of England transcribed by Barb Jones
06/26/2009: Biographies:
William B. Jarvis,
Hugh M. Blacklock and
General Israel Smith
06/23/2009: Grand Rapids
Buildings: Blodgett Building, G. R. Federal Building, Eagle Building,
Engine House No. 4, Kent Theatre, Squier's Opera Hall, Michigan Trust Building,
Morton House, Redmond Building, National Hotel, Weston Building, Widdicomb
Building
06/23/2009: Grand
Rapids Businesses: Baker Book Store, Bell Fibre Products, B & G Terminal, G.
R. Brewing Co., G. R. Engraving, G. R. Artificial Ice Plant, G. R. Works,
Hayes Body Company, Kent Furniture Mfg. Co.,
MacInerney Spring & Wire, May's Men's Clothing Store, Reynolds Metals,
Steketee's Department Store
06/21/2009:
New email address for
Grandville Avenue Cemetery information
06/21/2009: List 2
of Obituaries: Gedeon Belanger, Payton Bell, Mary Bloem, Clark L. Brown,
Geraldine Davidson, Bastiana DeHollander, S/Sgt Foster M. DeVries, Frances J.
Duff, Mary Eisenach, Margaret H. Gruenbauer, Thomas Glenfield Hamlyn, Dick
Hamstra, Bertha B. Harrington, James E. Hurlbut, John A. Johnson, Wilbur R.
Miner, Gerrit Nagelkerk, Emma Payson, Benjamin Clapp Robinson, John B. Roche,
Gerrit Schouwink, John M. Segrist, Abraham M. Shapiro, Laurence W. Smith, Anna
E. Sommer, Sherman B. Thomas, John Gregory Toohey, Hyitje VanderPloeg, Anna W.
Vos, Henry John Wentzel, Edith White, Tryntje Wierenga, G. A. Wolf, Charles
Yancharas and George Robert Zylstra transcribed by Barb Jones
06/21/2009: List 1 of
Obituaries: Grace Achterhoff, Baby Boy Blanker, Edward Broekstra, Cornelius
Broene, Marie Christophersen, Erwin DuBois, Arthur Fisher, Jane McIntosh Gunn,
Walter J. Hayword, Mrs. Henry Knoper, Jennie Frances Krombeen, Anton Kuete,
Gertrude Landstra, Peter Maas, Anne Medema, Bert D. Merrills, Mary Odejeski,
Thomas Sebunia, Carrie Shoemaker, Mathias Silkowski, Baby Dixie Lee Stanton,
Anna Steenalnd, Minnie Syre, Mary Tansey, Olga Temmink, Dr. Russell I. Victor,
Minor Walter, Ralph Williams and Albertus Worst transcribed by Barb Jones
06/21/2009: Obituaries:
Jesse R. Bettes,
Martin Boland,
Howard Bradford,
Albert E. Damskey,
Clarence Dexter,
Melvin Pease,
Melvina Pease,
Mrs. George W. Rhodes,
Rayland H. Rhodes and
William Rowley
06/21/2009: Bowen's Sketches:
Joseph Albright, M. D. transcribed by
ES
06/15/2009: Kent County Citizenship Records -
N,
Q,
U,
Y,
Z transcribed by ES
06/14/2009: Peninsular Club:
1945 List of Members and
Children in the Service in WWII
06/13/2009: New Folder:
Businessmen's Portrait Gallery
06/13/2009:
List of Vosper's Sharpshooters, 27th Michigan Infantry transcribed by ES
06/12/2009: Additional information added to
Linson Beard biographical sketch.
06/12/2009: "C" to
Death Index for 1850-1940 transcribed by ES
06/05/2009: Index
to the 1918 List of Women Petitioners For The Right To Vote
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