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Our lateral files contain information from various sources on many subjects, such as Agriculture, Business, Churches, Events, Government, Hospitals, Industry, Military, Organizations, Parks, Police & Fire Departments, and more. Donated Family Genealogies / Stories ADAMS, Family history of Christopher & Mary Barbara Reff-Adams ALLEN-FLAGSTAD Family History ALVESTEFFER, Family history of Bernard & Edith Brunk Alvesteffer ALVESTEFFER, George & Clara (Lohroff) Lineage (Albersdoer Anderson Family) ALVESTEFFER, Joseph & Florence Alvesteffer family ANDERSON, Story of the the Oliver Anderson family ANDERSON, Descendants of Peter Anderson ANDERSON & VAN WICKLE Families ARROL – ARROLL – ARRELL Families ATHERTON COLLECTION – 25 Volumes – contains Many Shelby area family genealogies ATHERTON, Descendants of Joseph & Hannah (Farnsworth) Atherton BARBER, LEWIS, JOHNSON & McREA Families BARLOW Family BARRETT, Fredrick Barret & his descendants (1893-1968) BARRETT, Fredrick Barrett & Hazel Edna (Somers) Barrett and their descendants (1893-1968) BARTON Family, Volume 1 (1801-1941); Volume 2 (1942- ) BATCHELDER GENEALOGY Descendants of Rev. Stephen Bachiller of England & Joseph, Henry & John Batcheller BAXTER GENEALOGY (1839- ) BENDER, Bender Book of Memories BENNETT, Ruth Pearson Bennett Family Memories BERRY, Descendants of Joseph & Sarah (Shaffer) Berry & James & Sarah (Crume) Hasty, 1795 BETTS Family History BEVINS, Shepherd the Love of Emeline, 1800’s BLADES, The family Register, 1786-1918 BOWDEN History, 1880-1989 BRIMMER Family, 1795-1950 BRIMMER Family Reunion Secretary Notes, 1945-1962 BUCHANAN, The life of Alexander Buchanan, Q.C., 1769 BUCHER Family BUNTINGS of Walkerville MI BURMEISTER-BEHRENWALDE, The Burmeisters-Behrenwalde to Benona, 1880’s BURR-HOBBY-GILLAN Family Tree, 1630 CADY Family CARBINE 1575-1945 CARPENTER, Nine of the 13 children of Robert Carpenter & Phebe McNair Carpenter CHADWICK, Harvey J. Chadwick CHAPIN-WILSON Book CHEEBER Family CHEEVER Family CHRISTIAN, Maxime & Caroline Christian CHRISTIAN, Henry & Emma Christian CHURCHILL, Gerry’s Family Trees CODY Family Directory, 1927 COLE, Livilla Gleason Cole COMPTON Family DAVISON, Descendants of William Dean Davison & Matila Power, 1800’s DEPUY-DEPUE, Nicholas DuPui & Catherine Renard DICKINSON, Descendants of William Dickinson, 1819 DOANE-EMMONS,LINDER,RONEY-& STOUT Families, 1800’s DOTY-CONVERSE & PUTNEY Families (copy 1 & 2) DOWNING-CAMPBELL-AGAN-RILEY Familes DRAGOO Family Tree DRESSEL, Hazel Johnson Dressel EBY, History of the Eby Family, 1800’s EDWARDS, see Lowndes-Taylor-Card, 1500’s EISENLOHR,Genealogy of the descendants of Heinrich (Henry) Eisenlohr, 1800’s EISENLOHR Immigrants & Migrations ESTABROOK, Excerpts from the Autobiography of Harvey Estabrook EVANS Family EVANS, Doris & Marion Evans EVANS, Russell Bell Evans FARMER Family FAUROT, Milo Edgar Faurot 1861-1946 & Descendants FICK, History & genealogy of August & Anna Fick & Dorothy Stoehr, A Pioneer Family, 1790-1996 FICK Family History FIELD Family Roots, 1819-1995 FLEMING Family Descendants of Jarvis & Catherine FLORY Family 1842 – 1962 – 34 Volumes covering genealogy & family events FRANCE, Clememt Ashton France – Josetta Ann Green France Family, Genealogy & Memory book, 1800’s FREELAND Family History, Volume #1 & Volume #2 FREY Ancestry & Posterity of Gottfried Frey Books I & II FULLER, Descendants of Elijah Fuller FULLER, Family history & genealogy Vol. I & II GAYLORD Family GILLAN Family Tree GILLAN, Charles Westly Gillan Family Genealogy GODFREY, Family of Leander B. Godfrey GOFF, Family genealogy of Dewitt Clinton Goff GOODRICH Samuel GREEN Descendants of Jonathon V. Green GREINER, John & wife-Margaret Smith Greiner GREINER, Guide to Greiner ancestry in America GRIFFIS, Records of the ancestors of Betsy Carpenter & Thomas Griffis GRINWIS and Related Families GRISWOLD Family – England & America GROVER, Our Thomas Grover Family Vol. I, 1600’s GROVER, Directory compiled by Paul & Freda Grover of Benona Vol.II GROVERS of Maine – Paul & Freda HALL, Family history & genealogy, 1600’s HAMILTON McKinley (1900-1958) & Descendants HANER/HAYNER Family in America, Vol. 1 & Vol. 2 HARRINGTON Ancestors & Descendants HARRIS, James of New London & his descendants, 1640-1878 HAWLEY, Descendants of Henry Charles Hawley, 1800’s HAWLEY Family Tree, 1800’s HEIMLER Family HENDERSON Family HENRICKSON Family Tree, 1800’s HERIN-ROWE-POTTER-CONROY-BENNITT Genealogies (on different shelves) HEYDENBERK, Johannes Heydenberk HICKOK Lucille: Daughter’s Memories HIGHLAND Webster Thaler Highland Sr., 1882-1956 & Descendants HOBBY-GILLAN Family Tree 1st Ed. HOBBY Family 1st & 2nd & 3rd editions HOEKERT Family, 1800’s HOPKINS Genealogy (request from the Rare Book file; not on the shelf) HOUGHTALING, William Henry Houghtaling History, 1800’s HUBBARD Family HUFTILE, My Huftile Family Connection HUFTILE Mary Freelan HUFTILE, handwritten biography (born 1870) HURTUBISE, Clement Hurtubise Descendants JACKSON, The Descendants of Charles & Mary Maltby Jackson, 1783-1970 (2 books) JACOBS, Moses Mordeci Jacobs history, 1800’s JENSEN, Jensen family register, 1800’s JOHNSON, Supplement for genealogy, 1800’s KEEN Family Record KLUDY Ray & Olive KOKX KROEPEL Arthur “Pete” Family History KROLLS LACEY-LACY Family LaFEVER, History of John & Mary Belle LaFever, 1800’s LAMPAMS in American LAMPHIER Family Tree, 1800’s LANKFER Genealogy LATHERS-MacMULLAN History, 1725 LATTIN, Family history, photos & documents & pedigree chart of Leila Pearl Lattin LATTIN, Ancestors & descendants of the Lattin-Gilbert & Sherman families, 1800’s LAUBER, Mennonite Family History LEWIS Roots LOHROFF-KOKX & ALVESTEFFER, 1800’s LOHROFF, August, James, Frank, Augusta-Shaner LOHROFF-JOST, 1800’s LOHROFF, Joseph & Wilhemina (Winser) Family history, 1800’s LOWNDS-TAYLOR-CARD also Edwards-Milton-Vanduzen, Van Hoosen Families, 1500’s LUTHER, Early pioneer history of Hart LYDENS Genealogy LYTTLE, Alfred, WWI Veteran (died in Russia) MAY-FOX Families McCRELESS Family MILLER-YOST Family MILTON, see Lownds-Taylor-Card MOORE-BICKLE, John Jacob Moore & Catherine Bickle Family MORLAN Family MORAVEC Family MORTON-HUGH Descendants MUNGER Family History NEAR, John Near Family History NORBERG History of the Norberg Family NORTON & GEARHART, Genealogies with Related Families OSBORN, William Osborn family PAQUIN, Genealogy of Cecelia Paquin (1877-1946) & Edgar Eugene Squire (1861-1945) PAYNE, Ida Payne Family Genealogy PEARSON, Ole Pearson Family Genealogy PETERSON Family PETERSONS, Family record beginning with Francis Peterson PONTIUS Family Tree POPIOLEKS Family Tree POSTEMA, Genealogical record & descendants of Ano & Marie Postema POWERS Family POTTER (Request from the Rare Book Collection; not on the shelf) PRANGER, Genealogical record & descendants of Gilbert & Catherine Pranger PURDY, Ancestors & descendants of Willis Purdy by Stella Purdy PUTNEY, First known ancestors of the Putney family in America QUINN, Richard Quinn, 1878-1910, biography RECKLEY, Family descendants & history RECKLEY Family Memory Album, 2nd Editon RECKLEY, The ROECKLE known as Reckley family tree REEDS-CARGILL-FETTERS-KEECH Genealogies (located on different shelves) REFF-ADAMS Family RICHMOND, Notes of Richmond-Huston-& Linscott families RICMOND-HUSRON-LINSCOTT Families RICKETSON Genealogy RIGGS, The Heart of the Matter RIGGS, Family yearly newsletter ROBINSON, A History of the Robinson & Hawley Families ROTH Genealogy SANFORDS, My Frasure Family Connection & Sanfords SAYERS, John H. Sayers SCHILLER Family Tree SCHMIEDEKNECHT Family SCHMIEDEKNECHT, I Remember When by Ruth G. Bean SCHRAMM, The Richard Scramm & Marilyn Mae Isley Family Tree SCOFIELD & SHOGREN Family History SENECAL Henry & Emma (see Christian, Maxine & Caroline) SETTLER-COLE Family History SHAFER, Descendants of John Shafer SHELDON, Allan David Sheldon, The Trail of an Extraordinary Man SHINN Family History SHOGREN Family History SIBLEY, Genealogical tree of Jonathon Oscar Sibley (1817-1875) & Louise E. Hatch (1823-1875) SIBLEY, Leonard Sibley Family Ancestry SNELLENBERGER Family History SOUTHWICK, Lawrence & Cassandra SQUIRES, Genealogical Tree of Joseph Wilcox Squires (1826-1864) & Phoebe Olmsted (1830-1866) STILES Family of Connecticut SUNDELL Family History, Sundell Roots SUTHERLAND Family TAYLOR Family Tree TRUE, Some descendants of Thomas True & wife Mary Elizabeth Mercer True WARTENBE Genealogy WIEGAND’S WIJBENGA, JanJansWijbenga-Willemke Klazes Vlasma genealogy WILCOX-CALEB, John O. Rooke & James G. Blowers, Early settlers of Newaygo & Oceana Counties, MI WILDER, Descendants of Harvey Wilder WILDERS The Book of Wilders WILLIAMS, The family of Richard Williams & Cynthis Parks WING, Samuel Wing Family WOODHOUSE, One Woodhouse Family WOODHOUSE Descendants WYNS, Frank & Gladys Wyns Descendants YAPPLE Family in American YAPPLE Family History, Volume #1 & #2 YARROW Family History

Oceana County Courthouse Records 1867 -1889 (select records)

GAR Encampment 1882 – 1917 (Pub. 1984)

BENONA TOWNSHIP Gardner Cemetery Little Point Sable Cemetery St. Stephen’s Lutheran Cemetery Evergreen Cemetery aka Stony Lake Cemetery CLAYBANKS TOWNSHIP Flower Creek Cemetery Peace Cemetery Pine Grove Cemetery St. John’s Catholic Cemetery Trinity Lutheran Cemetery aka Bradyville Cemetery COLFAX TOWNSHIP Colfax Cemetery CRYSTAL TOWNSHIP Mt. Ulysses Cemetery aka Mt. Malissa Cemetery, Crystal Valley Cemetery ELBRIDGE TOWNSHIP Elbridge Cemetery Papahmee Indian Cemetery Genereau Methodist Indian Cemetery St. Joseph’s Catholic Cemetery FERRY TOWNSHIP North Ferry Cemetery aka Rathbone Cemetery South Ferry Cemetery GOLDEN TOWNSHIP Mears Cemetery Round Lake Cemetery GRANT TOWNSHIP Cranston Cemetery Eagles Cemetery Oak Grove Cemetery Assumption Cemetery aka St. Mary’s Catholic Cemetery, Rothbury Cemetery GREENWOOD TOWNSHIP Greenwood Cemetery aka Cushman Burial Grounds Woodward Cemetery HART TOWNSHIP Hart Cemetery Lever Cemetery aka Potter’s Field, County Farm Cemetery North Hart Cemetery Randall Cemetery aka Huftile Cemetery, Cargill Cemetery Prospect Hill Cemetery aka South Hart Cemetery, Starhill Cemetery LEAVITT TOWNSHIP Abson Cemetery Carpenter Cemetery aka Bird Cemetery, Pioneer Cemetery Goodrich Cemetery Fairlawn Cemetery aka Walkerville Cemetery NEWFIELD TOWNSHIP Christ the King Catholic Cemetery Gale Cemetery West Hesperia Cemetery OTTO TOWNSHIP Otto Cemetery PENTWATER TOWNSHIP Pentwater Cemetery SHELBY TOWNSHIP Shelby Township’s First Cemetery Mennonite Cemetery Mt. Hope Cemetery New Era Cemetery Oceana Center Cemetery WEARE TOWNSHIP Mt. Calvary Cemetery North Weare Cemetery aka Harding Cemetery South Weare Cemetery aka Smith’s Corners Cemetery

Story of (1892 – 1986)

1867 -1889 (select records)

(Available for the following Cemeteries): Eagles Cemetery – read 1983 Ferry Township Cemeteries Hart Cemetery – read 2002 (Disk only) Mt. Hope Cemetery – read 2001 (Disk only) New Era Cemetery – read 1983 Otto Township Cemetery Round Lake Cemetery – read 2003 Book Round Lake Cemetery – 2003

Ferry Township Census 1880, 1900, 1910, 1920 1870 Michigan Census Index Vol. 1 thru 10

Vol. I & II Oceana County Civil War Sources

1855 – 1970

Volume I

Shelby Funeral Home Records 1902-1904, 1905-1907 Shelby Funeral Home Records 1915 – 1916 Shelby Funeral Home Records 1919 – 1920 Shelby Funeral Home Records 1925 – 1926 Shelby Funeral Home Records 1915 – 1929

HART – 100 YEARS HART FLOOD – The flood of 1986 when the Hart Dam broke HART LANDMARK TOUR BOOK HIGH SCHOOL YEARBOOKS – A great source for pictures – (list schools & dates) HISTORY OF MANISTEE, MASON, OCEANA COUNTIES Indexed – Illustrations & Biographies. (70+ pages on Oceana County) LITTLE SABLE POINT LIGHT STATION JUNIPER BEACH REMEMBERED MASTER INDEX OF NAMES (CD ONLY) – Over 250,000 names listed MEARS FIRST CENTURY OF PICTURES 100 YEARS ARE RIPE IN THE LAND OF MEARS MEARS 125 YEARS OF HISTORY MEARS, CHARLES-STATE PARK HISTORY MEARS NEWZ (World’s smallest news paper) We have a complete collection of original copies of the Mears Newz

(Material collected & researched by Ruth Ann Kelley)