Ottawa County Court House

Grand Haven, Michigan

Washington Street
Grand Haven, Michigan

 (Dewey Hill
In the Background)

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Welcome to Ottawa County,
Michigan

US GenWeb Volunteer Project

We invite you to use these FREE pages for your
research.  Please scroll down this page.  You will find
links to a variety of resources as well as places which welcome your own data.

County Coordinator: Evelyn Sawyer
NEW - evlynsaw@comcast.net

Jan Cortez
StateCoordinator@MiGenWeb.Com  

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 by submitting it, agrees that it may be freely copied but NEVER sold or used in a commercial venture
 without the knowledge & permission of its rightful owner. 
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 that each new piece of information must be researched and proved or disproved by weight of evidence. 

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Cemeteries Census Churches County Clerk
Deaths Dutch Records Genealogies Historical
Holland Land Lookups Mailing Lists
Maps Marriages

Michigan

Military
Miscellaneous Newspapers Non-Ottawa County Obituaries
Online Links Organizations Other Organizations Ottawa County
Pioneers Projects Schools Societies
Towns Township Records What's New  

What's New!!   

05/04/2008:
   State Archives of Michigan - Fees for research and the topics that they will research. 
05/04/2008:
   Corrections made to some broken links.
04/25/2008:
   Current rules for obtaining vital records from the Ottawa County Clerk's Office.
04/12/2008:
   Photo of the Grand Haven Orpheum Theater contributed by Sheila Cadawaler.
04/12/2008:
   Genealogies: David Austin, William Baehre, Daniel Bennett, John Beuschel, Jacob Denhof,
Ephriam Devenport, Shadrack Doane, Hendrikus W. Driesenga, John Dys, Phillip Fahling, Jacob
Gilbert, John Gillhespy, Henry Host, George Irish, John Keas, Engelko Koolman, Conrad Kraft,
Adam Lachmann, Jonas Mauterstock, Aaron McClain, John McNitt, Daniel McWilliams, Wilson
McWilliams, Amos Merrick, George M. Miller, Jared Miller, William Morley, Abram Nostrant,
Lewis Pierce, William Rauber, H. Adam, Ritz, Henry Schaefer, George Ulmer, John Umlor,
Gilbert Vander Hoof, Klaas VanderMolen, Cornelius VanderWiltenburg, Johannes VanOeffelen,
and William Wright transcribed by ES.
04/12/2008:
   Civil War Obituaries: Nathaniel B. Abby, Dr. John Austin, Albert E. Bolt, Joel Bond,
Michael Canty, John Cooney, Charles N. Dickinson, Charles Hinsley, Albertus Kronemeyer, Thomas J. McCulloch,
Henry E. Plant, Asa L. Porter, William Miner Porter, James Richardson, Elijah Smead, Charles R. Steward, Arthur VanderHoef, Andrew Webster and John A. Williams transcribed by Joan Van Spronsen
04/12/2008:  
Obituary of Charles Smead transcribed by Joan VanSpronsen
04/12/2008:
  Obituary and Photo of William Comstock contributed by Chris Korstange
03/28/2008:
   Corrections made and broken links repaired.
03/21/2008:
   Obituaries of Civil War Soldiers: Albert Boardmann, John W. Downs, Frank Jones,
Alfred Muzzall and Asa Rice transcribed by Joan Van Spronsen.
03/03/2008:
   The genealogies of Willem Lievense, Jan Machiela and Albert Siersema are being replaced by
newer information from Jeff Machiela
02/29/2008:
   Some additions and corrections made.
02/20/2008:
   Some church records rearranged - see Churches category
02/19/2008:
   Drenthe Presbyterian Church - Married Women and their Spouses and Baptisms, 1852-1886
02/19/2008:   Genealogies: Menne VanSlotenLewis C. Moomey, Robert Moon and Charles Mulliken
02/14/2008:
   Wright Township Death Records: Abbreviations of Birthplaces,
List of Cemeteries in Numerical Order, List of Cemeteries in Alphabetical Order transcribed by ES.
02/07/2008:
   Wright Township Death Records, 1897-1952 transcribed by ES.
02/07/2008:
   Genealogies: Gray-Martindale Families; Hugh McMillan, McNitt-Place Families,
Samuel T. Stauffer and John T. Tyres transcribed by ES.
01/26/2008:
   Coopersville Cemetery, 2007 transcribed by ES  
01/26/2008:
   Holland Police, 1907 - 2007 transcribed by ES
01/23/2008:
   Obituary: Myrtle Louise Dutcher contributed by Juan B. Rey
01/23/2008:
   1897 Land Records updated
01/23/2008:   Biographies/Settlers new setup with a picture of William Ferry of Ferrysburg.
01/22/2008:
   New URL for Michigan immigration information: www.migrations.org/mimig.html
To email: patrick@migrations.org
01/20/2008:
   Dekker Huis Museum of Zeeland, Michigan information  
01/20/2008:
   Civil War Obituaries: Eeltza Elgersma, Ozias Noble, Henry Spore and Levi Stamp
transcribed by Joan Van Spronsen - Joan, on her own, has taken this project of searching for the
Civil War veterans obituaries of Ottawa County.  It is a real asset to those looking for this kind of
information and her efforts are really appreciated.
01/06/2008:
   Zeeland Historical Society's events for 2008
01/06/2008:
   Civil War Soldiers obituaries: Edwin Washburn, Andrew J. Ward, and Fayette Eseltine
(including photo of tombstone) contributed by Joan Van Spronsen.


What's New
2002 2003,   2004,   2005,   2006, 2007, 2008


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Anyone having family genealogies, old photos of school classes, church events, local businesses; church anniversary booklets, organizations, with the history and membership or other records
that you feel would be appreciated by people doing genealogy research in Ottawa County; old township
records, etc. please contact me - 

Evelyn Sawyer - evlynsaw@comcast.net
 

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 About the The Michigan US GenWeb Volunteer Project

In March and April, 1996, a group of genealogists organized the Michigan Comprehensive Genealogy Database. The idea was to provide a single entry point for all counties in Michigan, where collected databases would be stored. In addition, the databases would be indexed and cross linked, so that even if an individual were found in more than one county, they could be located in the index. 

At the same time, volunteers were found who were willing to coordinate the collection of databases and generally oversee the contents of the web page. Brian and Terri Rene (DaVar) Howard have been responsible for Ottawa County from the summer of 1996 until the Spring of 2002.
Please contact the county coordinator, Evelyn Sawyer,  if you would like to contribute to this site
or volunteer to "Look-up" information for people.

You are welcome to contact the Ottawa County Coordinator at evlynsaw@comcast.net
or the Michigan State Coordinator at StateCoordinator@MiGenWeb.com 

The Ottawa Co., MI GenWeb Page      

 


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