Index to Death Records
in Ottawa County, Michigan

Ottawa Records

• Ottawa County Death Records, 1867-1901
  

• Blendon Tp. Death Records, 1911-1951
  

• Blendon, Georgetown, Jamestown Townships Death Records, 1906-1933

• Jamestown Township Death Records, 1904-1991

• City of Holland Death Records, 1897-1905

• Beaverdam Christian Reformed Church Records of Members Deaths to March, 2001

• Information on using the Ottawa County Clerk's Office

• Wright Township Death Records, 1897-1952

• Early Deaths Found in Newspapers, 1851-1867
   

Michigan Records

• Michigan Genealogical Death Indexing System, 1867-1897 (Free and searchable)
  http://www.mdch.state.mi.us/PHA/OSR/gendisx/search2.htm 
   

• Michigan Vital Records - http://www.michigan.gov/mdch/
  State of Michigan Marriage, Birth, Death and Divorce Online
   

• Michigan Tombstone and Michigan Tombstone Photo Project
  http://www.rootsweb.com/~cemetery/michigan/mitstable.htm
   

• Link to Funeral Homes Listed by State
  http://www.us-funerals.com/funeral-homes-by-state/michigan-funeral-directors
   

• Access to obituaries in the Grand 
  Rapids Press since 2000
  http://www.mlive.com/obits/ 

 Other Records

• U. S. Causes of Deaths, 1900-1998  (Adobe Acrobat is needed to open this link.)
   
• A list of executions by state.  It provides details including name, date, crime, county, etc.
  Scroll down the yellow map to access Michigan information.  There are only 13 names listed for Michigan but other states information might be useful.
  Before The Needles:    http://users.bestweb.net/~rg/execution.htm
   

Created: 5 May 2003
URL: http://ottawa.migenweb.net/deaths/index.html

Contact County Coordinator: evlynsaw@comcast.net