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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Biographies Births Books
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!!   
 
11/29/2008:
   Genealogy Links in Norway contributed by Stine Kvistad
11/28/2008:
   Hudsonville High School Sports - 1926 Baseball Team; 1931 Baseball Team, 1932 Baseball Team and
1932 Football Team
11/28/2008:
   Hudsonville School - 1925, 3rd & 4th Grade Classes; 1929, 7th & 8th Grade Classes
1930, 8th Grade Graduates; 1934 Hudsonville High School Graduates  
11/28/2008:
  Canada Hills School - Photo of 1925 students1929 Eighth Grade Graduates
11/26/2008:
   Genealogies of Samuel Edson and John Boynton families transcribed by ES 
11/26/2008:
   The Rise and Fall of Port Sheldon transcribed by ES 
11/26/2008:
  Holland Interurban  
11/26/2008:
   Hudsonville Christian Graduates, 1918-1942 transcribed by ES
11/24/2008:
   Photo of an Interurban Car in Jenisonville and a photo of Building the Interurban on 8th Avenue  
11/24/2008:
   Photo of Grading the Road at Shackhuddle hill.
11/22/2008:
   Search engine for the MiGenWeb Archives - http://www.usgwarchives.net/search/search.cgi/searchmi.htm
11/21/2008:
   Photo of Overisel Reformed Church
11/15/2008:
   Drenthe Reformed Church Members, 1847 - 1882 transcribed by ES
10/20/2008:
   1934 Allendale High School Sophomore Class Commencement contributed by Pat Hovey
10/20/2008:
   Blendon Township Cemetery updated by ES.
10/16/2008:   See Projects 

Pictorial Glimpses of the Hudsonville Area

Compiled by
Evelyn Sawyer and Shirley Krombeen
October, 2008

Photos of the Hudsonville area plus Georgetown, Jamestown and Blendon Townships including
early families, businesses, schools and churches along with the early histories including arson and murders.

10/20/2008:    
Links for research in Norway contributed by Stine Kvistad.
10/19/2008:
     Norway Genealogy Research - if you are wanting to do Norwegian research, Stine Kvistad is willing to direct
you to records in Norway and will do translations.  To contact her by email: stine.heldal@gmail.com
10/19/2008:
     Genealogies: Ole Andersen family from Norway to Holland, Michigan in 1925 contributed by Stine Kvistad.
Includes the families of Dozeman, Eastman, Hansen, Lindberg, and Shank
10/02/2008:
     Genealogy and photos of Stephen Owens and wife, Matilda (Rosegrant)
09/26/2008:
     Information on Michigan Native Americans
09/22/2008:
     Civil War Soldiers Obituaries: Joseph Baranoski, James Grootenhuis, Teunis Keppel, James Reeve, Bethuel Rice,
John Wise and Horace Wood and the obituary of Harm Rypma transcribed by Joan Van Spronsen
09/16/2008:
     Genealogies; Gerrit Klomp family of Allegan and Ottawa Counties: Mathew French family of Allendale and
Robinson Townships

09/15/2008:
     List of Zeeland Bank Stock Owners (Unknown date) transcribed by ES
09/15/2008:
     Photo of Zeeland Township Elementary School Class about 1900
09/13/2008:
     Cemetery Abbreviations
09/13/2008:
     A new link to Dibean Marriages: http://www.usgwarchives.net/mi/ottawa/7001mrg.htm
or http://www.usgwarchives.net/mi/ottawa.htm
09/13/2008:
    Genealogies: Samuel Hall family of Blendon Township Hendrick Nyhuis family of Blendon and
Georgetown townships.

09/13/2008:
    Robinson Township Lot Owners for the East Section transcribed by ES
09/13/2008:
    2008 Robinson Township Cemetery Records transcribed by ES
09/03/2008:
    Civil War Obituaries: Dr. Henry Hull, Benjamin Norton and Amos Wolverton transcribed by Joan
Van Spronsen.
08/23/2008:   
Vriesland Reformed Church Marriages updated - Brides                  Grooms
08/23/2008:
    Civil War Obituary - George Haas and his picture transcribed by Joan Van Spronsen
08/18/2008:   
Civil War Obituary: Charles Nichols and picture of him and his wife; picture of Walter S. Cole
added to his obituary.  Photos by permission of Susan Gates Davis
08/13/2008:
    Civil War Obituaries: Walter S. Cole, Myron S. Creagor, Charles Hovey, Patrick Padden,
Thomas Toogood and Benjamin Treat contributed by Joan VanSpronsen
08/13/2008:
    History of the Jamestown Bank contributed by Michael Steenwyk
08/10/2008:
    1912 Maps of Ottawa County - now complete

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


NEEDED VOLUNTEERS

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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