Past and Present of Washtenaw County

I added Past and Present of Washtenaw County published in 1906, containing 11,536 citations.  I also added a few Arcadia books related to Ann Arbor and Ypsilanti.  I'm currently working on several of the other large county histories for Washtenaw county and will post them as they are completed.

Mason county

I haven't posted lately, but that doesn't mean I haven't been busy.  I have added many cemetery records for Mason County and before moving on to complete the Western side of Michigan, I noticed that I skipped Washtenaw county completely.  Not an oversight, it was probably too much at the time and I decided to move on to other, less-populated areas.  As of September 3, there are 2,352,430 citations and still growing.  There are several county histories for Washtenaw county to include which should take me through much of September.  This will complete the bottom three rows of counties when complete.

Recent additions

I've been busy posting new sources, but missed listing them on this blog, so let me try to get up-to-date.  For Berrien county I added Greetings from Berrien Springs, Greetings from Buchanan, Cemeteries from Royalton Twp and Cemeteries from Weesaw Twp.

 Revisiting Ottawa county I added Restoration of the Unknown Elmwood Cemetery, Tallmadge Twp and St. Mary's Cemetery, Wright Twp, bringing the new total of citations up to 2,291,439.

Added Sodus Twp Cemetery

Added  Cemeteries of Berrien County: Sodus Township.  Published in 2004.  This source has 1,814 citations.  Will add a few more cemetery publications by the Berrien County Genealogical Society before moving on to a new county.

Completed Ottawa county sources

Well, I've been busy completing Obituaries from the "Coopersville Observer", Volume 5 by Henry Boersma.  Published in 2002.  This resource contains 2,649 citations.  I also uploaded Cemetery Records from the Northern Half of Ottawa County, published in 1943 by the D.A.R., containing 15,011 entries, and Veterans of Northeast Ottawa County [War of 1812 to World War II], published in 2008 by Henry Boersma, containing 7,803 entries.  All this with no power for four days.

Obituaries from the "Coopersville Observer", Volume 4

Added Obituaries from the "Coopersville Observer", Volume 4 by Henry Boersma.  Published in 2002.  This resource contains 1,922 citations.

Another "Coopersville Observer" source added.

Added Obituaries from the "Coopersville Observer", Volume 3 by Henry Boersma.  Published in 2002.  This resource contains 1,598 citations.

Four Ottawa county sources added

Added Ottawa County Infirmary, 1866-1883, 1919-1932, 1951-1976 by Loekie Boersma.  Published in 2003.  This resource contains 1,339 citations.

Added Family Maps of Ottawa County, Michigan, Deluxe Edition by Gregory A. Boyd.  Published in 2007.  This resource contains 1,416 citations.

Added Obituaries from the "Coopersville Observer", Volume 1 by Henry Boersma.  Published in 2002.  This resource contains 1,258 citations.

Added Ottawa County Poor Farm: Eastmanville, Polkton Township by Loekie Boersma.  Published in 2003.  This resource contains 309 citations.

Two Allegan county Resources added

The Illustrated Atlas of Allegan County, Michigan,1895 and A Twentieth Century History of Allegan County, Michigan. 1907.  The Illustrated Atlas by Kace Pub Co was indexed by Marlynn F. Starring in 1984.  This resource contains 8,616 citations.

A Twentieth Century History of Allegan County, Michigan was indexed by Ruth Marian Monteith in 1948 and contains 13,537 citations.

With these two sources, I began including persons with no first name once again (Mr. Hyde, Dr. Jekyll, Sgt. York).  I omitted these occurrences for about the last six months, and may revisit those sources with missing first names in the future.  The reality is that when researchers search for a particular surname, most people don't page back to view persons with no given name, but I decided to include them once again because often, these are the most well-known and influential people in town, that is, EVERYONE knows Mrs. Robinson.  In fact, they are so well-known, many people are unaware of their first name.

Cemetery Inscriptions, Allegan County; vol. 7

Added Cemetery Inscriptions, Allegan County; volume 7 by Ruth Marian Monteith.  It contains the townships of Saugatuck, Fillmore, Laketown, Manlius, Lee and Holland and Park in Ottawa County.  Published in 1962.  This resource contains 8,499 citations.

This completes the multi-volume Cemetery Inscriptions for Allegan county containing a total of 47,602 citations.