December 2004

12/20/2004:  Cemetery Burials in Wright Township, mainly 1976-1984 transcribed by ES.
12/20/2004:  St. Mary's Cemetery, 1940-1992, Wright Township tombstone inscriptions by Loekie Boersma on 8 July 1992.  Transcribed by ES.
12/07/2004:  An interesting website that is compiling information on the History of Chester Township.  There is a
genealogy database of over 2800 surnames.  http://mysite.verizon.net/res6xy3i

November 2004

11/27/2004:  List of Membership in the Hudsonville I.O.O.F., 1914-1916 transcribed by ES
11/26/2004:  Article on Mrs. A. Arends of Holland, Michigan transcribed by ES
11/26/2004:  Maplewood Cemetery Records, 1940-1992, Tallmadge Township, from records of Loekie Boersma, transcribed by ES.
11/16/2004:  Link to the Rockford Register, newspaper of Rockford, Michigan, Obituaries and Biographies, 1871-1941
11/16/2004:  New link for Anton Vedders of the Netherlands
11/04/2004:  New link to online photographs of Coopersville Cemetery - not complete yet
11/04/2004:  Article on Mrs. C. VanRaalte Gilmore
11/02/2004:  Tallmadge Township Voters Registry, 1859-1882

October 2004

10/29/2004:   Elmwood Cemetery records, Tallmadge Township from records of Loekie Boersma
10/29/2004:   Wells Cemetery, Wright Township updated from records of Loekie Boersma
10/29/2004:   Wright Township Burial information from records of Loekie Boersma
10/29/2004:   Marne Cemetery, Tallmadge Township from records of Loekie Boersma
10/29/2004:   Advent Cemetery Records, 1940-1991, Wright Township from records of Loekie Boersma
10/06/2004:   Page and Year Index for Volumes 6 and 7 of Ottawa County Marriage Index
10/06/2004:   Ventura Cemetery, Park Tp., updated September, 2004.
10/05/2004:   Index to Ottawa County Cemetery records updated and new maps for each township and one of the
county showing the township locations.
 

September 2004

09/27/2004:   Old Vriesland Cemetery records rechecked and additions made.
09/27/2004:  West Olive Cemetery updated 22 September 2004.
09/27/2004:  Olive Township Cemetery updated 22 September 2004.
09/04/2004:   Postcards scanned of: Hope College Memorial Chapel,  Holland Soldiers Monument, Woodworth Barn in Georgetown Township
09/02/2004:   Borculo Cemetery, Blendon Township updated through August 31, 2004

August 2004

08/21/2004:   Teacher's Register of West Olive School?, 1893-1894
08/21/2004:   A link for families having ancestors in Grafschaft, Bentheim, Germany
http://www.genealogienetz.de/genealogy.html  
On bottom right side of screen, Local Heritage Books - click on Online databases
Select Nordhorn or Uelsen from Grafschaft, Bentheim and check your family name.
Also, "The County of Bentheim and Her Emigrants to North America" gives clues to where the family originated.
08/19/2004:  Robinson Township Sexton's Records to 1976 transcribed by ES.
08/04/2004:  Postcard Photo of Antique Organ brought from Amsterdam to Holland, Michigan

July 2004

07/26/2004:  Broken link repaired for Lake Forest Cemetery, M-Z.
07/26/2004:  Postcards of Holland, Michigan - The Tulip Parade, Tulip Fields, Windmill,
Holland Civic Center and Hope College Graves Hall and Elizabeth R. Voorhees Hall scanned by ES.
07/12/2004:  Canada Hill Schoolhouse Photo and Class Photo
07/12/2004:  Photo of DeWitt One-Room School, Spring Lake Township sent by Helen Selee

June 2004

06/25/2004:  Olive Township Cemetery,  A - F, G - M,  N - S, T - Z
06/11/2004:   Vital Records site    http://www.vitalrec.com
06/11/2004:   Arizona FREE searchable birth and death records - http://www.accessgenealogy.com/arizona/    
06/11/2004:  Genealogy links   http://www.linkpendium.com/genealogy/USA
06/11/2004:  Family Tree Magazine's 101 Best Websites, 2004  http://www.familytreemagazine.com/101sites/2004/
 

May 2004

 05/28/2004:  Early History of Marne to 1931 transcribed by Susan Gates Davis
05/28/2004:   Borculo Cemetery Records O - Z
05/28/2004:   Introduction and Abbreviations for Borculo Cemetery Records 
05/28/2004:  Additional records added to Borculo Cemetery Records, A - F and G - N
05/22/2004:  Some corrections and broken links fixed.
05/20/2004:  There is a web site at the University of Michigan where you can search the Michigan County Histories. 
most of them are online and they are entering the remainder.  In Ottawa County - Page's 1882 History, 1931 Historic
Grand Haven and Ottawa County by Leo Lillie,  1893 Muskegon and Ottawa Counties Portraits and Biographies,
Muskegon Co. 1882 History, Allegan Co. 1907 History, and VanBuren Co. 1912 History.  There are several Kent Co.
Histories as well.          http://www.hti.umich.edu/m/micounty/
05/20/2004:  Jamestown Township Cemeteries:  Forest Grove,   Jamestown,  Star,  Zutphen 
and Zutphen Cemetery Lot Owners
05/20/2004:  Borculo Cemetery, G - N
05/17/2004:  The cemetery records have been reorganized so that the cemeteries are under the township
in which they reside.
05/13/2004:  Cemetery Abbreviations for Olive Township Cemeteries
05/13/2004:  Borculo Cemetery, A - F
05/13/2004:  West Olive Cemetery, Olive Township
05/05/2004:  Beaverdam Christian Reformed Church - Members deaths to March, 2001
transcribed by Betty Schut.
05/02/2004:  Michael Douma, of Hope College and the Joint Archives, will be collecting
information this summer on the Veneklaasen brick homes of Ottawa and Allegan Counties
(and other surrounding areas, if they exist).  He hopes to publish a book when the research is done
See Projects for his email address and article below.
05/02/2004:  The Dept. of Veterans Affairs put 3.2 million records for veterans buried
in national veteran's cemeteries on the following website:  http://www.cem.va.gov 
05/02/2004:  The Library of Michigan has a cemetery search by County, Township, Cemetery Name and/or keyword at: ?? http://michigancemeteries.libraryofmichigan.org/search.aspx ?? 

April 2004

04/16/2004:  "A" Surnames from the 1918-1923 Ottawa Co. Farm Directory transcribed by ES.

March 2004

03/23/2004:  1893 Ottawa Co. Biographies - John W. Barnes, Harley C. Bement, Henry J. DeVries, 
Rev. Henry E. Dosker, Enos Stone, Major C. E. Storrs, Benton Thurston and Albertus VanderHaar 
transcribed by ES.
03/18/2004:  Dutch Online link corrected
03/10/2004:  1893 Ottawa County Biogaphies - Solon Daggett, Alfred Huntley, William D. Kelly, 
Bastian Steketee and Marenus Vander Bosch transcribed by ES.  
03/10/2004:  More online links to Dutch records
03/05/2004:  Georgetown Township Cemetery, Early through January, 2004 
03/05/2004:  Hanley Cemetery, Georgetown Township updated through January, 2004

February 2004

02/12/2004:   Cemeteries in Park Township and Their Locations
02/12/2004:   Lakewood Cemetery, Park Township - Cemetery Records, Cemetery Layout
02/12/2004:   Lakeshore Cemetery, Park Township - Cemetery Records, Cemetery Layout
02/12/2004:   Ventura Cemetery, Park Township - Cemetery Records, Cemetery Layout, Cemetery Lot Owners
 

January 2004

01/27/2004:   Link to The Ontario Genealogical Society by postal address and email.
01/27/2004:   Article on the Death of Thomas Garfield, brother of President Garfield, 1910
01/27/2004:   Link to Van Hess Family History which includes the surnames -Dirkse and Vanden Bosch
01/13/2004:  Tallmadge Tp. Mortgages, 1855-1873  
01/13/2004:  Tallmadge Tp. Bonded Officers, 1863-1872, 1899
01/09/2004:   Advent Cemetery Lot Owners, Wright Tp.
01/09/2004:  Wells Cemetery Lot Owners, Wright Tp., 1872-1886