Clinton County, Michigan
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Cemetery Records
| Publication | Volunteer E-Mail | Comments |
Duplain Cemetery
Duplain Township |
Sharon Schulte or
Bonnie Burkhardt |
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Elsie Village Cemetery
Elsie, Duplain Township |
Sharon Schulte or
Bonnie Burkhardt |
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Eureka Cemetery
Greenbush Township |
Bonnie Burkhardt or
Sharon Schulte |
Clinton County Historical Society Published 1996 |
Maple Grove Cemetery
Ovid, Michigan |
Allen Martin or
Sharon Schulte |
Courtesy of the Elsie Historical Society |
Mt. Rest Cemetery Burials
St Johns, Michigan |
Bonnie Burkhardt |
Clinton County Historical Society Published 2000
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Oak Ridge Cemetery
Bengal Township |
Bonnie Burkhardt |
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Riverside Cemetery
Elsie, Duplain Township |
Sharon Schulte or
Bonnie Burkhardt |
Courtesy of the Elsie Historical Society |
South Ovid Cemetery
Ovid Township |
Bonnie Burkhardt |
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Union Home Cemetery
Greenbush Township |
Bonnie Burkhardt |
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Wacousta Cemetery
Watertown Township
|
Bonnie Burkhardt |
Published 2002 |
Census Records
| Publication | Volunteer E-Mail | Comments |
| 1860 Census |
Jeff Brodrick |
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| 1860 Census for Westphalia Township |
Mary Buege |
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| 1864 Agricultural Census |
Jeff Brodrick |
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Church Histories
| Publication | Volunteer E-Mail | Comments |
| 100th year of Most Holy Trinity Parish, Fowler, Michigan. |
Mark Goerge |
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| DeWitt Circuit Methodist Records |
Wayne Summers |
Includes DeWitt Methodist, Emanuel Methodist, Redeemer Methodist,
and others from about 1860-present |
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| Of Pilgrimage, Prayer, and Promise, a Story of St. Mary's Westphalia, 1836 to 1986 |
Mary Buege or
Mike Voisin |
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County Histories
Visit Michigan County
Histories for online page images from these old publications:
Family Histories
| Publication | Volunteer E-Mail | Comments |
| FOX family tree by Philip Fox of Minnesota |
Mark Goerge |
Includes many Clinton County residents |
| DEGURSE, PLOWMAN, AND REEB Family History |
Nancy Plowman |
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| Descendants of Matthew and Arabella (PIERCE) HUSTON of St. Johns |
T. H. Roderick, Ph.D. |
There are connections to families of Hicks (John the merchant of
St. Johns) and Curtis. Matthew and Arabella were born in the early
1800s, migrating to Dewitt, and then St. Johns in the 1830s from
Shelburne VT. They and some of their younger children are buried in
Mt. Rest Cem., St. Johns. I'd be glad to look up or share info. |
| Descendents of Mathias Kramer of Westphalia Twp |
Joseph B Miller |
I have just privately published a book on the descendents of Mathias
Kramer of Westphalia Twp. Although the book will not be made publicly
available (no birthdates will be given for anyone born after 1920). |
| Pohl: From One Small Acorn Grows a Large Oak |
Mike Voisin |
A verbal Portrait of the Descendants of Johann Peter Pohl and Maria
Catharina Hellenthal 1841-1992. Written by Allan R. Pohl, 1992. |
| SCHLICHT, SCHAFER, MARTIN, and FEDEWA family trees done by Sister
Pauline Schafer |
Mark Goerge |
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| Ezra Thornton, his descendants and some of his ancestors |
Barbara Lake Peters |
Surnames include: Thornton, Plowman, Keller, Cronkite, Emmons,
Grubaugh, Peters, Vrooman. |
Military Records
| Publication | Volunteer E-Mail | Comments |
| Civil War Archives |
Laurel Simon |
They have extensive information on the personnel, officers, medals
given to whom and when, and the battles fought. I have found many of my
relatives, using this tool and then ordered their pension records, for
$10 each from the federal government. |
| Service Records of the 8th MI Infantry |
Mila Swartout-Powell |
It lists those soldiers that were in the 8th MI Infantry. Looks
like many are from Clinton County. It lists what their enlistment
dates, Companies, rank, city or county that they enlisted out of,
muster in and out dates and sometimes more. |
Other
| Publication | Volunteer E-Mail | Comments |
| Clinton Co Farm Plat Map booklet ca.1961 |
Jim Shirey |
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| Ovid Register Union |
Allen Martin |
Approx. Sep 1893-Jun 1967 (some missing for example Apr 1906-May 1909).
The more exact the date the better. |
| Untersuchungen zur Methode und Technik der deutschamerikanischen Wanderungsforschung |
Mike Voisin |
This 1939 work by Joseph Scheben, in German, discusses many of the
early emigrants from the Eifel region in Germany to Westphalia Township, Clinton
County, Michigan. It includes transcriptions of letters home.
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| Wir verlangen nicht mehr nach Deutschland: Auswandererbriefe und Dokumente der Sammlung Joseph Scheben (1825-1938). |
Mike Voisin |
This 2003 work by Jürgen Macha, et. al. is written in German.
It contains over 400 letters transcribed by Joseph Scheben in the 1930s
(i.e., the "Scheben Letters"). Emigrants from the German Eifel region
during the 1800s wrote these letters back home to relatives and
friends. Many letters are from those who immigrated to the Midwestern
and Western United States.
The book has an extensive index. There are separate indices of those
who sent letters, those who received letters, and those mentioned in
the letters. There is a location index that includes countries, states,
counties, and towns. There is even a subject index where you can find
all letters that mention a topic like agriculture, religion, clothes or
food.
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| Clinton County Pioneer Society Records, 1873-1935
|
Bonnie Burkhardt |
CD-ROM. |
Revised:
August 22, 2017
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