VOLUNTEER LOOKUPS:
Mic Andrus,
MicAndrus@prodigy.net
,will do lookups from the following:
Note: be sure to indicate KALAMAZOO
COUNTY in your email to Mic Andrus because he does LOOKUPS for other counties.
- Michigan Heritage War of 1812 Commemorative Issue:
published by The Kalamazoo Valley Genealogical Society 1962: Lists names of
the soldiers and widows who died in Michigan, birth and death year, county,
cemetery or place of residence. Also lists the names of the ships and the
sailors who died or were wounded on those ships.
- 1915 Kalamazoo
Telephone Directory:
Lists name, place of residence or business,
telephone number. Some business advertisements. Other townships include:
Alamo, Fulton, Galesburg, Richland, Schoolcraft, Scotts, and Vicksburg.
- 1919-1923
The Farm Journal Illustrated Rural Directory of Kalamazoo County:
Lists name, spouse, children (living at home),
occupation, amount of acreage (owned or leased), number of livestock,
township. Buyers' Guide for businesses. Townships include: Alamo, Brady,
Charleston, Climax, Comstock, Cooper, Kalamazoo, Oshtemo, Pavilion, Portage,
Prairie Ronde, Richland, Ross, Schoolcraft, Texas, and Wakeshma.
- 1920 Kalamazoo
Telephone Directory:
Lists
name, place of residence or business, telephone number. Some business
advertisements. Other townships include: Alamo, Athens (Calhoun County),
Augusta, Battle Creek (Calhoun County), Bellevue (Eaton County), Ceresco
(Calhoun County), Climax, Fulton, Galesburg, Olivet (Eaton County), Richland,
Schoolcraft, Scotts, and Vicksburg.
- 1931 & 1935 Kalamazoo Telephone Directories:
Lists name, place of residence or business,
telephone number. Classifieds. Other townships include: Galesburg, Richland,
Scotts, and Vicksburg.
- 1942, 43, 47, 48, 53-54, 55, 57, 58, 59, 62, 66 Kalamazoo City
Directories:
Lists name, spouse, occupation & where employed,
address. Classified Buyers' Guide (similar to the Yellow Pages) and Classified
Business Directory. Has advertisements for Kalamazoo County businesses.
- 1944 & 1946 Kalamazoo Telephone Directories: Lists
name, place of residence or business, telephone number. Classified Buyers'
Guide (similar to the Yellow Pages). Has advertisements for Kalamazoo County
businesses. Other townships include: Galesburg, Richland, Scotts, and
Vicksburg.
- 1883
Graduating exercises for the Michigan Female Seminary:
Some
names from other towns as well as Kalamazoo.
- 1909 Graduating Exercises
for the 8th grade
classes of Woodward Ave., Frank St., and Vine St. Schools.
- 1913
Graduating exercises
for Kalamazoo High
School.
- 1913-14
Kalamazoo Central High School
male
students who were members of "The Gavel Club".
- 1922
Central High School Athletic Association.
List of male
athletes.
- 1922
Central High School
Football Squad.
- 1923-24
Kalamazoo Board of Education.
List of all
employees of the Kalamazoo schools and libraries.
- 1924
Central High School
Baseball and
Football Squads.
- 1925
Central High School
Champions,
Southwestern, Michigan - Basketball Yearbook.
- 1923, 1929,
1953, 1954
Kalamazoo Central High School
yearbooks called "The Delphian".
- 1953 and 1954
Kalamazoo State High School
yearbooks called "The Highlander".
- History of the Saint
Luke's Boy Choir 1885-1985,
by James R. Powell,
Jr.,
Ph.D.
Depicting the
100th anniversary of the St. Luke's Episcopal Church and its well known
Choristers. Some photos and biographies of clergymen, music directors, students,
etc. Many names.
Sherlene Belden,
sbelden@accn.org,
will do lookups from:
HONOR ROLL OF
KALAMAZOO COUNTY MICHIGAN U.S.A. 1917 1918 1919, by: Mrs. O. H. Clark,
publisher. Copyright 1920:
An
Honor Roll containing a pictorial record of the war service of the men and women
of Kalamazoo County, 1917-1918-1919. This also includes information and pictures
on those who helped with the war effort at the local level such as Red Cross
volunteers.
Stephanie Briggs,
ts_briggs@yahoo.com
,will do lookups from the following:
-
SHERMAN LAKE-FROM THE BEGINNING,
by
Charlotte M. Russell;
-
RICHLAND FROM IT'S PRAIRIE BEGINNINGS,
by Eugene McKean, Marjorie Harrison, and Carol Mc Bride;
-
KALAMAZOO NINETEENTH CENTURY HOMES IN A MIDWESTERN VILLAGE,
by Peter Schmitt and Balthazar Korab.
-
SESQUICENTENNIAL1835-1985 Augusta, MI.
Kimberly Coleman,
klcoleman@earthlink.net
,will do lookups from the following:
-
City Directories
for 1955 and 1970.
-
PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD OF KALAMAZOO, ALLEGAN, AND VAN BUREN
COUNTIES, 1892,
It
includes many bios and some illustrations;
-
Index
to the 13th MI Infantry in Civil War
-
Annual
of Kalamazoo College
1889-1890
-
Balch Family Genealogy
by Galusha Balch, 1897.
Kimberly Coleman,
klcoleman@earthlink.net
,will do lookups from the following:
-
City Directories
for 1955 and 1970.
-
PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD OF KALAMAZOO, ALLEGAN, AND VAN BUREN
COUNTIES, 1892,
It
includes many bios and some illustrations;
-
Index
to the 13th MI Infantry in Civil War
-
Annual
of Kalamazoo College
1889-1890
-
Balch Family Genealogy
by Galusha Balch, 1897.
Joe Ferrara,
ferrara@btc-bci.com
, will do lookups for
the following:
(on my home computer I have Kal Co Clerk's
office:)
Birth Index: 1867-1975
Birth Records: 1867-1903
Marriage Index: 1831-1975
Marriage Records: 1831-1907
Death Records starting 1867: Index to 1975 and Records to 1901
Foreign Deaths and Marriages
Catholic Burials (Mt. Olivet to 1936, Cath Riverside inscriptions)
County Transcriptions to 1980
City Cemeteries-100,000
Kal Public Lib 3x5" Vital Records File(like 1850s to 1940s, lots of church
records) over 30,000.
Directories City: 1860-1, 67-8, '73, '76, '83, '87, 1895, 1905 and 1915.
County: 1873, '83, '87, 1895, and 1905.
U.S. Census 1860-1880 [Not Proof Read]
Augustinian Newspaper[1893-1897]--will increase.
Family trees: Ernest's mostly Dutch 100,000, Mine mostly Catholics 10,000.
Working on Kal Central HS yearbook at present; have photos 1908,
1915-1960 (with a few missing years--will increase).
Margaret Snyder,
creekside2us@yahoo.com
,will do lookups from the following:
1880 HISTORY OF KALAMAZOO COUNTY,
It includes
bios, illustrations, and information about exploration and settlement. In
addition it has village histories and Civil War history;
PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD OF KALAMAZOO, ALLEGAN, AND VAN BUREN
COUNTIES, 1892,
It includes
many bios and some illustrations;
WATER OVER THE DAM,
Published by the Vicksburg Historical Society in 1972 - it is a history
of Vicksburg that includes many SURNAMES;
GLIMPSES OF A NINETEENTH CENTURY VILLAGE,
by Mable
Hawkins - It covers Vicksburg's history and has many references to
Vicksburg SURNAMES.
In addition
she will assist with requests for information about collections from the
VICKSBURG
HISTORICAL SOCIETY AND MUSEUM.
It also
includes information about Scotts and Fulton.
In addition
she will do lookups from the
1974 Tombstone
Transcription Project for Kalamazoo County Cemeteries.
1974 Tombstone
Transcription Project for Kalamazoo County Cemeteries.
Calee Leversee,
CALEEL@aol.com ,will do lookups from:
Michigan
Land Records - 1790 to 1907.
Mila Wasicek,
mila@pacwestservices.com
,will do lookups from the following:
Records of Service for the 8th Michigan Infantry.
It
lists all of the Civil War soldiers that were in the 8th Michigan Infantry and
their service records. You can first check an
online index to the 8th Michigan Infantry
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