FEDERAL 001 - 099



001 - Census Index Kent County, MI.  1860

002 - Census - Mecosta Co. & Kent Co. 1860

003 - Census Mecosta Co. Partial 1870

004 - Census Mecosta Co. Extracts 1880

005 - Census - Civil War Union Vets 1890

006 - Census - Big Rapids, MI.  1870



We have all available Mecosta Co. Federal Census thru 1920 on CD ROM's



020 - Veteran's Graves - Civil War

021 - Civil War 1861-1865 First Regiment Engineers Mechanic

022 - Civil War Veterans buried in Newaygo Co.

023 - NY Soldiers Living in MI - Roster of Pensions



030 - MI Volunteer Spanish/American War 1898

031 - Spanish American War 1898



040 - WWI and WWII

041 - Selective Service Army Lottery 1917



050 - WWII

051 - WWII Honor Roll Index

052 - WWII CO. E. - Big Rapids

053 - WWII Draftees - Mecosta Co.





STATE OF MICHIGAN 101 - 199



100 - Michigan History

101 - Michigan - County Clerks Offices

102 - County Evolution in Michigan 1790 - 1897



109 - Logging & Lumbering

110 - Logging Story - Saginaw River Valley

111 - Native Americans in Michigan

112 - Indians



120 - Historical Gazateer of Newaygo Co.

121 - Newaygo Co. Portrait & Bio Album 

122 - Bios - Lived in Mecosta Co. Fifty Years - 4-18-1912



130 - Evart - 100 years



135 - Michigan Cities A-I (Vera Barker Papers)

136 - Michigan Cities J-Z (Vera Barker Papers)



140 - Reed City Centennial



MECOSTA COUNTY 200 - 299



200 - History of Mecosta County

201 - Mecosta County Naturalization Index

202 - Mecosta County Portrait & Bio Album & Index

203 - Mecosta County and it's Hub

204 - Mecosta County Voters - 1912

205 - Mecosta County Jail

206 - Mecosta County Land Patentees

207 - Mecosta County Land Owners - 1900

208 - Mecosta County Chronology



220 - Old Settlers

221 - Old Settlers - A Nation within itself



234 - Pioneer/Pioneer Magnet News Briefs

235 - Newspaper Clippings





COMMUNITIES 300 - 349



300 - Barryton



305 - Big Rapids History - 1906 Water Power Book

306 - Big Rapids Anniversary 125 years

307 - Biography of Big Rapids Area - Pioneer

308 - Big Rapids History Vol. I, II, III

309 - Big Rapids Centennial 1855 - 1955

310 - Big Rapids Facts

311 - Big Rapids "Swede Hill"

312 - Village of Chippewa Lake





324 - Mecosta Area Centennial 1879 - 1979

325 - Mecosta



329 - Morley Area Centennial and Index

330 - Morley Memories & Index

331 - Morley



334 - Paris



339 - Remus Area Centennial

340 - Remus



344 - Rodney, Michigan - 1910

345 - Rodney



347 - Rodney Book





TOWNSHIPS 350-399



350 - Mecosta County Townships



357 - Austin Township Officials 1908 - 1920



360 - Colfax Township 1890 Tax Rolls



363 - Pioneer Life in Chippewa Township

364 - Emerald



375 - Grant Township Records

376 - Grant Township Treasurers Records fo 1913



378 - Township of Green



381 - Hinton Twp. Assessment Indexc 1904, 1910 - 1911

382 - Hinton Twp. Bountys Paid

383 - Hinton Twp. Assessment Cards 1930 - Vol. I, II, III



387 - Mecosta Township



389 - Historical Millbrook





BUSINESSES 400 - 499



400 - Banks in Big Rapids



420 - Businesses - Misc. Industries



425 - Businesses - Misc. Retail Stores



440 - Photographers





CHURCHES 500 - 599



504 - First Baptist Church of Big Rapids



508 - Congregational Church

509 - United Church of Big Rapids - Presbyterian & Congregational



516 - St. Andrew's Episcopal Church of Big Rapids



519 - Early Methodist Churches

520 - First United Methodist Church of Big Rapids

521 - First Methodist Churches

522 - Methodist

523 - Stanwood United Methodist Church records



544 - Lutheran Churches

545 - Zion Lutheran Church 1886 - 1950



570 - Catholic Churches



573 - St. Michael's Parish



599 - Miscellaneous Churches





SCHOOLS 600 - 699



600 - Big Rapids Teachers & Administrators

601 - Big Rapids Alumni List



625 - Chippewa Hills Yearbook - 1978

626 - Chippewa Hills Yearbook - 1979 

627 - Millbrook Township School Records



630 - Morley Stanwood Yearbook 2002



650 - Austin Township School Officials



655 - Hinton Township School



698 - Timme Library - Ferris State University

699 - Centennial History of Ferris State University





REFERENCE MATERIALS 700 - 799



700 - Newsletters MCGS and Index Book I

701 - Newsletters MCGS and Index Book II



705 - Handy Book for Genealogists 1971 ED

706 - Miscellaneous Newsletters



720 - Mecosta Co. Plat Book - 1918 

721 - Mecosta Co. Plat Book - 1975

722 - Mecosta Co. Plat Book - 1993

723 - Mecosta Co. Plat Book - 1997



739 - Big Rapids 125th Birthday Celebration Essays

740 - Big Rapids City Directory 1875-6

741 - Big Rapids City Directory 1882-1883

742 - Big Rapids City Directory 1884



749 - Big Rapids Area Directory 1980 

750 - Farm Journal Directory - Mecosta Co. 1918 - 1923

751 - Farm Bureau Directory - Mecosta Co. 1950



765 - Mecosta County Directory - 1905



775 - Articles about Big Rapids by Jim Wood









CEMETERIES 800 - 899



800 - Detroit Society Copy of Mecosta County Cemetery Records

801 - Aetna Township Cemetery & Deeds

802 - Cemetery Walks



807 - Highland View Cemetery thru 1991



823 - Pine Plains (Byers) Cemetery



828 - Deerfield Township Burial Permits



867 - Martiny Cemetery



871 - Ladner Cemetery



877 - Millbrook - Decker Cemetery 



890 - Stanwood Cemetery  



We have another large book of combined burials







VITAL STATISTICS 900 - 999



900 - Pioneer Published Births 1937 - 1950 

901 - Births - Pioneer - 1937 - 1971

902 - Birth Index - Pioneer 1951 - 1971



905 - Birth & Death REcords - Barryton, Fork Twp., Sheridan Twp.

906 - Birth Records - Millbrook

907 - Birth Certificates - Derfield Twp.



912 - Austin Twp. Birth Records 1933 - 1941



915 - Aetna Township Birts



931 - Mecosta Co. Marriages

932 - Dibean Marriage Collection fo Mecosta Co.

933 - Austin Township Marriages

934 - Stanwood Methodist/Episcopal Mariages & Baptisms



961 - Obituaries 1997 (Pioneer) and Index

962 - Obituaries 1998



964 - Early Deaths Reported by the Pioneer 1932 - 1943

965 - Pioneer Obit Index 1862 - 1889

966 - Yearly Deaths Reported by the Pioneer



970 - Death Index "A" Mecosta County Courthouse



975 - Aetna Twp. Death Records 1909 - 1951

976 - Aetna Twp. Burial Permits & Death Records

977 - Colfax Twp. Death Records 1906 - 1952

978 - Deerfield Twp. Death Records 1912-1927 & 1950 - 1952

979 - Millbrook Twp. Death Records 1908 - 1937

980 - Austin Twonship Death Records 1934 - 1951



989 - Mecosta Township Burial Permits

990 - Death Certificates Mecosat Co. 1946 - 1949

991 - Rogers/Mohnke Funeral Homes Records Index 1899 - 1949





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The Society has 17 large index boxes of obituaries, miscellaneous early school records from Morley 

Stanwood Schools, Youngman Funeral Homes Records, Vera Barker Papers (this lady cut out obits, 

marriages, anniversaries, news items, etc. for years and we have about 35 - 4" books full of these misc. 

items, many, many more things that are currently being worked on and not yet catalogued yet.