Kent County, Michigan Genealogy

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 * This article is about a countyin the state of Michigan. For other uses, see Kent (disambiguation).

County Courthouse
Kent County Courthouse 300 Monroe Ave. NW. Grand Rapids, MI 49503 Phone: (616) 632-7590

Parent County
1831--Kent County was created 2 March 1831 from Mackinac County and unorganized territory. It was organized 4 April 1836. County seat: Grand Rapids

Neighboring Counties

 * Allegan
 * Barry
 * Ionia
 * Montcalm
 * Muskegon
 * Newaygo
 * Ottawa

Church
LDS Ward and Branch Records


 * Grand Rapids

Civil War
Civil War service men from Kent County served in various regiments. Men often joined a regiment or a company (within a regiment)that originated in their county. Listed below are the military units that were formed in or had many men from Kent County.


 * - 1st Regiment, Engineers and Mechanics, Michigan - Companies A, B, C, D, F, and Company unassigned

Vital Records

 * Michigan Birth Registrations, 1867-1902 -- Free name indexes and images at FamilySearch Record Search. Records include such information as name of child, birthdate and place, if still-born, illegitimate or twin, gender, race and record number.
 * Michigan Marriage Registrations, 1868-1925 -- Free name indexes at FamilySearch Record Search. Records include such information as names of bride and groom, date of license, ages, race, residences, birthplaces, occupations and names of the fathers of the bride and groom.
 * Michigan Death Registrations, 1867-1897-- Free name indexes and images at FamilySearch Record Search.  Records include such information as name of deceased, date and place of death, gender, color, marital status, age in years, months and days, disease or apparent cause of death, birthplace, names and occupations of parents, and the date the record was made.

Family History Centers

 * Introduction to LDS Family History Centers
 * Grand Rapids Michigan Family History Center

Web Sites

 * USGenWeb project. May have maps, name indexes, history or other information for this county. Select the state, then the county.
 * The Western Michigan* Genealogical Society, founded in 1954
 * Online Searchable Databases at the Western Michigan Genealogical Society.
 * Kent County School Census 1903-1925  http://data.wmgs.org/SchoolCensus/FMPro?-db=Orders&amp;-lay=SchoolCensusOrders&amp;-format=search.htm&amp;-New
 * Kent County School Census 1903-1925  http://data.wmgs.org/SchoolCensus/FMPro?-db=Orders&amp;-lay=SchoolCensusOrders&amp;-format=search.htm&amp;-New