ADAMS, Family history of Christopher & Mary Barbara Reff-Adams

ALVESTEFFER, Family history of Bernard & Edith Brunk Alvesteffer

ALVESTEFFER, Joseph & Florence Alvesteffer family

ANDERSON, Story of the the Oliver - Anderson family

ARROL - ARROLL - ARRELL families

ATHERTON COLLECTION - 25 Volumes - contains Many Shelby area family genealogies

BARBER, LEWIS, JOHNSON & McREA  FAMILIES

BARRETT, Fredrick Barret & his descendants

BARRETT, Fredrick Barrett & Hazel Edna (Somers) Barrett and their descendants

BARTON FAMILY

BATCHELDER GENEALOGY

BAXTER GENEALOGY

BENDER, Bender Book of Memories

BERRY, Descendants of Joseph & Sarah (Shaffer) Berry & James & Sarah (Crume) Hasty

BEVINS, Shepherd the Love of Emeline

BLADES, The family Register

BOWDEN HISTORY

BRIMMER FAMILY

BUCHANAN, The life of Alexander Buchanan, Q.C.

BURMEISTER-BEHRENWALDE, The Burmeisters-Behrenwalde to Benona

BURR-HOBBY-GILLAN FAMILY TREE

CARPENTER, Nine of the 13 children of Robert Carpenter & Phebe McNair Carpenter

COMPTON FAMILY

DAVISON, Descendants of William Dean Davison & Matila Power

DEPUY-DEPUE

DICKINSON, Descendants of William

DOANE-EMMONS,LINDER,RONEY-& STOUT FAMILIES

DOTY-CONVERSE & PUTNEY FAMILIES
 EBY, History of the Eby Family

EISENLOHR,Genealogy of the descendants of Heinrich (Henry) Eisenlohr

ESTABROOK, Excerpts from the Autobiography of Harvey Estabrook

FICK, History & genealogy of August & Anna Fick, A pioneer family

FLEMING FAMILY

FLORY FAMILY    1842 - 1962 - 34 Volumes covering genealogy & family events

FRANCE, Clememt Ashton France - Josetta Ann Green France Family, Genealogy & Memory book

FREELAND FAMILY HISTORY

FREELAND FAMILY HISTORY - FREY, Ancestry & Posterity of Gottfried Frey  Books I & II

FULLER, Descendants of Elijah Fuller

FULLER, Family history & genealogy Vol. I & II

FULLERS, Family record of the Fullers beginning with Elijah Fuller

GILLAN FAMILY TREE

GILLAN FAMILY TREE

GILLAN, Charles Westly Gillan family genealogy

GODFREY, Family of Leander B. Godfrey

GOFF, Family genealogy of Dewitt Clinton Goff

GREINER, John & wife-Margaret Smith Greiner

GREINER, Guide to Greiner ancestry in America

GRIFFIS, Records of the ancestors of Betsy Carpenter & Thomas Griffis

GROVER, Our Thomas Grover Family Vol. I

GROVER, Directory compiled by Paul & Freda Grover of Benona Vol.II

HALL, Family history & genealogy

HARRIS, James of New London & his descendants

HAWLEY, Descendants of Henry Charles Hawley

HAWLEY FAMILY TREE

HENDERSON FAMILY

HOBBY-GILLAN FAMILY TREE   1ST Ed.

HOBBY FAMILY   1st & 2nd edition

HOBBY FAMILY TREE, 3rd edition

HOEKERT FAMILY

 HOUGHTALING, William Henry history

HUBBARD FAMILY

JACOBS, Moses Mordeci Jacobs history

JENSEN, Jensen family register

JOHNSON, Supplement for genealogy

KEEN FAMILY RECORD

LACEY-LACY FAMILY

LaFEVER, History of John & Mary Belle LaFever

LAMPHIER FAMILY TREE

LATHERS-MacMULLAN HISTORY

LATTIN, Family history, photos & documents

LATTIN, Ancestors & descendants of the Lattin-Gilbert & Sherman families

LAUBER,   Mennonite family history

LEWIS ROOTS

LOHROFF-KOKX & ALVESTEFFER

LOHROFF, August, James, Frank, Augusta-Shaner

LOHROFF-JOST

LOHROFF, Joseph & Wilhemina (Winser) Family history

LOWNDS-TAYLOR-CARD also Edwards-Milton-Vanduzen, Van Hoosen

LUTHER, Early pioneer history of Hart

LYDENS GENEALOGY

LYTTLE, Alfred.   WWI Veteran died in Russia

MAY-FOX FAMILIES

McCRELESS FAMILY

MILLE, Yost Y family

MOORE, John Jacob Moore & Catherine Bickle family

MORLAN FAMILY

MORAVEC FAMILY

MUNGER FAMILY HISTORY

NORBERG History of the Norberg family

OSBORN, William Osborn family

 PAQUIN, Genealogy of Cecelia Paquin (1877-19946) & Edgar Eugene Squire (1861-1945)

PETERSON FAMILY

PETERSONS, Family record beginning with Francis Peterson

PONTIUS FAMILY TREE

POPIOLEKS FAMILY TREE

POSTEMA, Genealogical record & descendants of Ano & Marie Postema

POWERS FAMILY

PRANGER, Genealogical record & descendants of Gilbert & Catherine Pranger

PURDY, Ancestors & descendants of Willis Purdy by Stella Purdy

PUTNEY,   First known ancestors of the Putney family in America

RECKLEY, Family descendants & history

RECKLEY, The ROECKLE known as Reckley family tree

REFF-ADAMS FAMILY

RICHMOND, Notes of Richmond-Huston-& Linscott families

RICKETSON GENEALOGY

RIGGS, The Heart of the Matter

RIGGS, Family yearly newsletter

ROTH GENEALOGY

SCHILLER FAMILY TREE

SCHMIEDEKNECHT FAMILY

SCHMIEDEKNECHT, I Remember When  by Ruth G. Bean

SETTLER-COLE FAMILY HISTORY

SHAFER, Descendants of John Shafer

SHINN FAMILY HISTORY

SHOGREN FAMILY HISTORY

SIBLEY, Genealogical tree of Jonathon Oscar Sibley (1817-1875) & Louise E. Hatch (1823-1875)

SIBLEY, Leonard Sibley family ancestry

SNELLENBERGER FAMILY HISTORY
SQUIRES, Genealogical Tree of Joseph Wilcox Squires (1826-1864) & Phoebe Olmsted (1830-1866)

SUNDELL FAMILY HISTORY Sundell roots

TAYLOR FAMILY TREE

 TRUE, Some descendants of Thomas True & wife Mary Elizabeth Mercer True

WARTENBE GENEALOGY

WIEGAND'S

WIJBENGA, JanJansWijbenga-Willemke Klazes Vlasma genealogy

WILCOX-CALEB,JOHN O. ROOKE & JAMES G. BLOWERS    

  Early settlers of Newaygo & Oceana Counties, MI

WILDER, Descendants of Harvey Wilder

WILDERS   The Book of Wilders

WILLIAMS, The family of Richard Williams & Cynthis Parks

WOODHOUSE, One Woodhouse family

WOODHOUSE DESCENDANTS

YARROW FAMILY HISTORY

BIRTHS *
Oceana County Courthouse Records  1867 -1889  (select records) 

CAMP HOUK  - CIVIL WAR 
GAR Encampment 1882 - 1917  (Pub. 1984) *

CHADWICK - MUNGER HOUSE *
Story of  (1892 - 1986) 

CEMETERY CARDS

CLAYBANKS TOWNSHIP
Flower Creek Cemetery - Peace Lutheran Cemetery - St. john's Catholic Cemetery  
Trinity Lutheran Cemetery

CRYSTAL TOWNSHIP
Indian Cemetery

ELBRIDGE TOWNSHIP
Indian Cemetery - Methodist Indian Cemetery - St. Joseph's Catholic Cemetery

FERRY
North Ferry Cemetery - Otto Cemetery - Raul Burying Ground - South Ferry Cemetery

HART
Lever Cemetery - Mt. Malissa Cemetery 

North Hart Cemetery - Randall Cemetery - South Hart Cemetery - Star Hill Cemetery

HESPERIA
Gale Cemetery - Greenwood Cemetery - West Hesperia Cemetery

MEARS
Mears Cemetery - Round Lake Cemetery

NEW ERA
Cranston Cemetery - Eagle Cemetery - New Era Cemetery

PENTWATER
North Weare Cemetery - Pentwater Township Cemetery

SHELBY
Garderner Cemetery - Mennonite Cemetery - Mt. Hope Cemetery 

 Oceana Center Cemetery - St. Steven's Lutheran Cemetery
Stony Lake Cemetery

ROTHBURY
Oak Grove Cemetery - St, Mary's Catholic Cemetery

WALKERVILLE
Abson Cemetery - Carpenter Cemetery - Colfax Cemetery 

Goodrich Cemetery - Walkerville Cemetery

WEARE TOWNSHIP
Mt. Calvary Cemetery

Eagles Cemetery - read 1983 * - Ferry Township Cemeteries * 

  Hart Cemetery - read 2002 (Disk only) *
Mt. Hope Cemetery - read  2001  (Disk only) * - New Era Cemetery - read 1983 * 
Otto Township Cemetery * - Round Lake Cemetery - read 2003 Book* - Round Lake Cemetery - 2003*

CENSUS RECORDS
Ferry Township Census 1880, 1900, 1910, 1920 - 1870 Michigan Census Index Vol. 1 thru 10

CIVIL WAR SOURCES Vol. I & II
Oceana County Civil War Sources

CRYSTAL TOWNSHIP HISTORY  1855 - 1970 *
  

DEATH RECORDS VOLUME I *

FUNERAL HOME RECORDS
Shelby Funeral Home Records    12-1904 - 5-1907 - Shelby Funeral Home Records    1915 - 1916
Shelby Funeral Home Records    1919 - 1920 - Shelby Funeral Home Records    1925 - 1926  
Shelby Funeral Home Records    1915 - Shelby Funeral Home Records     1915 - 1929  

(this book covers mostly 1920 - 1929)


 HART - 100 YEARS *

HART FLOOD  - The flood of 1986 when the Hart Dam broke

HART LANDMARK TOUR BOOK* 

HIGH  SCHOOL  YEARBOOKS - A great source for pictures - (list schools & dates)

HISTORY OF MANISTEE, MASON, OCEANA COUNTIES   Indexed - Illustrations & Biographies.  
70+ pages on Oceana County

LITTLE SABLE POINT LIGHT STATION*

JUNIPER BEACH REMEMBERED *

MASTER INDEX OF NAMES  (CD ONLY) * - Over  250,000  names listed

MEARS FIRST CENTURY OF PICTURES *

100 YEARS ARE RIPE IN THE LAND OF MEARS *

MEARS 125 YEARS OF HISTORY *

MEARS, CHARLES-STATE PARK HISTORY *

MEARS NEWZ *
World's smallest news paper    

We have a complete collection of original copies of the Mears Newz

NATIVE AMERICAN RECORDS
Material collected & researched by Ruth Ann Kelley
Mason County Birth - Marriage - Death Indexes/LDS * 

Oceana County Birth - Marriage - Death Index/Courthouse Records

NEWS PAPERS ON MICRO-FILM

Oceana County Journal - 29 April 1869 to "Dec 25 1884

  Hart Journal - 8 January 1885 to Feb 2 1981

  Oceana Herald Journal - 21 Feb 1981 to 1995The Courier Tribune - 26 Dec 1916 to Jan 10 1919
The Hart Courier - 30 Jan 1920 to Nov 24 1921Hart Courier - 9 Dec 1921 to May 29 1952

Hesperia Union - 1896 to June 15 1917Oceana Times - 20 April 1861 to Nov 4 1870

East Shore News - 20 Jan 1871 to Dec 26 1873 (Pentwater)
Pentwater News - 2 Dec 1874 to Feb 23 1961Oceana Herald - 16 May 1888 to Nov 29 1981
 
Also The Argus - Hart 5 Jan 1887 to Jan 1 1892Walkerville News 1892 to 1924

Shelby Independent - 19 April 1880 to Feb 9 1884, and Feb 25 1887

Miscellaneous Muskegon Newspapers - June 1857 to Jan 1941

Filming of the Mears Newz is scheduled


OBITUARY FILES

Hart High School    1915 thru 2004  
except 1915, 1916, 1917, 1918, 1924, 1932, 1976, 1979,

1980, 1981, 1982, 1983, 1984, 1985, 1986

Hesperia High School    1949 thru 1982
except 1953, 1954, 1958, 1961, 1962, 1963, 1964, 1965, 1971, 1972
1973, 1974, 1975, 1976, 1977, 1978 1979, 1980, 1981

Ludington High School   1928, 1921, 1923, 1926, 1964, 1962

New Era High School    1956, 1958, 1959

Pentwater High School   1940 thru 1997
except 1941, 1942, 1943, 1944, 1945,1946, 1947, 1948, 1949,
1950, 1951, 1953, 1954, 1955, 1956, 1961, 1962, 1963, 1964, 1965,
1981, 1985, 1986, 1988, 1989, 1990, 1991, 1992, 1993, 1994

Shelby High School   1925 thru 1997
except 1932, 1933, 1934, 1935, 1936, 1938, 1939, 1940, 1941, 1942, 1943, 1944, 1949, 1950,
1951, 1952, 1953, 1954, 1955, 1956, 1959, 1960, 1961, 1962, 1964, 1965, 1969, 1970, 1972,
1973, 1974, 1975, 1978, 1979, 1980, 1981, 1982, 1983,1989, 1995, 1996
	

	Walkerville High School    1926, 1957, 1988, 1990, 1991

OCEANA COUNTY HISTORY VOL. I* - (published1990)
Includes histories, genealogies, family photos, memorials & tributes, businesses, clubs, 

organizations, villages, libraries, newspapers, & churches.    

The history of our county & its 16 townships are included, plus hospitals, railroads, parks, 

camps, & cemeteries.   It contains 636 pages with a complete index. 

It is hard-bound with a gold-embossed cover.

OCEANA COUNTY HISTORY VOL. II *   (published  1992)
Includes Oceana County miscellaneous histories, anecdotes, photos, 15 pages of early pictures 

from all over the county.   Histories of all one room schools and early high schools, 

more family histories, memorials & tributes. It has 374 pages, is completely indexed, and 

features the same hard binding with gold embossed cover as Volume I

OCEANA COUNTY HISTORY VOL. III*  (published 2006)
Special SESQUICENTENNIAL edition commemorating Oceana County's 150 years of existence.   

It features a large photo section, business histories, 

family histories, memorials and tributes.   

It has 404 pages, is fully indexed with identical binding and 

gold embossed cover as Volumes I and II

OCEANA COUNTY PIONEERS & BUSINESSMEN OF TODAY Pub. 1890 - Aticles & pictures 

 PIONEERS OF FERRY TOWNSHIP *

POST CARDS

OCEANA COUNTY POST OFFICES - "THE EARLY YEARS" *
Lists all the Post Offices that ever existed in Oceana County.
Dates, opened and closed, name changes, 
names of post masters, many pictures

SCHOOLS   
(see also, Oceana County  School Yearbooks)
Crystal Township Schools* - Girdle Road School* - Golden Twp. Bicentennial Schools* 
Golden Twp. School Records* - Hart High School Graduates*  
Hesperia High School Graduates* -   (index 1891-2003) 
Lakeshore Public Academy Graduates*  - (Index  2001-2002) - Oceana County Normal  1894-1943*
Oceana High Graduates Index 1988-2002* - Pentwater High School Graduates Index* - (1880-2003)
Shelby High School Graduates Index * - 1890-2002)

Walkerville High School Graduates Index* - (1916-2002)

SURNAME  FILE

TAX RECORDS
Claybanks Township 1855-1881 * - Grant Township Tax Rolls  1867-1885 *  
Otto Township Tax Rolls 1862-1910 *

VETERANS OF VARIOUS WARS
5,660 names & growing..   Compilation of veterans with ties to Oceana County.   
When & where they served, rank, etc.   Source of information

VOTER RECORDS
Ferry Township  1898 * - Weare Township  1882-1895 *

WALKERVILLE AREA CENTENNIAL  1976 
(Colfax, Elbridge & Leavitt Twps) *