Welcome to the Genealogy Room at Hackley Public Library

The Genealogy Room has many resources (see below). If you can't find what you are looking for here, try the County Court House (Terrace St., Muskegon--volunteers are available each Wednesday afternoon) or the Church of Latter Day Saints Family History Center (between Horton and Buys Rds on Giles Rd in Laketon Twp--open Tuesdays 5-9:30p, Wednesdays 9:30a - 9:30p, and Saturdays 10a-2p).

You can contact the Muskegon County Genealogical Society by writing c/o of Hackley Public Library, 316 W Webster Ave, Muskegon MI, 49440. Meetings are held at the Torrent House (across from the Library) on the second Thursday of each month except July (no meeting in July) at 7:00 pm.

GENEALOGY RECORDS

  1. VITAL RECORDS: BIRTHS, DEATHS, MARRIAGES.
  2. MUSKEGON CO. NEWSPAPERS.
  3. OBITUARIES
  4. FEDERAL CENSUS, MICROFILM (MICHIGAN) FROM 1820
  5. MUSKEGON CO. CENSUS (INDEXED) 1884/1894
  6. 1880 MICHIGAN CENSUS SOUNDEX INDEX (ON CARDS)
  7. LAND RECORDS
  8. NATURALIZATION RECORDS
  9. PASSENGER LISTS
  10. PERIODICALS
  11. BOOK COLLECTION
  12. MILITARY-REV. WAR, WAR OF 1812, CIVIL WAR
  13. DAR (INDEXED)
  14. SAM ATHERTON COLLECTION, OCEANA CO. (INDEXED)
  15. SURNAME INDEX (3 X 5 CARD FILE)
  16. MICROFICHE (PERIODICAL DESK)
  17. CITY DIRECTORIES (MUSKEGON CO.)
  18. RESEARCH MATERIAL ON CD-ROM
    1. PERSI INDEX
    2. SOCIAL SECURITY INDEX
    3. PASSENGER AND IMMIGRATION LIST, GERMANS TO AMERICA 1850-1874
    4. PASSENGER AND IMMIGRATION LIST, GERMANS TO AMERICA, 1500-1900
    5. CENSUS MICROFILMS, 1850, MAINE, NEW HAMPSHIRE, VERMONT
    6. FRENCH-CANADIAN MARRIAGES, 16TH-20TH CENTURY
    7. TANGUAY DICTIONARY
    8. SAR PATRIOT INDEX
    9. CIVIL WAR, A COMPILATION OF THE OFFICIAL RECORDS OF THE UNION AND CONFEDERATE ARMIES
    10. BIRTHS AND BAPTISMS OF SOUTHEAST REGION OF NEW YORK, 1660-1916
    11. WORLD FAMILY TREE (FAMILY TREE MAKER) PRE-600 TO PRESENT
    12. SELECTED U.S./ INTERNATIONAL MARRIAGE RECORDS, 1340-1980

MUSKEGON COUNTY RECORDS AT HACKLEY LIBRARY

SUBJECT DATES
BIRTHS, INDEX 1867-1949
BIRTHS, LIBER 1-8 1867 through July 10,1917
DEATHS, INDEX 1867-1965
DEATHS, LIBER 1-3 1867 through May 31, 1918
REGISTER OF DEEDS, INDEX 1838-1887
REGISTER OF DEEDS, RECORDS Nov. 10,1838-1928
MARRIAGES, INDEX (GROOM) 1867-1949
MARRIAGES, LIBER 1-5 1859 through June 17,1916
DECLARATIONS OF INTENTION, INDEX 1859-1941
DECLARATIONS OF INTENTION, LIBER 1,2,4,5, 6 Nov. 3, 1859-Sept. 26, 1906
NATURALIZATION RECORDS LIBER A-D 1894-1906
PROBATED WILLS, INDEX 1859-1929
PROBATE OF WILLS, LIBER 1-6 1862-1907
RECORD OF WILLS, LIBER 6-9 1902-1911,1913-1917
UNPROBATED WILLS 1867-1915

NEWSPAPERS ON MICROFILM IN FILE CABINETS

Muskegon Reporter 1859-1864
Muskegon Chronicle(Daily/Weekly) 1869
Muskegon Enterprise 1870-1873
The News and Reporter 1870-1899
Muskegon Lakeside Weekly 1874-1875
Muskegon Lakeside Register 1876-1877
Muskegon Journal 1877-1881
Shelby Independent 1880-1884 (and FEB., 1887)
Morning News 1882-1909
Peninsular City Pioneer 1891-1892
Monitor Muskegon 1891-1893
Michigan Posten Thorsdagen (Swedish) Oct 1890
The New World (Muskegon Heights) 1891-1893
The Muskegon Record (Daily Record;) 1901-1904
The Daily Record 1901-1904
Muskegon Times 1911-1916
New York Times 1913
Muskegon Heights Record 1923-1956
Muskegon Free Press 1924-1925
Muskegon Observer (East End Enterprise) 1924-1942

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Created: 9/23/98