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• Tri-River Historical Museum Network - 2017 Spring Into the Past added 11/25/2016
  
• Wyoming Historical Commission - added 09/05/16
  
• Flat River Community Library digitized collection includes text-searchable newspapers of the Greenville/Montcalm County area from 1857-1923 and various vital records from Montcalm County. 
  
• Search Greenville Independent & Daily Call Newspapers Search various Montcalm County records added 7/17/16
  
• Beckmaze Historical Society's Dewey-Wedgwood Home in Wyoming - added 07/09/16
  
• Added almost 6,000 new obits to Mecosta County Genealogical Society Obituary Index - 07/09/16
  
• Links to Portland Area Historical Society and other Portland resources - added 06/23/16.

• Tri-River Quilt Trail Featuring “Quilts - A Stitch in Time”

• 2016 Spring Into the Past - West Michigan Small Museum Tour
  Download a full pdf brochure - added 02/13/16.
   

• Edmore (Montcalm County) Pine Forest Historical Museum Facebook site: https://www.facebook.com/PineForestHistoricalMuseum

• Barry County Historical Society facebook (you must have a facebook.com account to view this site)www.facebook.com/bchistory64

• 2015 Spring Into the Past - West Michigan Small Museum Tour
  Download a full pdf brochure - added 01/10/15.

• Grand Rapids first Family History Fair - LDS (May 31)
  Free attendance - Brochure and Registration

• 2014 Spring Into the Past - West Michigan Small Museum Tour
  Download a full pdf brochure - added 11/25/13.

• Byron Center Museum and Historical Society - updated 11/23/2013

• Byron Center Museum and Historical Society - updated 7/6/13.

• Local History Roundtable "Natives, Settlers, Founders: Our shared story of community growth" April 18 - added 3/16/13

• 2013 Spring Into the Past - West Michigan Small Museum Tour
  Download a full pdf brochure - added 01/02/13

• Ottawa County - Wright Township Historical Commision - added July 3, 2012

• Allegan County - unidentified photos. Are they your family?
  Hendges/Stacey/Newton families from Wayland/Blair - added 7/24/11

• Graafschap Heritage Center (Laketown Twp, Allegan Co) - added link 4/20/11

• Sage School Restoration - added 3/2/11

• Mecosta County Genealogical Society - added 12/17/10

• GotAncestors?! - Annual Seminar Registration Opens - 8/30/10.

• Link to WMGS Local & Family History Resource Fair event page - added 6/15/10

• Link to GVSU Archives and Special Collections - added 4/23/10

• Link to Kutsche Office for Local History, West Michigan Local History Roundtable - added 4/23/10

• Link to Barry County Genealogy Club:
  http://www.hastingspubliclibrary.org/sevices/genealogy/
  (added 4/26/09)

• Press Release from Allegan County Historical Society - "St. Valentine’s Day Massacre 80th Anniversary - The West Michigan Connection"- Saturday February 14th

• May 2nd & 3rd, 2009 - West Michigan's Small Museum Tour
    Download .pdf brochure "Spring into the Past" added 11/22/08)

• Links to Area History - Montcalm County (link added 10/17/08)

• Michigan Society of the Sons of the American Revolution - West Michigan Chapter - (9/28/08)

• Michigan Sampler Survey - (8/3/08)

• Link to Ensley Township Historical Society from the Township Page - (5/4/08)

• Link to Timothy C Hauenstein Reynolds Township Library from the Township Page (Montcalm County)  - (5/4/08)

• Hopkins Township, Allegan County page - 4/6/08

• Alton Village in Vergennes Township (Kent) &
  Alton Historic Church Museum - 1/27/08

• Link to www.LyonsMuir.org to Lyons Township page - 10/20/07

• Sebewa Township (Ionia County) 10/20/07

• Carson City Public Library Resources (Ionia County) - 3/1/07

• Link to Grand Rapids Historical Commission (Kent Co) - 2/10/07

• Byron Center Historical Society (Kent Co) - 11/19/06

• Freeport Genealogical Society (Barry Co) - 10/29/06

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