Research Department

Newaygo County Museum and Heritage Center

Local History and Genealogy

 Research Room and Archives

Hours

April through October

Tuesday - Saturday, 11:00 am to 4:00 pm 

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November - March 

By Appointment, between 9:00 am - 3:00 pm

Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday

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Self-Guided Research in our Research Room:

• Ancestry.com  Library Edition  

• Historical Newspaper Archives (easy to use digital):

  •   Fremont Indicator - 1878, 1879, 1880, 1911-1970, 1972-1974, 1979-1986, 1992-1998, 2000-2013

  •   Grant Galaxy & Grant Herald/Independent - 1937-1973

  •   Hesperia Union - 1896-1904, 1909-1917

  •   Newaygo Tribune & Newaygo Republican 1859,  1870-1973

  •   White Cloud Eagle  1907-1973

• Census records of Newaygo County

  • Original handwritten, digital format: 1860, 1870, 1880, 1884, 1894, 1900, 1910, 1920, 1930

• Cemetery Indexes

  • Township cemeteries

  • City cemeteries

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Research Assistance

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Please use our Research Request form for personalized research services.

Assisted Research:

• People

• Military

• Geography, 

• Government,

• Businesses

• Organizations

• And much more...