ARCHIVES County Research Guide: No. 34

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1 ARCHIVES County Research Guide: No. 34 OF MICHIGAN Ionia County Ionia County was organized in The county coordinates are Range 2W-2E and Township 1N-4N. Adjacent counties include Montcalm (north), Gratiot (northeast), Clinton (east), Eaton (southeast), Barry (southwest), and Kent (west). Here is a listing of original source records available at the Archives for Ionia County, including the years of coverage and the Record Group number. Finding aids available in the Archives, arranged by RG, give a more itemized listing of each collection. Businesses Annual reports of manufacturers RG Applications for insurance RG Articles of association RG RG Cemeteries Burial permits RG Burial permits (Belding) RG Danby Cemetery record (Danby) RG Ionia County files RG Churches First Baptist Church of Smyrna RG trustees minutes First Presbyterian Church of RG Pewamo records

2 Court records Chancery decrees RG RG Chancery dockets RG Chancery index ca RG Chancery record RG Circuit Court blotter RG Circuit Court calendar 1898 RG Circuit Court commissioner s docket RG Circuit Court docket 1837 RG Circuit Court grand jury record 1926 RG Circuit Court journals RG Common rule book RG Common rule book of Circuit Court RG Criminal and civil orders RG Criminal calendars RG Criminal case files RG Criminal docket RG Criminal docket (Ionia) RG Divorce decrees RG RG Divorce index RG Justice docket (North Plains Twp.) RG Law calendars RG Law case files RG Prosecuting attorney docket RG Transcript docket (Civil) RG Transcripts of civil judgments RG Land Abstracts of title RG Deed indexes RG Discharge of mortgage indexes RG Mortgage index RG Mortgage records RG Mortgage tax affidavits RG Mortgages of goods and chattels RG Pending lawsuit indexes RG Power of attorney RG Record of tax abstracts RG Registers of abstracts RG Registers of levies RG Rural Property Inventories RG Sheriff s deeds of mortgage sale indexes RG Unpaid mortgages book (non-residents) RG 80-69

3 Unpaid mortgages book (residents) RG Military Agents for burials of soldiers list RG American Legion publication 1942 RG Burial of indigent soldiers report RG Civil War discharge record 1871 RG Emergency farm labor and POW RG camp records GAR descriptive roll (Post 211) RG GAR post records RG * Ionia County GAR posts: 100 (Lyons), 126 (Smyrna), 132 (Portland), 151 (Sebewa), 153 (Saranac), 211 (Ionia), 234 (Hubbardston), 441 (Mason) Record of soldiers and sailors in the ca RG Great War Selective service lists RG RG Soldiers Relief Board minutes 1899 RG Veterans transfer card register RG * See also Guide No. 4: War Records, Guide No. 7: Post-War Records, Guide No. 4c: Spanish American War, and Guide No. 4d: World War I Naturalization Certificate stubs RG Court orders RG Declarations, oaths, and petitions RG Declarations of intention RG Petition and record RG Occupational Dentist registers RG Justice of the peace registers RG RG Notary public lists RG Optometrist registers RG Osteopath, drugless healer, RG and chiropractor registers Physician registers RG Statements of medical practitioners RG Veterinary surgeon registers RG RG Organizations Civilian Conservation Corps records RG 66-73

4 Political records Oaths of office RG Poor home/relief Admission forms to county poor home RG Children s aid record RG Inmate record RG Prison records Jail record RG RG * See also Guide No. 3: Correctional Facilities Records Probate Appraisers warrants and inventories RG Assignment of dower petitions RG Case files RG Correspondence RG Final account orders RG RG Index RG Index to executors, administrators, and RG guardians Journals RG Licenses to mortgage real estate RG Licenses to sell real estate at private sale RG Licenses to sell real estate at public sale RG Orders admitting dependent and RG neglected children to state public school Orders determining heirs RG Partition petitions RG Petitions to probate estates RG Record of wills RG RG Taxable inheritance abstracts RG Widows pension orders RG RG Recreation Hunting license record RG Motor vehicle register 1910 RG Schools Attendance & scholarship (Portland Twp.) RG #

5 Attendance record (Danby Twp.) RG Directories of school districts, RG officers, and teachers Examination register * RG School census RG School examiner reports RG School inspection reports RG Teacher directories RG 63-4 Teacher reports RG Teachers institute fee reports RG * Please note that some gaps exist. # Death certificate required for records less than 75 years old. Tax records Assessment rolls RG RG ; 1915 RG RG RG Vital records Birth record index RG Death record index RG Marriage affidavits RG Register of deaths (Belding) RG Return of births (Belding) 1894 RG * See also Court records: Chancery and Divorce * See also Guide No. 19: Vital Records Voter records Register of electors (Danby Twp.) RG Updated: January 2018