Index to Kent County Sites

    Libraries
    City Web Sites
     Kent County History

• Government Addresses for Records
  Find out where to write for Kent County birth, marriage, death, land and estate records.
  • Kent County Clerk
    Visit the Kent County Clerk's official information page for genealogists.

    General Information

    • Birth Certificate Request Form
    • Death Certificate Request Form
    • Marriage Certificate Request Form
  • Kent County Probate Office
     The new address is 180 Ottawa NW, Ste. 2500, Grand Rapids, MI  49503.  
    Ph# (616) 632-5440 - due to being short-staffed, they will no longer look for a name in their index by telephone calling.  You must submit your request in writing with as much information as you have.
  • Kent County Courts
    Visit this page for Probate Court records, including estate records and wills.
  • Michigan County Clerks Genealogy Directory
    This page from Michigan State Archives contains information on what records are available for Kent County and how to request copies.
  • Vital Records Request Forms: Michigan Vital Records Office
    Birth, marriage and death records since 1867 and divorce records since 1897 can also be requested from the State.
  • Michigan State Archives will do lookups in their records by email or phone.
  • Kent County Communities Guide
  (Kent Co. MI GenWeb)
  Information on townships, towns, villages, cities, hamlets, settlements, post offices, neighborhoods, railroad stations, mill towns, suburbs and others populated places in Kent County. Includes geographic and historic information, and links to several types of helpful links, including libraries and official government websites.
  • Official Kent County Michigan Government Page
  • Michigan Economic Development Corporation: Kent County Profile
  • National Association of Counties: Kent County, Michigan
  • Multimag: Kent County, Michigan
  • Grand Rapids Area Chamber of Commerce
  • Grand Rapids Convention and Visitor's Bureau
  • GrandNet: Grand Community
  • Grand Valley Metro Council
  • Grandville Chamber of Commerce
  • Rockford Chamber of Commerce
  • Wyoming Area Chamber of Commerce

  Libraries

• Kent District Library System
• LDS Family History Libraries Grand Rapids Stake
  2780 Leonard NE
  Grand Rapids, MI  49525
  Ph# - (616) 949-3343
  
  City Web Sites - 2007
• Kent County - accesskent.com
• Cedar Springs - cedar-springs.mi.us
• East Grand Rapids - eastgr.org
• Grand Rapids - grcity.us
• Grandville - cityofgrandville.com
• Kentwood - ci.kentwood.mi.us
• Lowell - ci.lowell.mi.us
• Rockford - rockford.mi.us
• Walker - ci.walker.mi.us
• Wyoming - ci.wyoming.mi.us

Created: 4 August 2005
URL: http://kent.migenweb.net/kent/index.html

Contact County Coordinator:  evlynsaw@comcast.net