Kalamazoo County, Michigan Genealogy

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County Courthouse
Kalamazoo County Courthouse 201 W Kalamazoo Ave. Kalamazoo, MI 49007 Phone: (269) 383-8840

Parent County
1829--Kalamazoo County was created 29 October 1829 from unorganized territory. It was attached to St. Joseph County prior to organization 1 October 1830. County seat: Kalamazoo

Neighboring Counties

 * Allegan
 * Barry
 * Branch
 * Calhoun
 * Cass
 * St. Joseph
 * Van Buren

Cemeteries
some partial transcriptions are available at Rootsweb: www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~mikccem/burialbycemetery.htm  Burials (through 2006) at Riverside Cemetery are available at this site as a PDF.

Civil War
Civil War service men from Kalamazoo County served in various regiments. Men often joined a regiment or a company (within a regiment) that originated in their county. Listed below are the military units that were formed in or had many men from Kalamazoo County.


 * - 1st Regiment, Michigan Cavalry, Companies I and M
 * - 12th Regiment, Michigan Infantry, Companies F, H, and Unassigned
 * - 17th Regiment, Michigan Infantry, Companies D, I, and K

Newspapers
Kalamazoo Gazette. The Kalamazoo Public Library is indexing the newspaper which is searchable online through their website: www.kpl.gov  The continually updated index can be searched by going to Research-&gt; Genealogy -&gt; Local Information Databases -&gt; Search Local Newspapers (select "subject" from the drop down box). Obituaries are available for a small fee.

Obituaries
Southwest Michigan Obituary Index from the earliest date to 2000.

Vital Records

 * Michigan Birth Registrations, 1867-1902 -- Free name indexes and images at FamilySearch Record Search. Records include such information as name of child, birthdate and place, if still-born, illegitimate or twin, gender, race and record number.
 * Michigan Marriage Registrations, 1868-1925 -- Free name indexes at FamilySearch Record Search. Records include such information as names of bride and groom, date of license, ages, race, residences, birthplaces, occupations and names of the fathers of the bride and groom.
 * Michigan Death Registrations, 1867-1897-- Free name indexes and images at FamilySearch Record Search.  Records include such information as name of deceased, date and place of death, gender, color, marital status, age in years, months and days, disease or apparent cause of death, birthplace, names and occupations of parents, and the date the record was made.

Family History Centers

 * Introduction to LDS Family History Centers
 * Kalamazoo Michigan Family History Center

Genealogical Socities

 * Kalamazoo Valley Genealogical Society

Web Sites

 * USGenWeb project. May have maps, name indexes, history or other information for this county. Select the state, then the county.