Genealogy
Resources at TDL
The Maxwell Room
The Maxwell Room is dedicated to holding the library’s collection of local and regional history materials that are free for browsing. The items, if not too fragile, can be copied but not checked out. Contact the library if interested in copies of any of the references on this page.
Newspapers
PDF issues – digitized and fully searchable:
Lakeview Enterprise 1894 – 2003 (some years missing)
Lakeview Area News 2006 – present
Coral News 1898 – 1943 (many missing issues)
Browse the partial obituary index from the Lakeview Enterprise:
Maps & Atlases
- Chadwick’s Farm Atlas of Montcalm County, Michigan, 1913 – Online version here
- Standard Atlas of Montcalm County Michigan, 1921- Online version here ~~Or here
- Farm Ownership Plat Book of Isabella County, Michigan
- County Evolution in Michigan, 1790-1897
- Montcalm County Plat Book (Rockford Publishers), 195, 1980, 1987, 1997, 2003, 2006, 2011, 2015
- Mecosta County Plat Book (Rockford Publishers), 1972, 1978, 1988, 1997, 2003, 2006, 2012
Centennials/Histories
Coral Centennial, 1862-1962
Morley Centennial, 1868-1969
Richland Township Centennial, 1869-1969
Stanton Centennial, 1863-1963
Six Lakes Centennial Book, 1879-1979 – online index here
Breckenidge Centennial, 1861-1961
A History of the Greater Greenville Area, 1844-1994
Trufant History, 1987
Early History of Owosso, 1969
Newaygo County History and Biographies, 2006
Souvenir of Lakeview, Michigan 1907
Howard City, Michigan, 1868-1968
Home Township Bicentennial, 1975
Riverdale Centennial, 1874-1974
Early Happenings of Six Lakes Area and Sumnerville, 1976
Cowden Lake Church of Christ Centennial, 1874-1974
History of Ionia and Montcalm Counties, Michigan, 1881
Alpena County, Michigan, Complete History, 1876
A Pioneer History of the Township of Brand Blanc, Genessee
County, Michigan, 1878
The Story of the Grand River, a Bicentennial History, 1975
History of Montcalm County, Michigan, Dasef 1916 2 volumes
Amble 1886-1986
Edmore Centennial Book, 1878-1978
Big Rapids, Michigan 1906
History of Arcadia, 1980
Douglass, A Michigan Township, 1982
History of Caseville, 1960
Pictorial History of the Lakeview/River Valley Areas, 1997
Lakeview Quasquicentennial, 1867-1992
Carson City Community Centennial, 1867-1967
Lakeview Area Centennial, 1867-1967
- Michigan Cemetery Atlas
- Michigan Cemetery Source Book
- Cemetery Transcriptions for Aetna township, Hinton Township, Altona, Lakeview, Cato Township, West Pine, Rustford, Dickerson-Whitscell, Hillcrest
Lakeview High School 1927, 1937, 1940, 1949, 1951, 1957-1974, 1976-1977, 1986-2001, 2003-2006, 2008, 2010-2021.
Lakeview Middle School Memories 1992 – 2014
Montabella High School 1977, 1979
Central Michigan University 1961, 1966, 1969, 1970, 1978, 1980
Edmore Community Schools 1963
Ernie and Agnes Wilson Scrapbook, 1910’s-1940’s
Addie Dubois, 1930’s-1940’s
Farm Journal Illustrated Directory of Montcalm county, 1917
Merchants, Tradesmen and manufacturers Financial Condition for Montcalm County Michigan, 1902
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