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2025 Events

  • May 19: Chaffin-Portner Scholarship Presentation
  • July 21: Annual Meeting
  • Nov 17: Holiday Party at 7pm

Archives & Libraries

  • Central Michigan University has digitized papers from Isabella, Clare and Washtenaw counties.
  • Clarke Library at Central Michigan University is a great resource for historical documents from Gratiot and surrounding counties.
  • Library of Michigan and the Archives of Michigan is a perfect starting point for genealogical research in the area.
  • State of Michigan Archives includes death certificate images and other digitized items from their collection.

Funeral Homes

  • Barden Funeral Home hosts current obituaries for Ithaca and Montcalm County.
  • Dewey Funeral Home records from Alma up to 2019 courtesy of Legacy.com.
  • Lux Funeral Home has recent obituaries from Ithaca, Breckenridge, Alma, St. Louis, Middleton, and Riverdale, as well as Montcalm County.
  • Smith Family Funeral Homes has recent obituaries from Ithaca and St. Louis, as well as Clinton County.

Gratiot County Records

  • Digitized Vital Records from the County Clerk’s Office. Includes birth, marriage, and death records.
  • Gratiot County Clerk main website.

Research Links

  • History at Home: A Guide to Genealogy
  • Jim Goodspeed maintains a blog of musings from Gratiot County history.
  • Michigan Genealogical & Historical Societies
  • Michigan GENWEB Gratiot County Site is a good place to find online records and information on Gratiot County.
  • The Midwest Genealogy Center is one of the nation’s preeminent resources for family history, providing access to almost three-quarter of a million on-site materials.

Contact

Gratiot County Historical and Genealogical Society
PO Box 73
Ithaca, MI 48847
Phone: 989.875.6232
Email: info.gchgs@gmail.com

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