The Western Michigan Genealogical Society is in the process of computerizing the index to the early Kent County death records. The index is being placed on the Western Michigan Genealogical Society’s website for your benefit.

Currently there are 97,785 records in the database.

Some records from Book 1 covering 1869 - 1872 have been transcribed and additional information, including Gender, Age, Cause of Death, Parents might be shown for some of these records.

The originals are held at the Kent County Clerk’s Office, and you can request copies of any records of interest from them.

Download this form and complete it as instructed. While it doesn't have a space for the Book and Page Numbers that our index provides, write them on the form in the Marriage License section, and indicate that you don't know the date (unless you do of course).

Include payment as instructed on the form.

Or you can order online, but at this time the online form isn't set to accept the Book and Page number. This is being worked through currently, and so may change in the future. You can do this online by going to this page https://www.accesskent.com/VitalRecords/ and clicking the link at the bottom for "Marriage Records 1845 to Present".

There is a fee for this - from the AccessKent.com web site:

Special notice about marriage record requests:
1) The search fee for a vital record is $10 and includes one certified copy. Additional copies of the same record are $3 for each copy. A nominal convenience fee ($3) also applies to your order total. Search and convenience fees are non-refundable.

The following are volunteers who have willingly spent their time on this project.

Roger Moffat	Shirley De Boer	Becky Smith
Jeri and Alan Landheer	Walt De Boer	Jan Williams
Joan Welkie	Sue Bogard	Sue Irvine
Marlene Fabbro	Mary Huizen	Karen Blumenshine
Don Bryant	Sue Merizon	Megan Heyl
John Strickland	Darlene Snyder
Kaye Fish	Jan Williams
Bill Grinstead	Cherie Nagy
Charlyn Bailey	Judy Dood

 

Good Luck with your searches!!!

Search the Kent County Death Index