Handouts

• Outline and worksheet
• Pedigree Chart (Family Tree)
• Family Group Sheet
• Family & Home Info Checklist

S-D History Center

• Genealogy page – family histories, death certificates, etc.
• Archive – books, photos, documents, maps, property info, letters, etc.
• Obituaries – about 10,000 of them
• Scanned record books – Masonic Lodge, criminal docket, tax assessments
• YouTube playlist on family history

S-D District Library

• Ancestry Library Edition – free to use at the library (Video intro)
• Genealogy and Local History page
• Book – The History of Western Allegan County – lots of family histories
• Books about local history and specific families
• General books about genealogy and family history
  • Genealogy 101 by Barbara Renick
  • Uncovering Your Ancestry Through Family Photographs by Maureen Alice Taylor
  • Unpuzzling Your Past by Emily Anne Croom
  • Plugging into Your Past by Rick Crume
  • Guide to the Genealogical & Historical Collections by MI Genealogical Council
• Magazines and special issues through Libby
  • Family Tree / Family Tree UK
  • Get Started in Family History
  • Essential Guide to Family History

Free resources online

• Library of Michigan account – free access to Newspapers.com & Fold3
• Commercial Record – 1958-1970 searchable / 1868-1977 partly searchable
• FamilySearch.org
• WikiTree
• Cemetery Data: Find a Grave and Billion Graves
• Books: Google Books / WorldCat / Internet Archive
• General: Google search
• Classes and webinars: FamilySearch.org  /  BYU Family History Library
• 10 Genealogy YouTube Channels You Shouldn’t Miss

More places to find information

• County courthouses – Allegan County
• Municipal offices – e.g., town clerk
• Archives – local, state, federal
• LDS FamilySearch Center (South Haven)
• Genealogy societies
• Funeral homes
• Cemeteries
• Churches
• Herrick Library in (Holland) – has ALE and other resources
• Grand Rapids Public Library – has ALE and Fold3, FamilySearch Affiliate Library
• Library of Michigan (Lansing) – rich set of resources
• Allen County (Fort Wayne IN) – Why visit? video

Societies and Conferences

• Western Michigan Genealogy Society
• Michigan Genealogical Council
• National Genealogy Society
• RootsTech – FamilySearch (Salt Lake City and online)

Software for Windows

• Gramps – free
• Ancestral Quest – $34.95
  Basics – free

• Family Tree Maker – $79.95
• Heredis – $39.99
• RootsMagic – $39.95
  Essentials – free

• Legacy FamilyTree – free?

Software for MacOS

• Gramps – free
• Ancestral Quest $44.95
  Basics – free

• Family Tree Maker – $79.95
• Heredis – $69.99
• RootsMagic – $39.95
• Reunion – $99.99