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Research Strategies for Ionia County When doing research in Ionia County, one must remember that the county was not formed until 1833. Before that time, area residents were governed by Kent County. This is why we often find people from the Lowell area with records in both Ionia County and Kent County. Records for the people of the "Dexter Settlement" might be found in Kent County. It is also helpful to know that Montcalm County was originally a part of Ionia County. Ionia County is bordered on the north by Montcalm County, on the south by Barry and Eaton Counties, on the east by Clinton and Gratiot Counties and on the west by Kent County. If you are having problems locating birth, marriages, deaths or burials, be sure to check out these other counties. In later years, when hospitals became more accessible, fewer people were actually dying at home. When an individual dies in a hospital the death record is filed in the county that the death occurred. So. those individuals from Ionia County that died in Grand Rapids, Michigan or in Lansing, Michigan will have death records in Kent County or in Ingham County. Those death records were not always sent back to the original county of the person’s residence. Occasionally, the county clerk of the county where the death occurred would send a courtesy copy to the county court of residence. Family History Help
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Last Updated July 06, 2008
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