WESTERN MICHIGAN GENEALOGICAL SOCIETY ONLINE!

DEAR RESEARCHER  |  Research Request Form

We are pleased to hear of your interest in family history in the West Michigan area. The WMGS has formed a Search Committee made up of trained volunteers who are willing, for a fee, to examine records in our collection at the Grand Rapids Public Library. Our volunteers do not search the local court house records in other locations. If you have questions about an order you've placed or an order you are considering, please email search@wmgs.org.

The list of resources (return to this page with your back button) will give you an idea of the library's holdings. You are welcome to check specific sources that you wished searched. Unless you have one specific request, we must have a family group sheet on one family, not multiple pages of computer print-outs. If your request does not comply, it could cause a delay in research or we may have to return your request. A simple four-generation chart would also be helpful to our volunteers.

We will do limited microfilm reading for a specific time and place, but we do not wish to duplicate the information that you have collected. If you are not familiar with a census search, please inform us.

For the amount of $15.00 per hour, (a minimum of one hour, maximum of three hours per request), we will search a family unit. This will include supplies, up to five photocopies (per hour searched) and postage in the USA. An additional charge of $2.00 is requested for places outside the USA. Monies are used to enlarge the Genealogical Collection at the Grand Rapids Public Library, promote genealogical education and preserve the genealogical records of Western Michigan. *Please allow six to eight weeks for a reply. Mail your request and check or money order to:

Search Request
Western Michigan Genealogical Society
111 Library Street NE
Grand Rapids, MI 49503-3268

Sincerely,

Wanda Schottler, Chair
WMGS Search Committee
 

HOW TO ORDER RESEARCH

Research Request Form