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KALAMAZOO COUNTY, MI

GENEALOGY & LOCAL HISTORY

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WELCOME HOME to Kalamazoo County, Michigan Genweb.
My name is Bev Edwards, your Kalamazoo County Coordinator, as of June 2008. If you have additional information or corrections for this site, please email me . The purpose of this project is to provide useful information in researching family history, genealogy, and local history related to Kalamazoo County, Michigan. This project is based on volunteers that are also needed to assist with the transcription of records.

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This Site was last modified <31 August 2008>

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Kalamazoo County is located in SW Michigan. It is the name of the county, the largest city, and also the main river. Kalamazoo County was organized in 1830 from St. Joseph County - see the History pages.

Kalamazoo County is named for the river that runs through it, the Native American form of which was probably "Ke-Ken-a-ma-zoo." A widely used translation is "boiling water" . Among other possible translations are "otter tail" and "reflected river"

County seat: City of Kalamazoo
Population: 238,603 (2000)
Area: square miles
Townships: 15
Villages: 4
Cities: 4

See the Maps , Census , Chronology of Township, Village and City Formation pages

"In the whole wide world there is only one Kalamazoo."

Willis Dunbar, Kalamazoo and Michigan Historian.

"Yes, Kalamazoo is a spot on the map...Listen with your ears on a Saturday night in Kalamazoo. And say to yourself: I hear America..."

Carl Sandburg, The Sins of Kalamazoo

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Site Dedication

This site, Kalamazoo County Genealogy & Local History, has been recognized by its parent organization, USGenWeb; each month the USGenWeb Newsletter spotlights a county website or two in the from all the counties in country as worth of some recognition In the October, 2006 Newsletter, USGenWeb spotlighted Kalamazoo County's site:

Dedication to Richard L. 'Dick' Branch
November 18, 1941 to July 1, 2007

"The Kalamazoo County, MI site was overseen by Dick Branch. Mr. Branch was responsible for Kalamazoo County for about 6 years, first taking over in the year 2000, at which time he reported the site had "only a few pages." Antique postcards illustrate this site from a collection of images he acquired over the years. Dick was also an amateur photographer and had taken photos of Kalamazoo since the 1960's. This county site uses tables to display the extremely varied information located here, as well as links to other web sites containing history of the community, photographs and vital record information. The county history pages were Dick's favorites, and he reported that the Kalamazoo Mall and Theater Views garnering many hits at this site. Mr. Branch was constantly revising and adding to the site, his mission was to consistently "improve the download times and readability of the image rich pages." For Dick, it was very rewarding to build a site and assist his visitors with their genealogy research. This is a site well worth visiting, cram packed with wonderful data about Kalamazoo. It is easy to see that he loved this county."

Never having the priveldge of meeting Dick Branch, it is evident to all viewers that he had a true gift in his website and photography of Kalamazoo County. This site is dedicated to his memory and the 6 years he kept the site full of information and resources. So perhaps we do know this man. He must have been very caring about history and passing the torch to future generations; so they might find their ancestors and know of the community they once came from.

Knowing I have some very big shoes to fill, I humbly will maintain the site in preserving all of Dick's work and adding new entries as they are donated to this site. Beverly Edwards - new Kalamazoo County GenWeb Coordinator.

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This web site serves as a resource and exchange for genealogical and historical information about KALAMAZOO County. Visitors can read and post queries, obituaries, bible records and other family information. In addition, resource materials including biographies, census, cemeteries, images, photographs, marriages, maps and transcribed records are located on, or are accessible through, this site. The site contains many links to sites with information about Kalamazoo County, southwestern Michigan, and Michigan.

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Beverly Edwards, Kalamazoo County Coordinator, Jan Cortez, Statewide Coordinator