Free Online Research
MyHeritage LIBRARY EDITION is available for free to Fennville District Library card holders. The Library Edition of MyHeritage.com can be accessed by clicking the MeL link from our website. From there select “Fennville District Library” from the drop down menu, type in your name (last name ((comma)) first name), your valid library card number, and then your PIN number (the last 4 digits of your phone number). Once you have signed in, you will have access to a database of family history and genealogy resources, including more than 6 billion historic records and 2 billion family trees. Here are just some of the resources available:
- Census & Voter Lists
- Family Trees
- Birth, Marriage & Death
- Birth Records
- Marriage & Divorce
- Death, Burial, Cemetery & Obituaries
- Photos
- Military
- Draft, Enlistment & Service
- Pension Records
- Military Documents
- Immigration & Travel
- Passenger Lists
- Citizenship, Passport and Naturalization
- Newspapers
- Books & Publications
- Public Records
- Schools & Universities
- Government, Land, Court & Wills
Ancestry Library Edition is available for use at the Fennville District Library. Search multiple databases including:
- US Federal Census, 1790-1930
Complete images, many ever-name census indexes - UK Census Collection, 1861-1901
Census data and images - US Immigration Collection
Ships’ logs and passenger indexes, linked to images of original
documents - Vital Records Index
Birth, marriage and death records - Military Collection
WWI draft registration cards - 98% of males under 46 in 1917-18 - Comprehensive Reference Collection
Search major genealogy reference books; browse over 700 historic and modern maps
