– By Mary Alt After the Civil War, Ottawa County officials found they had veterans who needed a home. In May, a documentary film on The Ottawa County Poor Farm will have its premiere in Holland and Grand Haven. When the Ottawa County Poor Farm received its first resident in 1866, no one could have […]
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Ted Bainbridge, Ph.D. Findagrave.com has announced that the web site soon will change. Some changes are cosmetic, while others are functional. A map feature has been added. The home page, formerly just a list of over thirty choices, will become a photograph with a few menu selections across the top. That page will be dominated […]
This article was posted recently on the City of Grand Rapids website – www.grcity.us Find Burial Records Online “If you are searching for loved ones who are buried at any of the City’s six cemeteries (Fairplains, Fulton, Greenwood, Oakgrove, Oakhill, or Woodlawn) you can now find information online 24 hours/day, 7 days/week. Simply go to […]
OTTAWA COUNTY POOR FARM CEMETERY DEDICATION –JULY 10th Thanks to Dan V. from Grand Rapids for passing on this item. He writes: Today, while biking out to Spring Lake on Leonard Road I stopped at the newer Ottawa County Eastmanville Park at the site of the old Poor Farm and talked with the Parks Supervisor, […]
