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​Settlement of Westphalia: A Brief Overview

​Father Kopp's List of Early Settlers


NOTE: Although we've suspended genealogy research requests, if you want help identifying people or information, please post it on our Facebook page with your question and we will share it with our followers. 

Genealogy research can be a daunting job w
ith so many options of where to begin. Look over the links below and see where they take you.


Bureau of Land Management (United States Department of the Interior) - search for purchase patents from the land office. See signatures of your ancestors and get dates for specific purchases. Remember that at the time of settlement, the nearest land office was in Ionia. 

Clinton County News Archives from 1966 - 1976

Clinton County Cemetery locations and information

DeWitt Library - Has links to over thirty websites - many of them local sources - to birth, death, census, marriage, Civil War records, newspapers, and many others

Find A Grave - Search by last name, cemetery name, etc.; find pictures of grave stones; some have additional documents and pictures

Genealogists of Clinton County - various vital records, school information - including yearbooks
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History of Shiawassee and Clinton Counties, Michigan

Ionia County MIGen Web: Michigan Genealogy on the Web

Library of Michigan and Archives of Michigan (family history link) - information about their resources and some newspaper links

MeL - Michigan eLibrary - use your driver's license number or a library card number to access census records for free

MIGenWeb - Michigan genealogy information online, part of USGenWeb
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Michigan Polonia - Polish and German genealogy and history resources

Saint Joseph Cemetery, Pewamo Database - includes pictures of gravestones

Seeking Michigan - tips for research, events, pictures, maps, death and Civil War records

Saint Mary Cemetery, Westphalia Database from the DeWitt Library, created by Dianne Schafer in 1999
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Saint Mary Cemetery, Westphalia: beginning of a project; includes some pictures 


Schafer, Johann Joseph - group sheet
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  • Home
  • About Us
    • About Us
    • Fact Sheet
    • Blog
    • Calendar
    • Pictures
  • Westphalia History
    • Father Kopp's List & Information
    • Settlement of Westphalia
  • Newsletters
  • Research
  • Gift Shop