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Last Updated:
5 April 2025

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We have a new logo to show off! It is displayed in the upper left hand corner of our website. T-shirts will be available for purchase and as prizes in the future.

Our second meeting of the year will be Wednesday, April 16th at 7pm.

Derek Blount will be presenting on "Case Study of Early PA Pioneer Family".

Watch for the email with the registration information which includes in person and Zoom.

Please consider the 2025 membership renewal if you have not done so yet. Our funds depend on you!

As in the past few years, we are not able to accept online membership but to hope by next year. Please visit the Membership page which is found at the top of the website.

Lansing Family History Center seminar has returned!
April 26, 2025, from 8-4

Click here for their registration.

Click here for their Facebook page.

Library of MI/Archives of MI Eaton Day
May 3, 2025, from 9-4

Click here for the agenda and to register for the event which is free but required.

Regularly Scheduled Room Hours

    New Hours as of December 2024 are Tuesdays from 5:00pm-8:00pm except the first Tues of each month

    Please call ahead especially if you're coming from a long distance to ensure room is open.

    Appointments can be made for other hours also by contacting us. At least 72 hours in advance notification is required.

    For research requests, visit the Send A Request page.

 

Our society is run entirely by volunteers. We enjoy providing a limited amount of research for you from our library resources and will get to yours as soon as volunteers are available. For a list of people who may be able to help you with more research (for a fee), see our Researchers page.

Where are the Eaton County Digitized Newspapers?

The Charlotte Public Library is now hosting the Eaton County Digitized newspapers on their website at charlottelibrary.org. Many digitized Eaton County newspapers have been uploaded to the Internet with more to come. On their site, go to Local History then scroll down to the widget's search box. You can search from here or click on the X in the upper right corner to close this window and look through the individual newspapers.

The Grand Ledge Independent newspapers after January 1924 can be searched on the Grand Ledge Library's website at gladl.org. Look for them under the Local History section.

The Eaton County newspapers are still available for searching at fultonhistory.com.

If you wish to donate to the effort to digitize more Eaton County newspapers, please send contributions to us at: ECGS, 100 W Lawrence Ave, Charlotte, MI 48813

Instructions for Eaton County Old Probate Packets on Family Search

Are you looking for the old probate packets from Eaton County? They're now on Family Search. Here's a set of directions on how to access them now: Search for Older Eaton County Probate Packet images on Family Search! And here's the link to Family Search to access these records: Family Search.

This page last updated: 6 April 2025