Local History Room Collection
In addition to the records listed below, the Local History Room houses Family Histories, Plat Maps, Yearbooks, Area History, Journals and Periodicals, and Obituaries.
Census Information
| Category | Available Indexes | Available Records |
| Federal | 1850, 1860, 1870, 1880, 1900, 1910 | 1850, 1860, 1870, 1880, 1900, 1910, 1920, 1930 |
| State | 1884 & 1894 | 1884 & 1894 |
City Directories
| City | Years Available |
| Greenville | 1904, 1908 – 1910, 1913, 1914, 1917, 1919, 1920, 1922, 1932, 1940 – 1943, 1945, 1950, 1953, 1955, 1959, 1963, 1965, 1967, 1969, 1971, 1972, 1975 – 1980, 1982, 1984, 1986 – 1988, 1990, 1993, 1995, 1996, 1998 – 2011 |
| Belding | 1922 – 1924, 1926, 1953, 1955, 1961 |
| Ionia | 1967 & 1973 |
Newspapers
| Title | Years Available |
| The Greenville Independent | August 1857 – December 1926 |
| The Greenville Daily News | January 1927 – present |
| Notes & Quotes | 1857 – 1923 |
Vital Records
| Category | Available Indexes | Available Records |
| Birth | 1870 – 1970 | Available at Courthouse |
| Marriage | 1851 – 1970 | 1851 – 1935, Later years available at courthouse |
| Death | 1867 – 1951 | 1867 – 1915, Later years available at courthouse |
| Divorce | Montcalm County | 1851 – 1915 |