Welcome to the Local History Page!
Hours:
Available by appointment only. Please contact Jeremy Gowell at 231-861-4565.
Mission:
Preserving local history and making that information accessible is an important goal of the Shelby Area District Library. Our Local History Committee meets periodically to discuss special topics and plan programs.
Next Meeting: Tuesday February 21, 2023
Committee members are looking for area residents who will share historical documents, photographs, postcards, personal histories, and other memorabilia to be displayed at the library.
Genealogy Resources:
The Local History Room offers multiple resources for your genealogical research. We have family histories, obituaries, cemetery records, historical photographs, Shelby High School yearbooks, and more.
OCEANA COUNTY HISTORICAL AND GENEALOGICAL SOCIETY
(Use this link to look up cemetery records of Oceana County)
Local History Room Collection
Benona Families Genealogies--Paul and Freda Grover
Collection of Shelby Postcards and Pictures
Shelby and surrounding area Family Histories
Heritage Quest and Ancestry Online
Michigan Pioneer and Historical Society Collection--34 volumes
Oceana County Atlases 1895 and 1913
Oceana County Cemetery Records and Obituaries
Oceana County Census Records 1840-1930
Oceana County Pioneers
Oceana Herald on Microfilm May 1888 to June 2005
Oceana Independent on Microfilm 1880 to 1884
Platbooks
Rails to Trails Scrapbook
Samuel Atherton Genealogy Collections
Scrapbooks
Shelby High School Yearbooks
Surname File