Local Collections, Guides and Indexes

Below are inventories, indexes, and guides for the physical collections at the Local History Branch. These are not comprehensive and are intended to serve as a starting point for Cass County research. The library will be adding to this page regularly, so we encourage you to check back frequently! If you have any questions, please visit, call, or email the branch. For contact information, hours, and location, please click here.

• Cass County Plat Maps
• Vertical File Index
• Index to Marcellus News Microfilm Reels
• Rare Newspapers on Microfilm
• Vegetation Map, Cass County, Circa 1800
• Research Guide Index to the Microfilm Reels of the Cassopolis Vigilant
• Research Guide National Democrat on Microfilm
• Research Guide Cass County Cemeteries
• Microfilm Reels Containing Dowagiac Newspapers
• Michigan History Magazine on Microfilm
• Michigan Soldiers and Sailors in Civil War 1861-1865 Book Set
• Rural Schools of Cass County
• Research Guide Cass County Rural Schools
• Research Guide General Land Office
• Microfilm Reels Death Records
• Research Guide Ross Beatty High School Class Photos

Local Newspaper Obituary Indexes:

• • 1998-2012
  • 2013
  • 2014
  • 2015
  • 2016
  • 2017
  • 2018
  • 2019
  • 2020
  • 2021

Connelly Funeral Home Records:

• • 1917
  • 1918
  • 1919
  • 1920
  • 1921 
  • 1922
  • 1923
  • 1924 
  • 1925
  • 1926
  • 1927
  • 1928
  • 1929
  • 1930