Index of Obituaries from the Holland Evening Sentinel 1912-1976.The Van Reken Index for the years 1912-1990. The complete Holland City News from 1872-1977 is now available online through Hope College Digital Commons. Some names are also indexed, but not vital records, such as births, deaths and marriages. The Van Reken Index contains information on the Holland area, including but not limited to businesses, schools, churches, buildings, railroads, etc. It indexes both the Holland City News and the Holland Sentinel. It is also available online on the Hope College Digital Commons website. It is available in book form on the microfilm cabinet in large blue binders, one for each decade from 1880-1990. It is a partial index to the newspapers – it does not index everything. The Van Reken Index was created by the historian Donald Van Reken, who has written many books about Holland’s history and worked at the library for many years. It does not index information on businesses, fires, crimes, etc. It indexes the following information: anniversaries, births, deaths, engagements, marriages, adoption and divorces. This index includes Holland City News articles that are of interest to patrons doing genealogical research. There are also obituary indexes available at Herrick, both in print and online. Herrick Library has compiled some indexes in recent years, and it is also possible to check for information on the Holland Sentinel website from 1997 to the present in their archives section. The Van Reken Index is available digitally through the Hope College Digital Commons and in print at Herrick Library in ten year increments. The earlier years of the index contain more information than the later years. It was compiled by a local historian, Donald Van Reken, and covers mostly Holland businesses, schools, churches, and other subjects, but not many names. The Van Reken Newspaper Index covers both the Holland City News and the Holland Sentinel from 1880-1990. There are some partial indexes to both papers. Although it began publication before 1912, there are no earlier papers available. The Holland Sentinel is a daily newspaper and is available on microfilm at Herrick from 1912 until the present. The Ottawa County Times was a weekly Democratic newspaper published in Holland. Also available online is the Ottawa County Times from 1892-1905. The complete Holland City News is also now available online through Hope College's Digital Commons. The Holland City News was a weekly paper which ran through 1977, and Herrick owns it on microfilm from 1872-1977. Holland has two newspapers, the Holland City News and the Holland Sentinel.
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