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Local History

Roof Cemetery (Climax) (North) (Church)

Charleston Township

Location: Northwest corner of 44th St. and MN Ave.

Status: Active.
roof-sign-240  roof-stone-240
Photos: Beth Timmerman, 2010.

Sources

Original Records

Charleston Township
  • 1499 S. 38th St.
  • Galesburg, MI 49053
  • (269) 665-7805

Books

Tombstone Inscriptions in Kalamazoo County, Michigan: A Bicentennial Project
  • Kalamazoo Valley Genealogical Society
  • 1980
  • H 977.417 K145

Articles

“Cemetery damage”
  • Kalamazoo Gazette, July 13, 1969, page 11, column 2.
  • Copy available in Cemeteries Scrapbook #2, page 14.

Websites

The Tombstone Transcription Project, Kalamazoo County — Michigan USGenWeb
  • Records and photos — presumed complete through May 2008.
Find A Grave
  • About 700 records, some  with photos and additional information.

Last updated July 19, 2012.

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