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| G7|| Bay|| 515 Center Ave., Bay City 48708-5125 ||1857|| Midland/Saginaw/Arenac||1867||1867||1867||1835?||1857||1883
 
| G7|| Bay|| 515 Center Ave., Bay City 48708-5125 ||1857|| Midland/Saginaw/Arenac||1867||1867||1867||1835?||1857||1883
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| F4|| Benzie|| 448 Court Place, P.O. Box 398, Beulah 49617-0398 ||1863 (1869)|| Leelanau *Grand Traverse||1868||1869||1868||1854||1870||1869
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| K4|| Berrien|| 811 Port St. (Mail) or 701 Main St. (Walk-in), St. Joseph 49085-1183 ||1829 (1831)|| unorganized land *Cass||1867||1831||1867||1831||1834||1833
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| || Bleeker||  || 1861 (renamed Menominee, 1863)||unorganized||||||||||||
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| K6|| Branch||31 Division St., Coldwater 49036-1904||1829 (1833)|| unorganized * St. Joseph ||1867||1833||1867||1833||1833||1833
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| || Brown||  || 1818||unorganized land||||||||||||
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| || colspan="10" | Became part of Wisconsin Territory in 1836; now Wisconsin.
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| J6|| Calhoun||315 W. Green St., Marshall 49068-1518||1829 (1833)||unorganized *St. Joseph/ *Kalamazoo||1867||1833||1867||1833||1835||1867
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| K5|| Cass||120 N. Broadway, P.O. Box 355, Cassopolis 49031-1302||1829 (1829) ||unorganized||1867||1830||1867||1829||1829||1831
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| || Charlevoix (old)||  || 1840 ||(as Keskkauko; renamed 1843; became part of Emmet, 1853)||||||||||||
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| E6|| Charlevoix (present)||203 Antrim St., Charlevoix 49720-1368||1869||Antrim/Emmet/Otsego||1868||1868||1868||1869||1881||1869
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| D6|| Cheboygan||870 S. Main St. , P.O. Box 70, Cheboygan 49721-0070||1840 (1853)||Mackinac||1867||1867||1867||1854||1854||1854
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| || Cheonoquet||  || 1840 (renamed Montmorency, 1843)||Mackinac/unorganized ||||||||||||
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| C6|| Chippewa||319 Court St., Sault Ste. Marie 49783-2183||1826||Michilimackinac||1869||1827||1869||1826||1828||1860?
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| G6|| Clare||225 W. Main St., P.O. Box 438, Harrison 48625-8336||1840 (1871)  ||(as Kayakee; renamed 1843) Mackinac *Midland/*Isabella/*Mecosta||1871||1871||1871||1865||1872||1871
 
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Revision as of 20:23, 28 April 2010

This entry was originally written by Arleigh P. Helfer, Jr. and Carol L. Maki for Red Book: American State, County, and Town Sources.

This article is part of
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the Michigan Family History Research series.
History of Michigan
Michigan Vital Records
Census Records for Michigan
Background Sources for Michigan
Michigan Maps
Michigan Land Records
Michigan Probate Records
Michigan Court Records
Michigan Tax Records
Michigan Cemetery Records
Michigan Church Records
Michigan Military Records
Michigan Periodicals, Newspapers, and Manuscript Collections
Michigan Archives, Libraries, and Societies
Michigan Naturalization
Ethnic Groups of Michigan
Michigan County Resources
Map of Michigan


Records at the county level are the responsibility of different offices. The office of the county clerk has birth, death, and marriage records. The register of deeds has land records, and the office of the probate judge has probate files. Circuit court offices or office of the county clerk: circuit court records.

Callard's Sourcebook... (see Background Sources for Michigan) provides a bibliography of relevant titles for each of the eighty-three Michigan counties. It is available for $6 from the Department of Management and Budget, Office Services Division Publications, State Secondary Complex, 7481 Crowner Dr., P.O. Box 30026, Lansing, MI 48909.

For some counties on the chart, there are two years listed for 'Date Formed.' The first is the year the county was created, the second is the year it was fully organized, if it differs from the creation year. Under the heading 'Parent County/ies,' the name/s listed may be the county or counties from which the respective county was formed, or it may be names by which the county was originally known. 'Unorganized' denotes that it was formed from non-county lands. A county name in parentheses is the county to which the unorganized land may have been attached at that time. An asterisk (*) under 'Parent County' indicates those locations in which you may also find records for the listed county. The * county may have been 'attached' to the listed county for some period of time. The date listed for each category of record is the earliest record known to exist in that county. It does not indicate that there are numerous records for that year and certainly does not indicate that all such events that year were actually registered.

Callard (1987) and McGinnis (1987), described in Background Sources, and more recent online resources, were used for the following guide to county information.

Each county has its own policies regarding the number of genealogists allowed to conduct research concurrently and whether or not children are permitted in the records area. It would be wise to check these rules with the county office in advance of an on-site visit.

Some Michigan counties provide Internet search capability for selected vital records. Such availability can be determined by checking the county's website, a list of which can be found at www.michigan.gov/emi. Look for the 'About Michigan' section of the 'Michigan Government' tab.


Map County County Address Date Formed Parent County(ies) Birth Marriage Death Land Probate Court
Aischum 1840 (renamed Lake, 1843) Mackinac/*Ottawa
F7 Alcona 106 5th St., P.O. Box 308 1840 (1869) (as Negwegon; renamed 1843) *Mackinac/ *Alpena/ *Cheboygan/ *Iosco 1869 1869 1869 1869 1869 1872
C4 Alger 101 Court St., Munising 49862-1103 1885 Schoolcraft 1884 1887 1884 1884 1889 1885
J5 Allegan 113 Chestnut St., Allegan 49010-1332 1831 (1835) Barry/unorganized 1867 1836 1867 1835 1839 1837
E7 Alpena 720 W. Chisholm St., Alpena 49707-2453 1840 (1857) (as Anamickee; renamed 1843) Mackinac/*Cheboygan 1869 1871 1871 1858 1858 1871
Anamickee 1840 (renamed Alpena, 1843) Mackinac/unorganized (Saginaw)
E5 Antrim 208 E. Cayuga St., P.O. Box 520, Bellaire 49615-0520 1840 (1863) (as Meegisee; renamed 1843) Mackinac *Grand Traverse 1866 1866 1867 1867 1863 1867
G7 Arenac 120 N. Grove St., Standish 48658-0747 1831 (1883) unorganized land *Saginaw 1883 1883 1883 1882 1883 1883
Arenac was eliminated in 1857 and recreated 1883 from Bay County.
B2 Baraga 16 N. Third St., L'Anse 49946-1002 1875 Houghton 1875 1875 1875 1875 1876 1875
J5 Barry 220 W. State St., Hastings 49058-1849 1829 (1839) unorganized land *St. Joseph/*Kalamazoo 1867 1839 1867 1834 1862 1850
G7 Bay 515 Center Ave., Bay City 48708-5125 1857 Midland/Saginaw/Arenac 1867 1867 1867 1835? 1857 1883
F4 Benzie 448 Court Place, P.O. Box 398, Beulah 49617-0398 1863 (1869) Leelanau *Grand Traverse 1868 1869 1868 1854 1870 1869
K4 Berrien 811 Port St. (Mail) or 701 Main St. (Walk-in), St. Joseph 49085-1183 1829 (1831) unorganized land *Cass 1867 1831 1867 1831 1834 1833
Bleeker 1861 (renamed Menominee, 1863) unorganized
K6 Branch 31 Division St., Coldwater 49036-1904 1829 (1833) unorganized * St. Joseph 1867 1833 1867 1833 1833 1833
Brown 1818 unorganized land
Became part of Wisconsin Territory in 1836; now Wisconsin.
J6 Calhoun 315 W. Green St., Marshall 49068-1518 1829 (1833) unorganized *St. Joseph/ *Kalamazoo 1867 1833 1867 1833 1835 1867
K5 Cass 120 N. Broadway, P.O. Box 355, Cassopolis 49031-1302 1829 (1829) unorganized 1867 1830 1867 1829 1829 1831
Charlevoix (old) 1840 (as Keskkauko; renamed 1843; became part of Emmet, 1853)
E6 Charlevoix (present) 203 Antrim St., Charlevoix 49720-1368 1869 Antrim/Emmet/Otsego 1868 1868 1868 1869 1881 1869
D6 Cheboygan 870 S. Main St. , P.O. Box 70, Cheboygan 49721-0070 1840 (1853) Mackinac 1867 1867 1867 1854 1854 1854
Cheonoquet 1840 (renamed Montmorency, 1843) Mackinac/unorganized
C6 Chippewa 319 Court St., Sault Ste. Marie 49783-2183 1826 Michilimackinac 1869 1827 1869 1826 1828 1860?
G6 Clare 225 W. Main St., P.O. Box 438, Harrison 48625-8336 1840 (1871) (as Kayakee; renamed 1843) Mackinac *Midland/*Isabella/*Mecosta 1871 1871 1871 1865 1872 1871