Michigan Online Genealogy Records

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Michigan

Online Genealogy Records

Michigan Statewide Online Genealogy Records This table shows links to statewide collections. To find links to collections on the county level, use the county Wiki pages. Some subscription websites listed below can be searched for free at a FamilySearch center or FamilySearch affiliate library.
For United States nationwide collections, go to the United States Online Genealogy Records page.
Vital Records Births 1775-1995: Michigan Births and Christenings at FamilySearch; index only 1867-1902: Michigan Births at FamilySearch; index only 1867-1911: Michigan Births and Christenings Index at Ancestry; index only ($) 1867-1917: Michigan County Births at FamilySearch; index & images Marriages 17thc-20thc: US Marriages at Findmypast; index only ($) 1817-1850: Michigan Compiled Marriages at Ancestry; index only ($) 1820-1937: Michigan County Marriages Index at FamilySearch; index & images 1820-1940: Michigan County Marriages at FamilySearch; index & images 1822-1995: Michigan Marriages at FamilySearch; index only 1828-Onward: Michigan Marriages at MyHeritage; index & images ($) 1851-1875: Michigan Compiled Marriages for Select Counties at Ancestry; index only ($) 1865-1931: Michigan Church Marriages at FamilySearch; index & images 1867-1952: Michigan Marriage Records at Ancestry; index only ($) 1868-1925: Michigan Marriages at FamilySearch; index & images 1870-1887: Michigan marriage records at Ancestry; images only Deaths 1800-1995: Michigan Deaths and Burials at FamilySearch; index only 1850-1880: Michigan Mortality Schedules at FamilySearch; index only 1867-1897: Michigan Deaths at FamilySearch; index & images 1867-1897: Michigan Deaths at MyHeritage; index ($) 1867-1952: Michigan Death Records at Ancestry; index & images ($) 1867-1995: Michigan Deaths and Burials Index at Ancestry; index only ($) 1897-1929: Michigan Death Records at Ancestry; index only ($) 1897-1952: Michigan Death Certificates at Michiganology 1921-1952: Michigan Death Certificates at FamilySearch; index only 1935-2014: US Social Security Death Index at Ancestry; index only ($) 1936-2007: US Social Security Applications and Claims Index at Ancestry; index only ($) Divorce 1897-1952: Michigan Divorce Records at Ancestry; index only ($) African American See US African American Online Genealogy Records Negroes in Michigan during the Civil War at Ancestry; images only ($) Archives and Libraries Biography 1710-1880: Michigan pioneer experiences at Ancestry; index & images ($) 1870-1900: Michigan Biographical Sketches at Ancestry; index only ($) Michigan, a centennial history of the state and its people at Ancestry; index & images ($) County and Town Histories, includes biographies Cemetery Records 1799-1999: Michigan, Grand Army of the Republic (GAR), Cemetery Index at FamilySearch; index & images 1800-2010: Indiana and Michigan, Michiana Genealogical Cemetery Index at Ancestry; index only ($) BillionGraves Index at FamilySearch; index & images Cemetery Search at BillionGraves Cemetery Search at Find a Grave Michigan, Civil War Centennial Observance Commission, Committee on Civil War Grave Registration, Burial Records at FamilySearch; index & images Census See US Census Online Genealogy Records 1850-1880: Michigan Mortality Schedules at FamilySearch; index & images 1884: Statistical Returns from the Census of the State of Michigan at Ancestry; images only ($); Also at Findmypast ($) 1894: Michigan State Census at FamilySearch; index only ($); Also at Ancestry ($) Church Records 1819-1991: Michigan Church Records at FamilySearch; index & images Compiled Genealogies Court and Criminal Records Directories Michigan Directories at US City Directories History County and Town Histories, includes biographies Immigration Records See US Immigration Online Genealogy Records 1500s-1900s: All US and Canada, Passenger and Immigration Lists Index at Ancestry; index only ($); includes those with Destination of Michigan; Also at MyHeritage; index only ($) 1894-1954: US Border Crossings from Canada to US at FamilySearch; index & images 1895-1956: US Border Crossings from Canada at MyHeritage; index & images ($); includes those with Destination of Michigan 1903-1965: Michigan Arriving Passenger and Crew Lists at Ancestry; index & images ($) 1929-1966: Michigan Crew Lists for various ports at FamilySearch; index & images 1957-1959: Michigan, South Haven Crew Lists at FamilySearch; images only Cultural Immigration Groups 1920-1939: Germany, Bremen Emigration Lists at MyHeritage; index only ($); includes those with Destination of Michigan Germans Immigrating to the US at MyHeritage; index only ($); includes those with Destination of Michigan Italians Immigrating to the US at MyHeritage; index only ($); includes those with Destination of Michigan Russians Immigrating to the US at MyHeritage; index only ($); includes those with Destination of Michigan	Indigenous Peoples of Michigan See US Native American Online Genealogy Records Land Records pre-1908: Michigan Homestead and Cash Entry Patents at Ancestry; index only ($) Full-Text Search - Land Records at FamilySearch - index & images; dates, records, and places vary; How to Search Maps Atlas of Historical County Boundaries at The Newberry Library Maps of Michigan at MapOfUS Military Nationwide Databases US Military Online Genealogy Records General Records 1775-1836: Michigan Military Records at Ancestry; index only ($) 1847-1965: Michigan Military Discharge Records at FamilySearch; index & images Indian Wars, dates vary See US Military Online Genealogy Records Revolutionary War, 1774-1783 See US Military Online Genealogy Records War of 1812, 1812-1815 See US Military Online Genealogy Records Mexican War, 1846-1848 See US Military Online Genealogy Records Florida War, 1855-1858 See US Military Online Genealogy Records Civil War, 1861-1865 See US Military Online Genealogy Records 1799-1999: Michigan, Grand Army of the Republic (GAR), Cemetery Index at FamilySearch; index & images 1861-1865: Record of service of Michigan volunteers in the Civil War at Ancestry; images only ($) 1876-1945: Michigan, Grand Army of the Republic Membership Records at FamilySearch; index only ($) Michigan, Civil War Centennial Observance Commission, Committee on Civil War Grave Registration, Burial Records at FamilySearch; index & images Michigan in the Civil War at Ancestry; images only ($) Michigan in the War at Ancestry; images only ($) Michigan Membership Rosters at Department of Michigan Negroes in Michigan during the Civil War at Ancestry; images only ($) Spanish-American War, 1898 See US Military Online Genealogy Records Michigan men in the Spanish American War at Ancestry; images only ($) World War I, 1917-1918 See US Military Online Genealogy Records World War II, 1941-1945 See US Military Online Genealogy Records 1940-1947: Michigan, World War II Draft Registration Cards at FamilySearch; index & images Michigan Casualties WWII at Archives.gov Michigan casualties, World War at Ancestry; images only ($) Korean War, 1950-1953 See US Military Online Genealogy Records US Military Fatal Casualties of the Korean War for Michigan at Archives.gov Vietnam War, 1964-1972 See US Military Online Genealogy Records The Vietnam Veterans Memorial-Michigan at VietVet.org Naturalization See US Naturalization Online Genealogy Records 1794-1995: US Naturalization Records Indexes at Ancestry; index & images ($) 1887-1931: Michigan Federal Naturalization Records at Ancestry; index & images ($) Newspapers 1800-Current: Michigan, U.S., Newspapers.com™ Stories and Events Index, 's-current at Ancestry; index & images ($) 1817-1999: Michigan Newspaper Archives at Genealogy Bank 1817-2009: Michigan Newspapers, 1817-2009 at MyHeritage ($) Michigan Digitized Newspapers at Chronicling America Michigan Newspapers & Periodicals at Ancestry; index only ($) Michigan Newspapers at Chronicling America Obituaries 1820-2006: Michigan Obituaries at FamilySearch; index & images 1980-2014: US GenealogyBank Obituaries at FamilySearch; index & images Michigan Obituaries at ObituariesHelp.org Periodicals PERiodical Source Index (PERSI) at Allen County Public Library; index Probate Records 1784-1980: Michigan Wills and Probate Records at Ancestry; index & images ($) 1797-1973: Michigan Probate Records at FamilySearch; images only Full-Text Search - Wills and Probate Records at FamilySearch - index & images; dates, records, and places vary; How to Search Tax Records Voting Records 1850-Onward: Michigan Voter Registrations at MyHeritage; index ($)

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