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 An 1867 law required the counties to send copies of the records to the Office of the State Registrar (see address above). Licenses were not required until 1887. The Family History Library has marriage records for most counties, from county creation to 1920 or later, and some indexes to the 1950s or later.
-*'''[[Gretna Greens in the United States|Gretna Greens]].''' When a Michigan '''eloping''' couple's marriage is not in their home county, search for it in alternate places like [[Lake County, Indiana|Crown Point IN]], or [[St. Joseph County, Indiana|South Bend IN]], or [[Steuben County, Indiana|Angola IN]].<ref name="Eakle1">&amp;amp;amp;amp;lt;span&amp;amp;amp;amp;gt;Arlene H. Eakle, "Have you searched and searched for a marriage without finding it?" in ''Genealogy Blog'' at &amp;amp;amp;amp;lt;a href="http://www.arleneeakle.com/wordpress/2007/02/19/have-you-searched-and-searched-for-the-marriage-without-finding-it/"&amp;amp;amp;amp;gt;http://www.arleneeakle.com/wordpress/2007/02/19/have-you-searched-and-searched-for-the-marriage-without-finding-it/&amp;amp;amp;amp;lt;/a&amp;amp;amp;amp;gt; (accessed 8 January 2011).&amp;amp;amp;amp;lt;/span&amp;amp;amp;amp;gt;</ref> Port Huron, [[St. Clair County, Michigan|St. Clair, Michigan]] was a Gretna Green for couples from [[Ontario]], especially Lambton County.<ref>&amp;amp;amp;amp;lt;span&amp;amp;amp;amp;gt;Fay Lucille Lucas Bertrand, "1839-1898 Marriages St. Clair County, Michigan (Mainly Port Huron, Michigan)" in ''Granny's Genealogy Gardens'' at &amp;amp;amp;amp;lt;a href="http://www.granniesgenealogygarden.com/Granny1/clair1.html"&amp;amp;amp;amp;gt;http://www.granniesgenealogygarden.com/Granny1/clair1.html&amp;amp;amp;amp;lt;/a&amp;amp;amp;amp;gt; (accessed 10 January 2011).&amp;amp;amp;amp;lt;/span&amp;amp;amp;amp;gt;</ref><br>
+*'''[[Gretna Greens in the United States|Gretna Greens]].''' When a Michigan '''eloping''' couple's marriage is not in their home county, search for it in alternate places like [[Lake County, Indiana|Crown Point IN]], or [[St. Joseph County, Indiana|South Bend IN]], or [[Steuben County, Indiana|Angola IN]].<ref name="Eakle1">&amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;lt;span&amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;gt;Arlene H. Eakle, "Have you searched and searched for a marriage without finding it?" in ''Genealogy Blog'' at &amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;lt;a href="http://www.arleneeakle.com/wordpress/2007/02/19/have-you-searched-and-searched-for-the-marriage-without-finding-it/"&amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;gt;http://www.arleneeakle.com/wordpress/2007/02/19/have-you-searched-and-searched-for-the-marriage-without-finding-it/&amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;lt;/a&amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;gt; (accessed 8 January 2011).&amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;lt;/span&amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;gt;</ref> Port Huron, [[St. Clair County, Michigan|St. Clair, Michigan]] was a Gretna Green for couples from [[Ontario]], especially Lambton County.<ref>&amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;lt;span&amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;gt;Fay Lucille Lucas Bertrand, "1839-1898 Marriages St. Clair County, Michigan (Mainly Port Huron, Michigan)" in ''Granny's Genealogy Gardens'' at &amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;lt;a href="http://www.granniesgenealogygarden.com/Granny1/clair1.html"&amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;gt;http://www.granniesgenealogygarden.com/Granny1/clair1.html&amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;lt;/a&amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;gt; (accessed 10 January 2011).&amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;lt;/span&amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;gt;</ref><br>
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 === '''Death Indexes'''  ===
 [http://www.mdch.state.mi.us/gendisx/search.htm Genealogical Death Indexing System ](1867-1897) &nbsp;furnished by the Michigan Department of Community Health
 === Divorce Records  ===
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 The earliest records of divorce were recorded in the supreme court. Later divorce papers are usually kept by the clerk of the circuit, chancery, or county court. The Family History Library has few divorce records for Michigan. Many divorce and other vital records have been abstracted and published in genealogical periodicals.
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 == Adoption Records<br>  ==
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 *[http://fhlfavorites.info/Links/USA_States/States_Frames/Michigan/michigan.htm Michigan Links] from [http://fhlfavorites.info/ fhlfavorites.info] - Free
-=== FamilySearch Historical Record Collections  ===
+'''Wiki articles describing these collections are found at:'''<br>
-Online collections containing these records are located in [https://www.familysearch.org/search/collection/list FamilySearch.org.]
-Wiki articles describing these collections are found at:<br>
 *[[Michigan Births and Christenings (FamilySearch Historical Records)|Michigan Births and Christenings (FamilySearch Historical Records)]]
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 *[[Michigan Marriages (FamilySearch Historical Records)|Michigan Marriages (FamilySearch Histoircal Records)]]
 *[[Michigan Marriage Records (FamilySearch Historical Records)|Michigan Marriage Records (FamilySearch Historical Records)]]
-*[[Michigan,_County_Marriages_(FamilySearch_Historical_Records)|Michigan, County Marriages (FamilySearch Historical Records)<br>]]
+*[[Michigan, County Marriages (FamilySearch Historical Records)|Michigan, County Marriages (FamilySearch Historical Records)<br>]]
 == References  ==