Clinton County, Michigan Genealogy

United States  Michigan  Clinton County Guide to Clinton County Michigan genealogy. Birth records, marriage records, death records, census records, family history, and military records.   County Courthouse County Clerk has bird and&#160;death records from 1867, marriage records from 1839, divorce records from early 1800’s and court records. Handybook for Genealogists: United States of America, 10th ed. (Draper, Utah: Everton Pub., 2002), Clinton County, Michigan page 344, ;. History Named for DeWitt Clinton, U.S. Senator and Governor of New York  Parent County 1831--Clinton County was created 2 March 1831&#160;from unoganized territory. It was attached to Kent and Shiawassee Counties prior to organization 12 March 1869.&#160; County seat:&#160; St. Johns The Handybook for Genealogists: United States of America,10th ed. (Draper, UT:Everton Publishers, 2002). Boundary Changes Record Loss Places/Localities Populated Places Cities: DeWitt. East Lansing. Grand Ledge. St. Johns </li>Villages: Eagle. Elsie. Fowler. Hubbardston. Maple Rapids. Ovid. Westphalia </li>Townships: Bath. Bengal. Bingham. Dallas. DeWitt. Duplain. Eagle. Essex. Greenbush. Lebanon. Olive. Ovid. Riley. Victor. Watertown. Westphalia </li>Communities: Bath. Eureka. Matherton. Shepardsville. Wacousta </li></ul> Neighboring Counties <a href="Eaton County, Michigan">Eaton</a> | <a href="Gratiot County, Michigan">Gratiot</a> | <a href="Ingham County, Michigan">Ingham</a> | <a href="Ionia County, Michigan">Ionia</a> | <a href="Montcalm County, Michigan">Montcalm</a> | <a href="Saginaw County, Michigan">Saginaw</a> | <a href="Shiawassee County, Michigan">Shiawassee</a> Resources Cemeteries BillionGraves: <a href="http://www.billiongraves.com/pages/cemetery/cemetery.php?cemetery_id=50087">Duplain Cemetery, St. Johns</a> </li><a href="http://www.billiongraves.com/pages/cemetery/cemetery.php?cemetery_id=147957">Gunnisonville Cemetery, Lansing Charter Township</a> </li><a href="http://www.billiongraves.com/pages/cemetery/cemetery.php?cemetery_id=50733">Hurd Cemetery, DeWitt</a> </li><a href="http://billiongraves.com/pages/cemetery/cemetery.php?cemetery_id=147348">Maple Grove Cemetery, Ovid</a> </li><a href="http://www.billiongraves.com/pages/cemetery/cemetery.php?cemetery_id=51377">Mount Rest Cemetery, St. Johns</a> </li><a href="http://www.billiongraves.com/pages/cemetery/cemetery.php?cemetery_id=51847">Reed Cemetery, Laingsburg</a> </li><a href="http://www.billiongraves.com/pages/cemetery/cemetery.php?cemetery_id=51937">Riverside Cemetery, Elsie</a> </li><a href="http://www.billiongraves.com/pages/cemetery/cemetery.php?cemetery_id=52407">South Ovid Cemetery, St. Johns</a> </li><a href="http://www.billiongraves.com/pages/cemetery/cemetery.php?cemetery_id=117106">Wilsey Cemetery, DeWitt</a> </li></ul> Church <span class="fck_mw_template"> Court Land <span class="fck_mw_template"> Local Histories <span class="fck_mw_template"> Maps <img src="/learn/wiki/en/images/b/b3/Miclinton.jpg" _fck_mw_filename="Miclinton.jpg" _fck_mw_width="600" alt="Miclinton.jpg" style="width: 600;" /> <a href="http://www.historygeo.com/search/">Family Maps of </a> (land patent maps) at HistoryGeo.com ($). Free surname search. </li></ul> Military Civil War Civil War service men from Clinton County served in various regiments. Men often joined a regiment or a company (within a regiment) that originated in their county. Listed below are the military units that were formed in or had many men from Clinton County. <dl><dd>-&#160; <a href="1st Regiment, Michigan Cavalry">1st Regiment, Michigan Cavalry</a>, Company D &#160; </dd></dl> Newspapers <span class="fck_mw_template"> Probate <span class="fck_mw_template"> Taxation Vital Records <span class="fck_mw_template"> <li>Michigan Birth Registrations, 1867-1902&#160;-- Free name indexes and images at <a href="https://www.familysearch.org/#p=collectionDetails;t=searchable;c=1459684">FamilySearch</a>. Records include such information as name of child, birthdate and place, if still-born, illegitimate or twin, gender, race and record number. </li><li>Michigan Marriage Registrations, 1868-1925 -- Free name indexes at <a href="https://www.familysearch.org/#p=collectionDetails;t=searchable;c=1452395">FamilySearch</a>. &#160;Records include such information as names of bride and groom, date of license, ages, race, residences, birthplaces, occupations and names of the fathers of the bride and groom. </li><li>Michigan Death Registrations, 1867-1897 --&#160;Free name indexes and images&#160;at&#160;<a href="https://www.familysearch.org/#p=collectionDetails;t=searchable;c=1452402">FamilySearch</a>. &#160;&#160;Records include such information as name of deceased, date and place of death, gender, color, marital status, age in years, months and days, disease or apparent cause of death, birthplace, names and occupations of parents, and the date the record was made. </li></ul> Societies and Libraries <ul><li><a href="http://www.dewittlibrary.com/">DeWitt District Library</a> </li><li><a href="http://www.dewittlibrary.com/CCHS/">Genealogists of the Clinton County Historical Society</a> </li></ul> Family History Centers <ul><li><a _fcknotitle="true" href="Introduction to LDS Family History Centers">Introduction to LDS Family History Centers</a> </li><li><a _fcknotitle="true" href="Lansing Michigan Family History Center">Lansing Michigan Family History Center</a> </li></ul> Web Sites <ul><li><span class="fck_mw_template"> </li><li><a href="http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~miclinto/">The Clinton County MIGenWeb Project</a>, an member of <a href="MIGenWeb">The MIGenWeb Project</a>, an affiliate of <a href="USGenWeb">The USGenWeb Project</a>. </li></ul> References <span class="fck_mw_references" _fck_mw_customtag="true" _fck_mw_tagname="references" /> <span class="fck_mw_template">

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