Eaton County, Michigan Genealogy

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County Courthouse
Eaton County Administrative Offices 1045 Independence Blvd. Charlotte, MI 48813 Phone: (517) 543-7500

History
A brief history of Eaton County is available at the county's web site.

Parent County
1829--Eaton County was created 29 October 1829 from unorganized territory. It was attached to St. Joseph and Kalamazoo Counties prior to organization 29 December 1837. County seat: Charlotte

Populated Places

 * Cities: Charlotte . Eaton Rapids . Grand Ledge . Lansing. Olivet . Potterville
 * Villages: Bellevue . Dimondale . Mulliken . Sunfield . Vermontville
 * Townships: Bellevue . Benton . Brookfield . Carmel . Cheste r. Delta Charter . Eaton Rapids . Eaton . Hamlin . Kalamo . Oneida Charter . Roxand . Sunfield . Vermontville . Walton . Windsor Charter
 * Communities: Ainger . Bismark . Brookfield . Carlisle . Charlesworth . Chester . Delta Center . Delta Mills . Five Points Corner . Gresham . Hoytville . Kalamo . Kelly . Kingsland . Little Venice . Millett . Needmore . Olivet Station . Oneida Center . Packard . Petreville . Sahytown . Stalls Corner . Waverly . West Windsor . Woodbury

Neighboring Counties
Barry | Calhoun | Clinton | Ingham | Ionia | Jackson |

Resources
The Eaton County Clerk's Office has provided information about how to obtain genealogical records for their county on their portion of the county web site.

Vital Records

 * Birth Records Table Alcona County Genealogical SocietyFree membership with registration.
 * Marriage Records Table Alcona County Genealogical SocietyFree membership with registration.
 * Death Records Table Alcona County Genealogical SocietyFree membership with registration.


 * Michigan Birth Registrations, 1867-1902 -- Free name indexes and images at FamilySearch - Pilot. Records include such information as name of child, birthdate and place, if still-born, illegitimate or twin, gender, race and record number.
 * Michigan Marriage Registrations, 1868-1925 -- Free name indexes at FamilySearch - Pilot. 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.
 * Michigan Death Registrations, 1867-1897  Free name indexes and images at FamilySearch - Pilot.  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.

Web Sites

 * The Eaton County MIGenWeb Project, an member of The MIGenWeb Project, an affiliate of The USGenWeb Project.
 * The Eaton County MIGenWeb Project, an member of The MIGenWeb Project, an affiliate of The USGenWeb Project.