Gratiot County, Michigan Genealogy

United States Michigan  Gratiot County

Guide to Gratiot County, Michigan ancestry, family history, and genealogy birth records, marriage records, death records, census records, family history, and military records.

County Courthouse
County Clerk has birth, death, divorce and court records from 1867 and marriage records from 1855. Probate Court has probate records. Register of Deeds has land records.

Parent County
1831--Gratiot County was created 2 March 1831 from unorganized territory. It was attached to Saginaw and Clinton Counties prior to organization 3 February 1855.

County seat
Ithaca

Boundary Changes
For animated maps illustrating Michigan county boundary changes, "Rotating Formation Michigan County Boundary Maps" (1790-1897) may be viewed for free at the MapofUS.org website.

Record Loss
For a list of record loss in Michigan counties see: Michigan Counties with Burned Courthouses

Neighboring Counties
Clinton •  Ionia  •  Isabella  •  Midland  •  Montcalm  •  Saginaw  •  Shiawassee

Cemeteries
BillionGraves


 * Ford Cemetery, Elba
 * North Star Cemetery, Ithaca
 * Oak Grove Cemetery, St. Louis

Maps



 * Family Maps of (land patent maps) at HistoryGeo.com ($). Free surname search.
 * Maps of Michigan (1790-1897)

Probate
Online Probate Records
 * 1784 – 1980 Michigan Wills and Probate Records 1784-1980 at Ancestry.com — index and images $
 * 1797 – 1973 at FamilySearch — images

Vital Records

 * How to order Michigan Vital Records
 * Michigan Birth Registrations, 1867-1902 -- Free name indexes and images at FamilySearch. 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. 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. 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.
 * Michigan Obituary Records, 1850 - 2010: The Gratiot County Historical &amp; Genealogical Society has made an obituary database online. Links to the obituaries can be found under the Items of Interest header on the right side of the page.

Societies and Libraries

 * List of Michigan Archives, Libraries, Publications, Historical &amp; Genealogical Societies
 * Gratiot County Historical and Genealogical Society has resources for copies of original records from newspapers, funerals homes, phographs, and county birth, marriage and death records.

Family History Centers

 * Introduction to LDS Family History Centers

Web Sites

 * Gratiot County, MI History, Records, Facts and Genealogy
 * Michigan Genealogy Network Community on Google+
 * Michigan Genealogy Network Group on Facebook
 * USGenWeb project. May have maps, name indexes, history or other information for this county. Select the state, then the county.