Antrim County, Michigan Genealogy

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

Description
The County was named for County Antrim in Northern Ireland. The County is located in the north area of the state.

County Courthouse
Antrim County Courthouse 208 E Cayugoa St. P. O. Box 520 Bellaire, MI 49615 Phone: (213) 533-6353 Antrim County Website County Clerk has birth, marriage, death, divorce and court records from 1867 and military discharge records. Probate Judge has probate records from 1863. Register of Deeds has land records.

Populated Places
For a complete list of populated places, including small neighborhoods and suburbs, visit HomeTown Locator. The following are the most historically and genealogically relevant populated places in this county:

Bible Records

 * (*); at FamilySearch Catalog — images

Cemeteries

 * 1799-1999 at FamilySearch — index and images

Census Records
 State Census


 * 1894 Michigan Department of State. Census of the State of Michigan, 1894. Vol 3. Lansing, MI: R. Smith & co., state printers, 1896. (Civil War veterans only) Digital version at FamilySearch Digital Library
 * 1850-1880 at FamilySearch - How to Use this Collection

Church Records
List of Churches and Church Parishes
 * 1819-1991 at FamilySearch - How to Use this Collection
 * FamilySearch Places

Directories

 * 1863-1922 Michigan State Gazetteers and Business Directories at Hathi Trust Digital Library — images

Emigration and Immigration

 * 1929-1966 at FamilySearch - How to Use this Collection

Funeral Homes

 * Beacon Cremation & Funeral Service in Hesperia, Whitehall, Ludington, Hart, Frankfort, Kingsley, Elk Rapids, and Traverse City, MI


 * Mortensen Funeral Homes in Mancelona, Central Lake and Bellaire, MI.


 * Penzien Funeral Homes Inc in East Jordan, MI.

Land and Property Records
Online Land Indexes and Records
 * Dates Vary United States Wills and Deeds Experimental Search at FamilySearch - incomplete index and images, counties and dates vary

Maps and Gazetteers

 * Maps of Michigan (1790-1897)
 * 1863-1922 Michigan State Gazetteers and Business Directories at Hathi Trust, images – includes business directories for towns across the state
 * FamilySearch Places: Map of cities and towns in this county - How to Use FS Places

Military Records
Civil War World War I
 * 1861-1865 Record of Service of the Michigan Volunteers in the Civil War 1861-1865 at Michiganology — images, multiple volumes organized alphabetically by surname
 * 1876-1945 at FamilySearch - How to Use this Collection
 * 1894 Michigan Department of State. Census of the State of Michigan, 1894. Vol 3. Lansing, MI: R. Smith & co., state printers, 1896. (Civil War veterans only) Digital version at FamilySearch Digital Library
 * at FamilySearch - How to Use this Collection
 * 1917-1919 at FamilySearch - How to Use this Collection

Naturalization and Citizenship

 * 1837-1993 at FamilySearch - How to Use this Collection

Newspapers

 * Antrim Review- full-text of about 30 issues spanning 2006-2009 freely available in Google News Archive
 * Bellaire Area Review - full-text of close to 100 issues spanning 2006-2009 freely available in Google News Archive
 * Digital Michigan Newspapers at Central Michigan University

Obituaries

 * 1820-2006 at FamilySearch - How to Use this Collection

Probate Records
Online Probate Indexes and Records
 * 1784-1980 Michigan, U.S., Wills and Probate Records, 1784-1980 at Ancestry.com ($) — index & images
 * 1797-1973 at FamilySearch — How to Use this Collection; images
 * 1864-1910 (*); Probate Court at FamilySearch Catalog — index & images
 * 1888-1903 (*); Register of Deeds at FamilySearch Catalog — images
 * Dates Vary United States Wills and Deeds Experimental Search at FamilySearch - incomplete index and images, counties and dates vary

Social Security Records

 * 1935-2014 at FamilySearch - How to Use this Collection; index. Also at Ancestry, findmypast, Fold3, GenealogyBank, MyHeritage, and Steve Morse. Click here for more information.
 * 1936-2007 U.S., Social Security Applications and Claims Index, 1936-2007 at Ancestry ($) — index, click here for more information.
 * 1936-2007 at FamilySearch - How to Use this Collection; index

Birth

 * 1867-1917 at FamilySearch - How to Use this Collection
 * 1867-1902 at FamilySearch - How to Use this Collection

Marriage

 * 1585-1945 Michigan, United States Marriages at Findmypast $
 * 1820-1937 at FamilySearch - How to Use this Collection
 * 1820-1940 at FamilySearch - How to Use this Collection
 * 1868-1925 at FamilySearch - How to Use this Collection

Death

 * 1850-1880 at FamilySearch - How to Use this Collection
 * 1867-1897 at FamilySearch - How to Use this Collection
 * 1867-1952 Michigan, Death Records, 1867-1952 at Ancestry ($) — index and images
 * 1897-1952 Michigan Death Records at Michiganology - index and images, organized by county and then last name.

Divorce

 * 1897-1952 Michigan, Divorce Records, 1897-1952 at Ancestry ($) — index and images

FamilySearch Centers

 * Kalkaska Michigan FamilySearch Center
 * Traverse City Michigan FamilySearch Center


 * Roscommon Co Genealogical Society Research & Education Library - an affiliate library

Societies
Bellaire Area Historical Society 202 N Bridge St PO Box 646 Bellaire, MI 49615 Phone: 231-533-8631 Email: [mailto:bellairehistoricalsociety@gmail.com bellairehistoricalsociety@gmail.com] Website Facebook Central Lake Area Historical Society PO Box 646 East Jordan, MI 49727 Phone: 536-0756 Email: [mailto:johnsonelden69@gmail.com johnsonelden69@gmail.com] Website Facebook Elk Rapids Area Historical Society 301 Traverse St PO Box 2 Elk Rapids, MI 49629 Phone: 231-264-5692 Email: [mailto:president@elkrapidshistory.org president@elkrapidshistory.org] Website Facebook Facebook Grand Traverse Area Genealogical Society PO Box 2015 Traverse City, MI 49685-2015 Email: [mailto:info@gtags.org info@gtags.org] Website Facebook Mancelona Area Historical Society PO Box 103 Mancelona MI 49659 Phone: 231-676-1462 Facebook

Websites

 * The Antrim County MIGenWeb Project, an member of The MIGenWeb Project, an affiliate of The USGenWeb Project.
 * Antrim County MI Genealogy (Michigan Genealogy)
 * – The FamilySearch catalog contains descriptions and access information for all genealogical materials (including books, online materials, microfilm, microfiche, and publications) in their collection.  Use Historical Records to search for specific individuals in genealogical records.