Charlevoix County, Michigan Genealogy

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County Courthouse
Charlevoix County Courthouse 203 Antrim Street Charlevoix, MI 49720 Phone: (231) 547-7200 Fax: (231) 547-7217 Toll Free Number: 1-800-548-9157 Email address: clerk@charlevoixcounty.org County Clerk has birth records from 1867, marriage and death records from 1868, divorce, court and land records from 1869 and probate records from from 1881.

Parent County
1869--Charlevoix County was created 2 April 1869 from Emmet, Antrim and Otsego Counties. County seat: Charlevoix

Populated Places

 * Cities: Boyne City . Charlevoix . East Jordan
 * Village: Boyne Falls
 * Townships: Bay . Boyne Valley . Chandler . Charlevoix . Evangeline . Eveline . Hayes . Hudson . Marion . Melrose . Norwood . Peaine . South Arm . St. James . Wilson
 * Communities: Bay Shore . Norwood

Neighboring Counties
Antrim | Cheboygan | Emmet | Otsego

Cemeteries
Norwood Township


 * Norwood Cemetery

Marion Township


 * Barnard Cemetery

Charlevoix Township


 * Brookside Cemetery
 * St Mary's Catholic
 * Grand Army of the Republic
 * (unnamed)

Bay Township


 * North Bay Cemetery
 * Oaklawn (Horton Bay)
 * Dyer Cemetery

Hayes Township


 * Undine Cemetery

Evangeline Township


 * Griffin Cemetery

Boyne City


 * Maple Lawn CemeteryUpdated 11/26/2006
 * Wilson (Old Boyne) Cemetery

Wilson Township


 * Lewis Cemetery
 * Todds Cemetery
 * Knop/Knob Cemetery

Eveline Township


 * Advance Cemetery

East Jordan


 * Calvary Catholic Cemetery
 * Sunset Hill

South Arm Township


 * Jones Cemetery
 * Lakeside Cemetery

Melrose Township


 * Duncan (Dunkard) Cemetery
 * Maple Hill (Clarion) Cemetery

Hudson Township


 * Hudson Cemetery

Chandler Township


 * Chandler (Gallop) Cemetery
 * Howard (Danny) Cemetery

Boyne Falls


 * St Augustine Cemetery
 * Boyne Valley Cemetery
 * Okrion (Russian) Cemetery

Ironton


 * Catholic Cemetery
 * Protestant Cemetery

Beaver Island


 * Holy Cross Cemetery
 * St James Twp Cemetery
 * Indian Cemetery
 * Protar's Grave
 * Clifton Graves

Civil War
Civil War service men from Charlevoix 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 Charlevoix County.



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.

Charlevoix County Genealogical Society
P.O.Box 7 Boyne City MI 49712

Family History Centers

 * Introduction to LDS Family History Centers

Web Sites

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