Huron County, Michigan Genealogy

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

Description
The County was named for Lake Huron. The County has Bad Axe as its seat and the County was created 1859. The County is located in the east area of the state.

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

Parent County
1840--Huron County was created 1 April 1840 from Sanilac County. It was attached to Saginaw, St. Clair, and Sanilac Counties prior to ogranization 25 January 1859. County seat: Bad Axe

Boundary Changes
See COUNTY EVOLUTION IN MICHIGAN, 1790-1897 by Richard W. Welch for the development of the counties in the state. This will help you to determine place of residence of your ancestors and under whose civil jurisdiction they resided. It is also useful for when you start to read the census records. 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
There is no known history of courthouse disasters in this county.

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:

Neighboring Counties
Sanilac •  Tuscola

Census
 State Census
 * 1894 - at FamilySearch — index

Church

 * 1819-1991 - at FamilySearch — index

Emigration and Immigration

 * 1929 - 1966 at FamilySearch — index and images

Maps

 * Maps of Michigan (1790-1897)

Civil War

 * at FamilySearch — index
 * 1876-1945 - at FamilySearch — index

World War I

 * 1917-1919 - at FamilySearch — index

Obituaries

 * 1820-2006 - at FamilySearch — index and images

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

Birth

 * 1867-1917 - at FamilySearch — index and images
 * 1867-1902 - 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.

Marriage

 * 1585-1945 - Michigan, United States Marriages at FindMyPast — index $
 * 1820-1937 - at FamilySearch — index
 * 1820-1940 - at FamilySearch — index and images
 * 1868-1925 - 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.

Death

 * 1850-1880 - at FamilySearch — index and images
 * 1867-1897 - 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.

Societies and Libraries
Huron County Genealogical Society 2843 Electric Ave. Pt. Huron 48060

Huron Shore Genealogical Society 6010 N. Skeel Ave. Oscoda 48750

Huron Valley Genealogical Society 1100 Atlantic St. Milford 48381

Huron County Genealogical Society PO Box 321004 Flint, MI 48532 E-mail:[mailto:HuronCo@yahoo.com HuronCo@yahoo.com] Website

HURON SHORES GENEALOGICAL SOCIETY c/o Robert J. Parks Public Library 6010 N. Skeel Avenue Oscoda, MI 48750-1577 Telephone: 989-739-9581 E-mail:[mailto:huronshoresgs@yahoo.com huronshoresgs@yahoo.com] Website


 * List of Michigan Archives, Libraries, Publications, Historical &amp; Genealogical Societies

Family History Centers

 * Introduction to Family History Centers

Genealogical Society

 * Huron County Genealogical Society

Websites

 * USGenWeb project. May have maps, name indexes, history or other information for this county.
 * Huron County, MI History, Records, Facts and Genealogy
 * Michigan Genealogy Network Community on Google+
 * Michigan Genealogy Network Group on Facebook
 * Huron County MI Genealogy (ldsgenealogy.com)
 * Huron County MI Genealogy (ldsgenealogy.com)