Antrim County, Michigan Genealogy

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County Courthouse
Antrim County Courthouse 208 E Cayugoa St. P. O. Box 520 Bellaire, MI 49615 Phone: (213) 533-6353

Parent County
1840--Antrim County was created 1 April 1840 from Mackinac County. It was formerly Messgisee County, until name was changed to Antrim County 8 March 1843. It was attached to Mackinac and Grand Traverse Counties prior to ogranization 11 March 1863. County seat: Bellaire

Populated Places

 * City: none
 * Villages: Bellaire . Central Lake . Elk Rapids . Ellsworth . Mancelona
 * Townships: Banks . Central Lake . Chestonia . Custer . Echo . Elk Rapids . Forest Home . Helena . Jordan . Kearney . Mancelona . Milton . Star . Torch Lake . Warner
 * Communities: Alba . Alden . Antrim. Atwood . Clam River . Eastport . Kewadin . Torch Lake

Neighboring Counties
Charlevoix | Crawford | Grand Traverse | Kalkaska | Otsego

Civil War
Civil War service men from Antrim 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 Antrim County.


 * - 12th Regiment, Michigan Infantry, Companies B, F, H, and Unassigned
 * - 17th Regiment, Michigan Infantry, Companies D, I, and K

Newspapers

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

Vital Records

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