Iron County, Michigan Genealogy

United States Michigan  Iron County

County Courthouse
Iron County Courthouse 2 S 6th St. Crystal Falls, MI 49920-1413 Phone: (906) 875-3221 County Clerk has birth, marriage, death, divorce and court records from 1895. Probate court has probate records. Register of Deeds has land records. Towns Cities have burial records.

Parent County
1885--Iron County was created 3 April 1885 from Marquette, and Menominee Counties. County seat: Crystal Falls

Neighboring Counties

 * Baraga
 * Dickinson
 * Florence County, Wisconsin
 * Forest County, Wisconsin
 * Gogebic
 * Houghton
 * Marquette
 * Ontonagon
 * Vilas County, Wisconsin

Vital Records

 * Michigan Birth Registrations, 1867-1902 -- Free name indexes and images at FamilySearch Record Search. 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 Record Search. 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 Record Search.  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.

Family History Centers

 * Introduction to LDS Family History Centers

Web Sites

 * USGenWeb project. May have maps, name indexes, history or other information for this county. Select the state, then the county.