Newaygo County, Michigan Genealogy

United States Michigan  Newaygo County

County Courthouse
Newaygo County Courthouse 1087 Newell St. White Cloud, MI 49349-0293 Phone: (616) 689-7235 County Clerk has birth and death records from 1867, marriage records from 1851 military records. Clerk Circuit Court has divorce, naturalization records. Probate Court has probate records. Register of Deeds has land records.

Parent County
1840--Newaygo County was created 1 April 1840 from Mackinac County and Oceana Counties. It was attached to Kent and Ottawa Counties prior to organization 27 January 1851. County seat: White Cloud

Neighboring Counties

 * Kent
 * Lake
 * Mason
 * Mecosta
 * Montcalm
 * Muskegon
 * Oceana
 * Osceola

Newspapers
The Fremont Area District Library posts on their webpage a local records database. These records include anniversaries, births, marriages, military service and obituaries. The database appears to be extracted from local newspapers since the early 20th Century.

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.