Montcalm County, Michigan Genealogy

United States Michigan  Montcalm County

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

County Courthouse
County Clerk has birth and death records from 1867, marriage records from 1858, divorce and court records from 1865. Probate Court has probate records. Register of Deeds has land records.

Parent County
1831--Montcalm County was created 2 March 1831 from Mackinac County. It was attached to Ionia County prior to organization 20 March 1850. County seat: Stanton

Boundary Changes
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
1905 The courthouse was destroyed by fire on 16 February; however, county records were saved.

Neighboring Counties
Clinton •  Gratiot  •  Ionia  •  Isabella  •  Kent  •  Mecosta  •  Newaygo

Cemeteries
List of Montcalm County Cemeteries

Map of Montcalm County Cemeteries

Reynolds Township Cemetery

Emigration and Immigration

 * 1929 - 1966 at FamilySearch — index and images

Local Histories
Portrait and biographical album of Ionia and Montcalm counties, Michigan.

Maps



 * Maps of Michigan (1790-1897)

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
 * 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.
 * 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.
 * 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

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

Family History Centers

 * Introduction to LDS Family History Centers


 * Greenville Michigan Family History Center 10770 W M-57, Greenville, MI 488348 United States

Web Sites

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