Tuscola County, Michigan Genealogy

United States Michigan  Tuscola County

County Courthouse
Tuscola County Courthouse 440 N State St. Suite 1592 Caro, MI 48723 Phone: (989) 672-3780 County Clerk has birth and death records from 1867, marriage records from 1851, divorce and court records from 1878.

Parent County
1840--Tuscola County was created 1 April 1840 from Sanilac County. It was attached to Saginaw county prior to organization 2 March 1850. County seat: Caro

Neighboring Counties

 * Bay
 * Genesee
 * Huron
 * Lapeer
 * Saginaw
 * Sanilac

Civil War
Civil War service men from Tuscola 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 Tuscola County.



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
 * Caro Michigan Family History Center

Web Sites

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