Manistee County, Michigan Genealogy

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County Courthouse
Manistee County Courthouse 415 Third Street Manistee, MI 49660 Phone: (231) 723-3331

Parent County
1840--Manistee County was created 1 April 1840 from Mackinac County. It was attached to Mackinac, Ottawa, and Grand Traverse Counties prior to organization 13 February 1855. County seat: Manistee

Neighboring Counties

 * Benzie
 * Grand Traverse
 * Lake
 * Mason
 * Wexford

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.