Michigan Historical Records

Michigan is the 10th-largest state in the United States by population, the 11th-largest by area, and the largest by area east of the Mississippi River. It joined the Union on January 26, 1837.

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Michigan vital records Michigan Marriages 2,259,653 records available Michigan Deaths 1,076,220 records available Michigan, Genesee County Marriages 549,151 records available Michigan, Saginaw County Obituaries 532,806 records available Michigan, Macomb County Deaths 409,965 records available Michigan, Monroe County Obituaries 409,928 records available Michigan, Kent County Death Index, 1935-2019 382,114 records available Michigan, Macomb County Obituaries 292,896 records available Michigan, Genesee County Deaths 260,300 records available Michigan, Macomb County Funerals 149,873 records available Michigan, Branch County Deaths 133,155 records available Michigan, Shiawassee County Obituaries 115,752 records available Michigan, Ottawa County Obituaries 104,066 records available Michigan, Oakland County Obituaries 97,223 records available Michigan, Wayne County Deaths 86,444 records available Michigan, Saginaw County Burials 84,893 records available Michigan, Macomb County Burials 68,952 records available Michigan, Emmet County Marriages 53,748 records available Michigan, Emmet County Deaths 50,453 records available American Biographical History of Eminent and Self-made Men, Michigan Volume 1,215 records available See the entire collection catalog of vital records in Michigan	Michigan memories, histories and biographies History of Jackson County, Michigan 1,162 records available Oliphants of Gask: Records of a Jacobite Family 1,084 records available Portrait and Biographical Album of Hillsdale County, Michigan 1,054 records available City of Detroit, Michigan, 1701-1922, Volume 4 (1922) 1,020 records available City of Detroit, Michigan, 1701-1922, Volume 3 (1922) 1,018 records available Portrait And Biographical Album of Oakland County, Michigan 976 records available Portrait And Biographical Record of Genesee, Lapeer And Tuscola Counties, Michigan (1892) 944 records available Portrait and Biographical Album of Ingham and Livingston Counties, Michigan, 893 records available City of Detroit, Michigan, 1701-1922, Volume 1 (1922) 855 records available Portrait and Biographical Album of Gratiot County, Michigan 851 records available Twentieth Century History of Cass County, Michigan 850 records available Michigan Historical Collections, Volume 33 842 records available Michigan Historical Collections, 1901, Volume 29 796 records available Michigan Historical Collections, Volume 15 768 records available History of Ingham And Eaton Counties, Michigan (1880) 766 records available Early History of Michigan, With Biographies of State Officers, Members of Congress, Judges And Legislators, Volume 2 (1888) 764 records available Michigan Historical Collections, 1889, Volume 14 764 records available Bench And Bar of Michigan: a Volume of History And Biography, Part 2 (1897) 762 records available See the entire collection catalog of memories, histories and biographies in Michigan
Michigan census and voter lists Michigan Voter Registrations 7,469,909 records available Census of the State of Michigan, 1884 1,346 records available Census of the State of Michigan, 1904, Volume 1 926 records available See the entire collection catalog of census and voter lists in Michigan	Michigan directories, guides and references Polk Saginaw, Michigan, City Directory. 1915 1,272 records available Polk Saginaw, Michigan City Directory, 1921 850 records available A Twentieth Century History of Allegan County, Michigan 787 records available See the entire collection catalog of directories, guides and references in Michigan
Michigan military records Michigan in the War 1,049 records available See the entire collection catalog of military records in Michigan	Michigan newspaper records Michigan Newspapers, 1817-2009 1,135,276 pages in 50 newspaper titles See the entire collection catalog of newspaper records in Michigan
Michigan schools and universities records University of Michigan, General Catalogue of Officers And Students, 1837-1911 (1912) 1,129 records available University of Michigan, Michiganensian, 1919 876 records available See the entire collection catalog of schools and universities records in Michigan

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