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United States Michigan Berrien County

Guide to Berrien County Michigan genealogy. Birth records, marriage records, death records, census records, family history, and military records.

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Berrien County, Michigan
Map
Location of Michigan in the U.S.
Facts
Founded	October 29, 1829
County Seat	St.Joseph
Courthouse
Address	Berrien County Courthouse 811 Port St. St. Joseph, MI 49085 Phone: (269) 983-7111 Berrien County Website

County Courthouse

County Clerk has birth and death records from 1867,
marriage records from 1831, naturalization records 1835-1985
and military records from 1918.
Probate Court has probate records from 1832.
Register of Deeds has land records from 1831.
Clerk Circuit Court has divorce and
court records from 1835. ^[1]

History

• Berrien County is in the far southwest corner of the lower peninsula of Michigan, and includes the towns of Berrien Springs, Benton Harbor, St. Joseph, and Stephensville.

Parent County

1829--Berrien County was created 29 October 1829 from unorganized territory. It was attached to Cass County prior to organization 1 September 1831.  County seat: St.Joseph ^[2]

Boundary Changes

Record Loss

Places/Localities

Populated Places

Neighboring Counties

• Cass
• La Porte County, Indiana
• St. Joseph County, Indiana
• Van Buren

Resources

Cemeteries

Silverbrook Cemetery in Niles, Michigan has a name searchable database.

Church

Court

Land

Local Histories

Maps

• Family Maps of Berrien County, Michigan (land patent maps) at HistoryGeo.com ($). Free surname search.

Military

Civil War

Civil War service men from Berrien 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 Berrien County.

- 12th Regiment, Michigan Infantry, Companies B, C, E, I, and K

- 17th Regiment, Michigan Infantry, Company B

Newspapers

Obituaries

Southwest Michigan Obituary Index from the earliest date to 2000.

Probate

Taxation

Vital Records

• Birth Records Table Alcona County Genealogical SocietyFree membership with registration.
• Marriage Records Table Alcona County Genealogical SocietyFree membership with registration.
• Death Records Table Alcona County Genealogical SocietyFree membership with registration.

• 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.
• 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.
• 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

Family History Centers

• Introduction to LDS Family History Centers
• St Joseph Michigan Family History Center

Web Sites

• Family History Library Catalog
• The Berrien County MIGenWeb Project, an member of The MIGenWeb Project, an affiliate of The USGenWeb Project.

References

1. ↑ Handybook for Genealogists: United States of America, 10th ed. (Draper, Utah: Everton Pub., 2002), Berrien County, Michigan page 344, At various libraries (WorldCat); FHL Book 973 D27e 2002.
2. ↑ The Handybook for Genealogists: United States of America,10th ed. (Draper, UT:Everton Publishers, 2002).

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