Keweenaw County, MichiganEdit This Page

From FamilySearch Wiki

United States Michigan Keweenaw County

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

	Michigan Online Records

Keweenaw County, Michigan
Map
Location of Michigan in the U.S.
Facts
Founded	March 11, 1861
County Seat	Eagle River
Courthouse
Address	Keweenaw County Courthouse 5095 4th St. Eagle River, MI 49950 Phone: 616. 336.3550 Phone: 906.337.2229 Keweenaw County Website

County Courthouse

County Clerk has birth, marriage, and death records from 1867,
land records from 1848, divorce and court records.
Probate Court has probate records. ^[1]

History

Parent County

1861--Keweenaw County was created 11 March 1861 from Houghton County. County seat: Eagle River ^[2]

Boundary Changes

Record Loss

Places/Localities

Populated Places

Neighboring Counties

• Houghton

Resources

Cemeteries

Church

Court

Land

Local Histories

Maps

Military

Newspapers

Probate

Taxation

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.

Societies and Libraries

Houghton Keweenaw County Genealogical Society

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.
• Family History Library Catalog

References

1. ↑ Handybook for Genealogists: United States of America, 10th ed. (Draper, Utah: Everton Pub., 2002), Keweenaw County, Michigan page 347, 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).

• This page was last modified on 12 April 2013, at 21:29.
• This page has been accessed 1,264 times.