Bay County MI Genealogy

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If you're not sure which records would be helpful, you can try our Ancestor Source Finder tool. Bay Records by Type Birth Records (8) Cemetery Records (111) Census Records (43) Church Records (25) City Directories (163) Court Records (3) Death Records (29) Histories and Genealogies (43) Immigration Records (8) Land Records (11) Map Records (29) Marriage Records (10) Military Records (11) Minority Records (1) Miscellaneous Records (3) Newspapers and Obituaries (43) Probate Records (9) School Records (49)

Overview of Bay County Records

• Bay County was created in 1857 from Saginaw, Midland, and Arenac counties.
• Copies of birth, marriage, and death records for 1867 and later can be obtained from the Michigan Department of Health and Human Services .
• The Bay County Clerk has birth records starting in 1868, marriage records starting in 1857, death records starting in 1867, divorce records starting in 1883, and court records starting in 1965.
• The Bay County Probate Court has probate records starting in 1857.
• The Bay County Register of Deeds has land records starting in 1835.
• Online indexes and images of some of the above records can be found by using the links on this site.