Bear Lake Genealogy (in Manistee County, MI)

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NOTE: Additional records that apply to Bear Lake are also found through the Manistee County and Michigan pages.


Bear Lake Birth Records

1867-1911 Michigan Births and Christenings Index Ancestry online

Michigan, Birth Records, 1867-present Michigan Department of Health and Human Services

Michigan, County Births, 1867-1917 Family Search online

Bear Lake Cemetery Records

Bear Lake Cemetery US Gen Web Archives online

Bear Lake Township Cemetery Find a Grave online

Fairview Cemetery Find a Grave online

Fairview Cemetery Billion Graves online

Fairview Cemetery Interment online

Fairview Cemetery Find a Grave online

Michigan Deaths and Burials Index, 1867-1995 Ancestry online

Bear Lake Census Records

Federal Census of 1940, Bear Lake, Michigan LDS Genealogy online

U.S. Federal Census 1790-1950 Ancestry online

U.S. Federal Census 1790-1950 MyHeritage online

United States Federal Census, 1790-1950 Family Search online

Bear Lake Church Records

1867-1911 Michigan Births and Christenings Index Ancestry online

Eighty years of history of the First Baptist Church, Bear Lake, Michigan, 1874-1954 FamilySearch Library

Bear Lake City Directories

Manistee (Michigan) city and county directories FamilySearch Library

Bear Lake Death Records

1867-1952 Michigan Death Records Ancestry online

1897-1920 Michigan Death Records Ancestry online

Manistee County Death Index 1869-1973 US Gen Web online

Michigan Deaths and Burials Index, 1867-1995 Ancestry online

Michigan Deaths, 1971-1996 Ancestry online

Michigan, Death Records, 1867-present Michigan Department of Health and Human Services

Bear Lake Immigration Records

Michigan, Federal Naturalization Records, 1887-1931 Ancestry online

Bear Lake Land Records

Deed records, 1853-1921; index 1855-1904 FamilySearch Library

Bear Lake Map Records

Sanborn Fire Insurance Map from Bear Lake, Manistee County, Michigan, November 1885 Library of Congress online

Bear Lake Marriage Records

1867-1952 Michigan Marriage Records Ancestry online

Michigan County Marriages, 1822-1940 Ancestry online

Michigan, Marriage Records, 1867-present Michigan Department of Health and Human Services

Record of marriages 1855-1911; index to marriages 1855-1973 FamilySearch Library

Bear Lake Newspapers and Obituaries

Offline Newspapers for Bear Lake

According to the US Newspaper Directory, the following newspapers were printed, so there may be paper or microfilm copies available. For more information on how to locate offline newspapers, see our article on Locating Offline Newspapers.

Manistee County Pioneer Press. (Bear Lake, Mich.) 1936-Current

Bear Lake Probate Records

1784-1980 Michigan Wills and Probate Records Ancestry online


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