Clare County MI Genealogy

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Clare County Records by City/Town

Clare Genealogy (61)
Farwell Genealogy (41)
Garfield Genealogy (29)


Hamilton Township Genealogy (28)
Harrison Genealogy (46)

Overview of Clare County Records

  • Clare County was created in 1840 from Mackinac County.
  • Copies of birth, marriage, and death records for 1867 and later can be obtained from the Michigan Department of Health and Human Services .
  • The Clare County Clerk has birth records starting in 1871, marriage records starting in 1871, death records starting in 1871, burial records, divorce records, court records starting in 1871, and land records starting in 1865.
  • Online indexes and images of some of the above records can be found by using the links on this site.