Houghton 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. Houghton Records by TypeBirth Records (10)Cemetery Records (48) Census Records (43) Church Records (18) City Directories (28) Court Records (5) Death Records (10) Histories and Genealogies (19) Immigration Records (4) Land Records (8) Map Records (31) Marriage Records (12) Military Records (2) Minority Records (1) Miscellaneous Records (2) Newspapers and Obituaries (33) Probate Records (2) School Records (38) Tax Records (4) 
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Overview of Houghton County Records
- Houghton County was created in 1845 from Marquette and Ontonagon 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 Houghton County Clerk has birth and death records starting in 1867, marriage records starting in 1855, divorce records, court records starting in 1853, land records starting in 1847, naturalization records starting in 1848, and military records.
- The Houghton County Probate Judge has probate records starting in 1872.
- Online indexes and images of some of the above records can be found by using the links on this site.