Kent 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. Kent Records by TypeBirth Records (20)Cemetery Records (274) Census Records (53) Church Records (49) City Directories (168) Court Records (6) Death Records (53) Histories and Genealogies (74) Immigration Records (14) Land Records (22) Map Records (79) Marriage Records (27) Military Records (17) Minority Records (1) Miscellaneous Records (3) Newspapers and Obituaries (143) Probate Records (2) School Records (198) Tax Records (2) 
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Kent County Records by City/TownAda Genealogy (49)Alto Genealogy (49) Byron Genealogy (58) Byron Center Genealogy (54) Caledonia Genealogy (59) Cascade Genealogy (51) Cedar Springs Genealogy (69) Comstock Park Genealogy (53) East Grand Rapids Genealogy (50) Grand Rapids Genealogy (637) Grandville Genealogy (66) |
Grattan Genealogy (51) Kent City Genealogy (59) Kentwood Genealogy (53) Lowell Genealogy (94) Rockford Genealogy (75) Sand Lake Genealogy (51) Solon Genealogy (50) Sparta Genealogy (74) Walker Genealogy (49) Wyoming Genealogy (75) |
Overview of Kent County Records
- Kent County was created in 1831 from Mackinac County and unorganized territory.
- Copies of birth, marriage, and death records for 1867 and later can be obtained from the Michigan Department of Health and Human Services .
- The Kent County Clerk has birth and death records starting in 1867, marriage records starting in 1845, and burial records starting in 1959.
- The Kent County Clerk Circuit Court has divorce and court records starting in 1867.
- The Kent County Probate Court has probate records starting in 1898.
- The Kent County Register of Deeds has land records starting in 1860.
- Online indexes and images of some of the above records can be found by using the links on this site.