Manistee County MI Genealogy

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Manistee County Records by City/Town

Arcadia Genealogy (27)
Bear Lake Genealogy (32)
Brethren Genealogy (30)
Brown Genealogy (27)


Filer City Genealogy (27)
Kaleva Genealogy (30)
Manistee Genealogy (95)
Onekama Genealogy (38)


Overview of Manistee County Records

  • Manistee 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 Manistee County Clerk has birth and death records starting in 1867, marriage records starting in 1856, divorce records starting in 1856, and court records starting in 1855.
  • The Manistee County Probate Court has probate records starting in 1881.
  • The Manistee County Register of Deeds has land records starting in 1768.
  • Online indexes and images of some of the above records can be found by using the links on this site.