Mecosta County MI Genealogy

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Overview of Mecosta County Records

• Mecosta County was created in 1840 from Mackinac and Oceana 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 Mecosta County Clerk has birth and death records starting in 1867, marriage records starting in 1859, divorce records, and court records starting in 1859.
• The Mecosta County Probate Court has probate records starting in 1864.
• The Mecosta County Register of Deeds has land records starting in 1859.
• Online indexes and images of some of the above records can be found by using the links on this site.