Oakland County MI Genealogy

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Oakland Records by Type

Birth Records (21)
Cemetery Records (421)
Census Records (47)
Church Records (45)
City Directories (176)
Court Records (3)
Death Records (47)
Histories and Genealogies (63)
Immigration Records (4)
Land Records (20)
Map Records (69)
Marriage Records (26)
Military Records (8)
Minority Records (2)
Miscellaneous Records (8)
Newspapers and Obituaries (144)
Probate Records (5)
School Records (302)
Tax Records (9)

Oakland County Records by City/Town

Auburn Hills Genealogy (47)
Avon Genealogy (49)
Berkley Genealogy (46)
Beverly Hills Genealogy (48)
Birmingham Genealogy (138)
Bloomfield Hills Genealogy (80)
Brandon Gardens Genealogy (35)
Clarkston Genealogy (49)
Clawson Genealogy (43)
Commerce Genealogy (42)
Farmington Genealogy (84)
Farmington Hills Genealogy (44)
Ferndale Genealogy (56)
Hazel Park Genealogy (38)
Highland Genealogy (48)
Holly Genealogy (76)
Huntington Woods Genealogy (36)
Lake Orion Genealogy (47)
Madison Heights Genealogy (45)
Milford Genealogy (61)

Northville Genealogy (51)
Novi Genealogy (51)
Oak Park Genealogy (38)
Orchard Lake Genealogy (47)
Ortonville Genealogy (45)
Oxford Genealogy (77)
Pleasant Ridge Genealogy (38)
Pontiac Genealogy (184)
Rochester Genealogy (72)
Rochester Hills Genealogy (40)
Rose Genealogy (38)
Royal Oak Genealogy (127)
South Lyon Genealogy (50)
Southfield Genealogy (71)
Troy Genealogy (55)
Walled Lake Genealogy (48)
Waterford Genealogy (63)
West Bloomfield Genealogy (41)
White Lake Genealogy (42)

Overview of Oakland County Records

Oakland County was created in 1820 from Macomb 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 Oakland County Clerk has birth and death records starting in 1867, marriage records starting in 1827, and naturalization records starting in 1827.
Online indexes and images of some of the above records can be found by using the links on this site.