Ontonagon County MI Genealogy

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Overview of Ontonagon County Records

• Ontonagon County was created in 1843 from Chippewa and Mackinac 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 Ontonagon County Clerk has birth and death records starting in 1868, marriage records starting in 1861, divorce and court records starting in 1854, and land records starting in 1850.
• The Ontonagon County Probate Court has probate records starting in 1853.
• The Ontonagon County Cemetery association has burial records.
• Online indexes and images of some of the above records can be found by using the links on this site.