Otsego County MI Genealogy

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Overview of Otsego County Records

• Otsego 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 Otsego County Clerk has birth records starting in 1875, marriage records starting in 1875, death records starting in 1875, divorce records, and court records starting in 1975.
• The Mason County Treasurer has land records starting in 1864.
• Online indexes and images of some of the above records can be found by using the links on this site.