Wayne County MI Genealogy

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Wayne Records by Type

Birth Records (57)
Cemetery Records (417)
Census Records (47)
Church Records (255)
City Directories (364)
Court Records (11)
Death Records (105)
Histories and Genealogies (151)
Immigration Records (17)
Land Records (27)
Map Records (108)
Marriage Records (78)
Military Records (27)
Minority Records (20)
Miscellaneous Records (21)
Newspapers and Obituaries (307)
Probate Records (6)
School Records (590)
Tax Records (5)

Wayne County Records by City/Town

Allen Park Genealogy (42)
Belleville Genealogy (46)
Brownstown Genealogy (45)
Canton Genealogy (59)
Dearborn Genealogy (163)
Dearborn Heights Genealogy (58)
Detroit Genealogy (1,422)
Ecorse Genealogy (50)
Flat Rock Genealogy (50)
Garden City Genealogy (44)
Gibraltar Genealogy (34)
Grosse Ile Genealogy (43)
Grosse Pointe Genealogy (73)
Grosse Pointe Farms Genealogy (39)
Hamtramck Genealogy (77)
Harper Woods Genealogy (44)
Highland Park Genealogy (50)
Inkster Genealogy (43)

Lincoln Park Genealogy (47)
Livonia Genealogy (91)
Melvindale Genealogy (37)
New Boston Genealogy (40)
Northville in Wayne County Genealogy (64)
Plymouth Genealogy (85)
Redford Genealogy (53)
River Rouge Genealogy (47)
Riverview Genealogy (45)
Romulus Genealogy (36)
Southgate Genealogy (41)
Springwells Genealogy (34)
Taylor Genealogy (58)
Trenton Genealogy (51)
Wayne Genealogy (61)
Westland Genealogy (50)
Wyandotte Genealogy (144)

Overview of Wayne County Records

Wayne County was created in 1815.
Copies of birth, marriage, and death records for 1867 and later can be obtained from the Michigan Department of Health and Human Services .
The Wayne County Clerk has birth records starting in 1867, marriage records starting in 1833, and death records starting in 1867.
The Wayne County Probate Court has probate records starting in 1827.
The Wayne County Register of Deeds has land records starting in 1835.
Online indexes and images of some of the above records can be found by using the links on this site.