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Vital records, as their name suggests, are
connected with central life events: birth,
marriage, and death. Maintained by civil
authorities, they are prime sources of
genealogical information; but, unfortunately,
official vital records are available only for
relatively recent periods. These records,
despite their recent creation in the United
States, are critically important in genealogical
research, often supplying details on family
members well back into the nineteenth century.
The Source: A Guidebook of
American Genealogy,
by Loretto Szucs and Sandra Luebking.
Michigan State
Vital Records Office
Vital Records Requests
Michigan
Dept of Community Health
3423 N. Martin Luther King Blvd
P. O. Box 30195
Lansing, MI 48909
(517) 335-8666
Fax: (517) 321-5884
Fill out the appropriate application form
from the MDCH web site. Make check or money
order payable to State of Michigan. Faxed
requests are $5 additional and the turnaround
time is two days. The faxed request must
include your name, credit card number,
expiration date and your signature.
Copies of most records since 1867 may also be
obtained from the County Clerk in the county
where the event occurred. Fees vary.
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Michigan Marriages to 1850
This database of Michigan marriages to 1850
contains 13,000 names. Each entry includes
groom, bride, marriage date, county, and state.
Every name is indexed so you can search for one
name, or two names that are linked.
The marriage date is usually the date of
marriage as given in the original entry.
However, when no marriage date is given (e.g.,
the "marriage return" was not provided to the
record keeper), the date of the license is used.
In a few cases, a marriage will be listed twice,
but in two different counties. This most often
happened when a couple obtained a license in one
county, but were actually married in another.
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Michigan
Dept of Community Health
3423 N. Martin Luther King Blvd
P. O. Box 30195
Lansing, MI 48909
(517) 335-8666
Fax: (517) 321-5884 |
