Michigan Death Certificate

Michigan Department of Public Health
Vital Records Section
3423 North Logan Street
P.O. Box 30035
Lansing, MI 48914

• Michigan Death Records 1867-1897 at FamilySearch Labs index plus scanned images from the death ledgers; these are currently being tested so there may be errors, missing data or occasional downtime
• Michigan Death Index 1867-1897 at the Michigan Dept of Health index only
• Michigan Death Index 1971-1996 at Ancestry over 2.75 million entries (requires payment)
• Michigan Newspapers Obituaries Archive - Recent (copies of individual obituaries can be obtained online for a fee) includes: Ann Arbor News (7/1/2004-Current), Battle Creek Enquirer (5/4/2002-Current), Detroit Free Press (3/5/1982-Current), Detroit News (1/1/1999-Current), Flint Journal (10/3/1995-Current), Grand Rapids Press (8/6/2000-Current), Kalamazoo Gazette (1/1/2005-Current), Lansing State Journal (1/14/1999-Current), Muskegon Chronicle (1/3/1997-Current), Saginaw News (11/16/1998-Current), and 11 more Michigan newspapers
• Southwest Michigan Obituary Index (work in progress; has 89,000 entries) for Allegan, Berrien, Cass, Kalamazoo and Van Buren counties
• Barry County Public Records Index - Includes a Death Certificates Index
• Branch County Death Index (1800s to present)
• Calhoun County: Battle Creek Memorial Park Cemetery Burials
• Charlevoix County: Charlevoix Courier Obituaries Index 1982-2007 includes online digitized copies of the obituaries
• Cheboygan County Death Index 1867-193310/2001-1/10/2003)
• Clinton County Death Records Search 1934-recent
• Clinton County Genealogy Indexes (from Newspapers) includes indexes for some births, marriages and deaths
• Detroit - see the Wayne County section below
• Emmet County Clerk Death Record Search
• Genesee County and Flint...
  • Genesee County Death Index 1930 to present also has marriage records since 1963
  • Genesee County Death Index 1867-1930
  • Genesee County: Flint Genealogical Society Cemetery Index
• Grand Rapids - see the Kent County
• Grand Traverse County...
  • Grand Traverse County Death Record Search 1867-present (Grand Traverse County Clerk)
  • Grand Traverse County Death Record Search 1866-June 2003 (Traverse Area District Library)
  • Grand Traverse Herald Obituary Index 1859-1901
• Hillsdale County Death Index 1867-1934 surnames a-c (also includes an online marriage index)
• Houghton County Cemeteries
• Ingham County and Lansing...
  • Ingham County Death Records Index 1986-present (includes the cities of Lansing & Mason) also includes birth & marriage records indexes
  • Ingham County: Index of Deaths Recorded in the Stockbridge Newspaper 1886-1994 (some years missing)
  • Ingham County Genealogical Society includes Mason Michigan Democrat Newspaper Index 1901-1915 & Dobie Road Cemetery Tombstone Readings
• Iosco County: Indexes to Iosco County Michigan Death Records 1867-2003 compiled by the Huron Shores Genealogical Society - also includes cemetery transcriptions and many other Iosco County records
• Iosco County: Esmond-Evergreen Cemetery Burials 1901-1999 nearly 2000 listings (requires payment - part of an Ancestry subscription)
  • Isabella County...Isabella County: Chippewa River District Library Obituary Finder
  • Births, Marriages & Deaths in the Isabella County Enterprise 1875-1900
  • Isabella County: Online Vital Records includes birth, marriages & deaths
• Kalamazoo County: Local Newspaper Index - Kalamazoo Gazette indexes some obituaries and death notices
• Kent County and Grand Rapids...
  • Grand Rapids Press Obituaries Archive, 8/6/2000-Current (copies of individual obituaries can be obtained online for a fee)
  • Kent County: Death Notices and Obituaries Index for the Grand Rapids Press and Herald 1910 to present (you can order copies of the obituaries for a fee)
• Leelanau County Obituaries 1999-2003 from the Leelanau Enterprise
• Lenawee County Newspaper Death Notices 1853-1876
• Livingston County Death Index 1867-1948
• Livingston County: Brighton Obituary Index 1970-present from the Livingston County Press & Argus (formerly the Brighton Argus) pre-1970 entries are being worked on
• Macomb County (includes Mount Clemens, Sterling Heights and Warren)...
  • Macomb County Death Index 1945-present
  • Macomb County Obituary Index
  • Macomb County Cemetery Master Index
  • Macomb County Funeral Home Records Master Index
  • Clinton Grove Cemetery Index Clinton Township
• Manistee County Birth, Marriage & Death Indexes also includes cemeteries, obituaries
  • Manistee County Death Index 1869-1973
• Missaukee County Cemeteries
• Muskegon County Genealogical Death Indexing System 1867-1965 (not complete)
• Newaygo County: Freemont Area Obituary Index also includes birth, marriage & military indexes
• Oakland County: Assorted Death Indexes includes death notices from Pontiac, Michigan newspapers, some obituaries, marriage & probate records, and a Waterford Township cemetery index
• Oakland County, Michigan Vital Records 1800-1917 over 215,000 listings (requires payment - part of an Ancestry subscription)
• Ottawa County Death Indexes
• Saginaw County...
  • Saginaw County Death Records 1995-present
  • Saginaw Area Obituary Index 200,000 entries dating back to the 1800s
  • City of Saginaw Cemeteries Search some cemeteries not yet available
• St Clair County Deaths 1868-1974 also includes 19th century marriages
• St Joseph County Death Index 1867-1929
• Schoolcraft County Death Index 1870-1899
• Tuscola County Death Records Index 1875-1902
• Washtenaw County and Ann Arbor...
  • Washtenaw County Death Index 1960-present also includes marriages 1965 to present, plus ordering info for vital records 19th Century to present
  • Obituaries, Deaths, Marriages, Birthdays & Notices from Washtenaw County Newspapers
  • Dolph Funeral Home Records (Ann Arbor)
• Wayne County & Detroit...
  • See... Detroit & Wayne County Death Records - Information & Indexes includes obituaries, some cemeteries and information on ordering death certificates
• Also... Michigan Genealogy Databases at Ancestry (requires payment) includes census, military & vital records, plus newspapers & city directories