Online Michigan Death Indexes, Records & Obituaries

Online Michigan Death Indexes and Obituaries

Michigan Death Indexes 1867-1920...
- Michigan Death Records 1867-1897 at FamilySearch index plus scanned images from the death ledgers (free); they also have some Michigan Deaths and Burials 1800-1995 (from the IGI)
- Michigan Death Index 1867-1897 at the Michigan Dept of Health index only (free)
- Michigan Death Records 1897-1920 from the Library of Michigan (free) 99% complete

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), 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), Muskegon Chronicle (1/3/1997-Current), Saginaw News (11/16/1998-Current), and about 20 more Michigan newspapers
Southwest Michigan Obituary Index (work in progress; has 89,000 entries) for Allegan, Berrien, Cass, Kalamazoo and Van Buren counties

Allegan County Genealogy Indexes (from the Saugatuck Douglas Historical Society) includes obituaries indexes and death certificates from Old Douglas Hospital
Arenac County Historical Society Obituaries Indexes PDF files (also includes other genealogy indexes)
Arenac County Cemetery Inscriptions
Barry County Public Records Index - Includes a Death Certificates Index
Berrien County: Silverbrook Cemetery Grave Search (Niles, Michigan)
Berrien County: Niles Obituaries Index
Branch County Death Index (1800s to present)
Calhoun County...
- Calhoun County: Battle Creek Memorial Park Cemetery Burials
- Calhoun County Death Index, c. 1930s-recent click on "death records" when you get there
- Calhoun County: Albion Area Obituaries Index 2001-recent (ongoing project)
Charlevoix County...
- Charlevoix County: Charlevoix Courier Obituaries Index includes online digitized copies of the obituaries
- Charlevoix County: Death Records Search
Cheboygan County Death Index 1867-1933
Clinton County Genealogy Indexes (from Newspapers) includes indexes for some births, marriages and deaths
Delta County Genealogical Society - Genealogy Indexes includes: a probate index 1873-1975 and a cemetery burials index
Delta County Death Records Index 1865-2009
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 section below
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 and more Grand Traverse genealogy indexes
Hillsdale County Cemeteries
Houghton County Cemeteries
Ingham County and Lansing...
- Ingham County: Index of Deaths Recorded in the Stockbridge Newspaper 1886-1999 (some years missing)
- Ingham County Genealogical Society includes Mason Michigan Democrat Newspaper Index 1876-1915; Dobie Road Cemetery Tombstone Readings; and Maple Grove Cemetery Burial Permit Index 1932-2005 (city of Mason)
- Ingham County Death Records Index 1986-present (includes the cities of Lansing & Mason) (requires registration) also includes marriage records index
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 indexes
Iosco County Indexes at Ancestry
- Iosco County, Michigan: Tawas Herald Obituaries Index 1892-1949 (requires payment)
- Iosco County: Esmond-Evergreen Cemetery Burials 1901-1999 (requires payment) nearly 2000 listings
Isabella County...
- Isabella County: Chippewa River District Library Obituary Finder
- Isabella County: Riverside Cemetery Records (City of Mt. Pleasant)
- Isabella County: Online Vital Records Indexes and Transcriptions includes birth, marriages and deaths
Jackson County Death Indexes 1886-1899 and 1900-1901 list of names only, no dates
Kalamazoo County...
- Kalamazoo County: Local Information Database with a Kalamazoo Gazette Newspaper Index indexes some obituaries, death notices and other items
- Kalamazoo County Genealogy Records includes vital records, cemeteries, probate records and more
- Kalamazoo Valley Genealogical Society: Historical Records Database inlcudes Foreign Deaths 1931-2002, and other items; also has PDF files for two large cemeteries
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) also has indexes for deaths, marriages, a funeral home and more
Leelanau County Cemeteries
Livingston County...
- Livingston County Death and Marriage Records Indexes 1950-present
- 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 Genealogy Indexes for Obituaries, Cemeteries, Funeral Homes, Probate Records and more from the Mount Clemens Library
Manistee County Birth, Marriage & Death Indexes also includes cemeteries, obituaries
- Manistee County Death Index 1869-1973
Missaukee County Cemeteries
Monroe County Library System - Genealogy Indexes includes Monroe Commercial obituaries index (various years 1870s), Mt. Carmel Cemetery index and more
Monroe County: Monroe Evening News Obituaries Index from the Monroe County Historical Commission Archives
Muskegon County Genealogical Death Indexing System 1867-1965 (not complete)
Muskegon County Genealogical Society Databases includes cemeteries, obituaries and more
Newaygo County: Freemont Area Obituary Index also includes birth, marriage & military indexes
Oakland County...
- 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 Genealogy Search - Marriage and Death Index 1941-recent
- Oakland County, Michigan Vital Records 1800-1917 over 215,000 listings (requires payment - part of an Ancestry subscription)
- Oakland County: DAR Cemetery Transcripts for Oakland County Michigan
- Oakland County: Machpelah Cemetery - Jewish Burials in Ferndale, Michigan
- Oakland County: Clover Hill Park Cemetery of Congregation Shaarey Zedek - Burials Listing Jewish Cemetery in Birmingham, MI
Ogemaw County Death Records Index
Ottawa County Death Indexes
Pontiac - see the Oakland County section above
Saginaw County...
- Saginaw County Death Records 1995-present
- Saginaw Area Obituary Index 200,000 entries dating back to the late 1800s (from the Public Libraries of Saginaw)
- City of Saginaw Cemeteries Search some cemeteries not yet available
St. Clair County Deaths 1868-1974 also includes 19th century marriages
Saint Clair County: Lakeside Cemetery Records Search (Port Huron, Michigan)
St. Joseph County Death Index 1867-1929
Sanilac County: Sandusky District Library Obituary Database and Cemetery Records
Schoolcraft County Death Index 1870-1899
Tuscola County Death Records Index 1875-1902
Tuscola County: Cass City Cemetery Records and Digitized Newspapers
Van Buren County...
- Van Buren County GenWeb - Genealogy Site includes a death index 1935-1945 and some cemetery burials
- Van Buren County: Hartford Obituary Index various years; also includes some cemeteries
- Van Buren County: Paw Paw Township Cemetery Burials
Washtenaw County and Ann Arbor...
- Washtenaw County Death Index 1959-present also includes marriages 1963 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 and Ann Arbor Township, Michigan Death Records (name indexes)
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

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