Online Michigan Death Indexes, Records & Obituaries

Online Michigan Death Indexes and Obituaries

Michigan Death Records Indexes 1867-1952...
- Michigan Death Records 1867-1897 at FamilySearch index plus scanned images from the death ledgers (free)
- Michigan Death Records 1897-1952 from the Archives of Michigan includes scanned images of the death certificates from 1897-1939; 1940-1952 is index only (free)
- Michigan Death Certificates Index 1921-1952 at FamilySearch index only; no images (free)
- Michigan Death Index 1867-1897 at the Michigan Dept of Health index only; free (full index seems to end circa 1885/1886 with only a few entries from 1887-1897)

Michigan Death Records Index 1971-1996...
- Michigan Death Index 1971-1996 at Ancestry over 2 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), Sterling Heights Sentry (2/5/2003-Current), and about 90 more Michigan newspapers
Southwest Michigan Obituary Index (work in progress; has 89,000 entries) for Allegan, Berrien, Cass, Kalamazoo and Van Buren counties

Michigan Death Records Indexes, Obituaries and Cemeteries by County

Allegan County Genealogy Indexes (from the Saugatuck Douglas Historical Society) includes obituaries indexes and death certificates from Douglas Community Hospital
Allegan County - for the city of Holland see Ottawa County below
Alpena County Obituary and Cemetery Indexes from the Alpena County George N. Fletcher Public Library; also has Alpena Catholic Church records indexes and other items
Ann Arbor - see Washtenaw County below
Arenac County Historical Society Obituaries Indexes PDF files (also includes other genealogy indexes)
Arenac County Cemetery Inscriptions
Barry County Vital Records Search - Includes a Death Certificates Index look for "online services" when you get there
Battle Creek - see Calhoun County below
Berrien County: Silverbrook Cemetery Grave Search (Niles, Michigan)
Berrien County: Niles Obituaries Index from the Niles District Library
Branch County Death Index (1867 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 and Riverside Cemetery Records 1830s-present
- Calhoun County: Willard Library Newspaper Index, 1967-to March 2012 includes obituaries
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
Chippewa County Cemetery Transcriptions
Clinton County Genealogy Indexes includes indexes for some births, marriages, deaths and cemetery burials (from the Clinton County Historical Society and the DeWitt District Library)
Clinton County Death Records Search 1934-present
Delta County Genealogical Society - Genealogy Indexes includes: a probate index 1873-1975 and a cemetery burials index
Delta County Death Records Index 1865-2014
Detroit - see the Wayne County section below
Eaton County: Charlotte Shopping Guide Obituaries 1997-2013 from the Charlotte Community Library
Eaton County Genealogical Society Databases includes cemetery burials, probate packet files index and other items
Emmet County Clerk Death Record Search
Emmet County: Greenwood Cemetery Burials (Petoskey, Michigan)
Genesee County and Flint...
- Genesee County Death Index 1930 to present also has marriage records since 1963
- Genesee County Death Index 1867-1930 and Cemetery Index from the Flint Genealogical Society
- Genesee County: Flint Public Library Obituaries Indexes 2000-2013
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: Traverse City Record-Eagle Index the index includes birth, marriage and death announcements from the Traverse City area from 1868 to approximately 1985
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)
Iosco County...
- 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) also has obituaries 1800-1900
- 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 - Genealogy Index includes cemeteries, obituaries, funeral home records and more
- Kalamazoo County: Riverside Cemetery Burials (in Kalamazoo, Michigan)
- Kalamazoo County Clerk Vital Records Search includes death certificates and marriage licenses
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
- Kent County: Burials in 8 Grand Rapids City Cemeteries includes Fairplains Cemetery, Fulton Street Cemetery, Greenwood Cemetery, Oakgrove Cemetery, Oakhill North Cemetery, Oakhill South Cemetery, Woodlawn East Cemetery and Woodlawn West Cemetery
Livingston County...
- Livingston County Death and Marriage Records Indexes 1950-present
- Livingston County Death Index 1867-1948
- Livingston County: Brighton District Library Genealogy Indexes includes: Brighton Press and Argus Obituary Index, and indexes for death notices, cemetery burials and marriages
- Livingston County: Village of Pinckney Cemetery Burials
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
Mason County: Lakeview Cemetery Burials (Ludington, Michigan) PDF file
Menominee County: Riverside Cemetery Burials in Menominee, Michigan
Missaukee County Cemeteries
Monroe County...
- 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...
- 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 a marriage records index
Oakland County...
- Oakland County: Assorted Death Indexes includes death notices from Pontiac, Michigan newspapers, some obituaries, marriage and 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 Historical Resources includes some death notices, obituaries and cemetery burials
- Oakland County: Farmington Library Obituaries Index 1890-1999 also indexes some marriages and cemetery burials
- Oakland County: Milford Times Obituary Index 1929-1949 from the Milford Public Library
- Oakland County: Rochester-Avon Historical Society Obituaries Index PDF document
- Oakland County: Royal Oak Public Library Obituary and Cemetery Indexes has Daily Tribune Obituaries 2010-present, and Royal Oak Cemetery burials
- Jewish Cemeteries in Oakland County...
  - 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, Michigan
Ogemaw County Death Records Index
Otsego County: City of Gaylord Cemeteries includes burial indexes for Fairview Cemetery and Bagley Cemetery
Ottawa County...
- Ottawa County: Grand Haven Genealogy Indexes includes indexes for Grand Haven Tribune obituaries, Grand Haven cemeteries, Ottawa county death records and more; from the Loutit District Library
- Ottawa County: Holland Sentinel Vital Records and Obituaries Indexes Vital records indexes include death notices, obituaries, birth announcements and other items. The city of Holland is in Ottawa and Allegan Counties.
- Ottawa County: Pilgrim Home Cemetery and Graafschap Cemetery Burials (Holland, Michigan) PDF file
- 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...
- 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...
- Sanilac County: Sandusky District Library Obituary Database and Cemetery Records
- Sanilac County Genealogy Indexes includes Sanilac Jeffersonian Newspaper Index of Births, Deaths and Marriages 1876-1990, and Croswell Cemetery Data; from the Aitkin Memorial District Library in Croswell, Michigan
Schoolcraft County Death Index 1870-1899
Shiawassee County: Owosso Argus-Press Obituary Index 1862-2011 from the Shiawassee District Library
Tuscola County Death Records Index 1875-1902
Tuscola County: Cass City Cemetery Records and Digitized Newspapers from the Rawson Memorial District Library
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 and Notices from Washtenaw County Newspapers
- University of Michigan, Alumni Records - Necrology File Index for students who died prior to 1965
Wayne County and Detroit...
- See... Detroit and Wayne County Death Records - Information and Indexes
  includes obituaries, some cemeteries and information on ordering death certificates

Also...

Michigan Gravestone Photo Project
Michigan Genealogy Records at Ancestry (requires payment)
includes census records, cemetery burials, military records, vital records, city directories and more

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