Online Michigan Death Indexes, Records & Obituaries

Online Michigan Death Indexes and Obituaries

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 (free)
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) ongoing project - not yet 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), 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

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)
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 Courier Obituaries Index 1982-2007 includes online digitized copies of the obituaries
Cheboygan County Death Index 1867-1933
Clinton County Death Records Search 1934-recent
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
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 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 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
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...
- 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)
- Oakland County: DAR Cemetery Transcripts for Oakland County Michigan
- Oakland County: Machpelah Cemetery - Jewish Burials in Ferndale, Michigan
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
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 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

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