Online Michigan Death Indexes and Obituaries
- 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
- Barry County Death Records Search 1860s-early 2007 (may not be working)
- 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 1867-1933
- 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
- Genesee County and Flint...
- Grand Rapids - see the Kent County section below
- Grand Traverse County Death Record Search 1866-June 2003 (Traverse Area District Library)
- Grand Traverse County Death Record Search 1866-present (Grand Traverse County Clerk)
- Hillsdale County Death Index 1867-1934 surnames a-c (also includes an online marriage index)
- Houghton County Cemeteries
- Ingham County and Lansing...
- 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...
- Kalamazoo County: Local Newspaper Index - Kalamazoo Gazette indexes some obituaries and death notices
- Kent County and Grand Rapids...
- 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)...
- Manistee County Birth, Marriage & Death Indexes also includes cemeteries, obituaries
- 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 Death Records 1995-present
- Saginaw Area Obituary Index 200,000 entries dating back to the 1800s
- 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...
- Wayne County & Detroit...
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