Michigan Full State Death Indexes
Detroit & Wayne County Obituaries, Cemeteries & Miscellaneous Death Records
- Detroit Obituaries includes the Detroit Free Press (3/5/1982-Current) & the Detroit News (1999-Current) (copies of individual obituaries can be obtained online for a fee)
- Wayne County Cemeteries (some with transcriptions)
- Michigan Jewish Cemetery Index (Irwin I. Cohn Index) not complete, but presently has about 64,000 listings - includes Jewish cemeteries in the greater Detroit area and some outside of Detroit
- Wayne County Census Mortality Schedule 1850 (includes Detroit)
- Detroit Area Death Notices for Assorted Years 1800s-2003 not complete
- Detroit Deaths, June 1883 to 15 May 1884 from the 1884 Detroit City Directory
- Deaths in the Dearborn Press 1918-1928
also has indexes for 2 Dearborn cemeteries
- Grosse Pointe Public Library
Obituary Database
- Plymouth, Michigan: Assorted Cemetery Listings (scroll down to the Michigan section) includes Civil War Veteran Burials, Old Baptist Cemetery, Presbyterian Cemetery, Riverside Cemetery, Shearer Cemetery
- Plymouth Historical Museum Archives includes mortality schedules and funeral home records
- Trenton Historical Society Genealogy Databases includes indexes for obituaries, death certificates, cemetery burials and census records
- Wyandotte Death Index, up to 1962 downloadable PDF or Excel file
Ordering Detroit & Wayne County Death Certificates
- Ordering by Mail (fees and restrictions apply)...
- For information about ordering Wayne County Death Certificates EXCLUDING Detroit see...
- For information about ordering City of Detroit Death Certificates see...
- For information about ordering Vital Records (including death certificates) for the state of Michigan see...
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