Listed record inventories
Selected holdings and indexes for Antrim County, checked against the repository descriptions linked below. Date spans may contain gaps; an index is not a complete set of original records.
Business Records
- Articles of association · RG 57-191881 to 1902
- Inventory of stock · RG 57-191883
- Register of log marks · RG 57-191881 to 1899
Cemetery Records
- Antrim County files · RG 83-531962 to 1976
Court Records
- Justice of the Peace records · RG 57-191863 to 1885
Land Records
- Chattel mortgages (Forest Home Township) · RG 78-91871 to 1902
- Rural Property Inventory · RG 72-761936 to 1942
Military Records
Naturalization Records
- Declarations of intention · RG 2002-601863 to 1949
- Petitions denied · RG 2002-601929
- Petitions for naturalization · RG 2002-601868 to 1955
- Petitions granted · RG 2002-601929 to 1955
- Repatriations · RG 2002-601937 to 1948
Occupational Records
- Statements of medical practitioners · RG 57-191883 to 1899
School Records
- Family census cards · RG 83-691906 to 1960
- Gradebooks, Echo District #3 · RG 82-731920 to 1922
- Minutes of county school inspectors · RG 57-191881 to 1892
- Teacher classification registers · RG 95-1701891 to 1906
- Teacher’s daily register (Echo Township) · RG 91-3181894 to 1901
Tax Records
- Assessment rolls · RG 67-1051929 to 1941
See the repository's descriptions and search options
Repository access note: Selected holdings described by the Archives of Michigan. Preserve the record-group (RG) reference when requesting records. Some collections are held at partner repositories; consult the guide before traveling. Asterisks and other qualifiers refer to access or location notes in that guide. Some records have privacy restrictions or require proof of death. A date span may contain gaps and does not establish that images are online.
Sources: the catalogs and repository descriptions linked on the entries above. Selected inventories do not establish complete coverage of every record type or online access to original documents. Read the repository access note for source dates and limitations.
Where to find the records
- Antrim County official website
Hours, addresses and phone numbers for the county clerk, the register of deeds and the probate court, and any online record search the county offers.
- The county clerk
Births, deaths and marriages registered in the county, and court records.
- The register of deeds
Deeds, mortgages and other land records.
- The probate court
Wills, estates and guardianships.
- The Archives of Michigan
In Lansing: state and county records, and Michigan death certificates from 1897 to 1952 online at Michiganology.
- Archives of Michiganfree
The state archives in Lansing, with county and state records, military records and Michigan death records.
- FamilySearch Catalogfree
Search by place for "Michigan, Antrim" to find filmed and digitized records, many viewable free online with a FamilySearch account.
Offices change their hours and access rules; call before you visit.
Boundaries and parent counties
Formed from: Michilimackinac County (now Mackinac)
Check the parent county for earlier records: Mackinac County
Records stay with the county that created them. If your ancestor lived here before 1840, search the parent county. The Atlas of Historical County Boundaries shows each boundary change.
Research tip
Michigan began registering births and deaths in 1867, much earlier than most states, with county clerks keeping the registers and sending copies to the state. Ask the county clerk for the early registers.