Listed record inventories
Selected holdings and indexes for Arenac County, checked against the repository descriptions linked below. Date spans may contain gaps; an index is not a complete set of original records.
Cemetery Records
- Arenac County files · RG 83-531968 to 1976
Court Records
- Appeal docket Supreme Court · RG 2021-631929 to 1975
- Chancery calendars · RG 2021-631883 to 1963
- Chancery case files · RG 2021-631889 to 1963
- Circuit Court calendars · RG 2021-631883 to 1970
- Civil case files · RG 2021-631891 to 1990
- Civil docket · RG 2021-631963 to 1976
- Criminal case files · RG 2021-631891 to 1990
- Criminal docket · RG 2021-631982
- Law case files · RG 2021-631952 to 1962
- Record of divorce proceedings · RG 2021-631898 to 1942
Land Records
- Rural Property Inventory · RG 72-761936 to 1942
Military Records
Naturalization Records
- Calendar · RG 99-101889 to 1907
- Certificate stubs · RG 99-101907 to 1928
- Declarations of Intention · RG 99-101880 to 1950
- Notice of application for admission to citizenship · RG 99- 101909 to 1940
- Petitions denied · RG 99-101935 to 1945
- Petitions granted · RG 99-101925 to 1956
- Second papers · RG 99-101889 to 1956
Occupational Records
- Record of dentists · RG 2021-631907 to 1974
- Record of optometrists · RG 2021-631910 to 1971
Probate Records
- Calendars · RG 2019-531883 to 1962
- Case files · RG 2019-531926 to 1968
- Index · RG 2019-531883 to 1960 and from 1963 to 1968
- Journals · RG 2019-531889 to 1937
- Orders · RG 2019-531884 to 1903
- Probate record · RG 2019-531883 to 1974
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
- Arenac 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, Arenac" 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: Land not yet in any county
Later formed partly from Arenac County: Bay County
Records stay with the county that created them. If your ancestor lived here before 1831, 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.