Listed record inventories
Selected holdings and indexes for Charlevoix 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 90-1721869 to 1969
- Record of lost goods and estrays · RG 72-851899 to 1925
Cemetery Records
- Charlevoix County files · RG 83-531968 to 1975
Court Records
- Chancery calendar · RG 77-151878 to 1942
- Chancery case files · RG 77-151884 to 1913
- Circuit Court calendar · RG 77-151882 to 1963
- Circuit Court calendar (Manitou County) · RG 75-701857 to 1892
- Circuit Court journal · RG 77-151869 to 1957
- Circuit Court journal (Manitou County) · RG 75-701870 to 1894
- Common rulebook (Manitou County) · RG 75-701872 to 1894
- Criminal case files · RG 77-151890 to 1913
- Justice’s docket · RG 72-851884 to 1968
- Law case files · RG 77-151883 to 1913
Land Records
- Abstract of sales of state land · RG 67-471886 to 1895
- Abstract of sales of state land (Manitou County) · RG 80-621860
- Deeds · RG 80-1221852 to 1901
- Deeds (Manitou County) · RG 80-1221854 to 1895
- Deeds & abstract of title (Manitou County) · RG 80-1221854 to 1960
- Delinquent tax lands sold (Manitou County) · RG 80-621860 to 1884
- Mortgages · RG 80-1221857 to 1903
- Mortgages (Manitou County) · RG 80-1221857 to 1895
- Rural Property Inventory · RG 75-701937 to 1939
- Tax record of lands offered for sale for unpaid taxes · RG 67-471877 to 1893
Military Records
- Burial of indigent soldiers · RG 72-851913 to 1915
- Burial of soldiers and sailors · RG 72-851883 to 1961
- Grand Army of the Republic (GAR) post records · RG 63-191876 to 1945
- Soldier discharges · RG 72-851862 to 1865
Naturalization Records
- Declaration of Intention · RG 90-1731876 to 1951
- Final papers orders admitted · RG 90-1731870 to 1897
- Index · RG 90-1731855 to 1941
- Lists of petitions granted · RG 90-1731930 to 1957
- Oaths and declarations · RG 90-1731897 to 1903
- Orders admitted, Oaths and declarations · RG 90-1731904 to 1906
- Petition and record · RG 90-1731907 to 1956
- Record of Intention for citizenship (Manitou County) · RG 75-701870 to 1894
Occupational Records
- Assessor’s record of physicians · RG 72-851900
- Chiropractors’ record · RG 90-1721934 to 1973
- Dentists’ record · RG 90-1721907 to 1951
- Medical practitioners’ roll · RG 90-1721887 to 1935
- Nurses’ registration · RG 90-1721912 to 1939
- Optometrists’ register · RG 90-1721910
- Physicians’ registration · RG 90-1721903 to 1935
- Roll of attorneys · RG 72-851868 to 1912
- Salaries of county employees · RG 72-851941 to 1942
Political Records
- Election records · RG 90-1721900 to 1972
- Record of township officers · RG 90-1721887 to 1963
Poor Home / Relief Records
Probate Records
- Bonds & letters (Manitou County) · RG 75-701873 to 1885
- Calendars · RG 2020-311882 to 1968
- Case files · RG 2020-311882 to 1970
- Petitions & affidavits of publication (Manitou County) · RG 75-701873 to 1888
- Warrants & reports (Manitou County) · RG 75-701876 to 1892
Recreation Records
- Hunting license registrations · RG 72-851887 to 1900
- Registration of automobiles · RG 72-851916 and from 1923 to 1924
School Records
- School census cards · RG 2017-142**1910 to 1968
Tax Records
- Assessment rolls · RG 80-621877 to 1940
- Assessment rolls (Manitou County) · RG 72-851857 to 1890
- Delinquent tax rolls · RG 72-851881 to 1920
- Liquor assessment (Manitou County) · RG 72-851876 to 1879
- Statements of unpaid taxes (Manitou County) · RG 80-621864 to 1893
- Tax rolls · RG 90-1711945 to 1975
Vital Records
- Record of births (Manitou County) · RG 75-701871 to 1894
- Record of deaths (Manitou County) · RG 75-701871 to 1893
- Record of marriages (Manitou County) · RG 75-701868 to 1895
Voter Records
- Voter registrations · RG 72-851908 and from 1912
- Voter registrations (Charlevoix) · RG 2024-941916 to 1934
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
- Find Charlevoix County's official website
We haven't checked this county's website yet, so this opens a web search. Look for an address ending in .gov, then find the county clerk, the register of deeds and the probate court.
- 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, Charlevoix" to find filmed and digitized records, many viewable free online with a FamilySearch account.
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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.