Listed record inventories
Selected holdings and indexes for Dickinson 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
- Dickinson County files · RG 83-531968 to 1976
Census Records
Court Records
- Civil docket · RG 2016-39*1899 to 1905
- Court dockets · RG 2016-39*1924 and from 1958 to 1963
- Criminal docket · RG 2016-39*1899 to 1902
- Jurors’ time table · RG 71-95*1892 to 1907
- Justice Court docket (Breitung Township**) · RG 2009-151880 to 1885
- Justice’s Civil & criminal dockets · RG 71-95*1889 to 1915
Land Records
- Record of state tax land deeds issued · RG 2016-39*1894 to 1895
- Rural Property Inventory · RG 72-761936 to 1942
Military Records
Naturalization Records
- Certificate of citizenship · RG 96-2181892 to 1903
- Certificate stubs · RG 96-2181907 to 1926
- Declarations of Intention · RG 96-2181891 to 1965
- Final papers · RG 96-2181892 to 1903
- Naturalization index & record (calendar) · RG 96-2181888 to 1970
- Oaths · RG 96-2181892 to 1903
- Order admitting to citizenship · RG 96-2181903 to 1906
- Order book · RG 96-2181930 to 1970
- Petition and record · RG 96-2181906 to 1970
- Repatriations · RG 96-2181939 to 1951
Poor Home / Relief Records
- Annual reports of Superintendent of Poor · RG 64-42*1910 to 1940
- Aragon Mining Club cash book · RG 56-10*1903 to 1906
- Cundy Mine aid fund · RG 56-10*1898 to 1904
Tax Records
- Record of certification of tax receipts · RG 2016-39*1902 to 1932
- Record of unpaid taxes · RG 2016-39*1894 to 1898
- Tax records · RG 2016-39*1891 to 1924
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
- Dickinson 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, Dickinson" 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: Iron County, Marquette County, Menominee County
Check the parent counties for earlier records: Iron County, Marquette County, Menominee County
Records stay with the county that created them. If your ancestor lived here before 1891, 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.