Listed record inventories
Selected holdings and indexes for Eaton 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 65-41838 to 1889
Cemetery Records
- Eaton County files · RG 83-531968 to 1976
Census Records
- Federal census · RG 65-41850 to 1880
- State census · RG 65-41845 and from 1854 and from 1864
Court Records
- Chancery case files · RG 69-721852 to 1880
- Chancery common order book · RG 80-791861 to 1872
- Chancery journal · RG 80-791861 to 1881
- Chancery notices · RG 80-791842 to 1861
- Circuit Court case files · RG 80-151931 to 1941
- Justice Court cases · RG 80-791838 to 1882
- List of jurors · RG 65-361838 to 1848
Land Records
- Deeds · RG 69-721856 to 1889 and from 1898
- Lands returned · RG 78-721837 to 1878
- Rural Property Inventory · RG 94-3031939
Military Records
- Burials of indigent soldiers · RG 74-611886 to 1890
- Establishment certificates · RG 74-611862 to 1864
- Grand Army of the Republic (GAR) post records · RG 63-191876 to 1945
- Military lists · RG 74-611886 to 1887
Naturalization Records
- Certificate stubs · RG 2002-171892 to 1959
- Circuit Court journal · RG 2002-171895 to 1914
- Declarations of Intention · RG 2002-171889 to 1959
- Petitions · RG 2002-171909 to 1959
- Petitions granted · RG 2002-171929 to 1959
- Second papers · RG 2002-171836 to 1902
Occupational Records
- Dentists’ certificates · RG 2013-841907 to 1956
- Justices of the Peace and notaries · RG 80-1201839 to 1907
- Medical practitioners · RG 80-1201883 to 1939
- Nurses · RG 80-1201912 to 1957
- Optometrists · RG 80-1201910 to 1953
- Osteopaths · RG 80-1201920 to 1948
- Physicians returned by assessors · RG 80-1201900 to 1904
- Professional record · RG 2013-841924 to 1986
- Sheriff’s deputies · RG 80-1201889 to 1964
Poor Home / Relief Records
- County infirmary patient register · RG 80-1201936 to 1951
- List of people sent to county infirmary · RG 80-1201859 to 1945
- Poor house register of inmates · RG 80-1201859 to 1936
Prison Records
- Inmate register · RG 80-1201899 to 1916
Probate Records
- Estate files · RG 80-731838 to 1940
- Probate calendar · RG 2014-361855 to 1941
- Probate index · RG 2014-361838 to 1941
School Records
- Census of students (Kalamo Township) · RG 80-761865 to 1888
- Register of teachers (Kalamo Township) · RG 80-761865 to 1886
- Teacher contracts (Kalamo Township) · RG 80-761865 to 1883
Tax Records
- Account books · RG 78-721839 to 1888
- Assessment rolls · RG 78-721844 to 1955
- Delinquent tax registers · RG 78-721838 to 1927
Vital Records
- Divorce · RG 69-721860 to 1880
Voter Records
- Canvassers’ returns · RG 80-1201838 to 1915
- Statements of votes · RG 80-1201892 to 1939
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
- Eaton 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, Eaton" to find filmed and digitized records, many viewable free online with a FamilySearch account.
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Boundaries and parent counties
Formed from: Land not yet in any county
Records stay with the county that created them. If your ancestor lived here before 1829, 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.