Listed record inventories
Selected holdings and indexes for Emmet 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
- Annual reports of corporations · RG 67-471895 to 1911
- Record of estrays and log marks · RG 67-471891 to 1925
Cemetery Records
- Emmet County files · RG 83-531962 to 1976
Census Records
Court Records
Land Records
- Deeds issued and redemptions · RG 67-471891 to 1893
- Index to deeds · RG 67-47not dated
- Index to liens · RG 67-471885 to 1899
- Index to mortgages · RG 67-47not dated
- Rural Property Inventory · RG 72-761936 to 1942
- Statement of lands returned delinquent · RG 67-471874 to 1930
Military Records
Political Records
- Certificates of nomination · RG 67- 471894 to 1895 and from 1900 to 1901
- List of officers elected · RG 67-471876 to 1878
- Nomination petitions · RG 67-471918 to 1920 and from 1938 to 1940
- Oaths of office and official bonds · RG 67-471857 to 1916
- Return of township officers elected · RG 67-471880 to 1905 and from 1920 to 1931
Probate Records
- Calendars · RG 2023-591881 to 1961
- Estate case files · RG 2023-591857 to 1972
- Index cards · RG 2023-591961 to 1990
School Records
- School district censuses · RG 2017-142**1945 to 1968
Tax Records
- Delinquent tax receipt book · RG 67-471883 to 1901
- Delinquent tax receipt ledger · RG 67-471882 to 1903
- Delinquent tax returns · RG 67-471862 to 1958
- Record of village duplicate tax returns (Harbor Springs) · RG 67-471895 to 1922
- Statement of amounts received on lands sold for taxes · RG 67-471875 to 1888
- Tax assessment rolls · RG 67-471864 to 1940
- Taxes received on lands returned · RG 67-471877 to 1884
Voter Records
- Poll lists · RG 67-471859 to 1900
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
- Emmet 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, Emmet" 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.