Listed record inventories
Selected holdings and indexes for Gogebic 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 90-183*1913 to 1972
Cemetery Records
- Gogebic County files · RG 83-531965 to 1976
Land Records
- Rural Property Inventory · RG 72-761936 to 1942
Military Records
Naturalization Records
- Certificates of naturalization · RG 90-1821929 to 1972
- Declarations of Intention · RG 90-1821887 to 1963
- Depositions · RG 90-1821911 to 1936
- Petition and record · RG 90-1821907 to 1980
- Repatriation · RG 90-1821942 to 1956
- Second papers · RG 90-1821887 to 1906
Occupational Records
- Bonds, Justice of the Peace · RG 90-183*1922 to 1923
- Bonds, township & city officers · RG 90-183*1889 to 1893 and from 1914 to 1949
- Certificates of medical registration · RG 90-183*1887 to 1974
- Lists of physicians · RG 90-183*1900 to 1904
- Record of chiropodists · RG 90-183*1933 to 1938
- Record of chiropractors · RG 90-183*1933 to 1948
- Record of medical practitioners · RG 90-183*1887 to 1940
- Record of medical practitioners and physicians · RG 90- 183*1900 to 1937
- Record of optometrists · RG 90-183*1924 and from 1952
- Records of notaries public, Justice of the Peace · RG 90- 183*1894 to 1913
- Register of optometrists · RG 90-183*1910 and from 1947
- Registered dentists · RG 90-183*1908 to 1935
- Registration of nurses · RG 90-183*1912 to 1955
Political Records
- Election records · RG 90-183*1887 to 1972
- Record of delegates to county conventions · RG 90-183*1932 to 1972
- Record of nomination petitions · RG 90-183*1910 to 1938
Poor Home / Relief Records
- Records of Superintendent of Poor · RG 90- 183*1887 and from 1897 to 1914
Tax Records
- Tax rolls · RG 2006-491887 to 1985
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
- Gogebic 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, Gogebic" 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: Ontonagon County
Check the parent county for earlier records: Ontonagon County
Records stay with the county that created them. If your ancestor lived here before 1887, 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.