Listed record inventories
Selected holdings and indexes for Gratiot 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
- Burial permits (Alma) · RG 74-70*1951 to 1965
- Gratiot County files · RG 83-531968 to 1976
- Record of cremation and removals (Pine River Township) · RG 76- 93*not dated
Census Records
Court Records
- Assignment docket · RG 2007-191885 to 1894
- Calendar · RG 2007-191857 to 1949
- Chancery case files · RG 2007-191858 to 1940
- Chancery case files, divorce · RG 2007-191899 to 1937
- Chancery decrees · RG 2007-191858 to 1898 and from 1911 to 1946
- Chancery docket · RG 2007-191858 to 1963
- Chancery index · RG 2007-191879 to 1925
- Chancery orders · RG 2007-191909 to 1949
- Chancery transcripts of judgment · RG 2007-191858 to 1881
- Circuit Court blotters · RG 2007-191902 to 1909 and from 1929 to 1940
- Circuit Court case files · RG 2013-911885 to 1889
- Circuit Court journals · RG 2007-191858 to 1949
- Circuit Court records · RG 2007-191872 to 1962
- Civil Court docket (Pine River Township) · RG 76-93*1886 to 1891
- Common rule books · RG 2007-191858 to 1938
- Court commissioners docket · RG 2007-191909 to 1922
- Criminal calendar · RG 2007-191874 to 1912
- Criminal case files · RG 2007-191857 to 1940
- Criminal court docket (Pine River Township) · RG 76-93*1883 to 1906
- Divorce calendar · RG 2007-191899 to 1944
- Divorce decrees · RG 2007-191891 to 1929
- Divorce proceedings · RG 2007-191897 to 1904
- Index · RG 2007-19not date
- Justice court docket (Pine River Township) · RG 76-93*1871 to 1920
- Justice of the Peace calendar · RG 2007-191904 to 1927
- Justice of the Peace court transcripts · RG 2007-191857 to 1925
- Law and criminal docket · RG 2007- 191877 to 1886 and from 1902 to 1907
- Law case files · RG 2007-191857 to 1949
- Law index · RG 2007-19not dated
- Order books · RG 2007-191873 to 1922
- Prosecutor’s docket · RG 2007-191930 to 1937
- Register of notaries and Justice of the Peace · RG 2007-191915 to 1976
- Special motion books · RG 2007-191859 to 1911
Health Records
Land Records
- Chattel mortgages (Pine River Township) · RG 76-93*1873 to 1907
- Deeds · RG 67-641854 to 1921
Military Records
Naturalization Records
- Calendar · RG 94-3411907 to 1918
- Certificate stubs · RG 94-3411916 to 1922
- Declarations of Intention · RG 94-3411857 to 1951
- Index · RG 94-3411857 to 1940
- Petitions · RG 94-3411906 to 1956
- Petitions denied · RG 94-3411929 to 1954
- Second papers · RG 94-3411859 to 1906
Occupational Records
Poor Home / Relief Records
- County infirmary register · RG 80-1351915 to 1971
- Poor house register · RG 80-1351886 to 1914
Probate Records
- Calendar · RG 2022-871912 to 1969
- Case files · RG 2019-621867 to 1968
- Index · RG 2019-621904 to 1992
- Record of wills and letters liber · RG 2022-871903 to 1913
- Selected wills · RG 2021-611890 to 1920
Tax Records
- Assessment rolls (Alma) · RG 74-70*1903 to 1953
- Assessment rolls (Pine River Township) · RG 76-93*1890 to 1965
- Delinquent tax rolls (Alma) · RG 74-70*1929 to 1946
- Tax rolls · RG 80-371856 to 1958
- Tax rolls (Alma) · RG 74-70*1917 to 1932
Vital Records
- Death certificates (Alma) · RG 74-70*1897 to 1966
- Death records · RG 2007-191916 to 1925
- Index to births · RG 2007-19not dated
- Index to marriages · RG 2007-19not dated
- Record of births · RG 2007-191886 to 1896
Voter Records
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
- Gratiot 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, Gratiot" 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: Land not yet in any county
Records stay with the county that created them. If your ancestor lived here before 1831, 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.