Listed record inventories
Selected holdings and indexes for Huron 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
- Huron County files · RG 83-531967 to 1976
Census Records
Court Records
- Chancery calendars · RG 2013-831861 to 1942
- Chancery case files · RG 2013-831884 to 1940
- Chancery common rule book · RG 2013-831867 to 1887
- Chancery decrees · RG 2013-831904 to 1919
- Chancery journals · RG 2013-831865 to 1953
- Chancery order books · RG 2013-831900 to 1932
- Circuit Court calendars · RG 2013-831861 to 1946
- Circuit Court journals · RG 2013-831864 to 1941
- Circuit Court special motion book · RG 2013-831865 to 1914
- Civil docket · RG 2013-831901 to 1914
- Civil and domestic case files · RG 2021-1061940 to 1962
- Criminal calendars · RG 2013-831887 to 1938
- Criminal case files · RG 2013-831896 to 1925
- Criminal law case files · RG 2019-1221942 to 1962
- Divorce and foreclosure proceedings · RG 2013-831888 to 1899
- Justice criminal docket · RG 2013-831926 to 1929
- Law case files · RG 2013-831875 to 1941
- Transcript of judgment · RG 2013-831902 to 1941
Land Records
- Rural Property Inventory · RG 72-761936 to 1942
Military Records
Naturalization Records
- Application to take oath of renunciation and allegiance · RG 92-2271936 to 1947
- Certificate stubs · RG 96-2271913 to 1958
- Citizens’ court journal · RG 96-2271889 to 1902
- Declarations of Intention · RG 96-2271864 to 1952
- Instructions to clerks · RG 96-2271938 to 1961
- Naturalization record/journal · RG 96-2271886 to 1906
- Petition and record · RG 96-2271907 to 1957
- Petitions recommended to be granted · RG 96-2271930 to 1958
Occupational Records
- Record of dentists · RG 2013-831907 to 1952
- Record of nurses · RG 2013-83circa 1911 to 1955
- Record of physicians and students · RG 2013-831882 to 1899
Poor Home / Relief Records
Prison Records
Probate Records
- Bonds and letters related to administration of estates · RG 67-931865 to 1886
- Calendars · RG 2019-791870 to 1970
- Case files · RG 2019-791870 to 1968
- Index · RG 2019-791870 to 1991
- Journal of probate court · RG 67-931880 to 1898
- Orders of probate court for hearing related to estate settlement · RG 67-931884 to 1905
- Petitions, bonds, and letters related to probate of estates · RG 67-931892 to 1906
- Probate record · RG 2019-791927 to 1965
- Record of wills · RG 2019-791924 to 1938
- Records related to probate of estates · RG 67-931865 to 1886
Tax Records
- Assessment rolls · RG 67-931864 to 1865 and from 1877 to 1884
- Assessment rolls (Dwight Township) · RG 67-931856 to 1860
- Journal of delinquent tax receipts · RG 67-931893 to 1910
- Receipt book for payment of delinquent tax · RG 67-931895 to 1921
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
- Huron 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, Huron" 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: Sanilac County
Check the parent county for earlier records: Sanilac 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.