Listed record inventories
Selected holdings and indexes for Iosco 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 Incorporation · RG 2014-1401869 to 1974
- Business records · RG 2005-391873 to 1927
Cemetery Records
- Iosco County files · RG 83-531965 to 1976
Census Records
Court Records
- Book of judgments · RG 2014-1401917 to 1947
- Chancery calendars · RG 2014-1401890 to 1937
- Chancery case files · RG 2014-1401860 to 1939
- Chancery findings · RG 2014-140not dated
- Chancery journal · RG 2014-1401917 to 1937
- Chancery record · RG 2014-1401886 to 1916
- Chancery rule book · RG 2014-1401887 to 1906
- Circuit Court calendars · RG 2014-1401860 to 1937
- Circuit Court case files · RG 2014-1401860 to 1938
- Circuit Court index · RG 2014-140not dated
- Circuit Court journal · RG 2014-1401859 to 1923
- Civil docket (East Tawas) · RG 2019-781955 to 1959
- Civil docket (Tawas Township) · RG 2014-1401920 to 1939
- Coroner’s record · RG 2014-1401895 to 1920
- Court blotter · RG 2014-1401890 to 1944
- Criminal docket · RG 2019-781934 to 1956
- Criminal docket (Baldwin Township) · RG 2019-781887 to 1904
- Criminal docket (East Tawas) · RG 2019-781952 to 1957
- Decrees · RG 2014-1401916 to 1930
- Justice docket (East Tawas) · RG 2019-781904 to 1916 and from 1945 to 1961
- Law findings · RG 2014-140not dated
- Law journal · RG 2014-140not dated
- Orders · RG 2014-140not dated
- Prosecuting Attorney’s dockets · RG 2014-1401911 to 1946
- Transcripts of judgments · RG 2014-1401868 to 1944
Land Records
- Rural Property Inventory · RG 72-761936 to 1942
Military Records
Naturalization Records
- Declarations of Intention · RG 94-3781859 to 1971
- Journals · RG 94-3781894 to 1906
- Orders granted · RG 94-3781932 to 1956
- Petitions · RG 94-3781906 to 1974
- Transfers · RG 94-3781957 to 1972
Occupational Records
- Physician’s registrations · RG 2014-1401900 to 1979
- Professional registrations · RG 2014-1401933 to 1974
- Record of dentists · RG 2014-1401907 to 1970
Probate Records
- Appointment of administrators and guardians · RG 2015- 1631886 to 1905
- Appraisals, warrants, and inventories · RG 2015-1631897 to 1906
- Calendar · RG 2015-1631859 to 1942
- Determination of heirs · RG 2015-1631910 to 1914
- Index to probate calendars · RG 2015-163not dated
- Orders of hearings · RG 2015-1631886 to 1907
- Probate records · RG 2015-1631895 to 1915
- Record of administration · RG 2015-1631907 to 1915
- Records of transfers of estates · RG 2015-1631853 to 1875
- Sales of real estate · RG 2015-1631888 to 1904
Tax Records
- Assessment rolls · RG 2018-1511891 to 1940
- Delinquent tax rolls (East Tawas City) · RG 2018-1511926 to 1929
- Tax rolls · RG 2018-1511887 to 1940
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
- Iosco 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, Iosco" 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 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.