Listed record inventories
Selected holdings and indexes for Lenawee 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 99-461852 to 1978
Cemetery Records
- Lenawee County files · RG 83-531968 to 1976
Court Records
- Chancery calendar · RG 2017-511852 to 1939
- Chancery index · RG 2017-51not dated
- Chancery journal · RG 2017-511843 to 1854
- Circuit Court calendar · RG 2017-511852 to 1939
- Claims in · RG 69-55sheriffs, from 1856 to 1879
- Common rule book · RG 2017-511891 to 1935
- Courthouse claims and drafts · RG 69-551852 to 1853
- Criminal calendar · RG 2017-511864 to 1932
- Index to Calendar G · RG 2017-51not dated
- Law index · RG 2017-51not dated
- Transcripts · RG 89-4581902 to 1908
- Transcripts of judgments · RG 2017-511852 to 1881
Health Records
Land Records
Military Records
- Grand Army of the Republic (GAR) post records · RG 63-191876 to 1945
- List of male citizens liable for military duty · RG 69-551862 to 1864 and from 1867
Naturalization Records
- Certificate stubs · RG 2002-261922 to 1982
- Declarations of Intention · RG 2002-261853 to 1963
- Petitions for Naturalization · RG 2002-261853 to 1982
Poor Home / Relief Records
- Journal of superintendent of the poor · RG 69-551877 to 1886
- List of applicants for volunteers’ relief aid · RG 69-551861 to 1864
- Poor relief record (Ogden Township) · RG 94-3071876 to 1888
- Welfare Board minutes · RG 81-1241951 to 1957
Tax Records
- Assessment rolls (Adrian) · RG 72-631900 and from 1907
- Assessment rolls (Blissfield Township) · RG 71-871920, from 1930 and from 1940
- Statement of delinquent non-resident land · RG 69-551833 to 1845
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
- Lenawee 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, Lenawee" to find filmed and digitized records, many viewable free online with a FamilySearch account.
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Boundaries and parent counties
Formed from: Monroe County
Check the parent county for earlier records: Monroe County
Records stay with the county that created them. If your ancestor lived here before 1822, 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.