Listed record inventories
Selected holdings and indexes for Mackinac 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 2008-441922 to 1962
- Assumed names · RG 2008-441907 to 1932
- Co-partnerships · RG 2008-441887 to 1925
Cemetery Records
- Mackinac County files · RG 83-531962 to 1976
Census Records
Court Records
- Chancery calendars · RG 2008-441890 to 1969
- Chancery case files · RG 2008-441857 to 1940 and from 1946 to 1949
- Chancery index · RG 2008-441879 to 1913
- Chancery subpoenas to delinquent taxpayers · RG 2008-441887 to 1892
- Circuit Court calendars · RG 2008-441882 to 1957
- Circuit Court case files · RG 71-1161817 to 1879
- Circuit Court journals · RG 72-1371848 to 1877
- Common rule book · RG 72-1371852 to 1912
- Coroner’s inquests · RG 2008-441862 to 1939
- Justice of the Peace case files · RG 2008-441845 to 1956
- Justice of the Peace docket · RG 2008-441879 to 1888
- Justice of the Peace transcript of judgment · RG 2008-441882 to 1943
- Criminal calendars · RG 2008-441887 to 1957
- Criminal case files · RG 2008-441877 to 1950
- Decrees · RG 2008-441900 to 1923
- Divorce proceedings · RG 2008-441876 to 1916
- Individuals involved in court cases · RG 72-1371889 to 1933
- Journal of Justice Court (St. Ignace) · RG 72-1371887 to 1899
- Jurors’ and witnesses’ time record · RG 72-1371887 to 1946
- Jury duty fees · RG 2008-441877 to 1883
- Jury lists (fragments) · RG 2008-441934 and from 1937
- Law/civil case files · RG 2008-441852 to 1941
- Order book · RG 2008-441876 to 1915
- Record of jurors · RG 72-1371896 to 1950
- Special motion book · RG 2008-441880 to 1906
- Transcript of judgement and execution · RG 72-1371882 to 1883
- United States Circuit Court files · RG 2008-441879 and from 1890 to 1891
- Upper Peninsula District Court calendar · RG 2008-441850 to 1869
- Upper Peninsula District Court case files · RG 2008-441828 to 1866
Land Records
- Chattel mortgages (Holmes Township) · RG 80-1081884 to 1889
- Deeds · RG 2008-441877, from 1881, and from 1899
- Homestead papers · RG 2008-441878 to 1896
- Index of land described within county · RG 72-137not dated
- Index to deeds · RG 72-137not dated
- List of land ownership (Mackinac) · RG 2008-441850 to 1864
- Lists of unpaid mortgages · RG 2008-441886 to 1891
- Mortgages · RG 2008-441875, from 1892, and from 1898
- Non-resident land ownership (Brevoort Township) · RG 2008-441884
- Notices of property tax sales · RG 2008-441931 to 1936, and from 1940 to 1947
- Patents and deeds · RG 72-1371879 to 1881
- Quit claim deeds · RG 2008-441892, from 1903, and from 1934
- Record of land delinquent for tax of · RG 72-1371882, from 1885
- Record of land sold for delinquent taxes · RG 72-1371856 to 1871
- Rural Property Inventory · RG 72-761936 to 1942
- Statement of lands sold for unpaid taxes · RG 72-1371868
- Transcript of mortgages recorded in deeds · RG 72-1371882 to 1883
- United States survey of private claims on Mackinac Island · RG 72- 1371880
Military Records
Naturalization Records
- Certificate stubs · RG 98-481907 to 1927
- Declarations of Intention · RG 2008-441855 to 1900
- Depositions · RG 2008-441916 to 1931
- Facts for declarations of intention · RG 2008-441886 to 1910
- Facts for petitions for naturalization · RG 2008-441880 to 1915
- Naturalization docket · RG 98-481821 to 1940
- Naturalization journal · RG 98-481884 to 1906
- Oaths · RG 2008-441874 to 1883
- Petition and record · RG 98-481907 to 1964
- Petitions granted and denied · RG 98-481929 to 1963
Occupational Records
- Dental practitioners · RG 2008-441907 to 1974
- Labor liens on logs · RG 2008-441886 to 1940
- License book (Mackinac Island) · RG 80-1081877 to 1890
- Medical practitioners · RG 2008-441900 to 1975
- Nurses · RG 2008-441918 to 1949
- Record of appointment & oath of sheriffs · RG 72-1371923 to 1945
- Record of certificate in optometry · RG 72-1371910 to 1950
- Register of chiropractic examiners · RG 72-1371951
- Statement of medical practitioners · RG 72-1371883 to 1899
Political Records
Poor Home / Relief Records
- Superintendent of the Poor reports · RG 2008-441869 to 1928
Probate Records
- Appraiser’s warrant and inventory · RG 72-1371860 to 1909
Recreation Records
- Record of hunters’ licenses · RG 72-1371895, and from 1915 to 1916
Tax Records
- Assessment rolls · RG 72-1371858 to 1898
- Assessment rolls (Holmes Township) · RG 80-1061889 to 1892, and from 1895 to 1898
- Assessment rolls (Mackinac Island) · RG 80-1061896 to 1939
- Bonds · RG 72-1371881, from 1893, and from 1900 to 1907
- Bounties · RG 2008-441902 to 1920
- Tax assessment lists · RG 71-1161823 to 1826
- Tax rolls · RG 2010-281998 to 2009
Vital Records
- Birth registers · RG 2008-441876 to 1891
- Death returns · RG 2008-441877 to 1891
- Marriage certificates and returns · RG 2008-441853 to 1918
Voter Records
- Statement of votes given · RG 72-1371876 to 1895
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
- Find Mackinac County's official website
We haven't checked this county's website yet, so this opens a web search. Look for an address ending in .gov, then find the county clerk, the register of deeds and the probate court.
- 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, Mackinac" 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: Wayne County, Bond County (Ill.), Crawford County (Ill.), Madison County (Ill.)
Check the parent counties for earlier records: Crawford County, Wayne County
Later formed partly from Mackinac County: Alpena County, Antrim County, Charlevoix County, Cheboygan County, Chippewa County, Clare County, Delta County, Emmet County, Ionia County, Isabella County, Kalkaska County, Kent County, Lake County, Leelanau County, Luce County, Manistee County, Marquette County, Mason County, Mecosta County, Missaukee County, Montcalm County, Montmorency County, Newaygo County, Oceana County, Ontonagon County, Osceola County, Oscoda County, Otsego County, Ottawa County, Presque Isle County, Roscommon County, Schoolcraft County, Wexford County
Records stay with the county that created them. If your ancestor lived here before 1818, 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.