Listed record inventories
Selected holdings and indexes for Macomb 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
- Macomb County files · RG 83-531968 to 1976
Court Records
- Appeal calendar · RG 2021-111956 to 1962
- Appeal docket · RG 2021-111959 to 1968
- Chancery calendars · RG 2021-111918 to 1962
- Chancery case files · RG 79-941833, and from 1847 to 1856
- Chancery divorce journal · RG 2021-111913 to 1929
- Chancery journal · RG 2021-111858 to 1937
- Chancery orders · RG 2021-111875 to 1909
- Circuit Court calendars · RG 2021-111954 to 1979
- Circuit Court case #2905 · RG 2021-111870
- Circuit Court journals · RG 2021-111847 to 1960
- Criminal calendars · RG 2021-111921 to 1962
- Criminal case files · RG 79-941818 to 1856
- Index to chancery journal · RG 2021-111847 to 1858
- Index to criminal calendar · RG 2021-11undated
- Law calendars · RG 2021-111837 to 1852 and 1950 to 1962
- Law case files · RG 79-941818 to 1856
- Miscellaneous calendar · RG 2021-111961 to 1964
- Miscellaneous record · RG 2021-111843 to 1928
- Miscellaneous record (goods and chattels) · RG 2021-111926 to 1960
- Record of divorce proceedings · RG 2021-111890 to 1944 and 1962 to 1969
Land Records
- Chattel mortgages (Macomb Township) · RG 88-2591861 to 1898
Military Records
Naturalization Records
- Declarations of Intention · RG 97-781839 to 1974
- Petitions for naturalization · RG 97-781820 to 1983
- Court orders · RG 97-781929 to 1985
- Repatriations · RG 97-781936 to 1960
- Transfers · RG 97-781962 to 1982
Political Records
- Official canvass of county officers · RG 2021-111864 to 1870
Probate Records
- Appraiser warrant commission of insolvency · RG 2019-441841 to 1847
- Appraiser’s warrants · RG 2019-441834 to 1840, and from 1856 to 1865
- Bonds and warrants · RG 2019-441841, and from 1859 to 1863
- Calendars · RG 80-951849 to 1905
- Case files · RG 77-112circa 1825 to 1869
- Daybook · RG 2019-441838 to 1842
- Executor’s of administrator’s bonds · RG 2019-441859 to 1861
- Guardian’s bonds · RG 2019-441859 to 1864
- Index · RG 2019-441830 to 1954
- Journals · RG 2019-441866 to 1915
- Letters of administration · RG 2019-441834 to 1843
- Letters of guardianship · RG 2019-441849 to 1861
- Orders · RG 2019-441849 to 1861
- Probate record Miscellaneous · RG 2019-441862 to 1915
- Railroad record · RG 2019-441859 to 1863
- Record of bonds · RG 2019-441856 to 1859
- Record of drain and street openings · RG 2019-441907 to 1913
Tax Records
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
- Find Macomb 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, Macomb" to find filmed and digitized records, many viewable free online with a FamilySearch account.
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Boundaries and parent counties
Formed from: Wayne County
Check the parent county for earlier records: Wayne County
Later formed partly from Macomb County: Oakland County, St. Clair 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.