Listed record inventories
Selected holdings and indexes for Manistee 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 2000-731867 to 1990
- Overpack, Silas, business records · Manuscript Collection 64-571896 to 1916
- Record of log marks · RG 2000-731880 to 1914
- Record of milk dealers labels & designs · RG 2000-731931 to 1939
Cemetery Records
- Manistee County files · RG 83-531968 to 1976
Military Records
Occupational Records
- Chiropodist and foot surgeon registrations · RG 2000-731954
- Drugless healer registrations · RG 2000-731926
- Hearing aid dealer registrations · RG 2000-731969 to 1978
- Medicine, surgery & midwife registrations · RG 2000-731900 to 1926
- Nurse registrations · RG 2000-731911 to 1958
- Osteopath registrations · RG 2000-731927 to 1974
- Physician and surgeon registrations · RG 2000-731930 to 1960
- Reinstatements · RG 2000-731943 to 1952
- Revocations · RG 2000-731944 to 1950
- Trained attendant registrations · RG 2000-731936 to 1949
- Veterinarian registrations · RG 2000-731900 to 1972
Tax Records
- Delinquent tax receipts · RG 71-1611943 to 1947
- Tax and assessment rolls · RG 71- 1611861 to 1898, and from 1942 to 1949
- Tax rolls · RG 86-991920, and from 1960
- Statement of unpaid taxes lands · RG 71-1611862 to 1893, and from 1947
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
- Manistee 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, Manistee" 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: Michilimackinac County (now Mackinac)
Check the parent county for earlier records: Mackinac 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.