Listed record inventories
Selected holdings and indexes for Marquette 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 2016-42*1976 to 2008
- Log liens · RG 2016-42*not dated
Cemetery Records
Census Records
Court Records
- Assignments · RG 2016-42*not dated
- Circuit Court civil calendar · RG 97-3241896 to 1920
- Common rule book · RG 2016-42*not dated
- Coroner’s inquests · RG 2016-42*not dated
- County Clerk ledger · RG 2016-42*1870 to 1895, and from 1916 to 1934
- Court books · RG 2016-42*not dated
- Court calendar · RG 2016-42*1870 to 1874
- Justice Court bonds · RG 2016-42*not dated
- Justice Court case registers (Ishpeming) · RG 81-97*1888 to 1938
- Justice Court civil dockets (Ishpeming) · RG 81-97*1881 to 1903
- Justice Court combined dockets (Ishpeming) · RG 81-97*1870 to 1895
- Justice Court combined dockets (Marquette) · RG 81-97*1873 to 1915
- Justice Court criminal dockets (Ishpeming) · RG 81-97*1879 to 1901
- Justice Court criminal dockets (Marquette) · RG 81-97*1837 to 1915
- Marquette County record of papers · RG 2016-42*1897 to 1924
Health Records
Military Records
Naturalization Records
- Affidavits of posting, naturalization · RG 89-4671907 to 1911
- Applications for transfer of petition · RG 89-4671939 to 1970
- Certificates of naturalization · RG 89-4671907 to 1963
- Citizenship certificates · RG 89-4671872 to 1906
- Court orders · RG 89-4671930 to 1971
- Declarations of Intention · RG 89-4671852 to 1970
- Interrogatories in depositions of witnesses · RG 89-4671930 to 1954
- Petition and record · RG 89-4671906 to 1970
- Repatriation oaths, A–Y · RG 89-4671938 to 1944
Occupational Records
Political Records
- Oaths of office (Ishpeming) · RG 2016-38*1890 to 1941
Tax Records
- Assessment rolls · RG 83-96*1868 to 1940
- Dog tax collection (Ishpeming) · RG 2016-38*1893 to 1905
- Tax rolls · RG 89-466*1941 to 1959
Vital Records
- Marriage affidavits · RG 2016-42*1897 to 2001
- Marriage applications · RG 2016-42*1961 to 2004
Voter Records
- Party enrollment book (Ishpeming) · RG 2016-38*1906 to 1913
- Poll register (Ishpeming) · RG 2016-38*1889 to 1928
- Register of electors (Ishpeming) · RG 2016-38*1899 to 1908
- Register of women electors (Ishpeming) · RG 2016-38*1919 to 1920 and from 1928 to 1932
- Voter registrations (Ishpeming) · RG 2016-38*1882 to 1932
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
- Marquette 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, Marquette" 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: Chippewa County, Michilimackinac County (now Mackinac)
Check the parent counties for earlier records: Chippewa County, Mackinac County
Later formed partly from Marquette County: Dickinson County, Houghton County, Iron County
Records stay with the county that created them. If your ancestor lived here before 1843, 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.