Listed record inventories
Selected holdings and indexes for Mecosta 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
- Register of log marks · RG 69-541868 to 1885
Cemetery Records
- Burial transit permits (Big Rapids Township) · RG 2007- 49*1945 to 1946
- Mecosta County files · RG 83-531968 to 1980
Census Records
Church Records
Court Records
- Chancery calendars · RG 2024-651859 to 1962
- Chancery case files · RG 2024-651938 to 1954
- Chancery decrees · RG 2024-651890 to 1962
- Circuit Court calendars · RG 2024-651859 to 1962
- Circuit Court case files · RG 2013-901895 to 1940
- Circuit Court chancery orders · RG 69-541859 to 1874
- Circuit Court common rule book · RG 69-541875 to 1915
- Circuit Court general orders · RG 69-541859 to 1876
- Circuit Court journals · RG 2024-651860 to 1959
- Circuit Court records · RG 2007-49*1931 to 1940
- Circuit Court special motions · RG 69-541860 to 1912
- Coroner inquests · RG 69-591872 to 1889
- Law case files (selected) · RG 2024-651945 to 1954
- Records of Justice Court · RG 69-541859 to 1890
Land Records
Military Records
- Grand Army of the Republic (GAR) post records · RG 63-191876 to 1945
- Record of soldiers and sailors in service of the Great War · RG 69- 591920
- Report of burial of indigent soldiers, sailors, and marines · RG 69-54Union Army, from 1888 to 1915
- Return of ex-soldiers · RG 69-59war, 1861-65, from 1888
Naturalization Records
- Declarations of Intention · RG 90-2741859 to 1983
- Oaths · RG 90-2741852 to 1891
- Petitions · RG 90-2741907 to 1956
- Second papers · RG 90-2741893 to 1906
Occupational Records
- Labor liens on logs · RG 69-591883 to 1886, and from 1895-1912
Political Records
- Record of township and city officers · RG 69-541879 to 1897
Poor Home / Relief Records
- Soldiers’ relief commission records · RG 69-591899 to 1909
Probate Records
- Appraiser’s warrants & inventories · RG 70-331868 to 1946
- Bonds and letters relating to appraisal · RG 72-451862 to 1888
- Case files · RG 2022-521862 to 1972
- Index · RG 2022-521862 to 2010
- Index to estates in probate · RG 72-45not dated
- Journal · RG 72-451860 to 1917
- Order of hearing & proof of publication · RG 72-451894 to 1915
- Probate calendars · RG 2022-521862 to 1977
- Record of administration of claims · RG 72-451894 to 1903
- Record of administrator · RG 72-451902 to 1915
- Record of appointment of administrator · RG 72-451896 to 1907
- Record of probate of will · RG 72-451887 to 1910
- Record of sale of real estate · RG 72-451895 to 1906
- Selected case files · RG 72-451870 to 1938
Recreation Records
Tax Records
- Assessment rolls · RG 72-451869 to 1880
- Assessment rolls (Grant Township) · RG 2013-70*1890 to 1970
- Record of redemption receipts · RG 72-451885 to 1899
- Statement of unpaid taxes lands · RG 72-451863 to 1875
- Tax rolls · RG 72-451859 to 1910
Vital 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 Mecosta 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, Mecosta" 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), Oceana County
Check the parent counties for earlier records: Mackinac County, Oceana 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.