Listed record inventories
Selected holdings and indexes for Tuscola 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 association · RG 90-1571854 to 1922
- Record of assumed names · RG 90-1571930 to 1951
Cemetery Records
- Tuscola County files · RG 83-531968 to 1976
Census Records
Land Records
- Chattel mortgages (Novesta Township) · RG 93-701880 to 1892
- Rural Property Inventory · RG 70-1131935 to 1938
Military Records
Naturalization Records
- Certificate stubs · RG 90-70not dated
- Declarations of Intention · RG 90-701857 to 1964
- Petitions · RG 90-701906 to 1965
- Petitions granted and denied · RG 90-701929 to 1965
- Repatriate · RG 90-701941 to 1952
- Second papers · RG 90-701881 to 1906
Occupational Records
- Record of medical practitioners · RG 90-1571883 to 1952
- Record of veterinary surgeons · RG 90-1571900 to 1914
- Registration of nurses · RG 90-1571910 to 1956
- Registration of optometrists · RG 90-1571910 to 1953
- Registration of physicians · RG 90-1571900 to 1953
Political Records
- Delegates elected to county conventions · RG 90-1571934 to 1962
- Election records · RG 90-1571861 to 1976
- Oaths of office (Novesta Township) · RG 93-701880 to 1892
- Record of township and village officers · RG 90-1571907 to 1928
- Resignations (Novesta Township) · RG 93-701882 to 1892
Poor Home / Relief Records
- Superintendent of Poor records · RG 90-1571855 to 1867
Tax Records
- Tax rolls · RG 90-1561854 to 1955
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 Tuscola 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, Tuscola" 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: Sanilac County
Check the parent county for earlier records: Sanilac 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.