This page provides information on obtaining copies of Michigan
birth certificates, Michigan marriage licenses, Michigan divorce
decrees and Michigan death records. There are also useful
links to past Michigan Vital Records for those of you conducting
family history research. General information about US vital
records can be viewed on the Vital Records Index Page
Michigan birth, marriage and death certificates may be obtained
from the following government office:
Vital Records Request
P.O. Box 30721
Lansing, MI 48909
Michigan birth, marriage and death certificate order forms as
well as more information are available on the following
pages:
The Michigan Dept of Community Health may be contacted
by phone on (517) 335-8656. or online at http://www.michigan.gov/mdhhs/0,5885,7-339-71551_4645---,00.html
Remarks:
State office has records of births and deaths that occurred
and were filed with the state since 1867. Some of the records
(especially pre-1906 births and pre-1897 deaths) were not
filed with the state
Birth, Marriage and Death Historical Record Collections at
FamilySearch.org
over 700 million records online, search Michigan
birth, marriage and death certificate databases from the 1800s and
1900s
Vitalcheck Express
Certificate Service
order copies of Michigan birth, marriage and
death certificates online
Vital Records Search at Ancestry.com
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marriages, deaths, divorces, obituaries and wills; a database of over 9
Billion records