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United States Michigan Leelanau County

Guide to Leelanau County Michigan genealogy. Birth records, marriage records, death records, census records, family history, and military records.

	Michigan Online Records

Leelanau County, Michigan
Map
Location of Michigan in the U.S.
Facts
Founded	April 1, 1840
County Seat	Leland
Courthouse
Address	Leelanau County Courthouse 301 E Cedar St. P. O. Box 467 Leland, MI 49654 Phone: (231) 256-9824 Leelanau County Website

County Courthouse

County Clerk has birth, marriage and death records from 1867,
divorce records from 1870 and court records.
Probate Judge has probate records. ^[1]

History

Parent County

1840--Leelanau County was created 1 April 1840 from Mackinac County. It was attached to Mackinac and Grand Traverse Counties prior to organization 27 February 1863. County seat: Leland ^[2]

Boundary Changes

Record Loss

Places/Localities

Populated Places

Neighboring Counties

• Benzie
• Grand Traverse

Resources

Cemeteries

Church

Court

Land

Local Histories

Maps

Military

Newspapers

Probate

Taxation

Vital Records

• Michigan Birth Registrations, 1867-1902 -- Free name indexes and images at FamilySearch Record Search. Records include such information as name of child, birthdate and place, if still-born, illegitimate or twin, gender, race and record number.
• Michigan Marriage Registrations, 1868-1925 -- Free name indexes at FamilySearch Record Search.  Records include such information as names of bride and groom, date of license, ages, race, residences, birthplaces, occupations and names of the fathers of the bride and groom.
• Michigan Death Registrations, 1867-1897-- Free name indexes and images at FamilySearch Record Search.   Records include such information as name of deceased, date and place of death, gender, color, marital status, age in years, months and days, disease or apparent cause of death, birthplace, names and occupations of parents, and the date the record was made.

Societies and Libraries

Family History Centers

• Introduction to LDS Family History Centers

Web Sites

• USGenWeb project. May have maps, name indexes, history or other information for this county. Select the state, then the county.
• Family History Library Catalog

References

1. ↑ Handybook for Genealogists: United States of America, 10th ed. (Draper, Utah: Everton Pub., 2002), Leelanau County, Michigan page 347, At various libraries (WorldCat); FHL Book 973 D27e 2002.
2. ↑ The Handybook for Genealogists: United States of America,10th ed. (Draper, UT:Everton Publishers, 2002).

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