Bay County, Michigan Genealogy

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Parent County
1857--Bay County was created 20 April 1857 from Saginaw, Midland, and Arenac Counties. County seat: Bay City

Populated Places

 * Cities: Auburn . Bay City . Essexville . Pinconning . Midland
 * Village: none
 * Townships: Bangor . Beaver . Frankenlust . Fraser . Garfield . Gibson . Hampton . Kawkawlin . Merritt . Monitor . Mount Forest . Pinconning . Portsmouth . Williams
 * Communities: Bentley . Crump, Duel, Kawkawlin . Linwood . Mount Forest . Munger . Willard . University Center

Neighboring Counties
Arenac | Gladwin | Midland | Saginaw | Tuscola

Church
Bay County is part of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Saginaw.

Vital Records

 * Michigan Birth Registrations, 1867-1902 -- Free name indexes and images at FamilySearch - Pilot. 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 - Pilot. 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 - Pilot.  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.

Web Sites

 * Family History Library Catalog
 * The Bay County MIGenWeb Project, a member of The MIGenWeb Project, an affiliate of The USGenWeb Project.