Delta County, Michigan Genealogy

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Parent County
1843--Delta County was created 9 March 1843 from Mackinac County and unorganized territories. It was attached to Mackinac County prior to ogranization 12 March 1861. County seat: Escanaba

Populated Places

 * Cities: Escanaba . Gladstone
 * Village: Garden
 * Townships: Baldwin . Bark River . Nay de Noc . Brampton . Cornell . Ensign . Escanaba . Fairbanks . Ford River . Garden . Maple Ridge . Masonville . Nahma . Wells
 * Communities: Bark River . Fayette . Garden Cornes . Isabella . Schaffer . Rapid River

Neighboring Counties
Alger | Marquette | Menominee | Schoolcraft

Vital Records

 * FamilySearch - Pilot Searchable name indexes and images of Michigan Birth Registrations, 1867-1902. Records include such information as name of child, birthdate and place, if still-born, illegitimate or twin, gender, race and record number.
 * FamilySearch - Pilot Searchable name indexes of Michigan Marriage Registrations, 1868-1925. Records include such information as names of bride and groom, date of license, ages, race, residences, birthplaces, occupations and names of the bride and groom’s fathers.
 * FamilySearch - Pilot Searchable name indexes and images of Michigan Death Registrations, 1867-1897. 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

 * Delta County Historical Society P.O. Box 484 Escanaba, MI 49829

Newsletter: "The Delta Historian"


 * Delta County Genealogical Society http://www.grandmastree.com/society

Box 442 Escanaba, MI 49829

This link takes the researcher to a GENWEB page with several online databases, including births, marriages, cemetery records, the library catalog with entries by ethnicity, surname, etc; probate records, and Civil War records. However, the site is not maintained by the Genealogical Society. Their holdings at the Escanaba City Library include numerous Canadian resources listed according to province, county, then parish, Delta County and Michigan resources, many genealogies, local histories and records, as well as histories, research tools, and other publications for most of the United States, Canada, and several European countries.

Web Sites

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