Clare County, Michigan Genealogy

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Parent County
1840--Clare County was created 1 April 1840 from Mackinac County. It was formerly Kaykakee County, until the name changed to Clare County 8 March 1843. It was attached to Saginaw, Midland, Isabelle, and Mecosta Counties prior to organization 13 March 1871. County seat: Harrison

Populated Places

 * Cities: Clare . Harrison
 * Village: Farwell
 * Townships: Arthur . Franklin . Freeman . Frost . Garfield . Grant . Greenwood . Hamilton . Hatton . Hayes . Lincoln . Redding . Sheridan . Summerfield . Surrey . Winterfield
 * Communites: none

Neighboring Counties
Gladwin | Isabella | Mecosta| Midland| Missaukee | Osceola | Roscommon

Church
Clare County is part of Roman Catholic Diocese of Saginaw

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.

Web Sites

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