How to Find Michigan Vital Records

Michigan vital records include birth, death, marriage and divorce records. Find out how you can best get the MI vital records you want and approximately how much these records will cost you.

Michigan, known as the 'Wolverine State', has an estimated population of  10,120,860 (year 2005 estimates). With all those people, one can simply imagine the sheer volume of vital records (birth, marriage, death and divorce records) the state produces each and every day.

Still this should not deter anyone from trying to locate a vital record in Michigan. Whatever your reason - school project, genealogy research, land dispute, etc. - you will urely find it especially if you aid in the searching process by providing as many accurate information as you can.

MI Vital Records - What You Should Provide

Before you go on your search for vital records in Michigan, are you ready with the following information?

• The complete name of the person whose vital record you are looking for.

• The the specific county, city or town where the birth, death, marriage or divorce took place.

• The exact (or approximate) date of the birth, death , marriage or divorce record you are looking for.

If you do not have the above information or the data you have is a bit 'murky'. Try the following:

• Ask relatives or friends if they know anything about the person whose record you are looking for.

• Visit old homes (e.g., where your grandparents or parents used to live) to see if there are still old neighbors who can point you in the right direction.

• Are you adopted? See if you can find out the agency who assisted in your adoption or list your name in one of the online indexes where adoptees and their original/biological parents can list their names and find each other.

How Much Will Michigan Vital Records Cost You?

Following is a quick rundown of approximately how much is required to get copies of pertinent vital records in Michigan from the resource mentioned below.

Copy of Birth Record - $13.00 (additional copies at $4.00 each).

Copy of Death Record - $13.00 (additional copies at $4.00 each).

Michigan birth and death records are on file from the date 1867 onwards. However, many of the vital records such as pre-1906 births and pre-1897 deaths were not filed with the state.

Copy of State Marriage Record - $13.00

MI marriage records available date from 1867. However, some marriages (especially pre-1926) were not filed with the state.
Copy of County Marriage Record - rate varies. Please contact the County Clerk in the county where the license was issued.
 

Copy of State Divorce Record -  $13.00

MI divorce records available date from 1897. However, some marriages (especially pre-1924) were not filed with the state.
Copy of County Divorce Record - rate varies. Please contact the County Clerk  in the county where the divorce was granted.
 

* Fees are quoted as of this writing. To check for any changes, pls. call the number cited below.

Useful Michigan Vital Records Resource

Vital Records
3423 North Martin Luther King Boulevard
P.O. Box 30195
Lansing, MI 48909

Tel: (517) 335-8656

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