Bay County Genealogy
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Bay Countywide Sources
1790-1940 U.S. Federal Census World Vital Records
1790-1940 United States Federal Census
1867-present Michigan Birth Certificates (order here) Archives
1867-present Michigan Death Certificates (order here) Archives
1867-present Michigan Marriage Certificates (order here) Archives
1884 census, mortality schedule of Bay County, Michigan Family History Library
1892 Portrait and Biographical Record
Army Enlistees US Gen Web Archives
Bay County past and present, centennial edition Family History Library
BillionGraves Cemetery Records Index Family Search
Births and deaths, Bay County, Michigan, 1857-1870 : recorded in volume A and B Family History Library
Births, marriages, deaths, wills 1857-1870 Family History Library
Bonds and letters, 1868-1916 Family History Library
Burial records of soldiers, sailors and marines 1887-1902 Family History Library
Census of Bay County, Michigan for 1894 Family History Library
Death records, 1867-1946; index to deaths, 1883-1920 Family History Library
Deed records, 1835-1934; index, 1853-1907 Family History Library
Estate files, 1858-1900; index, 1858-1900 Family History Library
Federal Land Patents Bureau of Land Management
Find A Grave Gravestone, Tombstone, and Memorial Photo Collection World Vital Records
Graves registration records (Bay County, Michigan) Family History Library
Graves registration records : Bay County Family History Library
History of Bay County MI Library Digital Collections
History of Bay County , Michigan: And Representative Citizens 1905 MI Library Digital Collections
History of Bay County, Michigan : with illustrations and biographical sketches of some of its prominent men and pioneers Family History Library
History of Bay County, Michigan and representative citizens Family History Library
History of Bay County, Michigan with illustrations and biographical sketches of some of its prominent men and pioneers MI Library Digital Collections
History of Tuscola and Bay counties, Mich. : with illustrations and biographical sketches of some of their prominent men and pioneers. Family History Library
History of the Lake Huron Shore MI Library Digital Collections
History of the Lake Huron shore : with illustrations and some biographical sketches of its prominent men and pioneers. Family History Library
Index to the Bay County Naturalization Files State of Michigan
Inventory of the county archives of Michigan, no. 9, Bay County (Bay City) Family History Library
Land atlas and plat book, Bay County, Michigan; 1987 Family History Library
List of male citizens liable for military service, 1862-1866, 1869 Family History Library
Marriage records 1857-1914; marriage index 1878-1914 Family History Library
Marriages, Bay County, Michigan, 1857-1870 : recorded in volumes A and B Family History Library
Michigan Births and Christenings, 1775-1995 Family Search
Michigan Births, 1867-1902 Family Search
Michigan Death Index 1867-1897 Michigan Department of Community Health
Michigan Deaths and Burials, 1800-1995 Family Search
Michigan Deaths, 1867-1897 Family Search
Michigan Deaths, 1971-1996
Michigan Gereral Land Office Records 1807-1907 US Gen Web Archives
Michigan Marriages, 1822-1995 Family Search
Michigan Marriages, 1868-1925 Family Search
Michigan Births and Christenings Index, 1867-1911
Michigan, County Marriages, 1820-1935 Family Search
Michigan, Death Index, 1971-1996 Family Search
Michigan Deaths and Burials Index, 1867-1995
Mortgages, 1836-1917; index to mortgages, 1836-1906 Family History Library
Naturalization records, 1858-1953 ; index, ca.1858-1903 Family History Library
Petition and record, 1906-1947 ; repatriations, 1940-1958 Family History Library
Petitions grants and denials, 1929-1944 ; naturalization stubs, 1916-1926 Family History Library
Polk's Bay City directory : embracing a complete alphabetical list of business firms and private citizens in Bay City and Essexville, a classified list of all trades, professions and pursuits, a farmers' directory of Bay County, alphabetically arranged, a directory of city and county officers, churches, public and private schools, benevolent, literary and other associations, banks, incorporated institutions, a street directory, etc. Family History Library
Portrait and Biographical Record of Saginaw and Bay Counties, Michigan Open Library
Portrait and Biographical Record of Saginaw and Bay Counties, Michigan (1892) Volume 1 Internet Archive
Portrait and Biographical Record of Saginaw and Bay Counties, Michigan (1892) Volume 2 Internet Archive
Portrait and Biographical Record of Saginaw and Bay Counties, Michigan 1884
Portrait and Biographical Record of Saginaw and Bay Counties, Michigan 1892 Open Library
Portrait and biographical record of Saginaw and Bay Counties, Michigan : containing biographical sketches of prominent and representative citizens, together with biographies of all the governors of the state, and of the presidents of the United States Family History Library
Probate records and journals, 1858-1923. Family History Library
Record of births 1868-1911; delayed births 1858-1973; index to births 1874-1933 Family History Library
State patents, liber A, Bay County, 1865-1927 Family History Library
The Bay County story : memoirs of the county's 125 years Family History Library
The county of Bay; state, county, township, city and village maps Family History Library
U.S. Federal Census 1790-1940 Family Search
United States patents, liber A, Bay County, Michigan, 1857-1935 Family History Library
Weeks & Polk's Bay City directory Family History Library
West Bay City (Michigan) city directories Family History Library
West Bay City directory : embracing a complete alphabetical list of business firms and private citizens, a classified list of all trades, professions and pursuits, a directory of the city officers, churches, public and private schools, benevolent, literary and other associations, banks, incorporated institutions, a street directory, etc., etc., etc. Family History Library
Wills and estates intestate, Bay County, Michigan, 1857-1870 Family History Library
Wills, 1867-1902; index to wills filed, 1858-1973 Family History Library
[Indian biographical card files, Michigan, ca. 1850-2000] Family History Library
More Bay County records are available on the statewide page