Keweenaw Co., MI USGenWeb

Birth Records

Government death records for Keweenaw County start in 1867. The early deaths are available on film, or the County Clerk. Other records that contain information are burial records, obituaries, newspaper death announcements, cemetery records, SSDI and funeral home records.

Research Helps | Online Records
FHL or LDS Family History Center Film available to order near you. These films are actual images of the ledger pages kept at the county seat.

Research Helps

Record of deaths, v. 1, 1867-1890	FHL 1310167 or County Clerk
Record of deaths, v. 1 cont., 1890	FHL 1310167 or County Clerk
Record of deaths, v. 2, 1905-1966	FHL 1310168 or County Clerk
Record of Deaths 1966 to present	County Clerk
Newspaper Announcements & Obits	MTU Archives on microfilm or Daily Mining Gazette
Cemeteries	See below

Online Records

Michigan Death Database - Includes Keweenaw Co. Deaths - this will bring up the Keweenaw deaths in a new browser page as it is off site. You can go on to do other searches from there.

EARLY 1900's OBITUARIES FROM THE MINING GAZETTE

Dick and June photocopied many obituaries from the Mining Gazette. While doing these they not only copied Cornish but other names as well. Indexed by surname's beginning letter.

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Deaths from the 1884 Michigan Mortality Schedule of Cornish or UK born people extracted by Dick and June Ross.

News Articles transcribed and online from 1869 to the 1900s. Contains death announcements.

Cemeteries of Keweenaw County - List of cemeteries and links to online transcribed stone readings and records.

The Italian Hall Disaster of December 1913

Gendis - MI Early Deaths 1867-1897 by the State of Michigan

SSDI - Social Security Death Index on Rootsweb

Copper Country Online Files

Copper Country Online Files

Houghton

Hosted on the Michigan Family History Network Server