Keweenaw County Clerk's Office Records
Collection Scope and Content Summary
Records, 1849-1966, of the Keweenaw County Clerk's Office in Eagle River, Michigan. Includes indexes and records for births, marriages, and deaths as well as naturalization records for Keweenaw County. Also includes an index and records to land deeds in Keweenaw County and Isle Royale County (from 1875-1897, Isle Royale County was separate from Keweenaw County).
Dates
- 1849-1966
Access
Available for use in the Michigan Technological University Archives and Copper Country Historical Collections.
Conditions Governing Access
Some of the materials in this collection are marked as Permanently Closed. For access questions, please contact the University Archivist to submit a formal request to view the material.
Biography
Keweenaw County is a county in the Upper Peninsula of the U.S. state of Michigan. It is the least populous county in Michigan. The county government, located in Eagle River, operates the jail, maintains rural roads, operates the major local courts, keeps files of deeds and mortgages, maintains vital records, administers public health regulations, and participates with the state in the provision of welfare and other social services. The county board of commissioners controls the budget but has only limited authority to make laws or ordinances. In Michigan, most local government functions - police and fire, building and zoning, tax assessment, street maintenance, etc. - are the responsibility of individual cities and townships. Isle Royale is now part of Keweenaw County; however, from 1875 to 1896, Isle Royale was a separate county.
Extent
0.3 Cubic Feet (2 manuscript boxes)
Language of Materials
English
Abstract
Records, 1849-1966, of the Keweenaw County Clerk's Office in Eagle River, Michigan. Includes indexes and records for births, marriages, and deaths as well as naturalization records for Keweenaw County. Also includes an index and records to land deeds in Keweenaw County and Isle Royale County (from 1875-1897, Isle Royale County was separate from Keweenaw County).
General Physical Description note
0.50 cubic feet (12 reels of microfilm)
Processing History
Elizabeth Russell,11/17/2010
- Death certificates -- Michigan -- Keweenaw County
- Indexes (Reference sources)
- Isle Royale (Mich.)
- Keweenaw County (Mich.)
- Land deeds -- Michigan -- Keweenaw County
- Marriage records -- Michigan -- Keweenaw County
- Microfilms
- Naturalization records -- Michigan -- Keweenaw County
- Records (Documents)
- Registers of births, etc. -- Michigan -- Keweenaw County
- Title
- Keweenaw County Clerk's Office Records
- Author
- Finding aid prepared by Elizabeth Russell, revised by Lindsay Hiltunen
- Date
- 11/17/2010
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
- Language of description note
- Description is in English
Revision Statements
- 10/26/2018: Conditions Governing Access
Repository Details
Part of the Michigan Technological University Archives and Copper Country Historical Collections Repository