The Ancestor Hunt regularly adds and updates new collection links, as well as searches for and fixes broken links.
(This page's most recent update is December 2024)
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One of the main goals for genealogists is finding birth, baptism, and/or christening information about their ancestors.
Over the past few decades, thanks to volunteers, librarians, and archivists, a great number of indexes to birth and baptism collections have been provided for free online. These searchable indexes provide specific birth, baptism, or christening information, and sometimes scanned images of the actual birth documents themselves. These free online collections have millions of records in them in total.
There are a great number of online and offline collections that may include birth information that is not included in the lists below. These different types can be found in 32 Ways to Find Ancestor Birth Information
If you are interested in baptism indexes that may include the birth date as well as baptism information, make sure and check out Church Records.
The lists below are specific birth, baptism, and christening indexes and record collections available for free online for the state.
Note: Some links listed take you to a FamilySearch Collection of digital images. Near the bottom of the page under Film/Digital Notes is the name of each sub-collection. If there is a camera icon at the right of the name (in the Format column) then the collections’ images are browsable. If there is a camera with a key icon, it is only available at a Family History Center or affiliated library. If there is a film reel icon, then it is only available in microfilm format, not digital. To take full advantage make sure that you are logged in to FamilySearch. The results may be different if you are signed in, rather than not.
Note: I have included links to Free Ancestry records and indexes. You do not need a subscription but do need an Ancestry account. Without a subscription, you can view indexes. If there is an image associated with a record, in most cases you will need a subscription, but the index does include very usable information.
Michigan Birth Records
- Alcona County Birth Records, 1869-1904
- Allegan County Births, Marriages, and Deaths
- Allegan County Record of Births 1867-1927
- Allegan County, Births, liber 1, 1867-1872
- Allegan County, Births, 1867-1872
- Alma, Catholic Church. St. Mary’s Church Records, 1906-1983
- Alpena County Birth, Marriage, and Death Indexes
- Ann Arbor, First Baptist Church Vital Records 1828-1876
- Antrim County Vital Records
- Antrim Birth Record 1867-1912
- Arenac County, Birth Records 1883-1930; Birth Index 1883-1976
- Baraga Birth Record 1874-1914; Birth Index 1874-1976
- Bay County Birth, Marriage, and Death Index, 1906-2013
- Bay County Births, Marriages, Deaths, Wills 1857-1870
- Bay County Record of Births 1868-1911; Delayed Births 1858-1973; Index to Births 1874-1933
- Benzie Birth Records, 1868-1917
- Benzie Delayed Birth Certificates V. 1-5 1869-1973
- Berrien County Birth Records 1906-1913
- Birmingham, St. Joseph Episcopal Church, Church Records, 1904-1927
- Branch County Birth Records, 1867-1909
- Branch County, Vital Records 1833-1871
- Brighton District Library, Birth Records Index Search
- Brownstown Birth Records, 1926-1952
- Calhoun County Vital Record
- Calhoun County Birth Records 1867-1921; Birth Index 1887-1923
- Cass County Births pre-1902
- Cass County Vital Records, ca. 1850-1920
- Cass County Birth Record 1867-1910; Birth Index 1867-1977
- Charlevoix County Birth Records, 1868-1925
- Cheboygan County Birth Records, 1867-1931
- Chippewa County Birth Records 1869-1924; Birth Index 1869-1976
- Chippewa County, Birth Index
- Clinton County Birth, Marriage, and Death Indexes
- Clinton County Birth, Marriage, and Death Indexes
- Clinton County Birth Records 1867-1910; Birth Index 1867-1933; Delayed Births Filed 1943-1975
- Crawford County Avalanche Vital Records Card File, ca. 1880-2006
- Crawford Birth and Death Records 1878-1959
- Delta County Birth Records Index, 1867-1915
- Delta County Birth, Death, & Marriage Card File Index to the Escanaba Morning Press, 1909-1910
- Delta County Birth, 1867-1921; Marriage, 1867-1960; and Death Records, 1867-2005
- Delta County Vital Records
- Detroit Free Press, Vital Records 1831-1868
- Detroit, Early Records of the Fort Street Presbyterian Church, 1849-1878
- Detroit, North Woodward Avenue Congregational Church, Church Records, 1902-1917
- Detroit, Second Congregational Church, Church Records, 1864-1909
- Dickinson Birth Records, 1891-1919
- Early Michigan Births by County
- Emmet Birth Records, 1867-1954
- Flint Births, Marriages, and Deaths
- Genesee County Birth Records, 1866-1915
- Genesee County, Birth Index
- Genesee County, Birth Index, 1888-1907
- Gogebic Record of Births, 1886-1922
- Grand Traverse County Birth Records 1867-1917; Birth Index 1856-1960
- Grand Traverse County Vital Records, 1853-1873
- Grand Traverse County, Birth Index
- Gratiot County Vital Records
- Gratiot County Vital Records
- Gratiot County Birth Records 1857-1908
- Hillsdale and Lenawee Counties Birth Card File, ca. 1860-2004
- Hillsdale County Record of Births and Indexes, 1866-1905
- Hillsdale County, Birth, Marriage, and Death Records
- Houghton County Birth Records, 1867-1910
- Huron County Birth Records 1867-1911
- Ingham County Birth Records 1867-1913
- Ionia County Birth, Marriage, and Death Indexes
- Iosco County Vital Records
- Iron Birth, Marriage, and Death Records, 1884-1977
- Isabella County Birth, Marriage, and Death Indexes
- Isabella County Birth and Death Records 1867-1924; Birth and Death Index 1880-1940
- Isabella Delayed Birth Registration 1800s-1900s
- Jackson County Birth, Death, and Marriage Card File, ca. 1860-ca. 1990s
- Jackson County Vital Statistics, 1830-1870
- Jackson County Record of Births 1867-1910
- Jackson County, Birth Index
- Jackson County, Births and Deaths, 1867-1870
- Jackson County, Vital Statistics, 1830-1870
- Kalamazoo County Births
- Kalamazoo County Vital Records, Births, Deaths, Marriages
- Kalamazoo County Birth Records 1867-1903; Index to Births 1867-1975
- Kalamazoo County, Births
- Kalamazoo County, Births and Deaths, 1867-1869
- Kalkaska County Vital Records 1871-1933
- Kalkaska County, Births, 1871-1875; Marriages, 1871-1880, Deaths, 1875-1885
- Kent County Birth Indexes
- Kent County, Birth Index
- Kent County, Birth Records from the First Records to 1870
- Kent County, Birth Records to 1847
- Kent County, Births, 1870-1874
- Kent County, Vital Records and Obituaries, 1892-1913
- Keweenaw County Birth, Marriage, and Death Records, 1867-1980
- Lapeer County Record of Births 1867-1916
- Lapeer County Vital Records
- Lenawee County, Obituary, Marriage and Birth Card ca. 1840 – ca. Oct. 2005
- Livingston County Birth Records 1867-1907
- Luce Birth and Death Records 1886-1933; Birth and Death Index 1886-1976
- Mackinac County Birth Records, 1873-1916
- Mackinac Miscellaneous Records, 1805-1841
- Macomb County Birth Records 1867-1923; Index to Births 1874-1905
- Macomb County, Delayed Birth Registration, 1940-1975
- Manistee County Birth, Marriage, and Death Indexes
- Manistee County Record of Births 1867-1900
- Manitou County Records of Births, Marriages and Deaths 1871-1895
- Marquette County Birth Records 1867-1914; Birth Index 1867-1943
- Marquette County, Birth Records, 1879-1884
- Marquette Mining Journal Birth Card File Index, ca. 1875-1890, 1987-1995
- Mecosta County Birth and Death Records 1867-1921; Index to Births and Deaths 1867-1970
- Menominee County Birth Records 1867-190518
- Michigan Births and Christenings, 1775-1995
- Michigan Births, 1867-1902
- Michigan Vital Records from the Michigan Christian Herald, 1850-1859
- Michigan Birth Records, 1867-1902
- Michigan, County Births, 1867-1917
- Midland Birth Records, 1867-1917
- Miscellaneous BMD Records by County
- Monterey Birth Records, 1906-1918
- Montmorency County Birth, Marriage, and Death Records 1881-1974
- Moran Miscellaneous Record, Vol. 1, 1845-1865
- Muskegon County Birth Records, 1867-1917; Index, 1867-1949
- Newaygo Birth Records, 1867-1915, Birth Index, 1884-1933
- Oakland County Birth Records 1867-1900
- Oakland County, Delayed Birth Registration, 1941-1975
- Ogemaw County Births
- Ogemaw Birth Records, 1879-1917; Index to Births, 1879-1933
- Ontonagon Birth Records 1868-1925; Birth Index 1868-1977
- Osceola County Birth Records 1869-1916; Birth Index 1869-1975
- Oscoda County Birth, Death and Marriage Records 1880-1950
- Ottawa County and Muskegon County Birth Card Index to the Grand Haven Tribune, ca. 1890-2003
- Ottawa County Birth Indexes
- Ottawa County Birth Records 1867-1900; Birth Index 1866-1908
- Ottawa County, Grand Haven Tribune Birth Index 1891-2022
- Presque Record of Births, Marriages and Deaths 1841-1929
- Saginaw County Newspapers Index to Vital Statistics 1853-1912
- Saginaw County Vital Records
- Saginaw County Birth Records 1867-1909
- Saginaw County, Record of Births, 1867-71
- Saginaw Daily Courier, Deaths, Births, Marriages, 1870-1876
- Sandusky District Library Indexes
- Sanilac County Birth Records 1867-1909
- Sanilac County Sanilac County Birth Records
- Schoolcraft County, Birth Index
- St. Clair County Birth Records 1867-1908
- St. Clair County Vital Records, 1800-1910
- St. Joseph County, Birth, Death, Marriage Records
- St. Joseph County, Mottville Township Records, 1837-1952
- St. Joseph County, Fabius Township Record of Births, 1906-1928
- St. Joseph Birth Indexes, 1867-1929
- Tuscola County Birth Records 1867-1899
- Tuscola County, Delayed Birth Registration, 1942-1974; Index to Delayed Births 1939-1975
- United States Births and Christenings, 1867-1931
- Van Buren County Birth Records, 1867-1907
- Van Buren County, Births 1867 – 1871 A – C
- Van Buren County, Births 1867 – 1871 D – H
- Van Buren County, Births 1867 – 1871 I – Q
- Van Buren County, Births 1867 – 1871 R – Z
- Washtenaw County Birth Records 1867-1913; Birth Index 1867-1941
- Washtenaw County Vital Statistics taken from the Ypsilanti Commercial Newspapers 1876-1883
- Washtenaw County, Vital Records, 1800s
- Wayne County Birth Records, 1867-1869
- Wayne County Birth Records 1867-1869
- Wayne County Birth Records, 1868-1918
- Wayne County Vital Records
- Wayne County, Birth Index
- Wexford County Births, Marriages and Deaths 1868-1929
Good Luck and Happy Hunting!