Arenac Co Land Records
Land records for the area that is today’s Arenac County begin around 1831-83 when it was formed from the Territory of Michigan’s Oakland County. Land is the topic of deeds and property transferals, but it is also a subject that may be addressed in some marriage records and court-related death records. The county officially began keeping land records in 1882, and probate and other court records in 1883. Marriage and death records began to be systematically recorded in 1883.
On MIGenWeb/Arenac
Plat book
- Plat Book of Arenac County (circa 1926-32, date estimated by path of Rte 23) @ MSU.edu
Online resources
General info
- Michigan Land and Property @ FamilySearch.org
Federal
- Arenac Co General Land Records @ GLORecords.BLM.gov — US Dept of the Interior, Bureau of Land Management
- US General Land Office Records, 1776-2015 @ Ancestry.com
State
- Michigan General Land Office Records 1807-1907 [index] @ MIGenWeb.org
- Michigan Land Records @ Michigan.gov
- Surveyor Field Notebooks, 1815-1918 [Arenac Co] @ Michiganology.org
County
- Arenac Co Deed records, 1859-1945; deed index, 1859-1906 @ FamilySearch.org
- [Arenac Co] Land Record Indexes Online @ ArenacHistory.org
- Arenac Co Register of Deeds, Standish @ ArenacCountyMI.gov
- Arenac Co [Research] Guide, Archives of MI: Land records @ Michigan.gov
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