Ingham County

 Capitol and Michigan Avenue

Welcome to Ingham County

      Welcome to this website which is a part of MIGenWeb and USGenWeb®, a network of websites that provide free online genealogical information. This county is currently available for adoption.  For more information contact our state coordinator.   

     Ingham County was created on October 29, 1829.  Until 1838 it was administerd by Washtenaw County. 

     The county was named after Samuel D. Ingham who was President Andrew Jackson's Secretary of the Treasury.  The county seat is Mason. 

     Ingham County has been the site of the Michigan Capital since 1848.  Michigan's first capitol building was located in Detroit from 1835-1847.  When the capital was moved to Lansing, a temporary wooden building was constructed and used from 1848-1878.  On January 1, 1879, the current capitol building was dedicated.

Table of Contents
Biographies/Families History Miscellaneous
Portrait and Biographical Album 1891 Town and Township Histories Land - Original Entries
Family Group Sheets History of Ingham and Eaton Counties 1880 Governor Pardons 1850-1867
FamilySearch Family Tree Pioneer History of Ingham County James E. Somerville Diary 1864
Family Webpages An Account of Ingham County 1924  
  Past and Present of Lansing and Ingham Co Schools
Census Early Life and Businesses of Leslie 1914 School Inspector Reports 1858
1820 MI Territorial Census Memories of Mason Ingham County Schools 1880
1830 MI Territorial Census Mason United Methodist History 1920 Lansing High School Yearbook
1884 State Census   1916 MAC (MSU) Yearbook
1894 State Census Maps Lake Lansing Amusement Park
U S Census 1873 Michigan Atlas West Jr. High - Lansing (photo)
  County Atlas of Ingham 1874 West Jr. High - Lansing (history)
Court Records 1880 County Map  
Criminal Index Standard Atlas of Ingham County 1895 Vital Records
Defendents and Plaintiffs 1902 Michigan Map Birth Records
Probate Records Lansing Original Plat Map Marriage Records
    Dibean Marriage Index
Directories Military GENDIS Deaths 1867-1897
1860, 1863-64, 1867-68 Gazetteer Extracts Civil War Veterans Death Certificates 1897-more than 75 yrs
Rural Directory 1916-1921 Michigan in the War (Civil War) Cemeteries
  WWII Casualties Funeral Homes
  Korean War Casualties Political Graveyard
    Ingham County Archives
     

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