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                       WAYNE COUNTY, MICHIGAN

 

 11-17-08  Birth & Death Records, City of Detroit (read the instructions carefully) dethealth.org

11-13-08  Woodmere Cemetery Records, Detroit  (Great Site)  www.woodmerecemeteryresearch.com/

Bentley Library, U of M in Ann Arbor, MI has the following City of Detroit Directiories in original hard cover books or on microfilm.

    H=Hard cover  F=Fiche      

1837 - H & F; 1845 - F; 1846 - H & F; 1850-51 - F; 1852-53 - H & F; 1853-54 - H & F;1855-56 - H & F; 1856-57 -H & F; 1857-58 - H & F; 1859 - H & F; 1860-61 - F;  1861 - F;  1862-63 - F;   

1863-64 - F; 1864-65 - H & F; 1865-66 - F; 1866 - H & F;

1867-68 - F; 1868-69 - F; 1869-70 - F; 1870-71 - H & F; 1871-72 - H & F;  1872-73 - H & F;  1873-74 - H & F;  1874-75 - F;  1875-76 - H & F;  1876-77 - H & F;  1877 - H & F;  1878 - Phone - H & F; 1879 - H & F;  1880 - H & F; 1881 - F;  1882 - F;  1883 - F;  1884 - F;  1885 - F;  1886 - H & F;  1887 - F;  1888 - H & F;  1889 - F;  1890 - F; 1891-92 - F;  1892 - F;  1892-93 - F;  1893-94 - F;  1894-95 - F;  1895 - H & F;  1895-96 - F;  1896-97 - F;  1897-98 - F;  1898-99 - F;  1899 Business Hard; 1899-1900 - F;  1900-01 - F;  1901 -02 - F;  1902 - F;  1903 - F; 1904 - F;  1905 - F;  1906 - F;  1907 - F;  1908 - F;  1909 - F;  1910 - F;  1911 - F;  1912 - F;  1913 - F;  1914 - H & F;  1915 - F;  1916 - H & F;  1917 - F;  1918 - H & F;  1919-20 - H & F;  1919-20 PT 1 & 2 - H & F;  1920-21 Pt 1 & 2 - H & F;  1921-22 Pt 1 & 2 - H & F;  1922-23 Pt 1 & 2 - H & F;  1923-24 - F;  1924-25 - Pt 1 & 2 - H & F;  1925-26 Pt 1 & 2 - H & F;  1926-27 Pt 1 & 2 - H & F;  1927-28 Pt 1 & 2 - H & F;  1928-29 Pt 1 & 2 - H & F;  1929-30 Pt 1 & 2 - H & F;  1930-31 Pt 1 & 2 - H & F;  1931-32 Pt 1 & 2 - H & F;  1932-33 - F;  1934 Pt 1 & 2 - H & F;  1935 Pt 1 & 2 - H & F;  1936 PF 1 & 2 - H;  1937 Pt 1 & 2 - H;  1938 - H;  1939 Pt 1 & 2 - H;  1940 - H;  Bentley has directories printed after 1940 but they are in storage and not available for research.

DEATH RECORDS

Burton Library, Detroit Public Library has a micro-fiche file of death record info from 1918 to about 1970.  Info displayed is 1st & last name, death cert. #, sex, date of death, etc.  These files are free but do not contain the actual death certificate.  Only deaths in the City of Detroit are included.

 

Instructions to order a death certificate from City of Detroit:  The Detroit Health Department, Vital Records Division, Herman Kiefer Health Complex, 1151 Taylor (zip 48202-1732) near the John C. Lodge expressway. The phone numbers are 313-876-4049 and 313-876-4133. Person must have died in Wayne County, Michigan. Cost is $17.00. Call first before ordering. Hours are 8 - 4pm Eastern time SHARP Mon - Fri. FREE parking. Cash, check, money order, or credit card is accepted. A walk-in service is available. Public browsing of the records is not permitted.

To order a death cert. for anyone who died in Wayne County excluding Detroit.  Cost is $22.00 [check web site before ordering].  
Cathy M. Garrett- Clerk of Wayne County
C/o Birth and Death Records Division
201 Coleman A. Young Municipal Center
Detroit, Mi 48226