Mecosta County Clerk
400 Elm Street
Big Rapids, MI 49307
Phone: 231-592-0783
Fax: 231-592-0193

Genealogy Research Hours: Tuesday, Wednesday, and Thursday, 9:00 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.

Identification Requirements: Drivers License for Birth Records

Certified Copy/Additional: $10.00/$5.00

Genealogy Record Copy: n/a

Other Copy Fees: $1.00 per page (Court records) $3.00 (Assumed names/ co-partnerships)

Comments: Limited regular service counter allows up to four genealogists at one time. Seating is not available for researching. Children are allowed but not encouraged.

Births: 1867 to present. Birth records are available only to the individual named on the birth record (registrant), the parents of the registrant, a legal guardian of the registrant, a legal representative of the registrant or an heir of the registrant. An heir is defined as any relative of a deceased individual. Heirs must supply the date and place of death of the registrant when requesting a copy. This policy is in accordance with MCL 333.2882.

Deaths: 1867 to present

Marriages: 1859 to present

Divorces: 1867 to present. Some years are missing. Copies from Circuit Court are available (photocopies or certified copies at $1.00 per page)

Assumed Names/Co-partnerships: Approximately 20 years.

Military Discharges: First filings to present. There is no charge to veterans or their heirs for certified copies of military discharges.

Miscellaneous: Approximately 20 to 30 years: Power of attorney, dissolutions, emancipations, etc.

Other: For additional local and state government records with potential genealogical value, see the Archival Circulars for records maintained at the Archives of Michigan.

NOTE: Please call before visiting or mailing fees to confirm hours and other specifics. This information is current to July 2002. If you find differences between the information here and the practices or holdings of the County Clerk's office, please ask the Clerk to inform the Archives of Michigan about needed revisions.

Anne Norlander, Calhoun County Clerk-Register, and Toni Fritz, the Clerk-Register's Administrative Assistant, conducted a survey of offices in 1993 in order to make this information available to the public. Calhoun County printed the 1994 Michigan County Clerks Genealogy Directory, prepared as a product of this inventory. The Archives of Michigan revised this on-line edition of the directory in 2001.

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Click Michigan County Clerks for other entries in the Michigan County Clerks Directory.

Archives of Michigan
Michigan Library and Historical Center
702 W. Kalamazoo Street
Lansing, MI 48913
Phone: (517) 373-1408
E-mail: archives@michigan.gov