MDE - Berrien County

Type of Service:	Vital Records/Payroll Genealogy Mail Requests	Genealogy Walk-in Service Only	Elections & Courts
Address, Phone:	701 Main Street - Administration Center St. Joseph, MI 49085 Phone: 616-983-7111 ext. 8233 Fax: 616-982-8667 Web Site	Printing & Storage 5054 St. Joseph Ave. Stevensville, MI 49127 No Phone No Fax Web: same	Berrien County Courthouse 811 Port Street St. Joseph, MI 49085 Phone: (616) 983-7111, Ext. 8368 Fax: (616) 982-8642 Web: same
Genealogy Research Hours:		Monday, Tuesday, Friday; 8:30 a.m. 12:30 p.m.
Identification Requirements:	Drivers License or State ID or 3 documents with name listed on them.	Same
Certified Copy/Additional:	$13.00/4.00	Same	$1.00 per page and $13.00 for certification
Genealogy Record Copy:		$10.00/$3.00 Naturalization copies: $3.00
Other Copy Fees:	$1.00		$1.00
Number of genealogists able to be served at one time:		7 to 10; no children allowed
Births:	1867 to present	1882 & older
Deaths:	1867 to present	1867 to present
Marriages:	1831 to present	1831 to present
Divorces:			1867 to present
Other Records:	DD214/$3.50

Other: 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.

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 December 2001. 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.

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

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