Bay County Records

County Facts

County Seat: Bay City
Year Organized: 1857 from Midland and Saginaw Counties
Neighboring Counties: Arenac, Gladwin, Midland, Saginaw and Tuscola

Bay County, MI
515 Center Avenue, Suite 405
County Building
Bay City, MI 48708-5125
Phone: (989) 895-4120
Fax: (989) 895-7658

Data On This Site

• Military Files
  • Civil War Veterans for Bay County
          1883 Civil War Pensioners for Bay Co.
          1894 Michigan State Census of Civil War Veterans
  • Spanish American War Veterans for Bay County

  • World War I

    • Doings of Battery B

  • Fort Custer Roster for Bay County
• Early Births for Bay County
• County Deaths for Bay County
• School Records for Bay County
         Yearbooks - 4991 students listed in August 2006 - a must see!
         School Censuses
• Michigan Place Names for Bay County
        Towns, villages, etc.
        Townships

Data On Other Sites

• MIGenWeb Bay County - site on this server and has a fantastic amount of data online.
• Bay County Michigan Genealogical Society - indexes online
• Dibean Marriages - Marriages collected from researchers for Bay County

• D-History of the Lake Huron shore : with illustrations and biographical sketches of some of its prominent men and pioneers.
• D-Portrait and biographical record of Saginaw and Bay Counties, Michigan : containing biographical sketches of prominent and repr
• D-West Bay City, Michigan Directory, 1889-90
• D-The History, commercial advantages and future prospects of Bay City, Michigan
• D-Polk's 1914-15 Bay City directory : embracing a complete alphabetical list of business firms and private citizens in Bay City
• D-Bay City directory, 1877-8 : embracing a complete alphabetical list of business firms and private citizens, a directory of city
• D-Brown's general directory of Bay City, Portsmouth, Wenona, Essexville, Banks and Salzburg : exhibiting at a glance the names,
• D-Bay City directory for 1884-5
• D-Bay City directory, 1873-74
• D-R.L. Polk & Co.'s Bay City Directory, 1909
• D-Bay City directory for 1897
• D-Bay City directory, 1881-1882
• D-R.L. Polk & Co.'s Bay City directory, 1916-1917
• D-Bay City directory for 1902-1903
• D-R.L. Polk & Co.'s Bay City Directory, 1908
• D-Polk's Bay City directory, year ending October 15th, 1906
• D-R.L. Polk & Co.'s Bay City directory, year ending November 1st, 1907
• D-West Bay City directory for 1902-1903
• D-R.L. Polk & Co.'s 1910 Bay City Directory
• D-West Bay City, Michigan Directory, 1889-90
• D-Polk's Bay City directory, year ending October 15th, 1906
• D-R.L. Polk & Co.'s Bay City directory, year ending November 1st, 1907
• D-West Bay City directory for 1902-1903
• D-R.L. Polk & Co.'s 1910 Bay City Directory
• D-West Bay City, Michigan Directory, 1889-90
• D-Polk's Bay City directory, year ending October 15th, 1906
• D-The History, commercial advantages and future prospects of Bay City, Michigan
• D-West Bay City directory for 1889-90 : embracing a complete alphabetical list of business firms and private citizens, a classifi
• D-West Bay City directory for 1896
• T-West Bay City, Michigan Directory, 1889-90
• D-Bay City directory for 1899-1900
• D-Bay City directory for 1884-5
• D-Polk's 1911 Bay City directory
• D-Bay City directory for 1890-91 : embracing a complete alphabetical list of business firms and private citizens, a classified li
• D-Polk's 1913 Bay City directory
• D-West Bay City directory for 1890-91