Welcome to the Website
of the
Bay County Genealogical Society of Michigan
The Society strives to promote genealogy and educate persons interested in genealogy, with a focus on Bay County, Michigan.
It encourages the sharing of Bay County genealogy information and resources and helping others with their Bay County based families and ancestors, both past and current.
Members have read headstones from Bay County's rural cemeteries, collected interment information from Bay County cemeteries, transcribed birth, marriage, and death records from the Bay County Clerk's office, and indexed obituaries from the Bay City Times. All of this data is available at the Wirt Library.
Upcoming Presentations
Bay County Genealogical Society Meeting
Next meeting: November 12, 2024
Presentation: Cynthia Grostick-Collateral Lines
To find out how to attend a meeting via Zoom. Click Here.
Genealogy Classes by Mary McManman
Title: Discover Your Roots: Family Research for Beginners
Date: Saturday, October 19, 2024
Time: 9:30 am to 11:30 am
Location: Wirt Library, 2nd Floor Community Room
Registration begins Thursday, September 19, 2024
Title: Intro to Genealogy Databases at the Library
Date: Saturday, October 26, 2024
Time: 9:30 am to 11:30 am
Location: Wirt Library, 2nd Floor Community Room
Registration begins Thursday, September 26, 2024
Note: Space is limited. If you have to cancel, please notify the Reference Desk (989-893-9566 ext.5), so that a person on the waiting-list can take your place. Thank you.
Delegate News
September, 2024
(1) Find what, from Michigan counties, is at the Michigan Archives:
michigan.gov/mhc/archives/archive-collections/county-guides
(2) 1948 Death Certificates are available on Michiganology.org
(3) Programs for the Public from the Library of Michigan.
Free monthly family history Zoom programs.
www.michigan.gov/libraryofmichigan/public/programs-for-the-public
What's New Inside
Items from the Bay City Times have been interspersed within the website. They will be changed periodically.
The current items are from the August 14, 1949, issue.
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1907 Marriage Records and Indexes are now available for viewing.
Marriage Records and Indexes now cover 1905 and 1907-1933 inclusive.
Marriage Records and Indexes can be viewed by all Site visitors via the Research tab.
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The current issue (July-September 2024) of The Clarion, Bay County Genealogical Society's newsletter, and the most recent issue of the Michigan Genealogical Council newsletter are available for viewing by all site visitors.
They are located by clicking the Newsletter tab on the Main Menu.
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A listing of items located in the Bay County Genealogical Society's Private Library can be accessed via the Queries tab under the Research tab.
Downtown Bay City-1940s
Looking South from Center and Washington
City Hall-Tall thin building on the right
in the back