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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: Wednesday, January 8, 2025

Presentation:   Megan Heyl-From the crowd-Lots of questions and answers.                   

To find out how to attend a meeting via Zoom.  Click Here.

Genealogy Classes by Mary McManman

​To Be Announced

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 (October-December 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.

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Downtown Bay City-1940s

Looking South from Center and Washington

City Hall-Tall thin building on the right

in the back

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