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Notes for the Index to Foreign Deaths
Kalamazoo
County Michigan
(1931-2002)

The Foreign Death records filed at the Kalamazoo County Clerks Office are for residents of Kalamazoo County who died in a location other than Kalamazoo County.

The first Foreign Death for Kalamazoo County was recorded in 1931; records continue to the present time.  The list on the KVGS website includes 1931 through about August 2002.

Data listed here are the name of the decedent, the place and date of death, and the Foreign Death certificate number as filed in the Kalamazoo County Clerk’s office.

The Foreign Deaths and the original index in the Kalamazoo County Clerks office have been microfilmed and are available through the Family History Library in Salt Lake City.  Microfilm numbers are as follows:

  Index 1931-1998 2109633 items 3 & 4
  Foreign Death Certificates 1931 - Aug 1948 2109634
  Foreign Death Certificates Aug 1948 – Dec 1957 2109830
  Foreign Death Certificates Dec 1957 – Apr 1966 2109831
  Foreign Death Certificates Apr 1966 – May 1969 2109832
  Foreign Death Certificates May 1969 – Jan 1977 2109833
  Foreign Death Certificates Jan 1977 – Feb 1989 2109834
  Foreign Death Certificates Feb 1989 – Mar 1989 2109835 item 4

Certified copies of Foreign Death certificates should be obtained from the clerk of record, i.e., the place where the person died.  The Kalamazoo County Clerk’s office does not issue certified copies of these records.  However, KVGS volunteers will abstract Foreign Death certificates at the Kalamazoo County Clerk’s office for out-of-town researchers. Write to:

Kalamazoo County Clerk and Register of Deeds
Attn:  Genealogy Volunteer
201 W Kalamazoo Ave
Kalamazoo, MI  49007

 

Notes for the Foreign Marriages and Intents to Marry
Kalamazoo County, Michigan

 





Source

Foreign Death & Marriage records filed at the Kalamazoo County Clerks Office

 
Abstracted
Foreign Deaths:
By
Ardis Pierce and Sue Sanders.

Foreign Marriages:
By
Sue Sanders.
 
Proofread
Foreign Deaths:
By Robert Johnson, Janet Smith, D Diane Schaeberle, and
Wayne Loney.

Foreign Marriages:
By
Ardis Pierce and Robert Johnson.

The Kalamazoo County Clerk’s office has twenty-three certificates of Foreign Marriage and fifty Intents to Marry on file.

The Foreign Marriages belong to couples who were married in a place other than Kalamazoo County; however, either the bride or groom (or both) was a resident of Kalamazoo County.

The Intents to Marry involve couples (at least one of which was a resident of Kalamazoo County) who filed a document stating they intended to marry in a place other than Kalamazoo County.

We have abstracted the essential information from these documents.  The actual document may include further data such as the name of the person performing the ceremony, witnesses, birthplaces and occupations of parents, whether persons had been previously married, and nationality and race of the bride and groom.  Intents to Marry often had medical certificates attached.

These documents can be examined at the Kalamazoo County Clerk’s Office, however this office can not issue a certified copy of any of the Foreign Marriage Certificates. Certified copies will have to be requested through the clerk of record (i.e., the place where the marriage was actually performed).  The place of an Intended Marriages should be queried to see if a marriage certificate is filed there.

We indexed the Foreign Marriage Certificates under the groom’s name, bride’s maiden name, and bride’s married name.  The Intents to Marry were only indexed under groom’s name and bride’s maiden name, since there was no proof that the marriage actually occurred.

KVGS volunteers will abstract Foreign Marriages or Intents to Marry for out-of-town researchers. Write to:

Kalamazoo County Clerk and Register of Deeds
Attn:  Genealogy Volunteer
201 W Kalamazoo Ave
Kalamazoo, MI  49007

Please enclose a self-addressed, stamped envelope and do not request more than two abstracts at a time.

You may also e-mail your requests for look-ups to: genealogy@kalcounty.com

 

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