GENEALOGY RESEARCHERS:  I am sorry but I am unable to provide further information about specific individuals or families you may be researching, other than what is in the context of this website, as I am not a resident of Wexford County.  Thank you.

Surnames I'm researching in Wexford County
WHEELER, MONROE, WOODWORTH, GERREN  

WEXFORD COUNTY
(extracted from a pamphlet "Rural Schools of Wexford County")

Wexford Territory, Michigan, was organized by the State Legislature in April 1840, under the Indian name of Kautawaubet (broken tooth).  Three years later, an Irish name (Wexford) was selected for no significant reason.  The County was organized by the State Legislature in 1868, at which time there were four Townships; Wexford, Springville, Hanover and Colfax.  The first settler in the County was B.W. Hall who settled near Sherman in 1863.

Wexford County, located in the northwestern part of the lower peninsula, traveled by US-131, M-115 and M-55. Wexford County was founded by JohnLennington, a general storekeeper. The first postmaster (Feb. 1865) was William Masters.
Wexford County, also known as Hanover, first set off in 1840 as Kautawauket (meaning "Land of Water"), although the county government was not organized until 1869. The county was first named Kautawauket after a Chippewa chief. In 1843 the present name Wexford, taken from a county in Ireland, was adopted.
The earliest known white settler in Wexford County is believed to have come in 1861. Settlement of the county began at Sherman in 1863 and this village was the first county seat. Manton briefly held the honor, but Clam Lake (now Cadillac), settled a few years later, covented the distinction, and a county seat war of unusual duration and bitterness, lasting for a decade, was waged.
Timber was the forest main industry of the area. During 1873, the canal connecting Big and Little Clam Lakes was completed by the Lumber Mills on land donated by George Mitchell. The channel was roughly 20 feet wide by 0.3 miles long and allowed logs to be floated from the shores of Big Clam Lake to the railroad lines in town. Widening/dredging of the canal has occurred in 1877, 1886, 1894, 1896, 1900, and most recently, in 1965. The canal freezes in winter before either Lake, thaws as soon as both lakes are frozen-not to freeze again until the following year.
In March, 1989, the Canal was declared a State Historical Landmark by the Michigan Historical Commission because of it's significance to the development of Cadillac. An Historical Marker, placed at the East end of the Canal in June 1990, explains the canal's history in greater detail. The Clam Lake Canal now serves recreational boaters, allowing two-day boat traffic between the two lakes. Big and Little Clam Lakes eventually became known as Lakes Mitchell and Cadillac.

Wexford County was formerly Kautawaubet County before its name change on the 8th of March 1843, attached to Mackinac, Manistee & Grand Traverse Counties prior to organization on the 30th of March 1869.

  BIRTH -  MARRIAGE -  DEATH
GENDIS - MI Death Records 1867-1882
Vital Records for Michigan
Michigan's Early Birth Records (pre-1900)
Michigan Marriages to 1850
WEXFORD County Dibean Marriage Records
1909 Wexford County Death Records (2 pages)  Donated  Thank you  :)
Wexford County Clerk, 437 E. Division St, Cadillac MI  49601  (231) 779-9450
County Clerk has Birth from 1868 & Marriage, Death, Divorce, Court Records from 1869

  BOOKS
(highly recommended) The Handybook for Genealogists published by The Everton Publishers Inc.

  CENSUS
1870 Census Index of Michigan
1830 Census of Michigan Territory

  CEMETERIES - FUNERAL HOMES
FuneralNet

  CHURCH               

  FAMILY GENEALOGY'S
HULETT FAMILY HISTORY (donated, Thank You)
Henry HUDSON    
Memorial Cards (donated, Thank you)    
Family Photo with names
Waite Family
William Johnson  (donated, Thank you)

  GENEALOGY GENERAL HELP
Located in the Genealogy Research Room at the Cadillac-Wexford County library "large collection of research materials including obituaries, cemetery transcriptions, yearbooks, city directories, etc." 

  HISTORICAL SOCIETIES
Cadillac Area Genealogical Society
       Wexford County Historical Society
        127 Beech Street
        PO Box 124
        Cadillac, MI 49601
        (231) 775-1717

Family History Center- Search the IGI online.
8389 S. 39 Road. It is off M115. 

  IMMIGRATION

  LAND RECORD  and BANKS
Bureau of Land Management
Greenwood  Township Tax Assessment Rolls  1886-1925    
1919 Hanover Twp Map Wexford Co Mi.jpg    
1909 Wexford Twp Map Wexford Co Mi.jpg  (only half of the map)    
Bank of Mesick, A. E. Hudson

  LIBRARIES
Cadillac-Wexford County
Betsie Valley District Library, Thompson Av, Thompsonville MI, 616-378-2716
Cadillac & Wexford County Public Library, 411 S. Lake St., Cadillac Mi, 616-775-6541
Falmouth Area Library, 218 E. Prsoer Rd., Falmouth MI, 616-826-3738
Leroy Community Library, 104 W. Gilbert, Leroy MI, 616-768-4493
Manton Public Library, 404 W. Main, Manton MI, 616-824-3584
Marion Public Library, 120 E. Main St., Marion MI, 616-743-2421
Mesick Public Library, ?, Mesick MI, 616-885-1120
Missaukee County Library, 103 Canal St., Lake City MI, 616-839-2166
Tustin Communtiy Library, 310 S. Nelson St., Tustin MI, 616-829-3012

  MAPS
GNIS

  MICHIGAN HELP
Michigan Historic Sites Online
Michigan Archives
Michigan Closed Adoption Network
Michigan Family History Network
Michigan County Clerks Genealogy Directory
Michigan State Library
THE NORTHWESTERN MICHIGAN ANTIQUE DEALERS
Historic Michigan Furniture Manufacturers
Michigan State Library 
Historical Society of Michigan  
Michigan County Histories collection    

  MUSEUMS

  NEWSPAPERS
Cadillac Evening News, Marion Press, Missaukee Sentinel & Waterford Newspaper.

  RESOURCES

  SCHOOLS
Cadillac School abt. 1922  (donated, Thank You)

Cornell School located in Buckley  (donated, Thank you)

SURNAMES

  VETERANS & SERVICEMAN INFO
Michigan Civil War
Civil War Soldiers From NY to MI
Civil War Veterans Roster 1894

  WEXFORD COUNTY CITY'S & VILLAGE'S
Buckley
Cadillac
Harrietta
Manton
Mesick

  WEXFORD COUNTY HISTORICAL MARKERS
Battle of Mantana
Caberfae Ski Resort
Cadillac_Wexford County Library
Charles T. Mitchell House
Clam Lake Canall
Cobbs & Mitchell Building
Cobbs & Mitchell Mill #1
First Wexford County Courthouse
Greenwood of Disciples Christ Church
Shay Locomotive
Cadillac Depot

  WEXFORD COUNTY INFO
County Event Calendar
Manton Museum
Cadillac Evening News
Cadillac Michigan Postcards
Cadillac Michigan
Cadillac Michigan Postcards-High School (1890s-1912)

  WEXFORD COUNTY MESSAGE BOARDS
Query
Bible
Biography
Birth
Cemetery
Census
Death
Deed
Immigration
Lookup
Marriage
Military
Obituary
Pension
Will

  WEXFORD COUNTY OBITUARIES

  WEXFORD COUNTY PHOTOS
School District No. 2, Hanover Twp, 1900. Photo of a School card which states pupils names. 
One Room School House, Hanover Twp., Wexford County, 27 November 1900 
Pioneers
Pioneers 2
Pioneers 3

Shared by a recent visitor of the Wexford County Website.  Thank you  :)

  WEXFORD COUNTY PROBATE COURT RECORDS

  WEXFORD COUNTY TOWNSHIPS
Antioch
Boon
Cedar Creek
Cherry Grove
Clam Lake
Colfax
Greenwood
Hanover
Haring
Henderson
Liberty
Selma
Slagle
South Branch
Springville Wexford