Genealogy Resources

Databases 

Macomb County Genealogical Research Service

Volunteers from the Macomb County Genealogy Group (MCGG) will perform research to benefit our Local History & Genealogy Room. 

Photocopies from Library Genealogy Databases (Indexes)
Photocopies of records from the following Library Genealogy Databases may be ordered for a service fee of $4.00 each or three for $10.00 with database index information provided in the request. When no database index information is provided the fee is $10.00 each.

• Obituaries
• Funeral Home Abstracts
• Erin Township Records
• Mount Clemens Volunteer Fire Department Records
• Mount Clemens High School Yearbooks
• Mount Clemens City Directories

Photocopies of records from the following Library Genealogy Databases have the following service fees: 

• Schwarzkoff Funeral Home Files - $5.00 each (includes up to 4 pages)
• Macomb County Probate Files - $10.00 each with citation to database (includes up to 4 photocopies of the most important pages). If you are interested in the complete file, please contact us for a quote prior to mailing your request.

Other Searches

• Obituary Search for persons not included in the Obituary Index. The cost is $10 if the approximate date of death or burial is known. Not all Macomb County newspapers have been indexed. This search can include Detroit newspapers from 1939 forward or from the Detroit Free Press digitized newspapers, 1831-1999.
• Family Group Sheet documentation and other research, $20 per hour. 
• Church records from the MCGG Church Book Scanning Project, contact MCGG: 

Genealogical Search Request Instructions

 Email any questions to our Local History & Genealogy department.

Search requests can be made using postal mail or email. Results can be printed and postal mailed or results can be scanned and sent using email. Besides paying by check, there is now an option to pay by credit card. Please be sure to include a phone number so you can be contacted to complete the credit card transaction at the appropriate time. 

By Postal Mail
To request a search please address a letter (include your email and phone number) to:

Genealogical Research Service
℅ Mount Clemens Public Library
150 Cass Ave
Mount Clemens, MI 48043

By Email
To request a search, please send an email and include your phone number.

Payment Options

Credit or Debit Cards
Be sure to include a phone number with your postal mail or email request. You will be contacted for your credit or debit card information for non-refundable payment. (If requesting printouts to be postal mailed, include appropriate postage shown below.)

Check
Mail with reference to your email search request (or include with your postal mailed search request) a non-refundable check made payable to Mount Clemens Public Library.

Requests for Printed Copies

These must include a self-addressed stamped business-sized envelope. Please affix stamps to your self-addressed envelope with the following postage amounts, according to the number of pages you are requesting. For orders over eight pages, we will furnish a large envelope to ship your order, but please include loose stamps to cover the postage amount. 

NOTE: Please be patient. All requests are handled by volunteers who do the research in their spare time. With many requests to handle, it may take several weeks to complete your order. If there is a need to have your order expedited please include an extra $20.00.