The Washtenaw County, Michigan website provides a variety of online
services. For instance, Washtenaw has put its property assessment database online,
which means if you're armed with a street address, you can look up the assessed
value or last sale price of just about any property in the county. You can also
check out the history of sales over recent years and even view a legal description
of the property. Other services include the capability to pay speeding fines
online by charging them to a credit card.
Anyone with Washtenaw County ancestors will be pleased to learn
that they can also order vital records online at the same website. Records available
include:
Birth Certificates - 1867 to present
Death Records - 1867 to present
Marriage Records - 1833 to present
The charge for the first copy of a vital record is $13. Each additional
copy is $4. A $2 convenience fee also applies for each record ordered. If you
are 65 or older and ordering a copy of your own birth certificate, the cost
is $5 for the first copy and $4 for each additional copy of the same record.
A $2 convenience fee also applies.
In addition, more recent deaths and marriage records may be searched
directly online:
Death Records - 1964 to present
Marriage Records - 1970 to present
Washtenaw County includes Ann Arbor and the towns of Chelsea,
Dexter, Manchester, Milan, Saline and Ypsilanti. You can access the Vital Records
section via www.ewashtenawco.org
My thanks to Thomas Cooper for telling me about the Washtenaw
County website.
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