Does anyone know when the State of Mich began keeping birth records? I have just found out that my grandmother and her siblings were probably born in Muckegon Co, from 1877 thru approx. 1883. Would it be useless to try and find a birth record? Also, does anyone have access to the 1880 Fed. Census index for Muskegon Co? If I cant find birth records, perhaps I can find the parents in the census. Thanks