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Presque Isle County, Michigan
Map
Location of Michigan in the U.S.
Facts
Founded	April 1, 1840
County Seat	Rogers City
Courthouse
Address	Presque Isle County Courthouse 151 E Huron Ave. P. O. Box 110 Rogers City, MI 49779-1316 Phone: 517-734-3288 Presque Isle County Website

County Courthouse

County Clerk has birth and death records from 1871,
marriage records from 1842 and divorce records from 1900. ^[1]

History

Parent County

1840--Presque Isle County was created 1 April 1840 from Mackinac County. It was attached Cheyboygan and Alpena Counties prior to organization 31 March 1871.  County seat: Rogers City ^[2]

Boundary Changes

Record Loss

Places/Localities

Populated Places

Neighboring Counties

• Alpena
• Cheboygan
• Montmorency

Resources

Cemeteries

Church

Court

Land

Local Histories

Maps

Military

Civil War

Civil War service men from Presque Isle County served in various regiments. Men often joined a regiment or a company (within a regiment)that originated in their county. Listed below are the military units that were formed in or had many men from Presque Isle County.

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Newspapers

Probate

Taxation

Vital Records

• Michigan Birth Registrations, 1867-1902 -- Free name indexes and images at FamilySearch Record Search. Records include such information as name of child, birthdate and place, if still-born, illegitimate or twin, gender, race and record number.
• Michigan Marriage Registrations, 1868-1925 -- Free name indexes at FamilySearch Record Search.  Records include such information as names of bride and groom, date of license, ages, race, residences, birthplaces, occupations and names of the fathers of the bride and groom.
• Michigan Death Registrations, 1867-1897-- Free name indexes and images at FamilySearch Record Search.   Records include such information as name of deceased, date and place of death, gender, color, marital status, age in years, months and days, disease or apparent cause of death, birthplace, names and occupations of parents, and the date the record was made.

Societies and Libraries

Family History Centers

• Introduction to LDS Family History Centers

Web Sites

• USGenWeb project. May have maps, name indexes, history or other information for this county. Select the state, then the county.
• Family History Library Catalog

References

1. ↑ Handybook for Genealogists: United States of America, 10th ed. (Draper, Utah: Everton Pub., 2002), Presque Island County, Michigan page 350, At various libraries (WorldCat); FHL Book 973 D27e 2002.
2. ↑ The Handybook for Genealogists: United States of America,10th ed. (Draper, UT:Everton Publishers, 2002).