Alger County, Michigan Genealogy

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Parent County
1885-Alger County was created from Schoolcraft. The County Seat is Munising.1

Census
Available at Munising School Public Library 810 State Hwy. M-28 West, Ste. A Munising, MI 49862 *United States Census: Schoolcraft County 1850-1910 *Alger County 1900-1920; Territory 1820-1840 *Michigan Indian Census: *Bay Mills [Chippewa] Great Lakes 1935-1937 *Great Lakes [Chippewa &amp; Potawatomi] 1938-1940

Newspapers
Available at Munising School Public Library 810 State Hwy. M-28 West, Ste. A Munising, MI 49862


 * Munising News 1896-current
 * Munising Republican, 1892-1902
 * Cloverland Farmer 1915-1923
 * Sunday Morning Star, 1890-1891
 * Weekly Tribune, June-Dec 1893
 * Manistique Courier 1896-1899
 * Schoolcraft County Pioneer, 1880-1896
 * Semi-Weekly Pioneer, 1886-1888
 * Manistique Tri-Weekly Pioneer, 1888-1892
 * Tri-Weekly Pioneer 1892-1894
 * Semi-weekly Pioneer, 1894-1895
 * Manistique Tribune 1896-1899
 * Grand Marais Pilot and Pictured Rocks Review 1971-1974
 * Alger County Republican 1888-1903
 * Alger County Independent, 1938-1940
 * Wrights Weekly, 1924-1928
 * Lake Superior Breeze, 1906-1907
 * Lake Superior Pilot, 1901
 * Grand Marais Gazette, 1994-2004
 * Grand Marais Herald, 1895-1910

Schools
Munising School Public Library 810 State Hwy. M-28 West, Ste. A Munising, MI 49862


 * Munising High School Yearbooks &amp; Senior Photos

Societies and Libraries
Alger County Historical Society P.O. Box 201 Munising, MI 49862

This website provides online searchable databases for Alger County cemetery, census, and marriage records.

Grand Marais Historical Society P.O. Box 179 Grand Marais, MI 49839

Web Sites

 * The Alger County MIGenWeb Project, an member of The MIGenWeb Project, an affiliate of The USGenWeb Project.
 * Family History Library Catalog