Alpena Michigan FamilySearch Center

The mission of the Alpena FamilySearch Center is to bring families together, to assist and promote family history research. The Center serves all of Northeast MI with genealogical resources. This includes counties of Alcona, Alpena, Cheboygan, Montmorency and Presque Isle. A quiet space for serious genealogists and beginners alike. Two volunteers staff the Center - generally a member of The Northeast MI Genealogical Society and a Church member - offering a great deal of experience in the fields of History and Genealogy. Individual help is available; please call ahead to make an arrangement.

Center Contacts and Hours
Location Map:


 * Location Map

Address:


 * 411 Long Rapids Plaza Alpena Michigan 49707 United States
 * (Next to Alpena Orthopedics)


 * Language:English

Phone:


 * 1-989-358-9809

Email:


 * MI_Alpena@familyhistorymail.org

Open Hours:


 * Tuesday: 12:00pm - 4:00pm
 * Wednesday: 12:00pm - 4:00pm

Family History scrapbooking; please call for availability.

We are closed the day after a holiday.

Please check back as updates are made.

When local schools are closed due to weather we are also closed.

We are currently offering a series of classes beginning September 6, 2023 to be taught by a FamilySearch Consultant FREE to the community at the FamilySearch Center on Wednesdays from12pm-2pm with a repeat of the same class on the following Saturday from 9 - 11am. Please feel free to bring your laptop computer. If the Alpena Public Schools are closed due to weather, then the class will not be held that day.

Resources

 * Professional genealogists are available monthly. Call for an appointment at .1-989-306-8090.
 * Ella has been an accredited genealogist since 1985 with specialties in Midwestern US, British Isles research, but can assist in general research as well.
 * RoseMarie specializes in Polish/German research, but can assist you in other foreign research quests.
 * Sharon specialized in Native American research.

Special Collections

 * FamilySearch Center Portal This center has access to the FamilySearch Center Portal page which gives free access in the center to premium family history software and websites that generally charge for subscriptions, including Ancestry,com, World Vital Records, MyHeritage library edition, Fold3 library edition, Alexander Street Press, Findmypast institution version, Puzilla.org, and others.

Hardware and Equipment

 * 4 on-line computers
 * wireless Internet
 * printer capabilities to scan black &amp; white documents and photos directly to FamilySearch.org.

Resources in the Local Area
The George Fletcher Library (AKA The Alpena Public Library) has marvelous local history and genealogical collections. Further afield, the following also have information available, including:


 * The Cheboygan Public Library has many of the resources previously found at the Cheboygan Michigan FamilySearch Center, which closed in January 2012.
 * The Mackinac City Public Library has the best wonderful Native American collection in northern MI.
 * The Presque Isle Public Library (Rogers City) has a number of genealogical collections from local families. The Onaway location has local collections.
 * Rogers City has museums for both local history and mariner information.

Volunteer at the Center
If you have been involved is family history research and are interested in helping others -please call the center during hours of operation. We would love to orientate you to our Center and possibly have you volunteer there.

Links
Alpena County Public Library