Presque Isle County, Michigan Genealogy

United States Michigan  Presque Isle County

County Courthouse
County Clerk has birth and death records from 1871, marriage records from 1842 and divorce records from 1900.

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

Neighboring Counties

 * Alpena
 * Cheboygan
 * Montmorency

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.



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.

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.