Arenac County, Michigan Genealogy

United States Michigan  Arenac County

Guide to Arenac County Michigan genealogy. Birth records, marriage records, death records, census records, family history, and military records.

County Courthouse
County Clerk has birth, marriage, death, divorce and court records from 1883 and burial records from 1952.

History

 * http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arenac_County%2C_Michigan
 * http://www.epodunk.com/cgi-bin/genInfo.php?locIndex=21602
 * A History of Northern Michigan and Its People, Volume 1 By Perry Francis Powers, Harry Gardner Cutler http://books.google.com/books?id=JXV5AAAAMAAJ&amp;pg=PA540&amp;dq=arenac+county&amp;hl=en&amp;sa=X&amp;ei=0BfgUbT3OsLgqwHZhoG4BQ&amp;ved=0CEYQ6AEwBDgU#v=onepage&amp;q=arenac%20county&amp;f=false

Parent County
1883--Arenac County was created 21 April 1883 from Bay County. County seat: Standish

Boundary Changes
See COUNTY EVOLUTION IN MICHIGAN, 1790-1897 by Richard W. Welch for the development of the counties in the state. This will help you to determine place of residence of your ancestors and under whose civil jurisdiction they resided. It is also useful for when you start to read the census records.

AuGres
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Au_Gres,_Michigan



Omer
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Omer,_Michigan



Standish
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Standish,_Michigan

https://www.facebook.com/groups/139222763311/

The Story of Standish and its People, 1876-1976 by Allan McCready



Villages: Sterling | Turner | Twining

 * Sterling

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sterling,_Michigan


 * Turner

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Turner,_Michigan


 * Twining

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Twining,_Michigan



Townships: Adams | Arenac | Au Gres | Clayton | Deep River | Lincoln | Mason | Moffatt | Sims | Standish | Turner | Whitney

 * Adams

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adams_Township,_Arenac_County,_Michigan


 * Arenac

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arenac_Township,_Michigan


 * AuGres

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Au_Gres_Township,_Michigan


 * Clayton

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Clayton_Township,_Arenac_County,_Michigan


 * Communities: Alger | Delano | Maple Ridge | Melita | Pine River

Neighboring Counties
Bay | Gladwin | Losco | Ogemaw

Cemeteries

 * http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=csr&amp;CScn=&amp;CScntry=4&amp;CSst=24&amp;CScnty=1232

Census

 * http://www.census-online.com/links/MI/Arenac/

1870 - Arenac County did not exist in 1870, but was part of Bay Co.


 * http://www.mdoe.state.mi.us/1870Census/search.aspx

Families

 * BOURASSA (includes Arenac branches, see attachment) - http://www.genealogywise.com/group/frenchcanadiandescendants/forum/topics/bourassa-family
 * Standish Family Ancestors (see attachment) - http://www.genealogywise.com/group/frenchcanadiandescendants/forum/topics/some-hus-descendants

Land

 * http://www.glorecords.blm.gov/results/default.aspx?searchCriteria=type=patent|st=MI|cty=011|sp=true|sw=true|sadv=false

Local Histories
Books available at the Library of Michigan (Lansing) regarding Arenac Co.


 * http://35.8.7.98/search~S37/X?searchtype=X&amp;searchscope=37&amp;searcharg=Arenac+county&amp;submit.x=24&amp;submit.y=12

Civil War
Civil War service men from Arenac 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 Arenac County.

World War I - Draft Cards
http://www.archives.gov/research/military/ww1/draft-registration/michigan.html

Newspapers

 * http://www.arenacindependent.com/
 * https://www.facebook.com/ArenacIndependent

Queries: Message Boards and Mailing Lists

 * http://boards.rootsweb.com/localities.northam.usa.states.michigan.counties.arenac/mb.ashx
 * http://lists.rootsweb.ancestry.com/index/usa/MI/arenac.html#MIARENAC
 * http://genforum.genealogy.com/mi/arenac/

Vital Records
State vital records started in 1867, however marriage records started at the county level earlier. Check both.


 * Michigan Birth Registrations, 1867-1902 -- Free name indexes and images at FamilySearch. 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. 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.  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.
 * Pre-1897 (not complete) http://www.mdch.state.mi.us/pha/osr/gendisx/search2.htm
 * State death records - http://seekingmichigan.org/tag/genealogy

Arenac County Historical Society

 * http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~miachs/index.htm
 * http://www.arenacindependent.com/stories/Historical-society-expands-service,87772

Family History Centers

 * Introduction to LDS Family History Centers

Web Sites

 * The Arenac County MIGenWeb Project, an member of The MIGenWeb Project, an affiliate of The USGenWeb Project.
 * http://www.linkpendium.com/genealogy/USA/MI/Arenac/
 * http://www.cyndislist.com/us/mi/counties/arenac/
 * http://www.mifamilyhistory.org/counties/arenac.aspx
 * http://www.mifamilyhistory.org/counties/arenac.aspx