Alpena County, Michigan:
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Projects

• Alpena County History & Genealogy      (Source: Genealogy Trails History Group)
• Alpena County Records      (Source: Michigan Family History Network)
• Alpena County, Michigan      (Source: American Local History Network)
• Alpena Michigan GenWeb Project      (Source: USGenWeb)
• Alpena Michigan GenWeb Project      (Source: Legacy USGenWeb)
• Alpena, MI      (Source: The American History and Genealogy Project)

Adjacent counties

• Alcona County, MI  to the south
• Montmorency County, MI  to the west
• Oscoda County, MI  to the southwest
• Presque Isle County, MI  to the north

Biographies, Oral Histories, Diaries, Memoirs, Genealogies, Correspondence (10)

Cemeteries (10)

Census Records and Indexes (22)

Church Records

• Evangelical Lutheran Church in America Church Records, 1826-1945  includes Alpena and Leer, Michigan     (Source: Explore Ancestry for free)     ($)
• Evangelical Lutheran Church of America, Records, 1875-1940  includes Alpena, Michigan     (Source: Explore Ancestry for free)     ($)

Court and Legal Records

• Alpena County Court Records Directory      (Source: Court Records Free Reference and Directory)
• Chancery files, ca.1861-1880      (Source: FamilySearch)
• Circuit Court records, 1871-1924; index ca.1870-1900      (Source: FamilySearch)
• Circuit Court Short book, A, 1871-1885      (Source: FamilySearch)
• Circuit Court Special motion book, 1860-1870      (Source: FamilySearch)
• First Judges and Lawyers of Alpena County      (Source: Michigan County Histories)
• Jail records, 1927-1940      (Source: FamilySearch)
• Medical practitioners' sworn statement, 1883-1919      (Source: FamilySearch)

Directories

• Alpena City Directories      (Source: Explore Ancestry for free)     ($)
• Alpena County, Michigan City, County, and Rural Directories      (Source: Online Historical Directories)
• Alpena Directories  1887-92     (Source: Explore Ancestry for free)     ($)

Estate Records

• Alpena County, Michigan Probate Records      (Source: SAMPUBCO)
• Michigan Probate Records  1797-1973     (Source: FamilySearch)
• Michigan Wills and Probate Records, 1784-1980  includes Alpena County     (Source: Explore Ancestry for free)     ($)

Ethnic

• Sa-gon-a-ka-to      (Source: Michigan County Histories)

History (46)

Immigration and Naturalization Records

• Michigan Passenger and Crew Lists, 1903-1965  includes Alpena, Michigan     (Source: Explore Ancestry for free)     ($)

Introduction and Guides

• Alpena County      (Source: Histopolis Collaborative Genealogy & History)
• Alpena County Public Records      (Source: Nationwide Environmental Title Research)
• Alpena County, Michigan Genealogy      (Source: Genealogy, Inc.)
• Cyndi's List of Michigan locality links      (Source: Cyndi's List of Genealogy Sites on the Internet)
• FamilySearch Wiki Research Guide      (Source: FamilySearch)

Land Records

• Alpena County Deeds and Indexes      (Source: FamilySearch)
• Alpena County Land Records      (Source: USGenWeb Michigan Archives)
• Land Patent Search      (Source: Bureau of Land Management, General Land Office)
• U.S. General Land Office Records, 1796-1907  Alpena County     (Source: Explore Ancestry for free)     ($)

Libraries, Museums, Archives

• Alpena County Data Collections      (Source: Explore Ancestry for free)     ($)
• Alpena Michigan Family History Center      (Source: FamilySearch)
• Family History Library Holdings      (Source: FamilySearch)
• Genealogy & Local History  Alpena County George N. Fletcher Public Library
• Great Lakes Maritime Collection  Alpena County George N. Fletcher Public Library
• Jesse Besser Museum, Alpena  Art-History-Science
• Library Directory for Alpena County, Michigan      (Source: libraries.org - A directory of libraries throughout the world)
• Local History Bibliography - Alpena County  Clarke Historical Library
• PERiodical Source Index Search  Alpena County, Michigan     (Source: Find My Past)

Lookups

• Alpena County Lookup Resources 

Mailing Lists and Message Boards

• GenForum Message Boards      (Source: Genealogy.com)
• RootsWeb Message Board      (Source: RootsWeb)

• MIALPENA Alpena County genealogy

  • MIALPENA Mailing List Homepage      (Source: RootsWeb)

Maps and Gazetteers (15)

Military Records and Histories

• The Alpena Guards      (Source: Michigan County Histories)
• Further Action Decision Document for Site 9 at Alpena CRTC, Alpena, MI      (Source: Internet Archive)
• List of Pensioners on the Roll January 1, 1883  Alpena County, Michigan     (Source: Internet Archive)

• Civil War

  • 1890 Census of Union Veterans and Widows of the Civil War  Alpena County     (Source: FamilySearch)
  • Alpena County in the War      (Source: Michigan County Histories)

• Spanish American War

  • Michigan Volunteers      (Source: Michigan Family History Network)

• World War I

  • World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918  Alpena County     (Source: Explore Ancestry for free)     ($)

Miscellaneous Data

• Alpena County Public Records Links      (Source: Free Public Records Directory)
• Classic Buildings of Alpena County      (Source: Society of Architectural Historians)

Newspaper Records (10)

Obituaries and Funeral Home Records

• Alpena County Obituaries      (Source: USGenWeb Michigan Archives)
• Alpena Funeral Homes      (Source: Legacy.com)
• The Alpena News 
• Obituary search includes Alpena News  Alpena, MI     (Source: Explore Ancestry for free)     ($)
• Obituary search includes The Alpena News  Alpena, MI     (Source: Explore Ancestry for free)     ($)
• Oscoda Press 

Photographs, Postcards, Historical Images

• Alpena Central School Buidling and Court House      (Source: Michigan County Histories)
• Alpena County Courthouse 
• Historical Postcards of Alpena County      (Source: Explore Ancestry for free)     ($)
• Maritime History of Alpena County  mmm
• Penny Postcards from Michigan      (Source: USGenWeb Michigan Archives)

School Records and Histories

• Alpena School Yearbooks      (Source: Explore Ancestry for free)     ($)
• Alpena, MI Public School Teachers 1899-1900      (Source: Old-Yearbooks.com)
• City of Alpena Schools      (Source: Michigan County Histories)
• Michigan Schools  Alpena Co.
• Schools and Public Buildings      (Source: Michigan County Histories)

Societies

• Northeast Michigan Genealogical Society 
• Northeast Michigan Genealogical Society 
• Northeast Michigan Genealogical Society      (Source: Facebook)

Surnames Web sites, obituaries, biographies, and other material specific to a surname (322)

Tax Lists

• Internal Revenue Assessment Lists  1862-1874     (Source: FamilySearch)
• Tax assessment roll, 1858-1895  Viewing restrictions may apply     (Source: FamilySearch)

Transportation and Industry (20)

Vital Records

• Alpena County Marriage Records      (Source: USGenWeb Archives Marriage Records Project)
• Alpena County Marriages      (Source: USGenWeb Michigan Archives)
• Alpena County Vital Records      (Source: Vital Records Information for the United States)
• Divorce proceedings, 1897-1927  Viewing restrictions may apply     (Source: FamilySearch)
• Michigan County Marriages Index  1820-1937     (Source: FamilySearch)
• U.S. Federal Census Mortality Schedules, 1850-1880  Alpena County     (Source: Explore Ancestry for free)     ($)

Wiki

• Alpena County, Michigan Wiki      (Source: RootsWeb)

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