Roscommon County, Michigan:
Family History & Genealogy, Census, Birth, Marriage, Death Vital Records & More

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Projects

• Roscommon County History & Genealogy      (Source: Genealogy Trails History Group)
• Roscommon County MIGenWeb      (Source: USGenWeb)
• Roscommon, MI      (Source: The American History and Genealogy Project)

Adjacent counties

• Clare County, MI  to the southwest
• Crawford County, MI  to the north
• Gladwin County, MI  to the southeast
• Kalkaska County, MI  to the northwest
• Missaukee County, MI  to the west
• Ogemaw County, MI  to the east
• Oscoda County, MI  to the northeast

Biographies, Oral Histories, Diaries, Memoirs, Genealogies, Correspondence

• Roscommon County Biography Bibliography      (Source: WorldCat)
• Roscommon County GEDCOM Index      (Source: GEDCOM Index .Com)

Cemeteries

• Billion Graves for Roscommon County, Michigan      (Source: Billion Graves)
• Cemeteries of Roscommon County      (Source: Interment.net)
• Gerrish Township Cemetery 
• The Political Graveyard      (Source: The Political Graveyard)
• Roscommon County  Michigan Cemetery Transcription & Photo Project     (Source: The American History and Genealogy Project)
• Roscommon County Cemeteries      (Source: The Tombstone Transcription Project)
• Roscommon County Cemetery List      (Source: Find A Grave)

Census Records and Indexes (15)

Court and Legal Records

• Roscommon County Court Records Directory      (Source: Court Records Free Reference and Directory)

Estate Records

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

History (19)

Introduction and Guides

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

Land Records

• Land Patent Search      (Source: Bureau of Land Management, General Land Office)
• Register of Deeds Miscellaneous record, vol. 1, 1875-1905      (Source: FamilySearch)
• Roscommon County Deeds and Indexes      (Source: FamilySearch)
• U.S. General Land Office Records, 1796-1907  Roscommon County     (Source: Explore Ancestry for free)     ($)

Libraries, Museums, Archives

• CCC Museum  Roscommon, Michigan
• Family History Library Holdings      (Source: FamilySearch)
• Genealogy & Historical Resources  Roscommon Area District Library
• Library Directory for Roscommon County, Michigan      (Source: libraries.org - A directory of libraries throughout the world)
• Local History Bibliography - Roscommon County  Clarke Historical Library
• PERiodical Source Index Search  Roscommon County, Michigan     (Source: Find My Past)

Mailing Lists and Message Boards

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

• MIROSCOM Roscommon County genealogy

  • MIROSCOM Mailing List Homepage      (Source: RootsWeb)

Maps and Gazetteers

• Individual County Chronologies  Roscommon County     (Source: The Newberry Library)
• Map of Roscommon County, Michigan  1873     (Source: David Rumsey Map Collection)
• Roscommon County Gazetteer      (Source: USGS Geographic Names Information System)
• Roscommon County Post Offices 
• Roscommon County Postal Covers      ($)

Military Records and Histories

• List of Pensioners on the Roll January 1, 1883  Roscommon County, Michigan     (Source: Internet Archive)

• Civil War

  • 1890 Census of Union Veterans and Widows of the Civil War  Roscommon County     (Source: FamilySearch)

• World War I

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

Miscellaneous Data

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

Newspaper Records

• Chronicling America  Roscommon County     (Source: The Library of Congress)
• Roscommon County  CMU's Digital Michigan Newspapers Collection
• Roscommon County Newspaper Holdings  Michigan Newspaper Project

Obituaries and Funeral Home Records

• Houghton Lake Funeral Homes      (Source: Legacy.com)
• Obituary search includes Houghton Lake Resorter      (Source: Explore Ancestry for free)     ($)
• Prudenville Funeral Homes      (Source: Legacy.com)
• Roscommon Funeral Homes      (Source: Legacy.com)
• St. Helen Funeral Homes      (Source: Legacy.com)

Photographs, Postcards, Historical Images

• Historical Postcards of Roscommon County      (Source: Explore Ancestry for free)     ($)
• Penny Postcards from Michigan      (Source: USGenWeb Michigan Archives)
• Roscommon County Courthouse 

School Records and Histories

• Houghton Lake School Yearbooks      (Source: Explore Ancestry for free)     ($)

Societies

• Houghton Lake Area Historical Society      (Source: Facebook)
• Roscommon Area Historical Society      (Source: Historical Society of Michigan)
• Roscommon Area Historical Society 
• Roscommon County Genealogical Society 

Surnames Web sites, obituaries, biographies, and other material specific to a surname (16)

Tax Lists

• Internal Revenue Assessment Lists  1862-1874     (Source: FamilySearch)

Transportation and Industry

• Building histories of Roscommon County      (Source: Philadelphia Architects and Buildings Project)
• Early Newspapers in Otsego and Roscommon Counties      (Source: Michigan County Histories)
• Houghton Lake Logging      (Source: The Making of Modern Michigan)
• Patents  Roscommon County, Michigan     (Source: Google Patents)
• Railroad Michigan, Roscommon County  Links to Existing Structures, Equipment & Artifacts
• Roscommon County  N. W. Ayer & Son's American Newspaper Annual, 1880     (Source: HathiTrust Digital Library)

Vital Records

• Roscommon County Marriage Records      (Source: USGenWeb Archives Marriage Records Project)
• Roscommon County Vital Records      (Source: Vital Records Information for the United States)
• U.S. Federal Census Mortality Schedules, 1850-1880  Roscommon County     (Source: Explore Ancestry for free)     ($)

Wiki

• Roscommon County, Michigan Wiki      (Source: RootsWeb)

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