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Hi, our names are Janet and Jan and we welcome you to the Presque Isle County Website. We are looking for transcribers, so if you would like to help or contribute, please contact us.

If you would be interested in hosting a Michigan County, be sure to contact the State Coordinator.

The boundaries of Presque Isle County were established in 1840, but the county government was not put into place until 1871. The name, which is French, means "almost an island" and was given because of the narrow peninsula which juts several miles into Lake Huron. There are 72 miles of Lake Huron shore line in the county.

Rogers City is the county seat and principle town, still being the world's largest limestone quarry. Other towns are Posen, Metz, Hawks, Millersburg and Onaway, which were all on the Detroit and Mackinac railroad line, and Belknap, Bruningville, Grace, Hagensville, Huron Beach, Moltke, Ocqueoc, Orchard and Polaski.




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Presque Isle County is bordered by Alpena County, Cheboygan County, and Montmorency County.


WHAT'S NEW!!


09-01-08--Update on St. Peter's #2 Cem., read St. Dominic Catholic Cem...not on yet! 08/24/2008- Added Hillcrest Cem. Tombstone transcription; calendar for 1582-3000; couple of offsite resources; GPS are on all cemetery listings. 07-30-08-Added information on the S.S. Cedarville, web addresses for PI Historical Museum & Great Lakes Lore Maritime Museum and reorganized the table a bit
07-16-2008 -Veterans of Hawks, Several resource publications added, Dr. Neil Campbell Monroe's obituary (Families),new volunteer to look up information on Milligan, Peterson, and Robinson Families
07-08-08 - Added Postmasters of Hawks
07-07-08-Added St. Peter's Cemeteries, New Bismark, Bismarck Twp., reread St. Elizabeth, Trinity Lutheran,Methodists Cem. in Ocqueoc, added: 1872 Rogers City Village Officers, Sheriffs of PI
02-16-08 - New site and new coordinators. Pardon our dust while we remodel. If you find any dead links please let us know and we'll gladly correct them.



Index to Presque Isle County Local History Page


Biographies
Birth/Marriage/Death
Vital Records Info
Cemeteries
Census
Churches
1926 Onaway May Term of Court
Death Certificates
Onaway
Directories
Family Pages
Genealogical & Historical Societies
Histories
Libraries & Museums
Lookups
Maps
Dibean Marriage Index
MI USGenWeb Archives
MI Tombstone Transcription
& Photo Project
Military
Miscellaneous
Newspapers
Obituaries
Onaway City Mayors
Onaway Police Force
Photo Album
1875 Posen Twp. Officials
Postmasters of Hawks
Posen Postmasters
Postmasters of Onaway
Presque Isle County Offsite Resources
Publications
1872 Roger City Village Officers
Schools
Sheriffs of Presque Isle County
Shipwrecks
Surnames
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