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Hi, BJ and I (Janet) welcome you to the Presque Isle County Website. I am looking for transcribers, so if you would like to help or contribute, please contact us.If the other link doesn't work, contact us at pi.genealogy@gmail.com

If you would be interested in hosting a Michigan County, be sure to contact the State Coordinator, Colleen Pustola with Archives and Associate State Coordinator, Wayne Summers

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.

Townships are: Allis, Bearinger, Belknap, Bismarck, Case, Krakow, Metz, Moltke, North Allis, Ocqueoc, Posen, Presque Isle, Pulawski,and Rogers

New Names: LaRoche = Hawks, Adakaska=Shaw=Onaway
Ghost towns include: Allis, Bell, Bolton, Calcite or Crawford's Quarry, Cathro, Crow's Dam, Grace, Grace's Harbor, Horseshoe Harbor, Hurst, Liske, Petersville, Providence, and South Rogers.
On the RR map were: Austens, Big Cut, Bunton, Case, Fisher, Hoffman, Hurst, Liske, May Lake Junction, McPhee, Moltke, Nagel, Pack Siding, Polaski, Quarry, Rainy Lake, Rogers Mills (Rogers City), Roger City Junction, Sobieski.



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SURROUNDING COUNTIES


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



WHAT'S NEW!!


04/16/24 - Added picture and article of: 1954 - Mackinac Bridge Begins Construction in April 1954...See "Stories"
04/16/24 - Added picture and article of: 1994 - Rogers City Fifth and Sixth Graders Moving to the Grambau Education Center...See "Stories"
03/21/24 - Added picture and article of: 2004 - Sara Wysocki Is Assigned the Duties of Ordinance Officer...See "Stories"
03/14/24 - Added picture and article of: 1994 - Posen Schools Swiss Foreign Exchange Student, Kate Gaschen, Enjoys School and Home with the Glomskis...See "Stories"
02/29/24 - Added picture and article of: 1994 - Posen Schools Celebrate Superintendent Mike Murch's 58th Birthday...See "Stories"
02/22/24 - Added picture and article of: 1994 - Joe Brewbaker Plays in Charity Game with Former Detroit Lion Ty Hallock...See "Stories"
02/08/24 - Added picture and article of: 2004 - Onaway High School Senior Snowcoming Court Members...See "Stories"
02/01/24 - Added picture and article of: 1964 - Mel's Market Advertisement...See "Stories"
01/25/24 - Added picture and article of: 1994 - Ray Zielinski Retires From Presque Isle Corporation After 39 Years...See "Stories"
01/18/24 - Added picture and article of: 1974 - Onaway Cardinals Boys Basketball Team Moves to 7-1 Season Record...See "Stories"
01/12/24 - Added picture and article of: 2014 - Steve Hazlett of Millersburg Is Shipping Out to Iraq...See "Stories"
01/04/24 - Added picture and article of: 2014 - Posen and Rogers City Play in a Holiday Contest for Cancer Awareness...See "Stories"
01/03/24 - Updated Cemeteries: St. Paul Catholic, Hillcrest, Faith Lutheran, Mt. Calvary, and Memorial Park...see"Cemeteries"
01/02/24 - Updated Cemeteries: St. James Lutheran, Trinity Lutheran, Bismarck Township, Elmwood, Peace Lutheran, St. Johns Lutheran, Belknap, Ocqueoc Township. North Allis, Presque Isle, and Immanuel Lutheran...see"Cemeteries"
01/02/24 - Added 2023 Obituaries...see"Obituaries"
12/30/23 - Added picture and article of: 1993 - Posen's Refereeing Wozniak Family...See "Stories"
12/21/23 - Added picture and article of: 1973 - Mr. Ed's IGA Salutes Employees with Full-Page Ad...See "Stories"
12/14/23 - Added picture and article of: 1963 - Onaway Is Decked Out for Christmas...See "Stories"
12/07/23 - Added picture and article of: 1993 - The Rogers City Hurons Host Boyne City Ramblers...See "Stories"
11/30/23 - Added picture and article of: 2013 - The Onaway Volleyball Team Has Four All-State Players...See "Stories"
11/16/23 - Added picture and article of: 1973 - Presque Isle Advance Publishes "All-Girl Revue"...See "Stories"
11/03/23 - Added picture and article of: 1973 - Voters to Select from Three Candidates for Rogers City Mayor...See "Stories"
10/19/23 - Added picture and article of: 2013 - Onaway High School Homecoming Court Senior Members...See "Stories"
10/12/23 - Added picture and article of: 2013 - Plane Hits Deer on the Runway of Leo E. Goetz Airport in Onaway...See "Stories"
10/06/23 - Added picture and article of: 1993 - Rogers City Homecoming Queen Missy Elowsky and Mr. Football Dale Woloszyk...See "Stories"




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, Allis Twp., and Ocqueoc (soon)
Directories
Family Pages
Genealogical & Historical Societies
Histories
Libraries & Museums
Lookups
Maps
Dibean Marriage Index
MI USGenWeb Archives
MI Tombstone Transcription
& Photo Project
Military
Millersburg Homecoming Grand Marshals
Miscellaneous
Millersburg Memories
Newspapers
Obituaries
Ocqueoc Twp. Info
Onaway History
Ghosttowns
Photo Album
1875 Posen Twp. Officials
Postmasters of Hawks
Posen Postmasters
Posen Potato Festival Queen & Grand Marshal(s)
1903 Case Township Tax Books
Presque Isle County Offsite Resources
Publications
RC Nautical Festival Queens/Parade Marshals
1872 Roger City Village Officers
1930 Directory for Rogers City
1946 RC Kiwanis Food Drive
Schools
Stories
Sheriffs of Presque Isle County
Shipwrecks
Bearinger Township History
Surnames
Township Websites
1903 Plat Book Directory of People




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