Alpena County

 Alpena Courthouse

Welcome to Alpena County

      Welcome to this website which is a part of MIGenWeb and USGenWeb, a network of websites that provide free online genealogical information. This county is currently available for adoption.  For more information contact our state coordinator.

     Alpena County was created on April 1, 1840 and organized as a county on February 7, 1857.  The countyseat is the City of Alpena.

    Alpena County is in the northeast of the mitten-shaped Lower Peninsula of Michigan. Lake Huron and Thunder Bay are to the east. Most of the county is drained by the Thunder Bay River and its tributaries. The Mackinaw State Forest occupies large tracts of land in the county. The Thunder Bay National Marine Sanctuary is offshore adjacent to the county. The 45th parallel bisects the county, meaning it is halfway between the North Pole and the equator.

 


Table of Contents

Courts  Maps  Places
Court Records   Plat Book of Alpena 1903  Postcards of Alpena Places
Probate Records  1872-1903   Michigan Map  Leer, Michigan
Tax Rolls 1858-1895    Sanford Fire Maps Library of Michigan* 1895 Alpena Streets    
     
Families  Miscellaneous Special Collections
Biographies  Alpena City Directories George R. and Edith Angell Cook Collection
Family Photos Census  
Family Group Sheets   Granges Schools 
Family Websites Industries One-Room Schools 
  Knick-Knacks School News Items 
History Military Information School Photos
Alpena Co History Articles and Links Railroads Alpena High School
Alpena Dates of Events  1903 1883 Notaries  
Complete History of Alpena Co 1876   Vital Records 
Centennial History of Alpena Co 1903 Newspapers  Births 
Picturesque Alpena 1905  Alpena Argus 1893-1894  Marriages 
  Alpena Evening News 1899-1910  Divorces 
Land  Alpena Weekly Argus 1871-1893  Deaths
Land Records   Labor Journal 1885-1890  Death Certificates 1897-over 75 yrs old  
Deed Records 1858-1943 Michigan Labor Journal 1884  Obituaries 
Mortgage Records 1855-1891  Old News Items  Cemeteries  
*available for Michigan residents with free library card

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Last update: 1/8/2024