Arenac County, MichiganEdit This Page

From FamilySearch Wiki

United States Michigan Arenac County

Guide to Arenac County Michigan genealogy. Birth records, marriage records, death records, census records, family history, and military records.

	Michigan Online Records

Arenac County, Michigan
Map
Location of Michigan in the U.S.
Facts
Founded	April 21, 1883
County Seat	Hettinger
Courthouse
Address	Arenac County Courthouse 120 N Grove St. P. O. Box 747 Standish, MI 48658 Phone: 989-846-4626 Arenac County Website

County Courthouse

County Clerk has birth, marriage, death, divorce
and court records from 1883 and burial records from 1952. ^[1]

History

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arenac_County%2C_Michigan

Parent County

1883--Arenac County was created 21 April 1883 from Bay County. County seat: Standish ^[2]

Boundary Changes

See COUNTY EVOLUTION IN MICHIGAN, 1790-1897 by Richard W. Welch for the development of the counties in the state. This will help you to determine place of residence of your ancestors and under whose civil jurisdiction they resided. It is also useful for when you start to read the census records.

Record Loss

Places/Localities

Populated Places

Cities: Au Gres | Omer | Standish

AuGres

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Au_Gres,_Michigan

Omer

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Omer,_Michigan

Standish

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Standish,_Michigan

https://www.facebook.com/groups/139222763311/

The Story of Standish and its People, 1876-1976 by Allan McCready

Villages: Sterling | Turner | Twining

• Sterling

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sterling,_Michigan

• Turner
  

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Turner,_Michigan

• Twining
  

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Twining,_Michigan

Townships: Adams | Arenac | Au Gres | Clayton | Deep River | Lincoln | Mason | Moffatt | Sims | Standish | Turner | Whitney

• Adams
  

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adams_Township,_Arenac_County,_Michigan

• Arenac
  

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arenac_Township,_Michigan

• AuGres
  

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Au_Gres_Township,_Michigan

• Clayton
  

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Clayton_Township,_Arenac_County,_Michigan

• Communities: Alger | Delano | Maple Ridge | Melita | Pine River

Neighboring Counties

Bay | Gladwin | Losco | Ogemaw

Resources

Cemeteries

• http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=csr&CScn=&CScntry=4&CSst=24&CScnty=1232
  

Church

Court

Land

Local Histories

Maps

Military

Civil War

Civil War service men from Arenac County served in various regiments. Men often joined a regiment or a company (within a regiment) that originated in their county. Listed below are the military units that were formed in or had many men from Arenac County.

-

Newspapers

Probate

Queries: Message Boards and Mailing Lists

• http://boards.rootsweb.com/localities.northam.usa.states.michigan.counties.arenac/mb.ashx
  
• http://lists.rootsweb.ancestry.com/index/usa/MI/arenac.html#MIARENAC
  
• http://genforum.genealogy.com/mi/arenac/
  

Taxation

Vital Records

• Michigan Birth Registrations, 1867-1902 -- Free name indexes and images at FamilySearch. Records include such information as name of child, birthdate and place, if still-born, illegitimate or twin, gender, race and record number.
• Michigan Marriage Registrations, 1868-1925 -- Free name indexes at FamilySearch.  Records include such information as names of bride and groom, date of license, ages, race, residences, birthplaces, occupations and names of the fathers of the bride and groom.
• Michigan Death Registrations, 1867-1897 -- Free name indexes and images at FamilySearch.   Records include such information as name of deceased, date and place of death, gender, color, marital status, age in years, months and days, disease or apparent cause of death, birthplace, names and occupations of parents, and the date the record was made.

Societies and Libraries

Family History Centers

• Introduction to LDS Family History Centers

Web Sites

• Family History Library Catalog
• The Arenac County MIGenWeb Project, an member of The MIGenWeb Project, an affiliate of The USGenWeb Project.
• http://www.linkpendium.com/genealogy/USA/MI/Arenac/
  

References

1. ↑ Handybook for Genealogists: United States of America, 10th ed. (Draper, Utah: Everton Pub., 2002), Arenac County, Michigan page 343, At various libraries (WorldCat); FHL Book 973 D27e 2002.
2. ↑ The Handybook for Genealogists: United States of America,10th ed. (Draper, UT:Everton Publishers, 2002).

• This page was last modified on 12 June 2013, at 18:05.
• This page has been accessed 1,547 times.