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Hi, our names are Janet and BJand 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 the other link doesn't work, contact us at pi.genealogy@gmail.com

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



WHAT'S NEW!!


5/11/12 - History of Onaway: Felix Heron, Teacher --under "Stories"
5/4/12 --History of Onaway: The Goodfellows --under "Stories"
4/27/12 --History of Onaway: The Draper School --under "Stories"
4/26/12 --Albert Tonkey Obit --under Pre-1975 Obits
4/20/12 - History of Onaway: Onaway Area Railroad History --under "Stories"
4/14/12 - History of Onaway: Stocking Local Streams--under "Stories"
4/6/12 - History of Onaway: Walker's Saloon - Gambles Store --under "Stories"
4/2/12 - History of Onaway: Onaway's Original Main Street--under "Stories"
3/23/12 - History of Onaway: Onaway Area School System 1882-1964--under "Stories"
3/21/12 - Salina Beach, William Elowsky, Fred Heller, and Dora Wagner Obits --under Pre-1975 Obits
3/16/12 - History of Onaway: Fire Hose Houses--under "Stories"
3/15/12 - Wesley Chapman, Otto McGrath, Gladys Minier, Louise Schultz, Archie Whitman Obits--under Pre-1975 Obits 3/14/12 - George Friske and Anna Kleiber Obits under Pre-1975 Obits 3/9/12 - History of Onaway: Zeboway--under "Stories"
3/7/12 - Information on Onaway History: The Colonial Hotel;The Abbot, Lee, Conklin, Porter Building; Onaway State Savings Bank; Edna Lound--under "Stories"
2/22/12 - County Normal Graduates for 1921,1922,1924--look under Schools 1/9/12 - 2011 Obituaries from Onaway Outlook & P.I. Advance --Look under Obituaries
10/12/11 - additional information on Vilburn School
8/20/11 - Added information on Horn School, St. John Lutheran School, and St. Michael Evangelical Lutheran School...Look under "Schools"< 12/21/10 - Information on Forest Township & Waverly Schools..see Schools(Draper, Hyde, History of Forest Twp. Schools, LaFond, Mitchell, Tower, Waverly) 10/27/10 - History of the Onaway School





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
Ocqueoc Twp. Info
Onaway History
Ghosttowns
Photo Album
1875 Posen Twp. Officials
Postmasters of Hawks
Posen Postmasters
1903 Case Township Tax Books
Presque Isle County Offsite Resources
Publications
RC Nautical Festival Queens/Parade Marshalls
1872 Roger City Village Officers
1930 Directory for Rogers City
Schools
Stories
Sheriffs of Presque Isle County
Shipwrecks
Bearinger Township History
Surnames
Township Websites
1946 RC Kiwanis Food Drive
1903 Plat Book Directory of People




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