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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.

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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.

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),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!!

11/21/08 - Don added Dettloff, Erkfitz, Grossman,and Mielke Families. 11/12/08 - First reading of Immanuel Lutheran Church Cemetery 11/9/08 Don added Klee,Kreft, Sorget,Peetz-Schleben Families; PI Township Cemetery and New St. Dominic's Cemetery are now revised, also added some "Military" information added 10/31/08 - Don added Elowsky, Flemming, Trapp, Nagel & Poch Families. More of St. Casimir's Cem. 10/20/08-Don added Bredow, Claus, and Wagner Families. 10/16/08-Added Elmwood Cemetery transcription, Don Knopf added Wirgau Family
10/13/08-Don Knopf added the Baller & Schalk Family
10/8/08- Don Knopf added Berg, Brege, Rex, Juhnke, Bade, Hinz,and Koslowske Families 10/3/2008 - Don Knopf contributed the Belknap Families-Adrian,Altman, Arlt, Basel, Borrousch, Braun, Bruning, Noffze, & Sellke ; link to Chagnon Funeral Home Obits; St. Michael's Evang. Luth. Church Death Records, a new person to do lookups! Lewis Blood Family link added.Also, Faith Lutheran Church - Hawks Cemetery. Historical High Spots of Catholic Societies in PI County. 09/17/08--Thanks to Don Knopf we now have St. Michael's Lutheran Death Records.
08/24/2008- Added Hillcrest Cem. Tombstone transcription; calendar for 1582-3000; couple of offsite resources; GPS are on all cemetery listings.
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 Offsite Resources

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*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*	*Offsite Resources*
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