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Several stops can lead to the same repository. Maps show selected verified locations, not every guide stop or every community represented in the records. Use each stop’s access instructions, including for online and out-of-county collections. Check access before traveling.
Call the Harrisville library at 989-724-6796 before visiting 312 W. Main Street. Ask for the title, date and microfilm reader, plus current copying options.
Repository information · Map position sourceBrowse the Lincoln gallery and retain the exact image caption and URL. Contact ahs@alconahistoricalsociety.com for identification, provenance or reproduction questions.
Repository informationVisit the Sturgeon Point grounds at the east end of Point Road north of Harrisville. Confirm seasonal museum access with the society before traveling; school contact is listed on the linked page.
Repository information · Map position sourceCounty outlines: U.S. Census Bureau 2024 cartographic boundaries . Selected major roads: 2024 TIGER/Line primary and secondary roads . Public repository addresses checked against the sources above, with approximate Census geocoder positions. Unmatched addresses and out-of-county repositories are listed in the key rather than assigned a guessed position. Markers identify contact locations, not collection coverage. Historical boundaries, township lines and current traffic conditions are not shown. Prepared November 3, 2026.
The historical society lists Alcona County Review from April 27, 1877 onward; Lincoln Herald from January 9, 1908 to March 3, 1910; and Alcona County Herald from March 10, 1910 to January 27, 1993, with missing issues.
These are published holdings spans, not guaranteed complete runs. Confirm the latest available year and current microfilm access; the society supplies the holdings description.
The Lincoln gallery includes a school image labeled 1903, a 1922 school picnic, streets, the depot and the elevator fire of January 27, 1922. These help place a family in its local setting.
Some captions are uncertain or undated; a mailed-postcard date is not necessarily the photograph date. Do not identify people from resemblance alone.
The second-edition Mt. Joy Cemetery book combines inscriptions, section and lot information, a map and newspaper death notices with compiled life chronologies.
This is a compiled publication, not a complete digital burial register. The society does not publish an inclusive date range for the book.
The 1907 log schoolhouse retains its recitation bench, blackboard, maps and other original fittings. It operated west of Mikado through the 1940–1941 school year before later relocation.
The restored classroom supplies educational context, not a verified pupil-register collection. Its current location is not the original school district.
Give the repository the locality, year, collection and specific question. Ask about the relevant volume or folder, gaps, access restrictions and copying costs. Save the citation and record what you searched, including searches with no result.
Use these dated holdings to choose a next search. This is a selection of cataloged collections, not a complete inventory of Alcona County records.
A range is a lead, not a guarantee. Bars show the dates stated by the cited catalog or inventory. They do not establish uninterrupted coverage, complete reporting or online image access. Unmarked years mean not represented in this selection, not that records were destroyed. Indexes and abstracts still need to be followed to the underlying record.
Listed years: 1908–1993.
Call the Harrisville library at 989-724-6796 before visiting 312 W. Main Street. Ask for the title, date and microfilm reader, plus current copying options.
Keep in mind: These are published holdings spans, not guaranteed complete runs. Confirm the latest available year. The library website was unavailable during this check; the society supplies the holdings description.
Listed years: 1903, 1922.
Browse the Lincoln gallery and retain the exact image caption and URL. Contact ahs@alconahistoricalsociety.com for identification, provenance or reproduction questions.
Keep in mind: Some captions are uncertain or undated; a mailed-postcard date is not necessarily the photograph date. Do not identify people from resemblance alone.
Confirm the historical jurisdiction as well as the date. A record may be held outside today’s county, and an inventory’s ending year does not mean recordkeeping stopped.
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