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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.
Closed for in-person research during renovation and collection setup, confirmed by the museum on November 5, 2026. Email baragacountyhistory@gmail.com with access questions. The museum phone is not currently connected. Reopening is hoped for in late spring or early summer, but no firm date is confirmed; do not plan an in-person visit yet.
Repository information · Map position sourceRequest an appointment through the Michigan Tech Archives website and identify the collection, box and folder. Research takes place on the Garden Level of Van Pelt and Opie Library in Houghton, outside this county.
Repository informationRequest the record group and particular volume from the Archives of Michigan in Lansing before travel. A catalog entry does not mean the records are digitized.
Repository informationCounty 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 1, 2026.
The museum lists county birth, marriage and death indexes beginning in 1875 and extending into the early 1970s. Earlier records point toward Houghton County.
Indexes are leads to the underlying entries, not certified copies. The imprecise ending date is not used for automatic year matching; early registration has gaps.
Ask about the Strieter maternity-home scrapbook, Captain James Bendry business ledgers, early county poll books and Sirard Logging records.
Access to the fragile scrapbook has been limited by preservation and storage needs. The museum hopes to offer appointments after its new research library and staffing are in place; this is not a current appointment service. Exact years and surviving volumes still need confirmation.
The society offers a free online archive of historic county photographs, organized by place and period. Use town names as well as surnames to explore businesses, streets and community settings.
An image caption is a research lead. A scene or unidentified group does not establish that an ancestor appears in it.
MS-024 lists a L’Anse/Baraga Schools folder dated 1977–1993, box 17 folder 15. MS-043 lists Baraga newspaper clippings and ephemera, 1882–1911, box 19 folder 11 (item 339).
The school file belongs to a civic organization, not a pupil register. The clippings are selected material, not a continuous newspaper run.
The county guide lists the 1884 and 1894 state censuses in RG 92-219, plus county cemetery files dated 1962–1976 in RG 83-53.
The cemetery range dates the files, not necessarily the deaths or burials. These discrete census years are not a continuous census series.
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.
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Use these dated holdings to choose a next search. This is a selection of cataloged collections, not a complete inventory of Baraga 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: 1977–1993.
Request an appointment through the Michigan Tech Archives website and identify the collection, box and folder. Research takes place on the Garden Level of Van Pelt and Opie Library in Houghton, outside this county.
Keep in mind: Civic observer file, not pupil attendance or enrollment records. Folder span may contain gaps.
Listed years: 1882–1911.
Request an appointment through the Michigan Tech Archives website and identify the collection, box and folder. Research takes place on the Garden Level of Van Pelt and Opie Library in Houghton, outside this county.
Keep in mind: Selected clippings and ephemera, not a continuous newspaper run.
Listed years: 1884, 1894.
Request the record group and particular volume from the Archives of Michigan in Lansing before travel. A catalog entry does not mean the records are digitized.
Keep in mind: Two separately listed census years; confirm surviving localities.
Listed years: 1962–1976.
Request the record group and particular volume from the Archives of Michigan in Lansing before travel. A catalog entry does not mean the records are digitized.
Keep in mind: Dates describe the files, not the burial dates represented.
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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