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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.
Write to contactuscapl@gmail.com, attention Genealogy, with exact dates and up to five items. Confirm the currently linked policy’s fee and payment instructions before mailing. The library is at 100 S. Bailey Street, Cheboygan.
Repository information · Map position sourceAsk cheboyganmuseum@gmail.com about a specific person, property or business and review image-use terms before ordering. Visit by arrangement at 427 Court Street, Cheboygan.
Repository information · Map position sourceUse the church’s Records Request form or ask office@stjamescheboygan.org about a historical genealogy request. The church is at 202 S. Huron Street, Cheboygan.
Repository information · Map position sourceRequest the series and record group from the Archives before traveling to Lansing. These are original-record leads, not online name indexes.
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 3, 2026.
The library holds local newspaper microfilm beginning in 1883, early twentieth-century marriage and death material, census resources and cemetery listings.
The linked policy was approved in 2005. It warns that most newspapers are not indexed and broad searches are impractical; confirm fees and volunteer schedules rather than relying on the old document.
The museum reports more than 4,000 photographs, with only a sample online. Subjects include businesses, street scenes and community organizations. Spies Heritage Hall also houses a research library.
The photograph page says tours are closed for the season while other pages still show summer hours. Confirm access. Online examples are not the entire collection.
The parish offers a request route for baptismal, wedding and burial records. A family event may be traceable even when it is absent from a general surname search.
The parish controls confidential records and notes that genealogy exceptions may apply. No public holdings dates are supplied; do not assume a complete run or unrestricted inspection.
Mentor poll books cover 1882–1896 and political-party enrollment 1906–1912 (RG 82-105). Nunda Township civil justice dockets cover 1901–1915 (RG 54-9).
Check volume-level gaps and jurisdiction; voting records exclude people ineligible to vote.
RG 54-9 includes log marks, 1885–1952, and the New Alcove Hotel register for 1900. These may connect a lumber business or traveler to a local setting.
A log mark identifies ownership, not a full employee list. The hotel register is one year only.
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 Cheboygan 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: 1882–1896.
Request the series and record group from the Archives before traveling to Lansing. These are original-record leads, not online name indexes.
Keep in mind: Eligibility and volume gaps affect representation.
Listed years: 1906–1912.
Request the series and record group from the Archives before traveling to Lansing. These are original-record leads, not online name indexes.
Keep in mind: Not a population census.
Listed years: 1901–1915.
Request the series and record group from the Archives before traveling to Lansing. These are original-record leads, not online name indexes.
Keep in mind: Docket, not necessarily complete case files.
Listed years: 1885–1952.
Ask the Archives about the exact RG 54-9 volume and copying options. The records are held in Lansing.
Keep in mind: Ownership evidence, not payroll.
Listed years: 1900.
Ask the Archives about the exact RG 54-9 volume and copying options. The records are held in Lansing.
Keep in mind: Indian River; only 1900 is listed.
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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