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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.
Search the free index, retain the name, code and page, then request the source page from HSGS. Research assistance at 6010 N. Skeel Avenue, Oscoda, is appointment-only; email huronshoresgs@yahoo.com.
Repository information · Map position sourceThe published museum address is 114 E. River Road, Oscoda. Follow the society’s Facebook link for current opening information or call 989-739-2782 before travel. Ask whether a particular photograph can be consulted or reproduced.
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 1, 2026.
District No. 1 material includes board minutes for 1869–1878, teacher contracts for 1869–1880 and school censuses for 1869–1876. The name index gives event codes and page references.
These are indexed records, not full digital images. Expense entries were not indexed. Oscoda Township is in Iosco County, not Oscoda County.
The 1874–1893 Keeper of the Poor journal index can lead to age, residence, admission and discharge information.
The index reports that later journals had not been located. Its old service fees and custody statement should not be treated as current. Historical institutional language is not a modern diagnosis.
The 1878–1904 index covers the Baldwin Township justice docket, including East Tawas cases written in available spaces. People named may have lived elsewhere in the county.
A docket records legal steps rather than a complete trial transcript. The compiler flags difficult handwriting; inspect the source before relying on a spelling.
The museum interprets the 1911 fire, commercial fishing, logging, railroads and Wurtsmith Air Force Base. Its local-history offerings include an 1880 bird’s-eye map and photographs.
The website directs visitors to Facebook for current hours. Exhibition themes do not establish surviving personnel files or a searchable photograph catalog.
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 Iosco 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: 1869–1880.
Search the free index, retain the name, code and page, then request the source page from HSGS. Research assistance at 6010 N. Skeel Avenue, Oscoda, is appointment-only; email huronshoresgs@yahoo.com.
Keep in mind: These are indexed records, not full digital images. Expense entries were not indexed. Oscoda Township is in Iosco County, not Oscoda County.
Listed years: 1874–1893.
Send the indexed page and line to HSGS and ask about current copying fees. The older introduction places the original journal at the county Register of Deeds; confirm its present custody before visiting.
Keep in mind: The index reports that later journals had not been located. Its old service fees and custody statement should not be treated as current. Historical institutional language is not a modern diagnosis.
Listed years: 1878–1904.
Use the index to identify a page, then ask HSGS about its copy or contact Archives of Michigan about the original docket before traveling to Lansing.
Keep in mind: A docket records legal steps rather than a complete trial transcript. The compiler flags difficult handwriting; inspect the source before relying on a spelling.
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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