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Separate access routes: Stops 2, 4 and 5: Archives of Michigan, Lansing. Romeo markers are separated with leader lines because the two repositories are close together.
County outlines: Census 2024 cartographic boundaries . Selected roads: Census 2024 primary and secondary roads . Public repository addresses were checked against the links above and placed using the Census address geocoder. Locations are approximate, not verified entrances. Historical boundaries, township lines, traffic rules and construction are not shown. Prepared October 31, 2026.
Mount Clemens High School’s master name index covers 1916–2018 with gaps. Keep spelling variants.
Retain the year and entry reference. Ask the library for the underlying yearbook and page.
Check the caption, activity and classmates. Save the yearbook title, year, page and custodian.
Evidence check: An index hit does not establish graduation or a family relationship. Missing years can explain an unsuccessful search.
Follow the community and record type that fit your question. County-wide guides include local collections that cover only particular townships, schools or organizations.
Before you visit: A finding aid describes records; it does not mean every page is online. Check the access notes for appointments, restricted material and missing years.
The Mount Clemens High School Yearbook Master Name Index covers 1916–2018 with gaps. The library also lists address-searchable Mount Clemens property history and a regional digital archive containing photographs, documents, maps and oral histories.
The yearbook index has gaps. An index hit is a route to the underlying source, not proof that every yearbook or image is available online.
Macomb Township chattel mortgages, 1861–1898, and electors, 1859–1916: RG 88-259. Sterling Township elections, 1882–1910: RG 73-47. Chesterfield voters, 1919–1930, and assessments, 1878–1930: RG 2015-143. Shelby assessments, 1840–1864: RG 89-26. Drain and street openings, 1907–1913: RG 2019-44.
The county guide identifies collection spans, not uninterrupted coverage or online images. Confirm the correct series and any restrictions with staff.
The library's oral-history project began in 1985. Its official account describes 100 interviews, 70 transcribed and bound interviews, and 29 selected interviews published in Seven Miles from Home across 25 subjects. This is a route into recollections of farm life, migration and community change, rather than a register of every resident.
The official page confirms the reference book, but does not establish that every original recording or transcript can be borrowed, searched online or copied. Verify those arrangements before traveling. Treat interview recollections as attributed testimony and compare dates and names with contemporary records.
The Macomb guide identifies a probate index, 1830–1954, in RG 2019-44; case files approximately 1825–1869 in RG 77-112 and approximately 1850–1968 in RG 2019-44. It also lists guardianship letters, 1849–1861, and guardian bonds, 1859–1864, in RG 2019-44.
These are cataloged spans, not a promise that a packet survives for every person or year. Overlapping accessions may require more than one search. An index entry is a pointer to evidence; inspect the actual documents before interpreting relationships, heirs or property ownership.
RG 97-78 includes declarations of intention, 1839–1974; naturalization petitions, 1820–1983; court orders, 1929–1985; repatriations, 1936–1960; and transfers, 1962–1982. The separate repatriation and transfer series provide additional routes when a search limited to declarations and petitions is unsuccessful.
The county guide does not certify complete coverage, an online name index or unrestricted remote images for every series. Confirm the specific item and copying options with staff. A declaration, petition and final order represent different stages; do not treat an intention to naturalize as proof that citizenship was granted.
Holdings include Romeo Community Schools athletic photographs, the 1927 Romeo High School time capsule, and Amanda Moore Elementary School material. Listed Romeo High School yearbooks cover 1938, 1940–1942, 1954–2013, 2015–2017 and 2019.
These are listed holdings, not continuous school coverage or a comprehensive student index. Ask which material is digitized.
The archive lists The Romeo Observer, 1866–2015, and The Record, 2016 onward, alongside Village of Romeo, First Congregational Church UCC, Romeo United Methodist Church, and local club collections.
Collection date spans do not establish complete newspaper runs. Church collection listings do not establish surviving baptism or marriage registers; ask for their contents.
The society identifies a small research library for house histories and past Romeo residents at its Arts and Archives Museum. This is a separate repository from the library's Romeo Community Archives.
The public overview gives no collection-level date inventory or online name index. Confirm relevant holdings and access before planning a visit; do not assume the museum retains government property or police records merely because of its building's earlier use.
Collection XXXX.3 holds 15 linear feet of scrapbooks, programs, photographs, clippings, correspondence and festival material, with particular strength in Peach Queen activities and Floral parades. The finding aid, updated September 15, 2026, describes accumulation from 1931 to present and lists programs through 2026. For a concrete starting point, Box 12, folders 1–4 cover 1931 programs, photographs, Peach Queen Virginia Allor of Mount Clemens, and clippings. The archive also lists a separate Peach Festival oral-history collection, 2024.4.
The accumulation span does not mean complete annual coverage or an index of every participant. A festival date is not proof that an ancestor attended. Search by year, name and community, then compare programs, photographs and newspaper accounts. Ask staff about access to the separate oral histories. Collection details checked November 1, 2026, following the archivist’s suggestion.
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.
Suggest a correction, an overlooked collection or an updated access detail. An official link or source helps us check it before making a change. Please leave out private family documents and sensitive personal information.
Suggest a correction or collectionWatch the Short. Open the protocol. Follow the evidence.