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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.
Email grandlake@pidl.org before visiting 18132 Lake Esau Highway, Presque Isle. Supply the inventory accession number and ask about retrieval or copies; seasonal hours differ.
Repository information · Map position sourceAsk onawaybranch@pidl.org about the Michigan Room at 20774 State Street, Onaway. Earlier binders are available only there; the later DVD is also at Rogers City. Use the district’s digital-collections link for newspaper titles.
Repository information · Map position sourceContact presqueislecountymuseum@gmail.com with the image or subject and ask about its original caption and reproduction terms. The Bradley House and Hoffman Annex are at 176 W. Michigan Avenue, Rogers City; confirm seasonal access.
Repository information · Map position sourceContact TheLoreMuseum@gmail.com before visiting 367 N. Third Street, Rogers City. Give the person’s name, vessel and approximate service years and ask what supporting material can be examined.
Repository information · Map position sourceFollow the library’s indexed subjects and request a specific reference from specialcollections@alpenalibrary.org. Physical research is in Alpena, not at the lighthouse.
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 2019 inventory identifies lighthouse logs for 1872–1887, 1893–1897 and 1905, plus chapel records, family histories, maps and architectural drawings. Accession H2019-006 is a useful request reference.
Inventory acquisition years are not document dates. The listed lighthouse intervals have gaps, and the inventory does not establish which station appears in every volume.
Onaway yearbooks are available on DVD for 1956–2020. Earlier binders cover 1912, 1914, 1916, 1920–1925, 1929 and 1943–1945. Steering Wheel booklets document local industry and community life.
Confirm individual school and volume availability. A collection span does not guarantee every pupil appears or that all volumes are searchable online.
The museum preserves documents and photographs as well as artifacts. Rogers City Remembered shares historical images and clippings, which can supply names, buildings or events to pursue in the underlying collection.
Social-media captions are leads to verify. A shared image does not establish unrestricted reuse or a complete indexed archive.
The museum preserves shipping artifacts and personal maritime stories, including uniforms and navigational equipment. It is a useful place to ask whether a named sailor or vessel is represented.
This is a memorabilia and interpretation route, not a verified complete personnel or passenger archive. Dates for individual collections are not published.
The library’s Forty Mile Point index lists construction documents, personnel material, deeds and selected log years: 1951–1955 and 1962–1967. This is an off-county route to the Rogers Township lighthouse.
The listed logs have a 1956–1961 gap. Personnel is a catalog category, not a promise that every keeper has an individual file.
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 Presque Isle 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: 1872–1887, 1893–1897, 1905.
Email grandlake@pidl.org before visiting 18132 Lake Esau Highway, Presque Isle. Supply the inventory accession number and ask about retrieval or copies; seasonal hours differ.
Keep in mind: Do not bridge the unlisted years.
Listed years: 1912, 1914, 1916, 1920–1925, 1929, 1943–1945.
Ask onawaybranch@pidl.org about the Michigan Room at 20774 State Street, Onaway. Earlier binders are available only there; the later DVD is also at Rogers City. Use the district’s digital-collections link for newspaper titles.
Keep in mind: Confirm individual school and volume availability. A collection span does not guarantee every pupil appears or that all volumes are searchable online.
Listed years: 1956–2020.
Ask onawaybranch@pidl.org about the Michigan Room at 20774 State Street, Onaway. Earlier binders are available only there; the later DVD is also at Rogers City. Use the district’s digital-collections link for newspaper titles.
Keep in mind: Confirm individual school and volume availability. A collection span does not guarantee every pupil appears or that all volumes are searchable online.
Listed years: 1951–1955, 1962–1967.
Follow the library’s indexed subjects and request a specific reference from specialcollections@alpenalibrary.org. Physical research is in Alpena, not at the lighthouse.
Keep in mind: The listed logs have a 1956–1961 gap. Personnel is a catalog category, not a promise that every keeper has an individual file.
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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