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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.
Contact the society curator through the current county directory (906-450-0802) to arrange research. The society describes a new museum project and planned appointment access; do not assume archives are open for drop-in browsing. Intersection verified by society; do not invent street number. Exact building pin requires map verification. No official current email found; phone curator 906-450-0802. Marker is the verified Deer/Weston intersection vicinity, not a building or entrance. Marker shows the documented Deer/Weston intersection vicinity, not an entrance.
Repository information · Map position sourceRequest the named record group before travel. NMU identifies its reading room as Harden Hall room 228. Confirm opening hours with staff. Its current construction notice warns retrieval can be delayed or temporarily unavailable; contact staff ahead.
Repository information · Map position sourceRequest the specific series and record group from Archives of Michigan before travel. Ask about retrieval, copying and any access restrictions; a guide entry is not a digitized record.
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 society documents photographs, manuscripts and artifacts at Deer Street and Weston Avenue, including the Earl Cousineau church photograph collection.
Museum development is ongoing. Collection availability, reproduction permission and exact years require staff confirmation.
GFWC Manistique identifies its yearbooks, memory books, scrapbooks and digitized first-century history at the historical society. These can connect women with civic and school projects.
Club founding in 1897 does not prove an uninterrupted 1897-present collection. Ask for a year-by-year inventory; no automatic date range assigned.
Cusino Township electors register covers 1907-1911. Nominating petitions span 1903-1935, with a separate 1912 party enrollment record (RG 67-23).
The Archives county guide assigns starred RG 67-23 to NMU. These records do not represent every resident.
Germfask Rural Property Inventory is dated 1939 (RG 94-349), with tax rolls for 1943 and 1948 (RG 94-394). Probate files span 1874-1948 and 1947-1971 in separate groups.
The two probate accessions overlap; request by decedent and date. Do not fill the gap between the two tax years.
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 Schoolcraft 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: 1907–1911.
Request the named record group before travel. NMU identifies its reading room as Harden Hall room 228. Confirm opening hours with staff. Its current construction notice warns retrieval can be delayed or temporarily unavailable; contact staff ahead. Staff confirmed on November 2, 2026 that the collections floor remains under construction, with completion expected by February 2027. This is an estimate, not a guaranteed reopening date; confirm retrieval and reading-room access before travel.
Keep in mind: Electors only, not every resident.
Listed years: 1903–1935.
Request the named record group before travel. NMU identifies its reading room as Harden Hall room 228. Confirm opening hours with staff. Its current construction notice warns retrieval can be delayed or temporarily unavailable; contact staff ahead. Staff confirmed on November 2, 2026 that the collections floor remains under construction, with completion expected by February 2027. This is an estimate, not a guaranteed reopening date; confirm retrieval and reading-room access before travel.
Keep in mind: Published series span; gaps not itemized.
Listed years: 1912.
Request the named record group before travel. NMU identifies its reading room as Harden Hall room 228. Confirm opening hours with staff. Its current construction notice warns retrieval can be delayed or temporarily unavailable; contact staff ahead. Staff confirmed on November 2, 2026 that the collections floor remains under construction, with completion expected by February 2027. This is an estimate, not a guaranteed reopening date; confirm retrieval and reading-room access before travel.
Keep in mind: Single year.
Listed years: 1939.
Request the specific series and record group from Archives of Michigan before travel. Ask about retrieval, copying and any access restrictions; a guide entry is not a digitized record.
Keep in mind: Single-year property survey; not all residents.
Listed years: 1943, 1948.
Request the specific series and record group from Archives of Michigan before travel. Ask about retrieval, copying and any access restrictions; a guide entry is not a digitized record.
Keep in mind: Only these two years listed.
Listed years: 1874–1948.
Request the specific series and record group from Archives of Michigan before travel. Ask about retrieval, copying and any access restrictions; a guide entry is not a digitized record.
Keep in mind: Separate accession from RG 2022-105; files may be restricted.
Listed years: 1947–1971.
Request the specific series and record group from Archives of Michigan before travel. Ask about retrieval, copying and any access restrictions; a guide entry is not a digitized record.
Keep in mind: Overlaps earlier accession; check file and restrictions.
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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