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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.
Local history is basement level; elevator available on request. Stop 4 deposit is local, not Lansing.
Repository information · Map position sourceOutside county.
Repository informationResearch by appointment: 810-329-6888.
Repository informationOfficial address conflict: 405 vs 495 S. Main Street. Do not plot until museum confirms; call 810-765-5446.
Repository information 1 · Repository information 2Outside county; arrange research appointment and confirm location.
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. Rentschler Farm uses the linked published landmark coordinate; the Port Huron library position uses OpenStreetMap, linked in its key. Historical boundaries, township lines and current traffic conditions are not shown. Prepared November 1, 2026.
The library links poor-farm records, index and transcription labeled 1857–1893, plus June 1884 agricultural returns arranged by township. Start with the relevant township rather than a countywide surname search.
These records serve different purposes. An institutional entry does not establish kinship; agricultural returns do not enumerate every resident.
Selected online directories include Port Huron 1871, Port Huron and Fort Gratiot 1890, the 1900 rural-route directory, and later volumes through 1960–1961. Plat atlases are available for 1876 and 1897.
These are selected volumes, not an annual run. Compare adjacent years and historical street names. Ownership alone does not establish residence.
The library provides separate digital collections for 13 schools, including Algonac, Capac, Marine City, Marysville, Memphis, Yale and several Port Huron schools. St. Clair, St. Stephen and Ward Cotterell East are also listed.
The library explicitly states its collection is incomplete. No continuous date span is claimed here. A yearbook appearance may document an activity or enrollment, not graduation or a family relationship.
The state guide places RG 2020-19 at the county library: Port Huron police-court criminal cases, 1889–1921; criminal docket, 1921–1968; criminal-case index, 1929–1942; and Marine Savings Bank ledgers, 1911–1927.
A docket or index is not the case file. The listed spans do not promise complete files or a record for every resident.
RG 2014-104 includes China Township justice records, 1859–1881; assessments, 1886–1934; electors, 1918–1945; and a separate 1928 women voter register.
These are series spans, not verified annual completeness. Voting records reflect eligibility rules and participation, not everyone in a household.
The museum identifies family histories, city records and directories, obituaries, newspaper material and photographs. In a November 2, 2026 reply, the museum explained that family histories are arranged by surname, including married and unmarried names, and cross-referenced with document-box information and family folders. Photographs are also organized by surname. Assessment records held by the museum are arranged alphabetically by surname within city ward and year. Its PastPerfect data-management system uses surnames as search keywords.
The museum has not supplied series date ranges or confirmed complete annual coverage. Its use of PastPerfect does not establish that its catalog or images are publicly searchable online. The Search Archives page was under construction when checked November 1, 2026. Confirm holdings, research appointments and access directly. Compiled family histories need corroboration against their underlying sources.
The museum confirms an archive of family and business files containing photographs, documents and handwritten letters. These can supply leads for a named family or company associated with the Marine City area.
No collection date inventory is published on the inspected pages. Do not infer that municipal or school records survive merely because the building formerly served those purposes. Compiled family files require checking their underlying sources.
The Pesha studio glass-plate negatives document ships passing Marine City on the St. Clair River. The society illustrates a circa-1910 view of JOHN DUNN JR. and explains that the studio continued producing images after Louis James Pesha died in 1912.
This is an outside-county repository, not a local museum stop. Vessel photographs are not crew lists, and an uncaptioned person cannot be identified from the scene alone. Item dates vary; no complete chronological run is asserted.
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 St. Clair 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: 1857–1893.
Open the linked scans and compare any index hit with the underlying page. For help, contact michiganroom@sccl.lib.mi.us or 810-987-7323.
Keep in mind: These records serve different purposes. An institutional entry does not establish kinship; agricultural returns do not enumerate every resident.
Listed years: 1884.
Open the linked scans and compare any index hit with the underlying page. For help, contact michiganroom@sccl.lib.mi.us or 810-987-7323.
Keep in mind: These records serve different purposes. An institutional entry does not establish kinship; agricultural returns do not enumerate every resident.
Listed years: 1889–1921.
Contact the Michigan Room with RG 2020-19, record type and date. Ask about the detailed inventory, retrieval, indexes and copying before visiting.
Keep in mind: A docket or index is not the case file. The listed spans do not promise complete files or a record for every resident.
Listed years: 1921–1968.
Contact the Michigan Room with RG 2020-19, record type and date. Ask about the detailed inventory, retrieval, indexes and copying before visiting.
Keep in mind: A docket or index is not the case file. The listed spans do not promise complete files or a record for every resident.
Listed years: 1929–1942.
Contact the Michigan Room with RG 2020-19, record type and date. Ask about the detailed inventory, retrieval, indexes and copying before visiting.
Keep in mind: A docket or index is not the case file. The listed spans do not promise complete files or a record for every resident.
Listed years: 1911–1927.
Contact the Michigan Room with RG 2020-19, record type and date. Ask about the detailed inventory, retrieval, indexes and copying before visiting.
Keep in mind: A docket or index is not the case file. The listed spans do not promise complete files or a record for every resident.
Listed years: 1886–1934.
Email archives@michigan.gov one to two weeks before a visit. Give the township, series and RG number, and ask about offsite retrieval. The reading room is at 702 W. Kalamazoo Street, Lansing; bring photo ID.
Keep in mind: These are series spans, not verified annual completeness. Voting records reflect eligibility rules and participation, not everyone in a household.
Listed years: 1928.
Email archives@michigan.gov one to two weeks before a visit. Give the township, series and RG number, and ask about offsite retrieval. The reading room is at 702 W. Kalamazoo Street, Lansing; bring photo ID.
Keep in mind: These are series spans, not verified annual completeness. Voting records reflect eligibility rules and participation, not everyone in a household.
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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