Alpena County MIGenWeb

Welcome to Alpena County

Welcome to this website which is a part of MIGenWeb and USGenWeb, a network of websites that provide free online genealogical information. This county is currently available for adoption. For more information contact our state coordinator.

Alpena County was created on April 1, 1840 and organized as a county on February 7, 1857. The countyseat is the City of Alpena.

Alpena County is in the northeast of the mitten-shaped Lower Peninsula of Michigan. Lake Huron and Thunder Bay are to the east. Most of the county is drained by the Thunder Bay River and its tributaries. The Mackinaw State Forest occupies large tracts of land in the county. The Thunder Bay National Marine Sanctuary is offshore adjacent to the county. The 45th parallel bisects the county, meaning it is halfway between the North Pole and the equator.

Table of Contents
Courts	Maps	Places
Court Records	Plat Book of Alpena 1903	Postcards of Alpena Places
Probate Records 1872-1903	Michigan Map	Leer, Michigan
Tax Rolls 1858-1895	Sanford Fire Maps Library of Michigan*	1895 Alpena Streets

Families	Miscellaneous	Special Collections
Biographies	Alpena City Directories	George R. and Edith Angell Cook Collection
Family Photos	Census
Family Group Sheets	Granges	Schools
Family Websites	Industries	One-Room Schools
	Knick-Knacks	School News Items
History	Military Information	School Photos
Alpena Co History Articles and Links	Railroads	Alpena High School
Alpena Dates of Events 1903	1883 Notaries
Complete History of Alpena Co 1876		Vital Records
Centennial History of Alpena Co 1903	Newspapers	Births
Picturesque Alpena 1905	Alpena Argus 1893-1894	Marriages
	Alpena Evening News 1899-1910	Divorces
Land	Alpena Weekly Argus 1871-1893	Deaths
Land Records	Labor Journal 1885-1890	Death Certificates 1897-over 75 yrs old
Deed Records 1858-1943	Michigan Labor Journal 1884	Obituaries
Mortgage Records 1855-1891	Old News Items	Cemeteries
*available for Michigan residents with free library card