Publications

Cemeteries

  • Calvary Cemetery (Black River, Alcona County) Headstone Inscriptions
  • Holy Cross Cemetery (Alpena) Lot Purchasers 1887 - 1939
  • Holy Cross Cemetery (Alpena) Sexton Records

Church Records from Alpena County

  • St. Anne Church Records (Baptism 1883-1896, Marriages 1884-1896, Deaths 1883-1922)
  • St. Bernard Funeral Records - 1870-1925
  • St Bernard Church Records - 1864-1925
  • St Mary’s Funeral Records - 1881-1925
  • Immanuel Lutheran Church - Index to Baptism Records - 1874-1894

Church Records from Montmorency County

  • Pleasant Valley Free Methodist Church Records

Naturalizations

  • Index to Naturalization Records for the 26th Judicial Circuit Court 1878-1978. The 26th District represented Alpena, Cheboygan, Montmorency, and Presque Isle counties for the stated years.

Newspapers

  • Index to Dates of Events of Alpena Mi 1840-1914 - by J.C. Viall

Death Entries

Index to death entries and obituaries in Alpena newspapers:

  • Vol 1 1871-1900
  • Vol 2 1901-1919
  • Vol 3 1920-1929
  • Vol 4 1930-1939
  • Vol 5 1940-1949
  • Vol 6 1950-1959
  • Vol 7 1960-1979
  • Vol 8 1970-1979
  • Vol 9 1980-1989
  • Vol 10 1990-1994

Plats and Maps

  • Index to 1903 Plat Book of Alpena, Presque Isle and Montmorency County includes maps of the townships with lot owners.

Miscellaneous

  • Alpena County Michigan Sesquicentennial History & Family Book 1857-2007 NEW
  • Jule Chardin or The Smugglers of Thunder Bay by George V. Waldron NEW
  • Northeast Michigan Family Registry printed in March, 1997
  • Index to Roots and Branches Newsletter (1993-1994) Vol 1

Ordering Information

For publications availability and cost, please e-mail the publication chairperson: or or mail your request to NEMGS c/o Besser Museum, 491 Johnson St., Alpena, MI 49707-1433