Listed record inventories
Selected holdings and indexes for Alger County, checked against the repository descriptions linked below. Date spans may contain gaps; an index is not a complete set of original records.
Business Records
Cemetery Records
- Alger County files · RG 83-531962 to 1976
Court Records
- Chancery calendars · RG 2008-301899 to 1972
- Chancery case files · RG 2008-301912 to 1944
- Chancery journals · RG 2008-301886 to 1972
- Circuit court blotters · RG 2008-301911 to 1921
- Circuit court calendars · RG 2008-301885 to 1964
- Circuit court journals · RG 2008-301885 to 1954
- Common orders · RG 2008-301886 to 1920
- Criminal calendars · RG 2008-301899 to 1958
- Criminal case files · RG 2008-301911 to 1944
- Divorce case files · RG 2008-301924 to 1944
- Juror list and witness timetable · RG 2008-301887 to 1916
- Justice of the Peace records · RG 2008-301896 to 1967
- Law case files · RG 2008-301899 to 1941
- Subpoenas (order book) · RG 2008-301886 to 1901
- Transcript of judgments · RG 2008-30 •1891 to 1975
Land Records
Military Records
Naturalization Records
- Declarations of Intention · RG 2008-301885 to 1953
- Petitions for naturalization · RG 2008-301886 to 1965
- Petitions denied · RG 2008-301929 to 1945
- Petitions to be granted · RG 2008-301929 to 1945
Occupational Records
- Hearing aid dealer registrations · RG 2008-301974 to 1982
- Nurse registrations · RG 2008-301911 to 1957
- Optometrist registrations · RG 2008-301910 to 1981
- Physician registrations · RG 2008-301900 to 1969
- Physician registrations returned by assessor · RG 2008-301900 to 1903
- Physicians’ sworn statements · RG 2008-301908 to 1914
Political Records
- Oath book (Onota Township) · RG 2016-137*1894 to 1920
- Oaths of office (Onota Township) · RG 2016- 137*1909 and from 1925 to 1939
- Register of town officers (Onota Township) · RG 2016-137*1942 to 1953
Poor Home / Relief Records
Probate Records
- Calendar · RG 2010-491890 to 1983
- Case files · RG 2018-481886 to 1944
- Court journal · RG 2010-491889 to 1896
- General probate index · RG 2010-49not dated
- Journal · RG 2010-491892 to 1983
- Probate court property decisions (Onota Township) · RG 2016-137*1965
- Probate of wills · RG 2010-491897 to 1984
Recreation Records
- Record of hunters’ licenses · RG 2008-301899 to 1925
School Records
- Register of school officers (Onota Township) · RG 2016- 137*1941 to 1942
- Reports of teacher institute fees · RG 68-53*1885 to 1940 with some gaps
Tax Records
- Abstract of sales of state tax land · RG 68-53*1888 and from 1892 to 1894
- Assessment rolls · RG 74-72*1885 to 1899
- Assessment rolls (Onota Township) · RG 2016-137*1912 to 1977
- Returned delinquent roll · RG 68-53*1933
See the repository's descriptions and search options
Repository access note: Selected holdings described by the Archives of Michigan. Preserve the record-group (RG) reference when requesting records. Some collections are held at partner repositories; consult the guide before traveling. Asterisks and other qualifiers refer to access or location notes in that guide. Some records have privacy restrictions or require proof of death. A date span may contain gaps and does not establish that images are online.
Sources: the catalogs and repository descriptions linked on the entries above. Selected inventories do not establish complete coverage of every record type or online access to original documents. Read the repository access note for source dates and limitations.
Where to find the records
- Alger County official website
Hours, addresses and phone numbers for the county clerk, the register of deeds and the probate court, and any online record search the county offers.
- The county clerk
Births, deaths and marriages registered in the county, and court records.
- The register of deeds
Deeds, mortgages and other land records.
- The probate court
Wills, estates and guardianships.
- The Archives of Michigan
In Lansing: state and county records, and Michigan death certificates from 1897 to 1952 online at Michiganology.
- Archives of Michiganfree
The state archives in Lansing, with county and state records, military records and Michigan death records.
- FamilySearch Catalogfree
Search by place for "Michigan, Alger" to find filmed and digitized records, many viewable free online with a FamilySearch account.
Offices change their hours and access rules; call before you visit.
Boundaries and parent counties
Formed from: Schoolcraft County
Check the parent county for earlier records: Schoolcraft County
Records stay with the county that created them. If your ancestor lived here before 1885, search the parent county. The Atlas of Historical County Boundaries shows each boundary change.
Research tip
Michigan began registering births and deaths in 1867, much earlier than most states, with county clerks keeping the registers and sending copies to the state. Ask the county clerk for the early registers.