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Luce

Luce County area was set aside in 1887 and was organized from portions of Chippewa and Mackinac Counties.

Newberry is the county seat.  Adjacent counties are Alger, Chippewa, Mackinac and Schoolcraft.

Selected general works

The history of Luce County from its earliest recorded beginning. 1995.
LIB OF MICH MICHIGAN 2N F572.L9 H57 1995

Boyd, Gregory A.
Family maps of Luce County, Michigan : with homesteads, roads, waterways, towns, cemeteries, railroads, and more. 2006.
LIB OF MICH MICHIGAN 2N F572 .L9 B69

Pekkarinen, Hilja
The history of Luce County: "past years." 1981.
LIB OF MICH MICHIGAN 2N F 572.L9 P44z vol.1-2

Selected newspapers

Newberry
Newberry News. June 1886-2014.
LIB OF MICH MICROFILM NEWSPAPERS 2S

Newberry
Newberry Enterprise. February 1894-November 1894.
LIB OF MICH MICROFILM NEWSPAPERS 2S

Selected plats, maps, and atlases

W.W. Hixson & Co.
Plat book of Luce County, Michigan. [1930?]
LIB OF MICH MICHIGAN 2N   G 1413.L8 H5 1930

Rockford Map Publishers, title varies
Atlas & plat book, Luce County, Michigan. 1965, 1970, 1973, 1977, 1981, 1987, 1991-1998.
LIB OF MICH MICHIGAN 2N   G 1413.L8 R6

Dundon, T.S.
Road map of Luce County. 1939.
LIB OF MICH MICHIGAN DOC OFFICIAL FLAT FILE 3 CLOSED STACKS UNDERSIZE G4113.L8P2 1939 .D76

Selected records, indexes, and transcripts

Birth records of Luce County Michigan, 1886-1900. 1999.
LIB OF MICH MICHIGAN 2N F572.L9 B57 1999

The birth records of Mackinac County, Michigan : early - 1900. 2001.
LIB OF MICH MICHIGAN 2N  F 572 .M14 B47 2000

Death notices, 1951-1980, Newberry news, Newberry, Luce County, Michigan. 2001.
LIB OF MICH MICHIGAN 2N  F574.N493 D44 2001

Death notices, 1981-2000, Newberry News, Newberry, Luce County, Michigan. 2001.
LIB OF MICH MICHIGAN 2N  F574.N493 D45 2001

Luce and Mackinac counties Michigan, index of divorce filings, 1880-1930. 1998.
LIB OF MICH MICHIGAN 2N  F 572 .L9 L83 1998

Selected government publications

Economic profile of Luce County, [title varies] 1975, 1977, 1986, 1988-92.
LIB OF MICH MICH Docs 2S   HC107.M5 A1 Luce

Haughton, Bill
Luce County, Michigan surname index: naturalization, 1887-1929. 1991.
LIB OF MICH MICH DOCS F572.L9 H3 1991

Soil survey of Luce County, Michigan. 1929.
LIB OF MICH US Docs 2N    A47.5:929/36

Michigan. Department of Auditor General.
Examination of the records & accounts of Luce County for the year of ... 1973.
LIB OF MICH MICH DOCS OFFICIAL HJ9259.L83 E93

Updated 12/15/2022