The web Browser you are currently using is unsupported, and some features of this site may not work as intended. Please update to a modern browser such as Chrome, Firefox or Edge to experience all features Michigan.gov has to offer.
Mackinac
Michilamackinac County area was set aside in 1818. It was one of the first counties in the Michigan Territory and was organized as Mackinac County in 1849.
St. Ignace is the county seat. Adjacent counties are Emmet, Chippewa, Luce and Schoolcraft.
Selected general works
Robinson, George
History of Cheboygan and Mackinac Counties: business and manufacturing statistics, soil, timber, prospects for settlers, &c.: a tourist's guide for Mackinaw Island and other places of interest to pleasure searchers, 1873
LIB OF MICH Rare MICHIGAN 4N TN403.M5 I54 1871 and MICROFILM F566.C67 1973 reel 55 no.167
Before the bridge: a history and a directory of St. Ignace and nearby localities, 2003
LIB OF MICH MICHIGAN 2N F 574.S15955 K5 2003
Selected newspapers
St. Ignace
Republican-News.
1910, 1912-14, 1916-19, 1921-22, 1924-33
LIB OF MICH MICROFILM NEWSPAPERS 2S
St. Ignace
Republican News and St. Ignace Enterprise
1933-43, 1947-59
LIB OF MICH MICROFILM NEWSPAPERS 2S
Mackinac Island
Mackinac Island Town Crier
1954-1996
LIB OF MICH MICROFILM NEWSPAPERS 2S
Surname Index, Cheboygan and Mackinac County newspapers, compiled by Patricia C. Jahn 1997-
LIB OF MICH MICHIGAN 2N F572.M14 J34 2000 v.1-2
Selected plats, maps, and atlases
W.W. Hixson & Co.
Plat book of Mackinac County, Michigan [1930?]
LIB OF MICH MICHIGAN 2N G 1413 .M2 H5 1930
Rockford Map Publishers, title varies
Atlas & plat book, Mackinac County, Michigan: 1965, 1970, 1973, 1976, 1980, 1983, 1988…2006
LIB OF MICH MICHIGAN 2N G 1413 .M2 R6
Michigan. Mackinac County Board of Supervisors
Road map of Mackinac County, 1959
LIB OF MICH MICHIGAN FLAT FILE 2N G4113.M2P2 1959 .M53
Selected records, indexes, and transcripts
Michigan census, 1850: counties of Houghton, Marquette, Michillimackenac [sic], Schoolcraft, Ontonagon, abstracted and typed by Ruth Robbins Monteith. 1956
LIB OF MICH MICROFILM 2S F572.A3 M66 1956
Ancien régistre des Mariages faits dans la pãrosse de Michilimakinac commencé le a du mois l'Adût 1725, 1725?
LIB OF MICH MICROFILM 2S F552.M14 A525 reel 1
The birth records of Mackinac County, Michigan: early -- 1900. [2001]
LIB OF MICH MICHIGAN 2N F 572 .M14 B47 2000
Death notices, 1979-1995, St. Ignace news, St. Ignace, Mackinac County, Michigan, 2001
LIB OF MICH MICHIGAN 2N F574.S15955 D43 2001
Luce and Mackinac counties Michigan, index of divorce filings, 1880-1930, 1998
LIB OF MICH MICHIGAN 2N F 572 .L9 L83 1998
Ste. Anne's Church
Mackinac register, 1695-1888. C2000?
LIB OF MICH MICHIGAN CD F572.M16 S35 2000
Selected government publications
Armour, David A.
At the crossroads: Michilimackinac during the American Revolution, 1986
LIB OF MICH MICH Docs 2S F572.M16 A75 1986
Petersen, Eugene T.
Gentlemen on the frontier: a pictorial record of the culture of Michilimackinac
LIB OF MICH MICH DOCS F572.M14 P4 1964
Stone, Lyle M.
Archaeological site survey in the Mackinac Straits, 1972
LIB OF MICH MICH Docs 2S F572.M16 A74 1975
Michigan. Department of Auditor General.
Examination of the records and accounts of Mackinac County for the calendar year of ....
1954, 1956-61, 1963, 1965, and 1969-1970.
LIB OF MICH MICH DOCS OFFICIAL HJ9259.M32 E93
Michigan Department of Commerce.
Profile of Mackinac County, Michigan. 1988-1992 (incomplete).
LIB OF MICH MICH DOCS OFFICIAL HC107.M5 A1 Mackinac
Updated 12/15/2022