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Ogemaw

Ogemaw County was organized in 1875. The name derives from the Chippewa word meaning “chief.”

Selected general works

Phillips, Althea Cascadden.
First land owners of Ogemaw County. 2006.
LIB OF MICH MICHIGAN 2N  F572.O4 F488 2006

Rose City Historical Society.
Ogemaw COunty. 2009.
LIB OF MICH MICHIGAN 2N  F572.O4 O34 2009

Index to Prescott community in pioneer history: 1800s plus, Ogemaw County.
Huron Shores Genealogical Society. 2001.
LIB OF MICH MICHIGAN 2N  F572.O4 I53 2001

Rose City Area Historical Society.
Rose City-Lupton Area Historical and Genealogical Society index: books, resource information, and other related materials. 1998.
LIB OF MICH MICHIGAN 2N  F574.R674 R673

Dustin, Fred.
Report on Indian earthworks in Ogemaw County. 1932.
LIB OF MICH MICHIGAN 2N  E74.M4 D9 1939

Selected newspapers

Rose City.
Rose City News. 1952-1963.
LIB OF MICH MICROFILM NEWSPAPERS 2S

Rose City.
Rose City Review. 1905, 1913, 1916, 1924, 1926-1927, 1930-1932, 1934.
LIB OF MICH MICROFILM NEWSPAPERS 2S

West Branch.
Ogemaw County Herald. 1924-1963.
LIB OF MICH MICROFILM NEWSPAPERS 2S

West Branch.
Ogemaw County Herald and the Rose City News. 1963-1974.
LIB OF MICH MICROFILM NEWSPAPERS 2S

Selected plats, maps, and atlases

Mass Marketing Inc.
Map of Iosco and Ogemaw counties with Oscoda-Au Sable, East Tawas, Tawas City, and West Branch. 2002.
LIB OF MICH MICHIGAN FLAT FILE 2N  G4113.I6 2002 .M3

Phillips, Althea Cascadden.
Ogemaw county plat maps, first land owners. 1978.
LIB OF MICH MICHIGAN 2N  G1413.O4 E6225

Ogemaw County Road Commission.
Map of Ogemaw County. 1941.
LIB OF MICH RARE MICH MAPS 4N  Undersize G4113.O4 1941 .O36

W.W. Hixson & Co.
Plat book of Ogemaw County. 1930s.
LIB OF MICH MICHIGAN 2N  G1413.O4 H5 1930

Myers, P.A.
Plat book of Ogemaw County. 1903.
LIB OF MICH RARE MICH 4N  Folio G1413.O4 M94 1903

Selected records, indexes, and transcriptions

DAR, River Aux Sables Chapter.
Brookside Cemetery records: located within the city of West Branch, Ogemaw County. 1991.
LIB OF MICH MICHIGAN 2N  F574.W4585 B7 1991

Kirtland Community College.
Damon Cemetery, Ogemaw County, Michigan, Foster Township, section 24. 1979.
LIB OF MICH MICHIGAN 2N  F574.F679 D3 1979

Sherman, Alonzo Joseph.
Index to Oak Grove Cemetery, 1889-1994: Goodar Township, Ogemaw County. 2001.
LIB OF MICH MICHIGAN 2N  F572.O4 S44 2001

Bewer, Karen J.
Hill Township burial permits (a reconstruction effort of the burials at Hill Twp. Cemetery) ; Oak Grove Cemetery, Ogemaw County. 1990s.
LIB OF MICH MICHIGAN 2N  F572.O4 B74 1990z

Willett, Roberta.
Brookside interment records - partial: to be used in conjunction with Brookside Cemetery records. 1992.
LIB OF MICH MICHIGAN 2N  F574.W4585 B76 1992

Selected government publications

Michigan Department of Conservation.
Ogemaw County. 1965.
LIB OF MICH MICH DOCS OFFICIAL FLAT FILE (3rd floor closed stx) Undersize G4113.O4E63 1965 .M53

United States. Office of Economic Opportunity. Information Center.
Community profile, Ogemaw County. 1967.
LIB OF MICH US DOCS 4S  PrEx 10.9/5:Og 2

Patriarche, Mercer H.
A Twelve-year history of fishing in the lakes of the Rifle River Area, Ogemaw County, Michigan, 1945-1956. 1960.
LIB OF MICH - MICH DOCS 2S SH509 .P37 1960

Michigan Department of Treasury.
Examination of the accounts and records of the General and the Federal Revenue Sharing funds of Ogemaw County. 1974-1976.
LIB OF MICH MICH DOCS OFFICIAL  HJ9259.O35 E93

Michigan Department of Commerce.
Profile of Ogemaw County. 1980s.
LIB OF MICH MICH DOCS OFFICIAL  HC107.M5 A1 Ogemaw

Updated 1/25/2023