LOCAL HISTORY & GENEALOGY
SCCLS maintains various historical and genealogical resources both physically and online. Some resources are held at local branches, but the Michigan Room, located in the lower level of the Main Library, is the most extensive collection in the system.
The Michigan Room collection does not circulate. Assistance with genealogy and local history research is available.
General hours for the Michigan Room are Monday – Friday 9 a.m. to 12 p.m. and 2 p.m. to 5 p.m.
To ensure space and staff are available, please call (810) 987-7323 ahead of your visit.
The Michigan Room collection includes:
- Local newspapers on microfilm, indexed through 1939
- Michigan newspapers, 1872 - present, including the Times Herald
- Cemetery indexes and funeral home records
- Obituaries
- Family histories
- Scrapbooks
- Yearbooks
- Photograph collection
- Maps and plat atlases
- County histories
- Pamphlet files
- City/County directories and phone books
- Michigan history materials, focused specifically on St. Clair County
- My Heritage Library Edition provided by MeL
- On-site access to Ancestry Library Edition
- On-site access to Family Search Affiliate Library resources
Genealogy resources available online:
Directories
- Port Huron City Directory 1871
- Port Huron City Directory 1873
- Port Huron City Directory 1877-1878
- Port Huron City Directory 1881
- Port Huron and St. Clair County Directories 1883
- Port Huron and St. Clair County Directories 1885
- Port Huron and St. Clair County Directories 1887-1888
- St. Clair County Directory 1888
- Port Huron and Fort Gratiot City Directories 1890
- Port Huron and Fort Gratiot City Directories 1891-1892
- Port Huron and St. Clair County Directories 1893-1894
- St. Clair County Directory 1899-1900
- Rural Route Directory 1900
- Port Huron City Directory 1901
- St. Clair County Directory 1902: Part 1 - Part 2 - Part 3 - Part 4 - Part 5 - Part 6
- Port Huron City Directory 1904
- Port Huron City Directory 1906
- St. Clair County Directory 1907: Part 1 - Part 2 - Part 3 - Part 4 - Part 5 - Part 6
- Port Huron City Directory 1920
- Port Huron City Directory 1921: Part 1 - Part 2 - Part 3 - Part 4
- St. Clair County Directory 1922: Part 1 - Part 2 - Part 3 - Part 4 - Part 5 - Part 6
- Port Huron City Directory 1923-1924
- Port Huron City Directory 1924-1925
- Port Huron City Directory 1926
- Port Huron City Directory 1928: Part 1 - Part 2 - Part 3 - Part 4
- Port Huron City Directory 1930
- Port Huron City Directory 1931
- Port Huron City Directory 1933-1934
- Port Huron City Directory 1936-1937
- Port Huron City Directory 1938-1939
- Port Huron City Directory 1940-1941: Part 1 - Part 2 - Part 3 - Part 4 - Part 5
- Port Huron City Directory 1946-1947: Part 1 - Part 2 - Part 3 - Part 4
- Port Huron City Directory 1950-1951: Part 1 - Part 2 - Part 3 - Part 4 - Part 5
- Port Huron City Directory 1953-1954: Part 1 - Part 2 - Part 3 - Part 4 - Part 5 - Part 6 - Part 7
- Port Huron City Directory 1957-1958: Part 1 - Part 2 - Part 3 - Part 4 - Part 5
- Port Huron City Directory 1960-1961: Part 1 - Part 2 - Part 3 - Part 4 - Part 5 - Part 6
Plat Atlases
- St. Clair County Plat Atlas 1876: Part 1 - Part 2 - Part 3
- St. Clair County Plat Atlas 1897: Part 1 - Part 2 - Part 3
Poor Farm information
- Guide to St. Clair County Poor Farm 1857-1893
- St. Clair County Poor Farm 1857-1893*
- St. Clair County Poor Farm Index 1857-1893
- St. Clair County Poor Farm Records Transcription 1857-1893
*Digitized version supported in part by an award from the Michigan State Historical Records Advisory Board, through funding from the National Historical Publications and Records Commission (NHPRC), National Archives and Records Administration.
Additional documents
St. Clair County Production of Agriculture June 1884
- Part 1: Berlin
- Part 2: Berlin / Brockway
- Part 3: Brockway / Burtchville
- Part 4: Burtchville / Casco
- Part 5: Casco
- Part 6: Casco / China
- Part 7: China / Clay
- Part 8: Clay / Clyde
- Part 9: Clyde / Columbus
- Part 10: Columbus / Cottrellville
- Part 11: Cottrellville / East China / Emmett
- Part 12: Emmett
- Part 13: Emmett / Fort Gratiot / Grant
- Part 14: Grant / Greenwood
- Part 15: Greenwood
- Part 16: Greenwood / Ira
- Part 17: Ira / Kenockee
- Part 18: Kenockee / Kimball
- Part 19: Kimball / Lynn
- Part 20: Lynn / Mussey
- Part 21: Mussey / Port Huron Township
- Part 22: Port Huron Township / Riley
- Part 23: Riley / St. Clair Township
- Part 24: St. Clair Township
- Part 25: St. Clair Township / Wales
- Part 26: Wales / City of Port Huron
- Part 27: City of Port Huron
- Part 28: City of Port Huron
- Part 29: City of Port Huron / City of St. Clair
- Part 30: City of St. Clair
Other resources
- Family TreeMaker Online
- USGen Web
- St. Clair County MIGenWeb
- St. Clair County, MI - Index to Marriage and Death Records
- Michigan County Histories
- Genealogy Gateway to the WWW
- Cyndi's List
- RootsWeb Genealogical Data Cooperative
- Genealogical Death Indexing System (GENDIS)
- National Archives
- St. Clair County, MI - Index to Cemetery Records
- Obituary Card File 1975-1995
- Michiganology - Michigan History Center and the Archives of Michigan
- Sanborn Fire Insurance Maps
- "History of the St. Clair River" by Emmeline Jenks Crampton - Courtesy of HathiTrust
- "Biographical Memoirs of St. Clair County, Michigan" - Courtesy of HathiTrust
- Historic Cemeteries Preservation Guide
- 1916 Atlas of St. Clair County - Courtesy of HathiTrust
- "Sources of Title to Land in St. Clair County" by William Lee Jenks - Courtesy of HathiTrust
- Genealogical Dictionary of Legal Terms (Family Search)
- Dictionary of Genealogy Terms (RootsWeb)
Contact Information
michiganroom@sccl.lib.mi.us
(810) 987-7323 ext 2525
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