If you can't visit the Archives, fill in our Archives Research Request Form and we will do our best to help you find the material you are looking for. If our Archivist does your research, we request a minimum donation of $10 to the Elk Rapids Area Historical Society for this service. If you research your own material in the Archives, we request a minimum donation of $5 for our Archivist assisting you with your material/subject.

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Archivist Assistant Dan LeBlond Glenn Neumann Marjorie Kinery

Research Resources:Ceecords for all of Wayne County (except Detroit) 18

Old Tax Assessment Records for The Village of Elk Rapids (1886-1946)

Old Tax Assessment Records for Elk Rapids Township (1901-1946)

Old Voter Registration Logs (Men & Women - 1925-1927)

Old Plat Maps and Atlases of the Elk Rapids area & Antrim County

Sanborn Fire Insurance Maps (for the Village of Elk Rapids only: 1895, 1900, 1907, 1928)

Old Elk Rapids Weekly Newspapers (various)

Cemetery records for Elk Rapids and surrounding communities, including:

Maple Grove Cemetery (in Elk Rapids, Antrim County MI) info on CD & Hardcopy

Clearwater Township Cemetery (Kalkaska County, MI) info on CD and Hardcopy

Genealogy material on Elk Rapids families (Click here to learn about Elk Rapids earliest settlers)

More than 3,000 photographs relating to Elk Rapids and the Chain of Lakes region's history.

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