The following excerpt is from an article by James Kuch about the Arenac County Historical Society and Genealogy Research Center. It was published in the January 13, 2011 edition of The Arenac County Independent.
AuGRES [Michigan] — The Arenac County Historical Society has a new genealogical research section, and a new name.
The historical society will now be called The Arenac County Historical Society and Genealogy Research Center.
Trustee Brenda Matt said that the historical society has collected a large amount of records over the years and did not have a place to store them.
“We have collected records from the cities, townships. We have assessment records. We (also) have many, many scrapbooks that have been collected from families,” she said. “As we collected them, we did not have a place for them, so they just got put on a shelf.”
Matt said that now all of that information is organized in one area. She added that new track lighting has been installed, along with cabinets, donated from the Arenac County Building, and a table in the center of the room.
Matt said the historical society is continuing to make the research of information easier.
“We start out with our township records, and they are in alphabetical order,” she said. “Most of our records are indexed now as well.”
Matt said that information is continuing to be logged into computers, organizing information like a library system.
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The Arenac County Historical Society and Genealogy Research Center is located at 304 East Michigan Avenue in AuGres.
