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Emmet County was founded on 1 April 1840 and named
after the Irish patriot and fighter Robert Emmet.
The county seat is Petoskey and the 1990 population stood at 25,040. The location is 45.5830N, 84.9806W and it encompasses 468 square miles. The county is located at the "Top of the Mitt" on the west side of the state of Michigan. It's bordered on the east by Cheboygan County, to the southwest by Charlevoix County and directly west by Lake Michigan. The county seat is in Petoskey, located on Little
Traverse Bay, where the lakefront view is spectacular and the sunsets rival an artist's palette of
colors. The name "Petoskey" is derived from an ancient Odawa word that describes,
roughly, the "first rays of morning sun rising over the horizon". Petoskey gave its name to the Michigan state stone, a fossil with markings that resemble the rays of the sun. Our spring and summertime activities include mushrooming, sailing, golf,
boating, skiing and other water sports. Our fall and winter activities include researching
and working on genealogy, hunting, snow skiing, snowmobiling, reading by a warm, toasty
fire and "Bump-Jumping", an outdoor winter sport invented here in Petoskey.
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Two NEW transcribed cemeteries were added to this website on 15 Nov 1999
Yes, I've updated the look of the main webpage, and
although it looks different, it still will be full of wonderful Emmet Co., MI related
information.
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Visiting this website has now been made easier by using the Search Engine to the left. However, there are now over 660 obituaries that are available for viewing but not accessable through this search engine. Click on this obituary link to access them. Good luck with your
research... Denise
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Emmet County's neighboring counties
Many of the counties that surround Emmet County will sometimes hold records of your ancestors.
For instance, an ancestor that lived in Emmet County might have done business in
Charlevoix County, MI
or they might have traveled to
Antrim County for legal matters. Perhaps a family member went to visit someone in
Cheboygan County and
unexpectedly died. A family might have had an extended visit with relatives in
Otsego County and a birth might have ocurred. Or,
by chance, an ancestor might have *run away* to get married and they traveled to
Presque Isle County.
It's so important to check into the records of the neighboring counties, who knows what you might discover!!!
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