How to Use the Cemetery Indexes
The cemetery indexes below were painstakingly created by Duane and Jacquelyn Hargis who were kind enough to donate them to the NMU Archives. There are several different methods of organization for each cemetery. Here is how to search the records most effectively:
The records contain indexes for Alger, Luce, Mackinac, Marquette, and Schoolcraft Counties. The indexes for Marquette and Mackinac Counties are incomplete. Click on the names of the counties to go directly to those indexes.
Each county has a master spreadsheet linked to the name of the county. If you are unsure where in a county that a person is buried, start here. This master spreadsheet is alphabetical and only gives the name of the cemetery that the person is buried in.
Once you know the exact cemetery, look at either the Index by Name (an Excel spreadsheet) or the Index by Location (a Word document) for that cemetery. The Index by Name will give you additional information such as the dates of birth and death (if given on the tombstone) and a general idea of what the inscriptions on the stone are. The Index by Location will give you the exact inscription on the stone as well as what section of the cemetery the grave is located in. For easier browsing of the Word document, press FN+F5 to pull up the search function.
We have maps for some of the cemeteries. If a map exists, it is posted below the Word and Excel documents. Now that you know where your ancestor is buried, you may wish to go and visit the cemetery. A Word document with locations and/or instructions on how to get to the cemetery from a main road in the town is linked to the name of the cemetery.
Here are some of the abbreviations and symbols commonly used in the indexes:
( ) Surname taken from separate stone. Location and style of stone used to
determine surname
( )? Unsure if surname listed belongs to the following inscription
[ ] Transcribers note
YYYY - Birth date present but no death date
- YYYY Death date present but no birth date
? Number or letter present but unreadable (e. g. 190?)
- Space for a numeral but none present (e. g. 19--)
- Alger County Cemeteries Index by Name
- Deerton Cemetery, Deerton Introduction
- Grand Island Cemetery, Grand Island Introduction
- Holy Rosary Cemetery, Grand Marais Introduction
- Limestone Township Cemetery, Limestone Introduction
- Maple Grove Cemetery, Munising Introduction
- Mathias Township Cemetery, Trenary Introduction
- Munising Township Cemetery, Wetmore Introduction
- Pine Grove Cemetery, Chatham Introduction
- Rose Hill Cemetery, Grand Marais Introduction
- Serenity Pines Cemetery, Au Train Introduction
- Miscellaneous Gravesites (graves on the side of the road)
- Luce County, MI Cemeteries Index by Name
- Mackinac County Cemeteries Index (Incomplete)
- List of All Mackinac County Cemeteries--indicates which were transcribed
- Brevort Cemetery, Brevort Township Introduction
- Caffey Cemetery, Hendricks Township Introduction
- Carp River (Our Lady of Victory) Cemetery, St Ignace Township Introduction
- Cedar Edgewood Cemetery, Clark Township, Cedarville Introduction
- Cottle Cemetery, Marquette Township Introduction
- Engadine Cemetery, Garfield Township Introduction
- Epoufette Cemetery, Hendricks Township Introduction
- Fenlon Cemetery, Clark Township Introduction
- German Lutheran Cemetery, Garfield Township Introduction
- Grace Brethren Cemetery, Moran Township Introduction
- Gros Cap Cemetery, Moran Township Introduction
- Immaculate Conception Cemetery, St Ignace Township Introduction
- Italian Maplewood Cemetery, Clark Township Introduction
- Lakeside Cemetery, Moran Township Introduction
- Maplewood Cemetery, Hudson Township Introduction
- Naubinway Cemetery, Garfield Township Introduction
- Newton (Gould) Cemetery, Newton Township Introduction
- Rockview Cemetery, Marquette Township Introduction
- Sandtown Cemetery, Portage Township Introduction
- Simmons Cemetery, Marquette Township Introduction
- Wequayoc (Bishop Baraga) Cemetery, St Ignace Township Introduction
- Western Brevort Cemetery, Moran Township Introduction
- Woodlawn Cemetery, Portage Township Introduction
- Marquette County Cemeteries Index (Incomplete)
- List of All Cemeteries in Marquette County--indicates which were transcribed
- Bakkala Cemetery, Princeton (Forsyth Township) Introduction
- Big Bay Cemetery, Big Bay Introduction
- Champion Cemetery, Champion Introduction
- Clarksburg Cemetery, Clarksburg (Ely Township) Introduction
- Emanuel Lutheran Church Cemetery, Skandia Introduction
- Forest Home Cemetery, Wells Township Introduction
- Haglund Cemetery, Skandia Introduction
- Hillview Cemetery, McFarland (Turin Township) Introduction
- Humboldt Cemetery, Champion Introduction
- Lakeview Cemetery, Michigamme Introduction
- Old Catholic Cemetery, Marquette
- Republic Cemetery, Republic Introduction
- Riverview Cemetery, Wells Township Introduction
- Sacred Heart Catholic Cemetery, Champion Introduction
- United Methodist Church Cemetery, Skandia Introduction
- Saint Paul's Lutheran (Green Garden) Cemetery, Chocolay Township Introduction
- West Branch Cemetery, Skandia Introduction
- Schoolcraft County, MI Cemeteries Index
- Advent Cemetery, Inwood Township Introduction
- Blaney Park Cemetery, Mueller Township
- Boot Hill Cemetery, Seney Introduction
- Fairview Cemetery, Manistique Township Introduction
- Hiawatha Township Cemetery, Hiawatha Township Introduction
- Inwood Township Cemetery, Cooks Introduction
- Lakeview Cemetery, Manistique Introduction
- Old Cooks Cemetery, Cooks Introduction
- Old Germfask Cemetery (Ackley), Germfask Introduction
- Riverside Cemetery, Germfask Introduction
- Thompson Township Cemetery, Thompson Introduction
- Whispering Pines Cemetery, Seney Introduction
- Wood Cemetery, Doyle Township Introduction
