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North Dakota Birth, Marriage, & Death Records
North Dakota Birth Indexes & Birth Records
- US – United States Births and Christenings, 1867-1931, index
- US – United States, Native American Birth and Death Records, 1885-1940, index links to images
- North Dakota – North Dakota, Red River Valley Genealogical Society, Pioneer Files, 1880-1953, index links to images
- Fort Berthold – Indian census rolls, Fort Berthold, 1889-1939 (birth, death, marriage, census, Arikara, Mandan, Atsina, Gros Ventres)
- Fort Totten – Indian census rolls, Fort Totten, 1906-1939 (census, vital)
- Standing Rock Agency – Births, marriages and deaths, 1880-1942 [Standing Rock Agency]
- Turtle Mountain – Indian census rolls, Turtle Mountain, 1910-1939 (census, birth, marriage, death, Chippewa, Ojibwa)
North Dakota Marriage Indexes & Marriage Records
- US – United States, GenealogyBank Historic Newspaper Marriages, 1815-2011, index links to images
- US – United States Marriages, 1733-1990, index
- US – United States Western States Marriage Index, index
- North Dakota – North Dakota, County Marriages, 1872-1958, index & images
- Fort Berthold – Indian census rolls, Fort Berthold, 1889-1939 (birth, death, marriage, census, Arikara, Mandan, Atsina, Gros Ventres)
- Fort Totten – Indian census rolls, Fort Totten, 1906-1939 (census, vital)
- Standing Rock Agency – Births, marriages and deaths, 1880-1942 [Standing Rock Agency]
- Turtle Mountain – Indian census rolls, Turtle Mountain, 1910-1939 (census, birth, marriage, death, Chippewa, Ojibwa)
North Dakota Death Indexes & Death Records
- US – United States Deaths and Burials, 1867-1961, index
- US – United States Deceased Physician File (AMA), 1864-1968, index & images
- US – United States, World War I American Expeditionary Forces Deaths, 1917-1919, index links to images
- US – United States, Burial Registers for Military Posts, Camps, and Stations,1768-1921, index & images
- US – United States Social Security Death Index, index
- US – United States, Native American Birth and Death Records, 1885-1940, index links to images
- US – United States, Panama Canal Zone, Index to the Gorgas Hospital Mortuary Registers, 1906-1991, index
- North Dakota – North Dakota, Red River Valley Genealogical Society, Pioneer Files, 1880-1953, index links to images
- North Dakota Territory – Mortality records : persons who died in the year ending 31 May, 1880, Dakota Territory …
- Devils Lake Agency, BIA – Indian census rolls, Devils Lake Agency, 1885-1905 (death, census, Chippewa, Sioux)
- Fort Berthold – Indian census rolls, Fort Berthold, 1889-1939 (birth, death, marriage, census, Arikara, Mandan, Atsina, Gros Ventres)
- Fort Totten – Indian census rolls, Fort Totten, 1906-1939 (census, vital)
- Standing Rock Agency – Births, marriages and deaths, 1880-1942 [Standing Rock Agency]
- Turtle Mountain – Indian census rolls, Turtle Mountain, 1910-1939 (census, birth, marriage, death, Chippewa, Ojibwa)
Cemeteries
- US – BillionGraves Index, index links to images
- US – Find A Grave Index, index links to images
- US – United States, Burial Registers for Military Posts, Camps, and Stations,1768-1921, index & images
- US – United States, Cemetery Abstracts, 1949-1969, index links to images
- US – United States Records of Headstones of Deceased Union Veterans, 1879-1903, index & images
- US – United States Headstone Applications for U.S. Military Veterans, 1925-1949, index & images
- North Dakota – North Dakota, Cemetery Records, 1877-1999, index links to images
- North Dakota – Cemeteries of North Dakota
- North Dakota – North Dakota, cemetery records, 1877-1999
Obituaries
- US – United States, GenealogyBank Historical Newspaper Obituaries, 1815-2011, index links to images
- US – United States, GenealogyBank Obituaries, 1980-2014, index & images
- US – Currentobituary.com index, 2001-2014, index links to images
- US – United States, Obituaries, American Historical Society of Germans from Russia, 1899-2012, index & images
- North Dakota – North Dakota obituaries, 1992-2014
- North Dakota – North Dakota, obituaries, 1929-2005
Wills & Probate
- North Dakota – Heirship records, early 1900’s
North Dakota Residence Records
Census
- 1836 – The first census of the original counties of Dubuque and Demoine (Iowa): taken in July 1836
- 1848-1970 – United States, Native American, Eastern Cherokee Indian Reservation Rolls, 1848-1970, index & images
- 1850 – United States Census, 1850, index & images
- 1860 – Dakota, 1860 federal census
- 1860 – North Dakota, federal census of Dakota Territory, 1860
- 1860 – United States Census, 1860, index & images
- 1870 – Dakota Territory, 1870 federal census
- 1870 – United States Census, 1870, index & images
- 1876-1939 – Census records, 1876-1939 [Standing Rock Agency]
- 1880 – Dakota, 1880 federal census
- 1880 – North Dakota, territorial census record, 1880
- 1880 – Special census of Indians, 1880
- 1880 – United States Census, 1880, index & images
- 1885-1905 – Devils Lake Agency, BIA – Indian census rolls, Devils Lake Agency, 1885-1905 (death, census, Chippewa, Sioux)
- 1885-1940 – United States, Native American, Census Rolls, 1885-1940, index links to images
- 1889 – Lists of males over 18 years of age, 1889
- 1889-1939 – Fort Berthold – Indian census rolls, Fort Berthold, 1889-1939 (birth, death, marriage, census, Arikara, Mandan, Atsina, Gros Ventres)
- 1890 – United States Census of Union Veterans and Widows of the Civil War, 1890, index & images
- 1900 – North Dakota, 1900 federal census
- 1900 – North Dakota, 1900 federal census
- 1900 – United States Census, 1900, index & images
- 1900-1940 – United States Enumeration District Maps for the Twelfth through the Sixteenth US Censuses, 1900-1940
- 1906-1939 – Fort Totten – Indian census rolls, Fort Totten, 1906-1939 (census, vital)
- 1908-1910 – United States, Native American, Eastern Cherokee Enrollment Records, 1908-1910, index links to images
- 1910 – North Dakota, 1910 federal census
- 1910 – United States Census, 1910, index & images
- 1910-1939 – Turtle Mountain – Indian census rolls, Turtle Mountain, 1910-1939 (census, birth, marriage, death, Chippewa, Ojibwa)
- 1915 – North Dakota Census, 1915, index & images
- 1915 – North Dakota state census schedules, 1915
- 1920 – North Dakota, 1920 federal census
- 1920 – United States Census, 1920, index & images
- 1925 – North Dakota Census, 1925, index & images
- 1925 – North Dakota state census schedules, 1925
- 1930 – North Dakota, 1930 federal census
- 1930 – United States Census, 1930, index & images
- 1940 – North Dakota, 1940 population census
- 1940 – United States Census, 1940, index & images
- Collections of the State Historical Society of North Dakota
Directories
Emigration/Immigration/Migration
- United States Index to Alien Case Files, 1940-2003, index links to images
- United States Border Crossings from Canada to United States, 1895-1956, index
- United States Border Crossings from Mexico to United States, 1903-1957, index
- United States, New England Passenger and Crew Lists, 1911-1954, index & images
- North Dakota Manifests of Immigrant Arrivals, 1910-1952, index & images
- Ethnic group files, ca. 1935-1942
- Manifests of alien arrivals at Ambrose, Antler, Carbury, Fortuna, Noonan, Northgate, Portal, Sherwood, and Westhope, North Dakota, January 1921-December 1952
- Manifests of alien arrivals at Northgate and Saint John, North Dakota, 1910-1921
- Manifests of alien, January 1912-July 1924, and citizen, January 1912-December 1956, arrivals at Noyes, Minnesota, and at Dunseith, Neche, Pembina, Saint John, and Walhalla, North Dakota
- United States, border crossings from Canada to United States, records and certificates of aliens pre-examined at Winnipeg, Manitoba prior to admission at the U.S.-Canada border, 1917-1954
Land & Property
- US – United States Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Applications, 1800-1900, index links to images
- US – United States, Freedmen’s Bureau, Land and Property Records, 1865-1872, index & images (African American, land, court)
- Land records, 1906-1921
- United States Bureau of Land Management Tract Books, 1800-c. 1955
- United States Internal Revenue Assessment Lists, 1862-1874
- United States, Cancelled, Relinquished, or Rejected Land Entry Case Files, 1861-1932
- United States, Homestead Final Certificates, 1863-1909
- United States, Freedmen’s Branch Records, 1872-1878
Maps, Almanacs, & Gazetteers
- Barnes’s complete geography
- Johnson’s Nebraska, Dakota, Colorado, & Kansas
- Index to topographic maps of North Dakota
Naturalization & Citizenship
- United States, New England Petitions for Naturalization Index, 1791-1906, index & images
- North Dakota, Naturalization Records, 1868-1924, index links to images
- Declarations of intention, 1890-1924
- Declarations of intention, 1891-1906
- Declarations of intention, 1892-1909
- Declarations of intention, 1892-1917
- Declarations of intention, 1906-1916
- Enemy alien registration affidavits, correspondence, and supporting documentation, 1918
- Naturalization records, 1906-1924
- North Dakota manifests of immigrant arrivals, 1910-1952
- North Dakota, naturalization records, 1878-1906
- Territorial journal, 1862-1873; territorial index, 1882-1907
Passports
- United States Passport Applications, 1795-1925, index & images
Pension
- United States Old War Pension Index, 1815-1926, index & images
- United States General Index to Pension Files, 1861-1934, index & images
North Dakota Daily Life Records
Alumni, Schools, & Yearbooks
Biography
- North Dakota, Red River Valley Genealogical Society, Pioneer Files, 1880-1953, index links to images
- Collections of the State Historical Society of North Dakota
- Compendium of history and biography of North Dakota containing a history of North Dakota : embracing an account of early explorations, early settlement, Indian occupancy…and a concise history of growth and development of the state also a compendium of biography of North Dakota
- Compendium of history and biography of North Dakota containing a history of North Dakota : embracing an account of early explorations, early settlement, Indian occupancy…and a concise history of growth and development of the state also a compendium of biography of North Dakota
- Historical data project; pioneer biography files
- History of North Dakota : embracing a relation of the history of the state from the earliest times down to the present day, including biographies of the builders of the commonwealth…
- History of the great northwest and its men of progress : a select list of biographical sketches and portraits of the leaders in business, professional and official life
- Illustrated album of biography of the famous valley of the Red River of the north and the park regions : including the most fertile and widely-known portions of Minnesota and North Dakota
- Lest we forget
- Mothers of North Dakota : pioneers, educators, home builders, church workers and civic leaders–mothers all
- North Dakota history and people, outlines of American history
- North Dakota history and people, outlines of American history
- North Dakota, pioneer files, 1800’s-1953
- North Dakota, Red River Valley Genealogical Society, pioneer files, 1880-1953
- Pioneer mothers project records, ca. 1938-1953 and n.d.
- Saga Íslendinga Norður-Dakota
- Who’s who for North Dakota : a triennial, a biographical directory
- The World War I diary of Major James Martin Hanley
- North Dakota, Fargo Forum biography index, 1800’s-1900’s
Church
- Church and family records from Bisbee, North Dakota
- Church records, 1886-1919
- North Dakota, pastor records, 1843-1918
- North Dakota, W.P.A., guide to church and public records, 1941-1942
- Church survey files
- Collections of the State Historical Society of North Dakota
- Highlights and heartaches of Brethren pioneers, North Dakota, Minnesota, Wisconsin
- History of the Church of the Brethren on the northern plains
- Minnesskrift 1858-1908 tillegnad Minnesota-Konferensens af Ev. Luterska Augustana-Synoden 50års jubileum den 7-11 oktober 1908
Description & Travel
- A Dictionary of Dakota : conveniently arranging a multitude of facts about the resources and capabilities of the great territory soon to become two states
- The International Peace Garden
- The new Northwest : a pamphlet stating briefly the advantages of Bismarck and vicinity : soil, timber, climate, settlements, business, &c., &c
Employees, Officials, & Occupations
- United States National Register of Scientific and Technical Personnel Files, 1954-1970, index
- United States Casualties of Army Personnel, Dependents and Civilian Employees, 1961-1981, index
- North Dakota blue book
Ethnic Records
African American Records
- US – United States Freedmen’s Bureau Miscellaneous Records,1865-1872, index links to images (misc, court, land, labor, medical, African American)
- US – United States Freedmen’s Bureau, Records of Freedmen, 1865-1872, index & images (census, labor, immigration, slavery, birth, death, military, African American)
- US – United States, Freedman’s Bank Records, 1865-1874, index & images (bank, business, family information, African American)
- US – United States, Freedmen’s Bureau, Freedmen’s Court Records, 1865-1872, index & images (African American, court, military, school, misc)
- US – United States, Freedmen’s Bureau, Land and Property Records, 1865-1872, index & images (African American, land, court)
- US – United States, Freedmen’s Bureau, Records of the Superintendent of Education and of the Division of Education, 1865-1872, index & images (African American, school, legal)
Japanese American Records
- United States, War Relocation Authority centers, final accountability rosters, 1942-1946, index & images
Native American Records
- United States, Native American Birth and Death Records, 1885-1940, index links to images
- United States, Native American, Census Rolls, 1885-1940, index links to images
- United States, Native American, Eastern Cherokee Enrollment Records, 1908-1910, index links to images
- United States, Native American, Eastern Cherokee Indian Reservation Rolls, 1848-1970, index & images
- Devils Lake Agency, BIA – Indian census rolls, Devils Lake Agency, 1885-1905 (death, census, Chippewa, Sioux)
- Fort Berthold – Indian census rolls, Fort Berthold, 1889-1939 (birth, death, marriage, census, Arikara, Mandan, Atsina, Gros Ventres)
- Fort Totten – Indian census rolls, Fort Totten, 1906-1939 (census, vital)
- Turtle Mountain – Indian census rolls, Turtle Mountain, 1910-1939 (census, birth, marriage, death, Chippewa, Ojibwa)
- Agency records, 1872-1920
- Agency records, 1881-1941
- Agency records, 1884-1952
- Agency records, 1885-1951
- Births, marriages and deaths, 1880-1942 [Standing Rock Agency]
- Census records, 1876-1939 [Standing Rock Agency]
- Collections of the State Historical Society of North Dakota
- Heirship records, early 1900’s
- Historical data and tribal council records, early 1900’s
- Indians of the Dakotas
- Indians transferred from Standing Rock Agency to Rosebud Agency, 1881-1882
- Lists of males over 18 years of age, 1889
- Records of the Central Superintendency of Indian Affairs, 1813-1878
- Records of the Dakota Superintendency of Indian Affairs, 1861-1870, and 1877-1878 and of the Wyoming Superintendency, 1870
- School records, 1886-1941
- Special census of Indians, 1880
- Three years among the Indians in Dakota
- Tribal adoptions, 1905-1923
- Biesterfeldt : a post-contact coalescent site on the northeastern plains
- State historical society of North Dakota : [Indians of the plains]
Minorities
- United States, Obituaries, American Historical Society of Germans from Russia, 1899-2012, index & images
- Collections of the State Historical Society of North Dakota
- Ethnic group files, ca. 1935-1942
- Der Stammbaum; genealogical research (North Dakota)
Funeral Homes
Genealogy
- Cemeteries of North Dakota
- Church and family records from Bisbee, North Dakota
- Miscellaneous records from North Dakota
- Pioneers and their sons : one hundred sixty five family histories
- North Central North Dakota genealogical record : quarterly of the Mouse River Loop Genealogy Society
History
- Collections of the State Historical Society of North Dakota
- Compendium of history and biography of North Dakota containing a history of North Dakota : embracing an account of early explorations, early settlement, Indian occupancy…and a concise history of growth and development of the state also a compendium of biography of North Dakota
- Compendium of history and biography of North Dakota containing a history of North Dakota : embracing an account of early explorations, early settlement, Indian occupancy…and a concise history of growth and development of the state also a compendium of biography of North Dakota
- Early history of North Dakota : essential outlines of American history
- The first one hundred years; centennial project of the Society
- Frontier and Indian life and kaleidoscopic lives
- Heimdal Diamond Jubilee : 1910-1985
- Historical data project; local histories, 1936-1940
- History of Kensal with Kensal directory, 1910
- History of North Dakota : embracing a relation of the history of the state from the earliest times down to the present day, including biographies of the builders of the commonwealth…
- History of the great northwest and its men of progress : a select list of biographical sketches and portraits of the leaders in business, professional and official life
- History of the Red River valley past and present ..
- Langdon, North Dakota, 1888-1988
- Lest we forget
- The light on the prairie : a North Dakota Retired Teachers Centennial Book, 1889-1989
- Mothers of North Dakota : pioneers, educators, home builders, church workers and civic leaders–mothers all
- North Dakota history and people, outlines of American history
- North Dakota history and people, outlines of American history
- Once their home, or, Our legacy from the Dahkotahs: historical, biographical, and incidental from far-off days, down to the present
- Once their home, or, Our legacy from the Dahkotahs: historical, biographical, and incidental, from far-off days down to the present
- Pioneers and their sons : one hundred sixty five family histories
- Saga Íslendinga Norður-Dakota
- State historical society of North Dakota : [Indians of the plains]
- Steele diamond jubilee, 1956 : Steele, North Dakota
- The story of the Flickertail state
- Who’s who for North Dakota : a triennial, a biographical directory
- State historical society of North Dakota : [Indians of the plains]
- Collections of the State Historical Society of North Dakota
- The Dakota homestead historical newsletter
- North Dakota historical quarterly : collections of the State Historical Society of North Dakota
- North Dakota history : journal of the northern plains
- Inventory of federal archives in the states, series 03, Department of the Treasury, no. 33, North Dakota
- Inventory of federal archives in the states, series 05, Department of Justice, no. 33, North Dakota
- Inventory of federal archives in the states, series 17, Miscellaneous agencies, no. 33, North Dakota
- Major James McLaughlin papers, 1855-1937
Government & Politics
Libraries, Museums, & Archives
- Inventory of federal archives in the states, series 03, Department of the Treasury, no. 33, North Dakota
- Inventory of federal archives in the states, series 05, Department of Justice, no. 33, North Dakota
- Inventory of federal archives in the states, series 17, Miscellaneous agencies, no. 33, North Dakota
Medical
Names & Surnames
- North Dakota, Red River Valley Genealogical Society, Pioneer Files, 1880-1953, index links to images
Public Records
- United States Public Records, 1970-2009, index
- Letters received by the Department of Justice from the Territory of Dakota, 1871-1884
- Report of the Territorial Auditor to the Governor of Dakota Territory, and the governors of North Dakota and South Dakota : for the period commencing December 1, 1888, and ending November 4, 1889
Societies
North Dakota Military Records
- United States Casualties of Army Personnel, Dependents and Civilian Employees, 1961-1981, index
- United States Headstone Applications for U.S. Military Veterans, 1925-1949, index & images
- United States Index to Alien Case Files, 1940-2003, index links to images
- United States Muster Rolls of the Marine Corps, 1798-1937, index & images
- United States Naval Enlistment Rendezvous, 1855-1891, index & images
- United States Registers of Enlistments in the U.S. Army, 1798-1914, index & images
- Collections of the State Historical Society of North Dakota
Revolutionary War, 1775-1783
- United States Revolutionary War Pension Payment Ledgers, 1818-1872, index & images
- United States Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Applications, 1800-1900, index links to images
- United States Rosters of Revolutionary War Soldiers and Sailors, 1775-1783, index & images
- United States Revolutionary War, Virginia Pension Application Files, 1830-1875
Mexican-American War, 1846-1848
- United States Mexican War Pension Index, 1887-1926, index & images
US Civil War
- United States Civil War Confederate Papers of Citizens or Businesses, 1861-1865, index links to images
- United States Civil War and Later Pension Index, 1861-1917, index links to images
- Dakota Territory Civil War Service Records of Union Soldiers, 1861-1865, index links to images
- Compiled military service records of volunteer Union soldiers who served in organizations from the Territory of Dakota: 1st Battalion Cavalry; National Archives microfilm publications, M1960
- Index to compiled service records of volunteer Union soldiers who served in organizations from the territory of Dakota
- United States Confederate Navy and Marine Service Records, 1861-1865
- United States Records of Confederate Prisoners of War, 1861-1865
- United States Union Provost Marshal Files of Individual Civilians, 1861-1866
- United States Union Provost Marshal Files of Two or More Civilians, 1861-1866
Indian Wars
- United States Index to Indian Wars Pension Files, 1892-1926, index & images
World War I
- United States World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918, index & images
- North Dakota, World War I American Expeditionary Forces, deaths, 1917-1919
- North Dakota, World War I Selective Service System draft registration cards, 1917-1918
- Roster of the men and women who served in the army or naval service including the Marine Corps, or the United States or its allies from the state of North Dakota in the World War, 1917-1918
World War II
- United States World War II Army Enlistment Records, 1938-1946, index
- United States World War II Draft Registration Cards, 1942, index & images
- North Dakota, military records : World War II 4th draft registration cards, 1942
- North Dakota, World War II, draft registration cards, 1940-1947
Veterans, Enlistments, Pensions
- United States, Veterans Administration Master Index, 1917-1940, index links to images
- United States General Index to Pension Files, 1861-1934, index & images
- United States Civil War and Later Pension Index, 1861-1917, index links to images
- United States Old War Pension Index, 1815-1926, index & images
- United States Revolutionary War Pension Payment Ledgers, 1818-1872, index & images
- United States Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Applications, 1800-1900, index links to images
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