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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 Northgate and Saint John, North Dakota, 1910-1921
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)
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
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
Historical data project; pioneer biography files
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.
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
North Dakota, pastor records, 1843-1918
North Dakota, W.P.A., guide to church and public records, 1941-1942
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
Description & Travel
The International Peace Garden
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
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)
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 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
Special census of Indians, 1880
Three years among the Indians in Dakota
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
North Dakota, funeral home records, 1900-1996
Genealogy
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
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 the Red River valley past and present ..
Langdon, North Dakota, 1888-1988
The light on the prairie : a North Dakota Retired Teachers Centennial Book, 1889-1989
North Dakota history and people, outlines of American history
North Dakota history and people, outlines of American history
Pioneers and their sons : one hundred sixty five family histories
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 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 05, Department of Justice, no. 33, North Dakota
Inventory of federal archives in the states, series 17, Miscellaneous agencies, no. 33, North Dakota
Medical
United States, Panama Canal Zone, Index to the Gorgas Hospital Mortuary Registers, 1906-1991, index
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
Societies
State historical society of North Dakota: [Indians of the plains]
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
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
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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