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North Dakota Research Outline |
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Table of Contents
Records Of The Family History Library
Family History Library Catalog
Archives And Libraries
Biography
Cemeteries
Census
Church Records
Court Records
Directories
Emigration And Immigration
Gazetteers
Genealogy
History
Land And Property
Maps
Military Records
Native Races
Naturalization And Citizenship
Newspapers
Periodicals
Probate Records
Vital Records
For Further Reading
Comments And Suggestions
BIOGRAPHY There is no major statewide biographical index or major manuscript collection. Search statewide, regional, and county histories for biographical information. Representative biographical encyclopedias Compendium of History and Biography of North Dakota Containing a History of North Dakota. . . . Chicago: Geo. A. Ogle & Co., 1900. (FHL book 978.4 D3c; film 982021.)
Lounsberry, Clement Augustus. North Dakota History and People. 3 vols. Chicago: S.J. Clarke, 1917. (FHL 978.4 H2Lc; vols. 1-2 on film 982024; vol. 3 on film 982025.)
Crawford, Lewis F. et al. History of North Dakota and North Dakota Biography. 3 vols. Chicago: The American Historical Society, 1931. (FHL film 1036393.) Volumes 2 and 3 are biographical.
Aberle, George P. Pioneers and Their Sons. . . .2 vols. Bismarck, N.D.: Tumbleweed Press, 1980. (FHL book 978.4 D3a; film 1035608.) Includes family histories.
The Daughters of the American Revolution (DAR) Collection contains tombstone inscriptions from some North Dakota cemeteries. This collection is described in the “Genealogy” section of this outline. Some tombstone inscriptions are also published in periodicals. See the United States Research Outline for suggestions.
A valuable published collection of tombstone inscriptions is North Dakota Cemeteries, 16 vols. Fargo, N.D.: Fargo Genealogical Society, 1972-77, 1986-1995. (FHL book 978.4 V3f; vols. 1-12 on films 928261-62 vols.; vols. 13-16 on film 1320990 items 5-6.)
Federal census records are found at the Family History Library, the National Archives, and other federal and state archives. The United States Research Outline provides more detailed information regarding these records.
The Family History Library has the U.S. federal censuses for the state of North Dakota for 1900, 1910, and 1920. A statewide soundex
North Dakota was included in the 1836 Wisconsin, the 1840 Iowa, the 1850 Minnesota, and the 1860, 1870, and 1880 Dakota Territorial censuses.
Indexes to the censuses of the Wisconsin Censuses were also taken in 1885 (as Dakota Territory), 1905, 1915, and 1925. These records are at the State Historical Society of North Dakota. The 1885 census is indexed and is at the Family History Library (FHL book 978.4 X22j 1885). It has also been printed in vol. 4 of O.G. Libby, ed., Collections of the State Historical Society of North Dakota (Fargo, ND: Knight Printing Co., 1913; FHL book 978.4 B2h; film 547583 item 2). The census gives the relationship to the head of house, and parents' birthplaces.
Mortality schedules See the section “Native Races” for information on tribal census reports.
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CENSUS
Federal
(phonetic) index is on microfilm for the 1900 and 1920 censuses. The 1890 census has been destroyed. The 1890 union veterans schedule and index are at the Family History Library.
Territorial and State
, Iowa, Minnesota, and Dakota Territories have been published in book and microfiche format for 1836, 1840, 1850, 1860, 1870, and 1880.
for the Dakota Territory exist for 1860, 1870, 1880, and 1885. The schedules for 1870, 1880, and 1885 are indexed and are at the Family History Library.
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