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Billings County, North Dakota genealogy and family history research page. Guide to genealogy, history, and courthouse sources including birth records, marriage records, death records, census records, wills, deeds and land records, Civil War records, family histories, cemeteries, churches, tax records, newspapers, and obituaries.

County Courthouse

Billings County Courthouse
495 4th Street; PO Box 138
Medora, ND 58645-0138
Phone. 701.623.4492

Clerk District Court has marriage Record  from 1893,
burial Records from 1922, divorce records, probate
records from 1895, court records from 1890
& land records from 1886^[1]

History

Parent County

1879--Billings County was created 10 February 1879 from Howard County and unorganized territory.
County seat: Medora ^[2]

Boundary Changes

Record Loss

Places/Localities

Populated Places

Neighboring Counties

Dunn | Golden Valley | McKenzie | Slope | Stark

Resources

Cemeteries

Census

• 1885
• 1890
• 1900
• 1920
• 1925
• 1930

Church

Court

Land

Local Histories

Maps

Military

Newspapers

Probate

Taxation

Vital Records

Societies and Libraries

Family History Centers

• Introduction to LDS Family History Centers

Web Sites

• USGenWeb project. May have maps, name indexes, history or other information for this county. Select the state, then the county.
• Family History Library Catalog
• Billings County, North Dakota Genealogy and Family History (Linkpendium)

References

1. ↑ Handybook for Genealogists: United States of America, 10th ed. (Draper, Utah: Everton Pub., 2002), Billings County, North Dakota. Page 522 At various libraries (WorldCat); FHL Book 973 D27e 2002.
2. ↑ The Handybook for Genealogists: United States of America,10th ed. (Draper, UT:Everton Publishers, 2002).