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Burke 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.

Burke County, North Dakota
Map
Location of North Dakota in the U.S.
Facts
Founded	February 8, 1910
County Seat	Bowbells
Courthouse
Address	Burke County Courthouse 103 Main Street SW PO Box 219 Bowbells, ND 5821-0219 Phone: 701.377.2718 Burke County Website

County Courthouse

Clerk District Court has birth records from 1905, marriage, death,
burial, divorce, probate and court records from 1910, land records
from 1900 and homestead patents from 1903^[1]

History

Parent County

1910--Burke County was created 8 February 1910 from Ward County. County seat: Bowbells ^[2]

Boundary Changes

Record Loss

Places/Localities

Populated Places

Neighboring Counties

Divide | Mountrail | Renville | Ward | Williams

Resources

Cemeteries

Census

• 1910
• 1915
• 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
• Burke County, North Dakota Genealogy and Family History (Linkpendium)

References

1. ↑ Handybook for Genealogists: United States of America, 10th ed. (Draper, Utah: Everton Pub., 2002), Burke 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).