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Ransom 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.

Ransom County, North Dakota
Map
Location of North Dakota in the U.S.
Facts
Founded	January 4, 1873
County Seat	Lisbon
Courthouse
Address	Ransom County Courthouse 204 5th Ave West Lisbon, ND 58054 Phone:701.683.5823 Ransom County Website

County Courthouse

Clerk District Court has birth and death records from 1943,
marriage records from 1882, divorce, probate and court records;
Register of Deeds has land records^[1]

History

Parent County

1873--Ransom County was created 4 January 1873 from Pembina County. County seat: Lisbon ^[2]

Boundary Changes

Record Loss

Places/Localities

Populated Places

Neighboring Counties

Barnes | Cass | Dickey | LaMoure | Richland | Sargent

Resources

Cemeteries

Census

• 1880
• 1885
• 1890
• 1900
• 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
• Ransom County, North Dakota Genealogy and Family History (Linkpendium)

References

1. ↑ Handybook for Genealogists: United States of America, 10th ed. (Draper, Utah: Everton Pub., 2002), Ransom County, North Dakota. Page 525 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).