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United States North Dakota Williams County

Williams 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.

Williams County, North Dakota
Map
Location of North Dakota in the U.S.
Facts
Founded	November 30, 1892
County Seat	Williston
Courthouse
Address	Williams County Courthouse Box 2047 Williston, ND 58802 Phone: 701.572.1729 Williams County Website

County Courthouse

Clerk District Court has birth, marriage, death, burial, probate, court
and naturalization records; County Treasurer Recorder has land records;
Veterans Service Office has military records^[1]

History

Parent Counties

30 November 1892: Williams County was created from Buford (Old) and Flannery (Old) Counties. County seat: Williston ^[2]

Boundary Changes

Record Loss

Places/Localities

Populated Places

Neighboring Counties

Burke | Divide | McKenzie | Mountrail | Montana counties: Richland | Roosevelt | Sheridan

Resources

Cemeteries

Census

• 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
• Williston North Dakota Family History Center

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
• Williams County, North Dakota Genealogy and Family History (Linkpendium)

References

1. ↑ Handybook for Genealogists: United States of America, 10th ed. (Draper, Utah: Everton Pub., 2002), Williams County, North Dakota. Page 527 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).