Fargo North Dakota Family History Center

The Fargo North Dakota Family History Center serves eastern North Dakota and northwestern Minnesota. Other Family History Centers in the area are located in Aberdeen, SD; Bemidji, MN; Detroit Lakes, MN; Grand Forks, ND; and Wahpeton, ND.

Center Contacts and Hours
Location Map:


 * Location Map

Address:


 * 2502 17th Ave S Fargo ND 58103 United States


 * Use the west door

Phone: 


 * 1 701-232-4003

E-mail:


 * ND_Fargo@ldsmail.net

Open Hours: 


 * Wed        9 am - 1  pm, 7 - 9 pm
 * 1st Thurs 9 am  - 1  pm
 * Sat          9 am - Noon   (except closed 4th Saturday)
 * To make an appointment for other times, please contact the director, Luana Gilstrap, at 1-626-710-2582 (cell). 

Holiday Closure Schedule: 
 * The Saturdays nearest Memorial Day, Easter and Labor Day.
 * The entire weeks of Thanksgiving, Christmas and New Year's.
 * The Saturdays of the LDS Church semi-annual General Conference, April 1 and September 30, 2017
 * Also closed the day of the annual Moorhead Heritage Commission's Family History Workshop in September. if it doesn't fall on the 4th Saturday.

Collections

 * FamilySearch Catalog: Microfilm and microfiche can be ordered through the FamilySearch Catalog and sent to this center. You will be notified by email when the items arrive.
 * A large collection of Norwegian church records on microfilm and a variety of census rolls are on extended loan. Some of these are not available on the Internet yet.
 * ALL film and fiche in this center are listed in the FamilySearch catalog
 * Books are being added to the FamilySearch catalog as time permits.

and websites that generally charge for subscriptions.
As ofJanuary 2017, the list of available subscription websites includes:

19th Century British Library Newspaper Digital Archive                      Alexander Street Press – The American Civil War Research Database              Ancestry.com – Institutional Version              ArkivDigital Online [Sweden]              Find My Past – Institutional Version  (British and U.S. sources primarily)              Fold3.com--  (focus on military records)

Geneanet             Kinpoint              My Heritage – Library Edition

Newspaper Archive -- (Primarily U.S. newspapers, years covered varies by paper)              Paper Trail              ProQuest Obituaries  -- (A few Major U.S. papers, years covered varies)              Puzzilla.org

Hardware and Equipment

 * Four computers, two microfilm readers, one microfiche reader
 * Printer/copier/scanner
 * Our Microfilm reader/scanner is not currently working. Please bring a digital camera if you wish to have a copy from film or fiche.

Staff Research Specialties
Minnesota, North Dakota and Midwest in general

California

United States

Norway.

Non-specialties, but experience: England, Ireland, Czech Republic, Germany

Resources in the Local Area

North Dakota Institute for Regional Studies, Fargo, ND

Historical and Cultural Society of Clay County, Moorhead, Minnesota.

Red River Valley Genealogical Society, Bonanzaville, ND (just west of West Fargo) http://www.redrivergenealogy.com/

(They moved from their Fargo location and are now open in a more spacious facility.)

Links
North Dakota, Minnesota.

Volunteer at the Center
We welcome volunteers to help users of this center.