McLean County, North Dakota Genealogy

United States North Dakota  McLean County

McLean 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
Clerk District Court has marriage records from 1887, burial records from 1920, divorce and court records from 1891 and probate records from 1900; Register of Deeds has land records

Parent County
1883--McLean County was created 8 March 1883 from Stevens (Old), Burleigh, and Sheridan Counties. County seat: Washburn

Populated Places
Max Mercer Turtle Lake Washburn Wilton

Indian Reservation
Fort Berthold (Caros Ventres, Mandan and Arickara tribes) | Devils Lake Agency (Sioux tribe)

Neighboring Counties
Burleigh | Dunn | McHenry | Mercer | Mountrail | Oliver | Sheridan | Ward

Census

 * 1885
 * 1890
 * 1900
 * 1910
 * 1915
 * 1920
 * 1925

Probate
Online Probate Records


 * 1800 – 1985 North Dakota and South Dakota Wills and Probate Records 1800-1985 at Ancestry.com — index and images $

Web Sites

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