Burleigh County, North Dakota Genealogy

United States North Dakota Burleigh County

Guide to Burleigh County, North Dakota ancestry, genealogy and family history, birth records, marriage records, death records, census records, family history, and military records.

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Description
Founded in 1873. The County Seat is Bismarck.

County Courthouse
Burleigh County Courthouse 514 E Thayer Ave PO Box 5518 Bismarck, ND 58501-4413 Phone: 701.222.6690 Burleigh County Website Clerk District Court has marriage and probate records from 1898, Court Records from 1876 and burial records from 1950’s

Record Loss
There is no known history of courthouse disasters in this county.

Boundary Changes
1873--Burleigh County was created 4 January 1873 from Buffalo County. County seat: Bismarck
 * Interactive Formation Boundary Map of North Dakota - shows boundary changes for North Dakota Counties
 * North Dakota Historical Boundary Changes - list of all boundary changes by county provided by Newberry Library

Populated Places
The following are locations in the county

Cities
 * Bismarck (county seat)
 * Lincoln
 * Regan
 * Wilton(partly in McLean County)
 * Wing

Townships


 * Apple Creek
 * Boyd
 * Burn Creek
 * Canfield
 * Christiania
 * Clear Lake
 * Crofte
 * Cromwell
 * Driscoll
 * Ecklund
 * Estherville
 * Florence Lake
 * Francis
 * Ghylin
 * Gibbs
 * Glenview
 * Grass Lake
 * Harriet-Lien
 * Hay Creek
 * Hazel Grove
 * Logan
 * Long Lake
 * McKenzie
 * Menoken
 * Missouri
 * Morton
 * Naughton
 * Painted Woods
 * Richmond
 * Rock Hill
 * Schrunk
 * Sibley Butte
 * Steiber
 * Sterling
 * Taft
 * Telfer
 * Thelma
 * Trygg
 * Wild Rose
 * Wilson
 * Wing

Census-designated places
 * Driscoll
 * Menoken

Unincorporated communities
 * Baldwin
 * McKenzie
 * Moffit
 * Pierce
 * Sterling

See also
 * National Register of Historic Places listings in Burleigh County North Dakota
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State Census Records

 * 1885 Dakota Territory 1885 Census Index at NDSU Archives – index only
 * 1885, 1915, 1925 North Dakota, Territorial and State Censuses, 1885, 1915, 1925 at Ancestry.com – ($), index and images
 * 1915 at FamilySearch Historical Records — index and images
 * 1925 at FamilySearch Historical Records — index and images

Federal Census Records
Federal Censuses were taken for North Dakota starting in 1910. For links to Federal census indexes, see North Dakota Census.

Directories

 * 1822 - 1995 U.S. City Directories 1822-1995 at Ancestry ($) - collection for the City of Bismark

Land and Property Records
Online Land Records For more information see North Dakota Land and Property
 * Land Patent Search - index to federal patents and homesteads on the Bureau of Land Management website, some images available
 * 1796 - 1907 - U.S. General Land Office Records, 1796-1907 at Ancestry - index, info taken from Bureau of Land Management website
 * 1861 - 1936 - U.S. Homestead Records 1861-1936 at Ancestry.com - ($), index and images

Maps and Gazetteers

 * Interactive Formation Boundary Map of North Dakota - shows boundary changes for North Dakota Counties
 * North Dakota Maps at NDGenWeb -historical maps

Military Records
Civil War
 * 1861 -1865 at FamilySearch.
 * 1890 at FamilySearch.

Civil War Battle

The following Civil War battle was fought in Burleigh County.


 * July 28, 1863 = Stony Lake


 * Map showing Civil War battles in North Dakota.

World War I
 * 1917 - 1918 North Dakota Military Men 1917-1918 at Ancestry ($)
 * 1917 - 1918 Roster of the men and women who served in the army or naval service (including the Marine Corps) of the United States or its allies from the state of North Dakota in the World War, 1917-1918, Vols. 1-4 at Ancestry ($)
 * For further information see North Dakota Military Records.

Naturalization and Citizenship
Online Naturalization Indexes and Records


 * North Dakota Naturalization Records Index at NDSU Archives – index only, covers various dates and counties

Newspapers
 North Dakota Newspapers Online North Dakota Newspaper Catalogs
 * GenealogyBank - ($), contains images of North Dakota newspapers
 * Newspaper Archive - ($), contains images of North Dakota newspapers
 * Chronicling America - contains images of some North Dakota newspapers; searching tips
 * Elephind - Free; search engine that retrieves newspaper images from other free newspaper websites
 * U.S. Newspaper Directory, 1690-Present on Chronicling America - contains a list of all known newspapers and the dates they cover; once you locate a newspaper name, contact the local library to see if they have copies of the newspaper
 * State Historical Society of North Dakota - contains inventory and catalog of all known ND newspapers

Probate Records
''Online Probate Records


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

Death
Online Death Indexes and Records


 * 1892-present - NDDH Public Death Index, 1892-present at North Dakota Dept. of Health – index only

Family History Centers

 * Bismarck North Dakota Family History Center

Societies
Bismarck-Mandan Historical and Genealogical Society PO Box 485 Bismarck, ND 58502-0485 E-mail:[mailto:info@bmhgs.com info@bmhgs.com] Website

Germans From Russia Heritage Society 1125 Turnpike Ave. Bismarck, ND 58501-8115 Telephone: 701-223-6167 Website

Missouri Valley Historical Society c/o Carl Vender Buckstop Junction PO Box 941 Bismarck, ND 58502-0941 Telephone: 701-258-6787 or 701-250-8575

Websites

 * USGenWeb project. May have maps, name indexes, history or other information for this county. Select the state, then the county.
 * The FamilySearch catalog contains descriptions and access information for all genealogical materials (including books, online materials, microfilm, microfiche, and publications) in their collection. Use Historical Records to search for specific individuals in genealogical records.
 * Burleigh County, North Dakota Genealogy and Family History (Linkpendium)
 * Burleigh County Genealogy (North Dakota Genealogy)