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United States North Dakota Richland County

Guide to Richland 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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County Information

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County Courthouse

 * Clerk District Court has birth and death records from 1900, divorce and court records from 1833 and some burial records.
 * County Judge has marriage records from 1890 and probate records from 1876.
 * Register of Deeds has land records

Richland County, North Dakota Record Dates

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 * width="77%" bgcolor="#e4d8e5" align="center" colspan="7" | Beginning Dates for Major County Records
 * width="11%" bgcolor="#e4d8e5" align="center" | Birth*
 * width="11%" bgcolor="#e4d8e5" align="center" | Marriage
 * width="11%" bgcolor="#e4d8e5" align="center" | Death*
 * width="11%" bgcolor="#e4d8e5" align="center" | Court
 * width="11%" bgcolor="#e4d8e5" align="center" | Land
 * width="11%" bgcolor="#e4d8e5" align="center" | Probate
 * width="11%" bgcolor="#e4d8e5" align="center" | Census
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 * width="11%" align="center" |1877
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 * width="11%" align="center" |1880
 * width="11%" align="center" |1873
 * width="11%" align="center" |1873
 * width="11%" align="center" |1880
 * colspan="7" | * State births and deaths began in 1907, with high compliance by 1920s.
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 * width="11%" align="center" |1880
 * colspan="7" | * State births and deaths began in 1907, with high compliance by 1920s.
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Boundary Changes
1873--Richland County was created 4 January 1873 from Pembina County. County seat: Wahpeton
 * See ''Rotating Formation North Dakota County Boundary Maps" at MapofUS.org

Cities and Towns

 * For items in cities and towns, click, then click Places within United States, North Dakota, Richland. (Note: the link appears only if items have been cataloged under at least one town.)

Populated Places


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Biographies

 * North Dakota Biography Index at NDSU Archives - Databases

Census Records

 * 1885 - 1885 Census at NDSU Archives - Databases
 * 1915 - at FamilySearch Historical Collections — index, images
 * 1925 - at FamilySearch Historical Collections — index, images
 * See North Dakota Census

Emigration and Immigration

 * 1910-1952 - at FamilySearch Historical Collections — index, images

American Indians
A portion of the Lake Traverse Indian Reservation is in Richland County. The remainder of the reservation is in Marshall, Roberts, Day, and Codington Counties in South Dakota and in Sargent County in North Dakota.

Local Histories

 * See also Cities and Towns for resources in the FamilySearch Catalog

Civil War

 * 1861-1865 - at FamilySearch Historical Collections — images

Naturalization and Citizenship

 * North Dakota Naturalization Records Index at NDSU Archives - Databases

Probate Records
'''Online Probate Records


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

Family History Centers

 * Wahpeton North Dakota Family History Center
 * Introduction to LDS Family History Centers

Libraries
Major catalogs for books, microfilm, or collections pertaining to Richland County
 * — For cities and towns, click the Places within United States, North Dakota, ... link which appears if an item is cataloged to any town in the county
 * WorldCat — Click an item for libraries near you. For more information, see WorldCat Online Catalog.
 * Allen County Public Library — Located in Indiana, they are heavily involved in digitizing much of their collection.
 * North Dakota State Library — The topics "genealogy" and "magazines and newspapers" may be especially interesting.
 * Local libraries and North Dakota Archives and Libraries may suggest other catalogs

Websites
Sites with online indexes or images of records
 * USGenWeb project. May have maps, name indexes, history or other information for this county. Select the state, then the county.
 * North Dakota GenWeb Project at NDGenWeb.org
 * USGenWeb for North Dakota

More Richland County genealogy links
 * Linkpendium - Some sites they list may have fees
 * CyndisList - Some sites they list may have fees