North Dakota Societies

Genealogical, historical, trail, and ethnic societies often collect, transcribe, and publish information that can be helpful to genealogists.

State Historical Society of North Dakota
North Dakota Heritage Center 612 E. Boulevard Avenue Bismarck, ND 58505 Phone: (701) 328-2668

Minnkota Genealogical Society
P.O. Box 12744 Grand Forks, ND 58208-2744

Red River Valley Genealogical Society
P.O. Box 9284 Fargo, ND 58106-9284

Germans from Russia Hertage Society
1008 East Central Avenue Bismarck, ND 58501-1936

Lewis &amp; Clark Fort Mandan Foundation
P.O. Box 607 Washburn, ND 58577

Germans from Russia Heritage Society
1125 West Turnpike Avenue Bismarck, ND 58501

A helpful guide to several important North Dakota collections is John B. Davenport (v. 1), Colleen A. Oihus (v. 2), and Sandra J. Beidler (v. 3), Guide to the Orin G. Libby Manuscript Collection and Related Research Collections,, Three Volumes. (Grand Forks, North Dakota: Chester Fritz Library, University of North Dakota, 1975, 1983, 1985).

To learn more about the history and record-keeping systems of North Dakota counties, use the inventories of the Mercer, Golden Valley, and Williams Counties' archives published by the Historical Records Survey around 1940. The Family History Library has copies of these inventories.