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United States North Dakota Benson County

Guide to Benson 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
Benson County Courthouse 311 B Ave Street Minnewaukan, ND 58351 Phone: 701.473.5345 Benson County Courthouse Clerk District Court has birth records from late 1890’s, marriage records from late 1800’s, divorce, probate and court records from 1895 and burial records from 1900; Register of Deeds has land records

Benson County, North Dakota Record Dates

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 * 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
 * width="11%" align="center" |1903
 * width="11%" align="center" |1885
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 * width="11%" align="center" |1883
 * width="11%" align="center" |1883
 * width="11%" align="center" |1885
 * colspan="7" | * State births and deaths began in 1907, with high compliance by 1920s.
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Boundary Changes
1883--Benson County was created 9 March 1883 from DeSmet and Ramsey Counties. County seat: Minnewaukan
 * See ''Rotating Formation North Dakota County Boundary Maps" at MapofUS.org

Populated Places

 * Fort Totten
 * Oberon


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Biographies

 * North Dakota Biography Index at NDSU Archives - Databases

Cemeteries
www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi

Census Records

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

Church Records
Lutheran


 * Records of Flora Lutheran Church in Evangelical Lutheran Church in America database at Archives.com ($).

Emigration and Immigration

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

American Indians
Spirit Lake Reservation is located primarily in Benson County, with a portion in Eddy County. Historically it was also known as Devils Lake Reservation, and sometimes incorrectly referred to as Fort Totten Reservation.

Civil War

 * 1861-1865 - at FamilySearch Historical Collections — index, 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

 * Introduction to LDS Family History Centers

Libraries
Brenorsome Historical Society c/o Louis Garcia PO Box 232 Tokio, ND 58379 Phone: 701-294-3351

Fort Totten State Historic Site PO Box 224 Fort Totten, ND 58335 Phone:701-766-4441 Website

Lake Region Pioneer Daughters Museum at Fort Totten State Historic Site c/o Bonnie McNaughton 817 7th St. NE Devils Lake, ND 58301-2634 Phone: 701-662-7345

Minnewaukan Historical Society c/o Richard Peterson PO Box 183 Minnewaukan, ND 58351-0183 Phone:701-473-5436

Websites

 * USGenWeb project. May have maps, name indexes, history or other information for this county. Select the state, then the county.
 * Benson County, North Dakota Genealogy and Family History (Linkpendium)
 * North Dakota GenWeb Project
 * USGenWeb Archives for North Dakota
 * Cyndi’s List