Williams County, North Dakota Genealogy

United States North Dakota  Williams County

Williams 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
District Court Clerk has birth, marriage, death, burial, probate, court and naturalization records; County Treasurer Recorder has land records; Veterans Service Office has military records.

Parent Counties
30 November 1892: Williams County was created from Buford (Old) and Flannery (Old) Counties. County seat: Williston

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

Populated Places
Alamo Appam Corinth Grenora Williston

Neighboring Counties
Burke | Divide | McKenzie | Mountrail | Montana counties: Richland | Roosevelt | Sheridan

Census

 * 1900
 * 1910
 * 1915
 * 1920
 * 1925
 * 1930

Lutheran

 * Records of Bethesda Lutheran Church, Williams County, in Evangelical Lutheran Church in America database at Archives.com ($).

Probate
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

 * Williston North Dakota Family History Center

Web Sites

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