North Dakota Biography

Online Resources

 * NDSU Archives - North Dakota Biography Index.
 * Compendium of history and biography of North Dakota : containing a history of North Dakota...also a compendium of biography of North Dakota. 1900, e-book
 * History of North Dakota...including the biographies of the builders of the commonwealth, part 1, part 2, e-book
 * Illustrated album of biography of the famous valley of the Red River of the North and the park regions ... of Minnesota and North Dakota. Containing biographical sketches of ... settlers and representative citizens..., e-book
 * North Dakota County and Town Histories, Digital Horizons digital library database

Search statewide, regional, and county histories for biographical information.

The North Dakota Biography Index database at the Institute for Regional Studies, North Dakota State University, indexes over 219,000 biographical sketches found in some 762 publications. Representative biographical encyclopedias are:


 * Aberle, George P. Pioneers and Their Sons.. . .Two Volumes. Bismarck, North Dakota: Tumbleweed Press, 1980. (Family History Library .) Includes family histories.
 * Compendium of History and Biography of North Dakota Containing a History of North Dakota. . . . Chicago, Illinois: George A. Ogle &amp; Company, 1900. (Family History Library .)
 * Crawford, Lewis F. et al. History of North Dakota and North Dakota Biography. Three Volumes. Chicago, Illinois: The American Historical Society, 1931. (Family History Library .) Volumes 2 and 3 are biographical.
 * Lounsberry, Clement Augustus. North Dakota History and People. Three Volumes. Chicago, Illinois: S.J. Clarke, 1917. (Family History Library ; volume 3 on .)
 * Bibliography of Agricultural and Rural Life Literature 1860-1945: North Dakota