Rolette County, North Dakota Genealogy

United States North Dakota Rolette County

Rollette 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
Clerk District Court has birth, death, and burial records from 1943, marriage, divorce and court records from 1887 and probate records from 1896; Register of Deeds has land records

Parent County
1873--Rolette County was created 4 January 1873 from Buffalo (Old) County. County seat: Rolla

Populated Places
Belcourt Dunseith St. John

Indian Reservations
The Turtle Mountain Indian Reservation is primarily located in the Turtle Mountains in this county.

Neighboring Counties
Bottineau | Pierce | Towner

American Indians
1900 Federal Census and index of the Turtle Mountain Indian Reservation, Rolette County, North Dakota by Mary Ann Quirring, Lily B. Zwolle. WorldCat

Turtle Mountain Chippewa, Roulette, North Dakota 1900 Census by Gail Morin WorldCat

Census

 * 1880
 * 1885
 * 1890
 * 1900
 * 1910
 * 1915
 * 1920
 * 1925
 * 1930

Lutheran

 * Records of Trinity Lutheran Church, Rolette, 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 $

Web Sites

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