Pembina County, North Dakota Genealogy

United States North Dakota  Pembina County

Pembina 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 and death records from 1893, marriage records from 1882, divorce, court, and probate records from 1883, military records from 1945, and burial records from 1943; Register of Deeds  has land records.

Parent County
1867--Pembina County was created 9 January 1867 from unorganized territory. County seat: Cavalier

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

Populated Places
Bathgate Canton City Drayton Leroy Mountain Neche Pembina St. Thomas

Neighboring Counties
Cavalier | Walsh | Minnesota counties: Kittson | Marshall | Manitoba, Canada

Census

 * 1870
 * 1880
 * 1885
 * 1890
 * 1900
 * 1910
 * 1915
 * 1920
 * 1925

Church

 * Records of the Norwegian Lutheran Church, Drayton, in Evangelical Lutheran Church in America database at Archives.com ($).


 * Thingvalla Lutheran Church (Icelandic)

Local Histories
The Icelandic settlement of Pembina County, Johnson, Sveinbjorn

City of Pembina history and links

The Dakota Icelanders Project

The Emigration from Iceland to North America

Probate
Online Probate Records


 * 1800 – 1985 North Dakota and South Dakota Wills and Probate Records 1800-1985 at Ancestry.com — index and images $

Societies and Libraries
Pembina County Historical Society 13571 Hwy. 5 Cavalier, ND 58220 Phone: 701-265-8196 or 701-265-4941

Fort Pembina Historical Society 163 Chippewa Street West Pembina, ND 5827

Ox Cart Trails Historical Society Inc. 709 Dakota Court Pembina, ND 58271-0456 Phone:701-454-6103

Web Sites

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