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United States North Dakota Billings County

Guide to Billings 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
Billings County Courthouse 495 4th Street; PO Box 138 Medora, ND 58645-0138 Phone. 701.623.4492 Billings County Website Clerk of the District Court has marriage records from 1893, burial records from 1922, divorce records, and probate records from 1895, court records from 1890, and land records from 1886.

Billings County, North Dakota Record Dates

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 * width="77%" bgcolor="#e4d8e5" align="center" colspan="7" | Beginning Dates for Major County Records
 * width="11%" bgcolor="#e4d8e5" align="center" | Birth*
 * width="11%" bgcolor="#e4d8e5" align="center" | Marriage
 * width="11%" bgcolor="#e4d8e5" align="center" | Death*
 * 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
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 * width="11%" align="center" |1887
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 * width="11%" align="center" |1879
 * width="11%" align="center" |1879
 * width="11%" align="center" |1880
 * colspan="7" | * State births and deaths began in 1907, with high compliance by 1920s.
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 * width="11%" align="center" |1880
 * colspan="7" | * State births and deaths began in 1907, with high compliance by 1920s.
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Boundary Changes
1879--Billings County was created 10 February 1879 from Howard County and unorganized territory. County seat: Medora
 * See ''Rotating Formation North Dakota County Boundary Maps" at MapofUS.org

Populated Places

 * Medora


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Biographies

 * North Dakota Biography Index at NDSU Archives - Databases

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

Emigration and Immigration

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

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
Billings County Historical Society Museum PO Box 364 Medora, ND 58645 Phone: 701-623-4829

Chateau de Mores State Historic Site PO Box 106 Medora, ND 58645 Phone: 701-623-4355 or 701-328-2666 Email[mailto:histsoc@nd.gov] Website

Websites

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