North Dakota Societies

Genealogical, historical, trail, and ethnic societies often collect, transcribe, and publish information that can be helpful to genealogists.

State Historical Society of North Dakota
North Dakota Heritage Center 612 E. Boulevard Avenue Bismarck, ND 58505 Phone: (701) 328-2668

Minnkota Genealogical Society
P.O. Box 12744 Grand Forks, ND 58208-2744

North Dakota State Genealogical Society, Inc.
The North Dakota State Genealogical Society meets three times a year usually at the Heritage Center in Bismarck. The meetings are held in April, July and October usually on the second Friday. Please contact Patrice Hartman at 5750 104th Ave. SW, Regent, ND 58650 for more information. website

Southwestern North Dakota Genealogical Society
The Southwestern North Dakota Genealogical Society meet in the months of April through October at the Dickinson Public Library in Dickinson, ND. Contact Patrice Hartman at 5750 104th Ave. SW, Regent, ND 58650 for more information.

Red River Valley Genealogical Society
P.O. Box 9284 Fargo, ND 58106-9284 Website: RedRiverGenealogy.com

Lewis &amp; Clark Fort Mandan Foundation
P.O. Box 607 Washburn, ND 58577 Website: Lewis & Clark Fort Mandan Foundation

Germans from Russia Heritage Society
1125 West Turnpike Avenue Bismarck, ND 58501 website

Germans from Russia Heritage Collection
North Dakota State University Main Library 1201 Albrecht Blvd. Fargo, ND 58102 website

The Germans from Russia Heritage Collection (GRHC) at the NDSU Libraries was established in July 1978, which was first housed with the North Dakota Institute for Regional Studies.

American Historical Society of Germans from Russia
The American Historical Society of Germans from Russia (AHSGR) does not have a chapter in North Dakota, but some of their research holdings are available online.

A helpful guide to several important North Dakota collections is John B. Davenport (v. 1), Colleen A. Oihus (v. 2), and Sandra J. Beidler (v. 3), Guide to the Orin G. Libby Manuscript Collection and Related Research Collections,, Three Volumes. (Grand Forks, North Dakota: Chester Fritz Library, University of North Dakota, 1975, 1983, 1985).

To learn more about the history and record-keeping systems of North Dakota counties, use the inventories of the Mercer, Golden Valley, and Williams Counties' archives published by the Historical Records Survey around 1940. The FamilySearch Library has copies of these inventories.