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United States North Dakota Golden Valley County

Guide to Golden Valley 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
Clerk District Court has birth, marriage, death, burial, divorce and court records from 1912; Register of Deeds has land records from 1912

Golden Valley 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" |1912
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 * width="11%" align="center" |1920
 * width="11%" align="center" |1912
 * width="11%" align="center" |1912
 * width="11%" align="center" |1920
 * colspan="7" | * State births and deaths began in 1907, with high compliance by 1920s.
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 * width="11%" align="center" |1920
 * colspan="7" | * State births and deaths began in 1907, with high compliance by 1920s.
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Boundary Changes
1912--Golden Valley County was created 19 November 1912 from Billings County. County seat: Beach
 * See ''Rotating Formation North Dakota County Boundary Maps" at MapofUS.org

Cities and Towns

 * For items in cities and towns, click, then click Places within United States, North Dakota, Golden Valley. (Note: the link appears only if items have been cataloged under at least one town.)

Populated Places
 * Beach


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Biographies

 * North Dakota Biography Index at NDSU Archives - Databases

Census Records

 * 1915
 * 1920
 * 1925
 * 1930
 * 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

Church Records
Lutheran


 * Records of Scandia Lutheran Church, Golden Valley, in Evangelical Lutheran Church in America database at Archives.com ($).

Emigration and Immigration

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

Local Histories

 * See also Cities and Towns for resources in the FamilySearch Catalog

Civil War

 * 1861-1865 - at FamilySearch Historical Collections — 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
Major catalogs for books, microfilm, or collections pertaining to Golden+Valley County
 * — For cities and towns, click the Places within United States, North Dakota, ... link which appears if an item is cataloged to any town in the county
 * WorldCat — Click an item for libraries near you. For more information, see WorldCat Online Catalog.
 * Allen County Public Library — Located in Indiana, they are heavily involved in digitizing much of their collection.
 * North Dakota State Library — The topics "genealogy" and "magazines and newspapers" may be especially interesting.
 * Local libraries and North Dakota Archives and Libraries may suggest other catalogs

Websites
Sites with online indexes or images of records
 * USGenWeb project. May have maps, name indexes, history or other information for this county. Select the state, then the county.
 * North Dakota GenWeb Project at NDGenWeb.org
 * USGenWeb for North Dakota

More Golden Valley County genealogy links
 * Linkpendium - Some sites they list may have fees
 * CyndisList - Some sites they list may have fees