Traill County, North Dakota Genealogy

Guide to Traill County, North Dakota ancestry, genealogy and family history, birth records, marriage records, death records, census records, family history, and military records.

Description
Traill county was created in 1875. It was named after Walter John Strickland Traill, an employee of the Hudson's Bay Company and son of Canadian pioneer Catharine Parr Traill. Its county seat is Hillsboro.

County Courthouse
Traill County Courthouse 114 W Caledonia Hillsboro, ND 58045 Phone: 701.436.4454 Traill County Website Clerk District Court has birth records from 1910, marriage records from 1887, death records from 1907, burial records from 1915, divorce records records from 1890 and probate records and probate records from 1882; Register of Deeds has land records

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

Populated Places
The following are locations in the county

State Census Records

 * 1885 Dakota Territory 1885 Census Index at NDSU Archives – index only
 * 1885, 1915, 1925 North Dakota, Territorial and State Censuses, 1885, 1915, 1925 at Ancestry.com – ($), index and images
 * 1915 at FamilySearch Historical Records — index and images
 * 1925 at FamilySearch Historical Records — index and images

Federal Census Records
Federal Censuses were taken for North Dakota starting in 1910. For links to Federal census indexes, see North Dakota Census.

Church Records
Lutheran

''Aurdal Lutheran Church, Portland


 * Records of Aurdal Lutheran Church, Portland, in Evangelical Lutheran Church in America database at Archives.com ($).

''Blanchard


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

''Bruflat Lutheran Church, Portland


 * Records of Bruflat Lutheran Church, Portland, in Evangelical Lutheran Church in America database at Archives.com ($).

''Our Savior's Lutheran Church, Hatton


 * Records of Our Savior's Lutheran Church, Hatton, in Evangelical Lutheran Church in America database at Archives.com ($).

''Zion Lutheran Church, Hillsboro


 * Records of Zion Lutheran Church, Hillsboro, in Evangelical Lutheran Church in America database at Archives.com ($).

Land and Property Records
Online Land Records For more information see North Dakota Land and Property
 * Land Patent Search - index to federal patents and homesteads on the Bureau of Land Management website, some images available
 * 1796 - 1907 - U.S. General Land Office Records, 1796-1907 at Ancestry - index, info taken from Bureau of Land Management website
 * 1861 - 1936 - U.S. Homestead Records 1861-1936 at Ancestry.com - ($), index and images

Local Histories

 * Hatton's heritage : a history of Hatton, North Dakota, 1884-1959. 1959. By Harvey Wambhein. S.l. : s.n. Online at: ;.
 * Yesteryears in Traill : a history of Traill County, North Dakota. 1978. By American Revolution Bicentennial Publishing Committee (Traill County, North Dakota). Salt Lake City, Utah : Filmed by the Genealogical Society of Utah. Online at: ;.

Maps and Gazetteers

 * Interactive Formation Boundary Map of North Dakota - shows boundary changes for North Dakota Counties
 * North Dakota Maps at NDGenWeb -historical maps

Military Records
Civil War World War I
 * 1861 -1865 at FamilySearch.
 * 1890 at FamilySearch.
 * 1917 - 1918 North Dakota Military Men 1917-1918 at Ancestry ($)
 * 1917 - 1918 Roster of the men and women who served in the army or naval service (including the Marine Corps) of the United States or its allies from the state of North Dakota in the World War, 1917-1918, Vols. 1-4 at Ancestry ($)
 * For further information see North Dakota Military Records.

Naturalization and Citizenship
Online Naturalization Indexes and Records
 * North Dakota Naturalization Records Index at NDSU Archives – index only, covers various dates and counties

Newspapers
 North Dakota Newspapers Online North Dakota Newspaper Catalogs
 * GenealogyBank - ($), contains images of North Dakota newspapers
 * Newspaper Archive - ($), contains images of North Dakota newspapers
 * Chronicling America - contains images of some North Dakota newspapers; searching tips
 * Elephind - Free; search engine that retrieves newspaper images from other free newspaper websites
 * U.S. Newspaper Directory, 1690-Present on Chronicling America - contains a list of all known newspapers and the dates they cover; once you locate a newspaper name, contact the local library to see if they have copies of the newspaper
 * State Historical Society of North Dakota - contains inventory and catalog of all known ND newspapers

Probate Records
''Online Probate Records


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

Death
Online Death Indexes and Records
 * 1892-present - NDDH Public Death Index, 1892-present at North Dakota Dept. of Health – index only

Libraries
Goose River Heritage Center, Inc. 320 1st Street NW Mayville, ND 58257

Societies
Traill County Historical Society PO Box 173 Hillsboro, ND 58045-0173 Telephone: 701-636-5571

Hatton-Eielson Museum and Historical Association PO Box 33 Hatton, ND 58240-0033 Telephone: 701-543-4092 Website

Websites

 * USGenWeb project. May have maps, name indexes, history or other information for this county. Select the state, then the county.
 * The FamilySearch catalog contains descriptions and access information for all genealogical materials (including books, online materials, microfilm, microfiche, and publications) in their collection. Use Historical Records to search for specific individuals in genealogical records.
 * Traill County, North Dakota Genealogy and Family History (Linkpendium)