Grand Forks County, North Dakota Genealogy

United States North Dakota  Grand Forks County

Grand Forks 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
Clerk District Court has birth records from 1903, death records from 1908, divorce records from 1878, burial and court reocrds, adoption records and change of name; County Judge has marriage records from 1887 and probate records from 1880; Register of Deeds has land records

Parent County
1873--Grand Forks County was created 4 January 1873 from Pembina County. County seat: Grand Forks

Neighboring Counties
Nelson | Steele | Traill | Walsh | Minnesota counties: Marshall | Polk

Census

 * 1880
 * 1885
 * 1890
 * 1900
 * 1910
 * 1915
 * 1920
 * 1925
 * 1930

Lutheran
Our Savior's Lutheran Church, Grand Forks


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

United Lutheran Church


 * Records of United Lutheran Church, Grand Forks County, in Evangelical Lutheran Church in America database at Archives.com ($).

Probate
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

 * Grand Forks North Dakota Family History Center

Web Sites

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