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United States North Dakota Barnes County

Guide to Barnes 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
Barnes County Courthouse 230 4th S NE Valley City, ND 58072 Phone: 701-845-8512 Barnes County Website Clerk District Court has birth, death, burial and court records; County Judge has marriage and probate records

Barnes 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
 * width="11%" align="center" |1893
 * width="11%" align="center" |1882
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 * width="11%" align="center" |1880
 * width="11%" align="center" |1875
 * width="11%" align="center" |1875
 * 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
1873--Barnes County was created 4 January 1873 from Pembina County. County seat: Valley City
 * 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, Barnes. (Note: the link appears only if items have been cataloged under at least one town.)

Populated Places


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Biographies

 * North Dakota Biography Index at NDSU Archives - Databases

Cemeteries
Census
 * 1885
 * 1890
 * 1900
 * 1910
 * 1920
 * 1925

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

Church Records
Lutheran

'''Skandia


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

'''Spring Creek, Hasting


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

'''Valley City


 * Records of the American Lutheran Church, Valley City, in Evangelical Lutheran Church in America database at Archives.com ($).

Emigration and Immigration

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

Local Histories

 * Some cities and towns may have local histories.

Maps and Gazetteers

 * Family Maps of Barnes County, North Dakota Genealogy (land patent maps) at HistoryGeo.com ($). Free surname search.

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 Barnes 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 Barnes County genealogy links
 * Linkpendium - Some sites they list may have fees
 * CyndisList - Some sites they list may have fees