Stutsman County, North Dakota Genealogy

United States North Dakota  Stutsman County

Stutsman 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, death, burial, divorce and court records; Register of Deeds has land records; County Judge has marriage and probate records

Parent Counties
4 January 1873: Stutsman County was createdfrom Pembina and Buffalo Counties (Buffalo County, North Dakota is no long existent.) County seat: Jamestown

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

Populated Places
Buchanan Courtenay Jamestown Medina Streeter Ypsilanti

Neighboring Counties
Barnes | Foster | Griggs | Kidder | LaMoure | Logan | Wells

Cemeteries
Cemetery transcriptions for cemeteries in Stutsman County, providing name, date of birth, and date of death where available

Census
Online Territory and State Census Indexes and 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


 * 1880
 * 1890
 * 1900
 * 1910
 * 1920
 * 1930

Lutheran

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

Trinity Lutheran Church, Jamestown


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

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

Probate
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

Societies and Libraries
Stutsman County Memorial Museum PO Box 1002 Jamestown, ND 58401-1002 Telephone Number: 701-252-6741 Website

Family History Centers

 * Jamestown 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.
 * Stutsman County, North Dakota Genealogy and Family History (Linkpendium)
 * Stutsman County, North Dakota Genealogy and Family History (Linkpendium)