Background Sources for North Dakota

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This entry was originally written by Beth H. Bauman and Marsha Hoffman Rising, CG, FUGA, FASG for Red Book: American State, County, and Town Sources.

This article is part of the North Dakota Family History Research series.

History of North Dakota

North Dakota Vital Records

Census Records for North Dakota

Background Sources for North Dakota

North Dakota Maps

North Dakota Land Records

North Dakota Probate Records

North Dakota Court Records

North Dakota Tax Records

North Dakota Cemetery Records

North Dakota Church Records

North Dakota Military Records

North Dakota Periodicals, Newspapers, and Manuscript Collections

North Dakota Archives, Libraries, and Societies

North Dakota Naturalization

Ethnic Groups of North Dakota

North Dakota County Resources

Map of North Dakota

• Aberle, George. Pioneers and Their Sons: 165 Family Histories. 2 vols. Bismarck, N.Dak.: Tumbleweed Press, 1980.

• Bye, John E. Guide to Manuscripts and Archives. Fargo, N.Dak.: North Dakota Institute for Regional Studies, 1985. An index is available at www.discovernd.com/hist.

• Collections of the State Historical Society of North Dakota. 7 vols. Bismarck, N.Dak.: North Dakota Historical Society, 1906–25. Volume 4 (1913) contains a transcription of the 1885 census for some counties.

• Hennesey, W. B. Compendium of History and Biography of North Dakota. Chicago: George A. Ogle & Co., 1900.

• ———. History of North Dakota. Bismarck, N.Dak.: Bismarck Tribune, 1910.

• Lounsberry, Clement Augustus. North Dakota History and People: Outlines of American History. 3 vols. Chicago: S. J. Clarke, ca. 1916.

• Miller, Michael M. Researching Germans from Russia: An Annotated Bibliography. Fargo, N.Dak.: North Dakota Institute for Regional Studies, 1987.

• Robinson, Elwyn B. “The Themes of North Dakota History.” North Dakota History 26 (January–October 1959): 5-24.

• ——. History of North Dakota. Lincoln, Nebr.: University of Nebraska Press, 1966.

• Sherman, William C. and Playford V. Thorson, eds. Plains Folks: North Dakota’s Ethnic History. Fargo, N.Dak.: North Dakota Institute for Regional Studies, 1988.

• Ulvestad, Martin. Norwegians in America. 2 vols. (in Norwegian). This publication discusses Norwegian migration to North America, specifically North Dakota.

• Wick, Douglas A. North Dakota Place Names. Bismarck, N.Dak.: Hedemarken Collectibles, 1988.

• Williams, Mary Ann Barnes. Origins of North Dakota Place Names. Washburn, N.Dak.: the author, 1966.