Land Office Tract Books list first entries for public land. Township and range must be provided to attempt a search. We do not have the homestead files. Index to deaths in North Dakota . Through the cooperative efforts of the Vital Records Office of the Health Department and the Bismarck-Mandan Historical and Genealogical Society, an index to deaths in the state is available for use in the reading room.
Newspapers are sources for information of local interest.
Marriage and birth announcements, obituaries or other items from the newspapers can be searched only if the month, day, year and location of the event can be provided. County Plat Books and Atlases dating from 1884 show land ownership by township. Microfilmed atlases are available through interlibrary loan. Searches can be attempted only if the county, township and range can be provided. The Pioneer Mothers Project created by the North Dakota Federation of Women's Clubs in the 1930s contains family histories, biographical materials, obituaries and a few lineage charts.