To request homestead file information, ask for NATF-Form 84, National Archives Order for Copies of Land Entry Files. For additional information on genealogical research materials available through the National Archives, visit the National Archives genealogy web page . Records of several land companies doing business in North Dakota, including M. Sigbert Awes Company, Sidney Ballou, William H. Brown Land Company, and H. J. Johnson Land and Cattle Company. Records of the Board of University and School Lands. Selected county assessment records.
Records are available from only a few counties.
Land survey maps, 1870-1905. Promotional pamphlets produced by various land companies, speculators and the railroads. Photographs, including early bird's-eye views of certain cities. All collections are available for research use. Please contact the Museum Division staff for information concerning museum artifacts.