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Genealogy Resources
Genealogy 1-on-1 Assistance
Need help? Program Assistant and staff Genealogist Jackie Marler is available on the second Saturday of each month from 1 to 4 p.m. to help with your projects or answer general questions about genealogy. Sign up for an appointment with Jackie by filling out our Ask a Genealogist Sign Up Form. Walk-ins welcome, but appointments are preferred.
Online Resources
View our list of online genealogy databases.
- Aug 13
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Family History Research Specialist Available
Our staff genealogist is available to answer your questions, assist in your research, provide resources and share tips and tricks she has learned over her decades of experience with family history research.
- Aug 27
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Discovering Your Roots: Searching your Ancestors' Backyards
The first course of our "Discovering Your Roots" genealogy course series.
- Sep 10
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Family History Research Specialist Available
Our staff genealogist is available to answer your questions, assist in your research, provide resources and share tips and tricks she has learned over her decades of experience with family history research.
- Oct 8
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Family History Research Specialist Available
Our staff genealogist is available to answer your questions, assist in your research, provide resources and share tips and tricks she has learned over her decades of experience with family history research.
- Oct 22
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Discovering Your Roots: Genealogy Online
This course is part of our "Discovering Your Roots" genealogy course series.
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Website Resources
- African American Registry
- CanadaGenWeb
- Cyndi's List of Genealogy Sites on the Internet: Links to tens of thousands of genealogy-related resources on the Web. The majority are categorized and cross-referenced in over 120 categories. No annotations and few descriptions, but a very comprehensive index to all sorts of genealogy-related Internet resources.
- Denmark Demografisk Database
- Denmark Emigration Archives: Select English language at the top of the page.
- Ellis Island Passenger Search
- FamilySearch Internet Genealogy Service: The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints provides this free site which lets you search their Ancestral File, International Genealogical Index, Pedigree Resource File, and numerous databases and documents. A free registration feature also lets you collaborate with other genealogists.
- Forms and Family Trees
- Genealogy 101: Online classes from Universal Class
- Geni.com: Create your family tree with pictures and video.
- Heritage Education Commission
- Homestead Records Search - Bureau of Land Management - General Land Office
- Illinois State Archives Databases
- Military Civil War Soldiers and Sailors (National Parks Service)
- Military Indexes and Records: A Genealogy Guide
- Military Norwegians in the Civil War (Vesterheim Norwegian-American Museum)
- Minnesota Dalby Database: Cemetery Database Search
- Nationwide Gravesite Locator (United States Department of Veterans Affairs)
- Newspaper Chronicling America: Full-text access to thousands of historical newspapers from across the United States, including over 40 North Dakota newspapers.
- Newspaper Elephind: Searches most national free newspaper sites
- Newspaper Fargo Forum
- Newspaper North Dakota Title List
- Newspaper Proquest Newsstand (accessible from library computers only)
- Newspaper Wikipedia list of historical newspaper online archives
- North Dakota Alumni Grand Forks Public High Schools (Grand Forks Foundation for Education)
- North Dakota Center for Heritage Renewal (North Dakota State University)
- North Dakota Division of Vital Records
- North Dakota E.J. Lander and Co. Land Records Database
- North Dakota Gen Web Project
- North Dakota NDSU Germans from Russia Heritage Collection
- North Dakota NDSU Archives Databases and Indexes: Includes North Dakota Naturalizations, North Dakota Biography Index, 1885 Dakota Territorial Census Index, Cass County Marriages, Cass County Probates, Cass County Civil Suits, and other databases.
- North Dakota Pre-1925 Marriage Index
- North Dakota Public Death Index
- North Dakota Red River Valley Genealogical Society: Includes holdings list and some local funeral home records indexes.
- North Dakota State Historical Society
- North Dakota West Fargo Pioneer Death Index 1967 to 1977 (PDF)
- Norway Digital Archives
- Norwegian-American Bygdelagenes Fellesraad
- Rick Crume's Genealogy Links
- Swedish National Archives
- U.S. Gen Web Project