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Griggs 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.

Griggs County, North Dakota
Map
Location in the state of North Dakota
Location of North Dakota in the U.S.
Facts
Founded	February 18, 1881
County Seat	Cooperstown
Courthouse
Address	Griggs County Courthouse 808 Rollin Ave SW Cooperstown, ND 58425 Phone: 701.797.2772 Griggs County Website

County Courthouse

Clerk District Court has birth records from 1901,
marriage and probate records from 1883, death records
from 1901, divorce and court records from 1887;
Register of Deeds has land records from 1880^[1]

History

Parent County

1881--Griggs County was created 18 February 1881 from Foster,  and Traill Counties.
County seat: Cooperstown ^[2]

Boundary Changes

Record Loss

Places/Localities

Populated Places

Neighboring Counties

Barnes | Eddy | Foster | Nelson | Steele | Stutsman

Resources

Cemeteries

Census

• 1885
• 1890
• 1900
• 1910
• 1915
• 1920
• 1925
• 1930

Church

Court

Land

Local Histories

Maps

Military

Newspapers

Probate

Taxation

Vital Records

Vital Records consist of births, adoptions, marriages, divorces, and deaths recorded on registers, certificates, and documents. A copy or an extract of most original records can be purchased from the North Dakota Vital Records State Department of Health or the County Clerk's office of the county where the event occurred.

Societies and Libraries

Family History Centers

• Introduction to LDS Family History Centers

Web Sites

• USGenWeb project. May have maps, name indexes, history or other information for this county. Select the state, then the county.
• Family History Library Catalog
• Griggs County, North Dakota Genealogy and Family History (Linkpendium)

References

1. ↑ Handybook for Genealogists: United States of America, 10th ed. (Draper, Utah: Everton Pub., 2002), Griggs County, North Dakota. Page 524 At various libraries (WorldCat); FHL Book 973 D27e 2002.
2. ↑ The Handybook for Genealogists: United States of America,10th ed. (Draper, UT:Everton Publishers, 2002).

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