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United States North Dakota Stelle County

Steele 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.

County Courthouse

Steele County Courthouse
201 Washington Ave W; PO Box 296;
Finley, ND 58230
Phone: 701.524.2152 

Clerk District Court has birth and death records 1894-1896
and 1900-1901, divorce and court records from 1886; County
Judge has marriage records from 1883 and probate records
from 1886; Register of Deeds has land records^[1]

History

Parent County

1883--Steele County was createed 2 June 1883 from Griggs, and Traill Counties. County seat: Finley ^[2]

Boundary Changes

Record Loss

Places/Localities

Populated Places

Neighboring Counties

Barnes | Cass | Grand Forks | Griggs | Nelson | Traill

Resources

Cemeteries

Census

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

Church

Court

Land

Local Histories

Maps

Military

Newspapers

Probate

Taxation

Vital Records

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
• Steele County, North Dakota Genealogy and Family History (Linkpendium)

References

1. ↑ Handybook for Genealogists: United States of America, 10th ed. (Draper, Utah: Everton Pub., 2002), Steele County, North Dakota. Page 526 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).