University of North Dakota, Grand Forks

Elwyn B. Robinson Department of Special Collections

Family History Guide

VITAL RECORDS

Kemp, Thomas Jay. International Vital Records Handbook. Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing Co., 2000.

One handbook reproduces forms and offers information so that researchers may obtain copies of birth, marriage, and death certificates from the fifty states, the United States Trust Territories, Canada, Mexico, and other countries around the world. Websites also are listed for some civil registration offices.
CS42.7 .K46 2000

Bowen, Jeff. Chippewa Indians Turtle Mountain Reservation Birth and Death Rolls, 1924-1932. Signal Mountain, TN: Mountain Press, 1996.
E78 .N75 B68 1996

-----. Oglala Sioux Indians Pine Ridge Reservation Birth and Death Rolls, 1924-1932. Signal Mountain, TN: Mountain Press, 1996.
E99 .O3 B68 1996

-----. Standing Rock Reservation: North and South Dakota Standing Rock Sioux Indians Birth and Death Rolls, 1924-1932. Signal Mountain, TN: Mountain Press, 1996.
E99 .D1 B68 1996

CANADIAN MARRIAGE RECORDS

Sixteen volumes, some divided into parts, index Upper Canada /Canada West marriages. During Ontario's settlement period, each District Clerk of the Peace recorded marriages from returns submitted by Clergy. Even though all Districts were abolished in 1850., Ontario's administrative unit changed unevenly from district to county, and some County Clerks of Peace continued to record marriages in District registers after county formation. The time frame covered for each District varies, the earliest 1795 and the latest 1865. Each volume contains returns transcribed exactly as they appeared in the register, and an alphabetical surname index.

Twenty-six volumes index Quebec marriages for eight counties. Champlain, Nicolet, and Portneuf are covered extensively, and the counties of Bastican, lles de la Madeleine, Kamouraska, Lotbiniere, and Saint Maurice less so. Each volume indexes a particular church parish and contains an alphabetical surname index, and lists the name of the husband, maiden name of the wife and date of marriage. Each volume may also contain a brief history of the parish. Most list marriages dating from the 1700's to the early 1900's, the earliest 1654 and the latest 1973.

GRAND FORKS COUNTY MARRIAGE RECORDS (OGL#1421)

Includes Registry Indexes of Marriage Certificates, 1875 - October 1995 and individual certificates, September 1887 - October 1995. Searchable database for 1875 to June 30, 1925 at:
http://www.library.und.edu/Collections/searchMarriageLic.jsp

GRAND FORKS COUNTY CORONER CERTIFICATES, 1882-1989 (OGL#1429)

Includes two index books, searchable database at:
http://www.library.und.edu/Collections/searchGFCoroner.jsp

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