The Ancestor Hunt regularly adds and updates new collection links, as well as searches for and fixes broken links.
(This page's most recent update is October 2024)
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The Ancestor Hunt has been cataloging and listing links to free online genealogy collections in over 24 different record categories since 2014. These are available for you to view and use via the Resources tab above.
There is a massive amount of genealogy and historical material that can help us researchers as we discover who belongs in our family tree, and more importantly, what is their life story. But much of this genealogical and historical material doesn’t fit nicely into a specific genealogy record category.
As researchers, we should avail ourselves of the types of materials listed below. They definitely will help us in our genealogy and family history research These online resources are available generally at state libraries and archives, larger public libraries, and college and university digital collections. Hence the creation of these lists of links to free online digital archives for the state. I hope they prove useful to you in your pursuit.
Types of Information Available in Digital Archives
- Scrapbooks
- Diaries
- Family Papers, Biographies, and Other Collections
- Letters
- Oral Histories
- Maps
- Bulletins and Newsletters
- Corporate Collections
- Local Community and County Histories
- Photographs and Postcards
- Rare Books and Manuscripts
- Government Publications and Documents
- And yes, Genealogy Record Collections and Indexes
The Free Online Digital Archives for the state are listed below:
North Dakota Archives
- Access Genealogy – North Dakota
- Allen County Public Library Genealogy Center
- American History & Genealogy Project – North Dakota
- Ancestry Free Index Collections
- Bismarck State College Digital Collections
- Chronicling America – North Dakota
- Civil War Soldiers and Sailors Database
- Cyndi’s List – North Dakota
- David Rumsey’s Historical Maps
- Dead Fred
- Death Indexes – North Dakota
- Dickinson State University Digital Collections
- Digital Commons Collections
- Digital Horizons
- Digital Public Library of America – North Dakota
- FamilySearch
- FamilySearch – North Dakota Online Genealogy Records
- FamilySearch Catalog
- FamilySearch Wiki – North Dakota
- FindAGrave
- Genealogy Trails – North Dakota
- Germans from Russia Heritage Collection
- Google Books – North Dakota
- Grand Forks Public Library
- HathiTrust – North Dakota
- I Dream of Genealogy
- Interment.net – North Dakota
- Internet Archive – North Dakota
- James River Valley Library System
- LDS Genealogy – North Dakota
- Library of Congress Digital Collections
- Linkpendium – North Dakota
- Mandan Historical Society
- Minot State University Digital Collections
- National Archives and Records Administration
- National Archives at Denver
- National Archives at Kansas City
- National Archives Online Exhibits
- National Archives Resources for Genealogists
- Nationwide Gravesite Locator
- New Horizons Genealogy – North Dakota
- North Dakota State Archives
- North Dakota State College of Science Digital Collections
- North Dakota State Library
- North Dakota State University Archives
- North Dakota State University Archives – Genealogy and Biography
- North Dakota State University Digital Collections
- North Dakota State University Institute for Regional Studies
- PastPerfectOnline Collections
- Red River Valley Genealogical Society
- Sanborn Maps – North Dakota
- Smithsonian Digital Library
- State Historical Society of North Dakota
- The Official Land Records Site
- United States Social Security Death Index
- University of North Dakota Digital Collections
- US GenWeb – North Dakota
- US GenWeb Archives – North Dakota
- West Fargo Public Library
Good Luck and Happy Hunting!