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(This page's most recent update is November 2024)
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One of the main goals for genealogists is finding marriage information about their ancestors.
Over the past few decades, thanks to volunteers, librarians, and archivists, a great number of indexes to marriage collections have been provided for free online. These searchable indexes provide specific marriage license, bond, and certificate information, and sometimes scanned images of the actual marriage documents themselves. These free online collections have hundreds of millions of records in them in total.
There are a great number of online and offline collections that may include marriage information that is not included in the lists below. These different types can be found in 27 Ways to Find Ancestor Marriage Information.
The lists below are specific marriage indexes and record collections that are available for free online for the state of North Dakota.
Note: Some links listed take you to a FamilySearch Collection of digital images. Near the bottom of the page under Film/Digital Notes is the name of each sub-collection. If there is a camera icon at the right of the name (in the Format column) then the collections’ images are browsable. If there is a camera with a key icon, it is only available at a Family History Center or affiliated library. If there is a film reel icon, then it is only available in microfilm format, not digital. To take full advantage make sure that you are logged in to FamilySearch. The results may be different if you are signed in, rather than not.
Note: I have included links to Free Ancestry records and indexes. You do not need a subscription but do need an Ancestry account. Without a subscription, you can view indexes. If there is an image associated with a record, in most cases you will need a subscription, but the index does include very usable information.
North Dakota Marriage Records
- Adams County Marriage Records, 1907-1925
- Barnes County Marriage Records, 1880-1890
- Bottineau County Marriage Records, 1887-1925
- Bowman County Marriages
- Bowman County, Marriage Records, 1907-1925
- Burke County, Marriage Records, 1907-1929
- Burleigh County, Marriage Records, 1874-1925
- Burleigh County, Records of Wills and Marriages, 1890-1900
- Cass County Marriage Index 1872-1944
- Cass County, Marriage License Index, 1873-1944
- Cass County, Marriage Records, 1872-1888
- Cass County, Marriage Records, 1877-1944
- Cass County, Marriages
- Cavalier County, Marriage Records, 1877-1925
- Dickey County Marriage Index
- Dickey County, Marriage Records, 1877-1925
- Eddy County, Marriage Records, 1889-1925
- Fort Berthold Agency, Agency Records, 1885-1951
- Fort Berthold, Indian Census Rolls, 1889-1939
- Fort Totten Agency, Agency Records, 1881-1941
- Fort Totten, Indian Census Rolls, 1906-1939
- Grand Forks County Marriage Licenses, 1875-1925
- Grand Forks County, Marriage Records, 1875-1926
- Hankinson, Richland County, Hankinson News, Marriage and Death Announcements
- LaMoure County St. Paul Lutheran Baptisms, Marriages, and Deaths
- LaMoure County, Marriage Records, 1883-1925
- McHenry County, Marriage Records, 1905-1922
- McKenzie County, Marriage Records, 1908-1925
- McLean County, Marriage Records, 1891-1928
- Miscellaneous BMD Records by County
- Mountrail County, Marriage Records, 1909-1925
- Nelson County, Marriage Records, 1897-1919
- North Dakota, County Marriages, 1872-1958
- North Dakota, Select County Marriages, 1890-2020
- Pembina County, Marriage Indexes
- Pembina County, Marriage Records, 1872-1932
- Pembina County, Marriages
- Ransom County, Marriage Records, 1882-1925
- Richland County Marriages
- Richland County, Marriage Records, 1877-1925
- Sargent County, Marriage Records, 1885-1925
- Sioux County, Marriage Records, 1916-1925
- Standing Rock Agency Births, Marriages, and Deaths, 1880-1942
- Stark County, Marriage Indexes
- State Historical Society of North Dakota – Marriage Index – pre-1925
- Steele County, Marriage Records, 1887-1959
- Stutsman County Marriage Index 1884-1925
- Stutsman County, Marriage Indexes
- Towner County Marriages 1888-1949
- Towner County, Marriage Indexes
- Towner County, Marriage Records, 1888-1949
- Traill County Marriages 1872-1899
- Traill County, Marriage Indexes
- Turtle Mountain Agency, Agency Records, 1884-1952
- Turtle Mountain, Indian Census Rolls, 1910-1939
- United States Marriages, 1733-1990
- United States, Freedmen’s Bureau Marriages, 1861-1872
- Ward County Marriages
Good Luck and Happy Hunting!
3 replies on “Free Online North Dakota Marriage Records and Indexes”
The Ward County marriages link didn’t work for me.
On this page;
https://theancestorhunt.com/blog/free-online-north-dakota-marriage-records-and-indexes/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=free-online-north-dakota-marriage-records-and-indexes
It pointed to;
https://www.history.nd.gov/archives/marriage_emmons.asp
404 – File or directory not found.
I saw some at;
https://statemuseum.nd.gov/database/marriages/
Thanks, Brian. I’ll take a look at it and fix if possible.
Fixed.