North Dakota Probate Records

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Probate Records

Online Resources

• North Dakota and South Dakota, Wills and Probate Records, 1800-1985, ($), index and images, incomplete.
• 1800 – 1985 North Dakota and South Dakota Wills and Probate Records 1800-1985 at Ancestry.com — index and images $

History

Probate records of North Dakota have been under the jurisdiction of the county courts. North Dakota probate records include dockets, guardians records, administrators records, real estate records, personal property records, and claim registers.

Availability

The Family History Library does not presently have copies of probate records from North Dakota. They are at the clerk's office in each county courthouse.

Some later estate records are available at: http://www.court.state.nd.us/opinions/topics/176.htm

The Daughters of the American Revolution (DAR) Collection includes some North Dakota wills for Burleigh county (Family History Library FHL film 859737).

References

North Dakota Research Outline.Salt Lake City, Utah: Intellectual Reserve, Inc., Family History Department, 1998, 2001.

NOTE: All of the information from the original research outline has been imported into the FamilySearch Wiki and is being updated as time permits.

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