Resources

There are hundreds of genealogy-related websites to help you with your family history development. If you have additional resources that you have found to be quite helpful, please share them with us.

• Wikipedia
• FamilySearch
  • North Dakota Census, 1915
  • North Dakota Census, 1925
  • North Dakota Manifests of Immigrant Arrivals 1910-1952
  • North Dakota, County Marriages, 1872-1958
  • North Dakota, Cemetery Records, 1877-1999
  • North Dakota, Red River Valley Genealogical Society Pioneer Files, 1880-1953
  • Wiki
• FindAGrave
• National Register of Historic Places info and photos of Episcopal Church of the Good Shepard, Nesheim Bridge, Old Settler's Pavilion, and Tofthagen Library Museum
• Bureau of Land Management - land patents
• North Dakota Courts
• Nelson County - government website
• County Recorder & Clerk of Court
• Lakota City Library
• Nelson County Public Library
• Nelson County Historical Society is located in Lakota. They operate the Stump Lake Village Pioneer Museum in Pekin. More info is available at Facebook.
• State Historical Society of North Dakota
• Historic Map Works - many plat maps are available to view online at no charge
• MapGeeks
• Sanborn Fire Insurance Maps
• Ghost Towns of North Dakota - Mapes
• Digital Horizons - has loads of great North Dakota history including county and town histories
  • Aneta Diamond Jubilee, 1896-1971
  • Diamond Jubilee, Pekin, North Dakota: 75 years, 1906-1981
  • Lakota, North Dakota, 1901, a promotional booklet
  • Lakota ... 100 Years, 1883-1983
  • Lakota's 75 Years: Lakota Diamond Jubilee, 1883-1958
  • McVille, North Dakota, 1906-1981
  • McVille, North Dakota: Community Fact Survey
  • Michigan City Centennial, 1883-1983
  • Michigan, North Dakota: Community Fact Survey
  • Nelson County History, 1985 -  Volume 1   Volume 2
  • Petersburg Diamond Julilee, 1882-1957
  • Pioneer Stories, 1925
  • 75th Anniversary: Gethsemane Lutheran Church, 1901-1976 - in Tolna
  • 75th Anniversary of Michigan in North Dakota, 1883-1958
  • Tolna & Tolna Community: Bicentennial History, 1906-1976
  • 25 Years of Grace: Grace Lutheran Church, 1949-1974
• Chronicling America - Library of Congress free online newspaper collection
• North Dakota Newspaper Association
• ObitCity
• GenealogyBuff
• GenealogyTrails
• Internet Archive
• 1889 The State of North Dakota Statistical, Historical, and Political Abstract
• 1900 Compendium History and Biography of North Dakota
• 1917 North Dakota History and People Volume 1, Volume 2, Volume 3
• 1923 Collections of the State Historical Society of North Dakota, Volume 5
• Volunteer Arnfinn Kjelland arnfinnkjelland@gmail.com will do lookups from the bygdeboks for the Norwegian parishes Lesja and Lom of Gudbrandsdalen, Norway
• The Ancestor Hunt
• NDFamilyHistory Query Board and Mailing List at groups.io
• Facebook has several helpful groups such as North Dakota Genealogy, North and South Dakota Norwegians - Genealogy, North Dakota State Genealogical Society, North Dakota Genealogy! Just Ask! and North Dakota Genealogy Network and the list goes on.
• Cemeteries of North Dakota, volume 12, published in 1975 by the Red River Valley Genealogical Society, P.O. Box 9284, Fargo, ND 58106-9284, lists Nelson County burials (not available to read online, as of 2025 Apr)

List of Churches

Community Church, Aneta, (701) 326-4514
Sacred Heart Catholic Church, Aneta, (701) 326-4276
Sundahl Lutheran Church, Aneta, (701) 326-4177
Parsonage, Aneta, (701) 326-4326
Dahlen Lutheran Church, Dahlen, (701) 384-6104
Congregational Church, Lakota, (701) 247-2598
Grace Lutheran Church, Lakota, (701) 247-2625
Parsonage, Lakota, (701) 247-2836
Lakota Lutheran Church (ALC), Lakota, (701) 247-2777
Pastor’s Residence, Lakota, (701) 247-2856
St. Mary’s Catholic Church, Lakota, (701) 247-2584
Pastor’s Residence, Lakota, (701) 247-2594
McVille Lutheran Church, McVille, (701) 322-4952
New Luther Valley Lutheran Church, McVille, (701) 322-4313
Our Saviors Lutheran Church, Kloten, (701) 322-4773
Michigan Lutheran Church, Michigan, (701) 259-2479
St. Lawrence Catholic Church, Michigan, (701) 259-2253
Rectory, Michigan, (701) 259-2248
Pekin Lutheran Church, Pekin, (701) 296-4450
Parsonage, Pekin, (701) 296-4435
Sheyenne Lutheran Church, Pekin, (701) 296-4500
Petersburg Lutheran Church, Petersburg, (701) 345-8485
Parsonage, Petersburg, (701) 345-8272
New Life Fellowship, Tolna, (701) 262-4470
St. Joseph’s Church, Tolna, (701) 262-4214
Sigdal Church, Hamar, (701) 262-4596
Tolna Lutheran Church, Tolna, (701) 262-4714

Contributed by Mary Lindbo

List of Funeral Directors

Aaker Dunnigan & Brooks	204 College Dr S	Devils Lake ND 58301	(701) 662-1081
Aaker Funeral Home	116 W C Av	Lakota ND 58344	(701) 247-2509
Anderson Funeral Home	119 3 St SW	Rugby ND 58368-1709	(701) 776-6381
Brooks Funeral Home	623 9th Ave	Langdon ND 58249-2311	(701) 256-2568
Burke Funeral Chapel	Po Box 632	Devils Lake ND 58301	(701) 662-2626
Dunnigan-Dix Funeral Home	404 4th Ave	Cando ND 58324-6341	(701) 968-3824
Elick Funeral Home	305 1 Av NE	Rolla ND 58367-7175	(701) 477-3189
Evans Funeral Home	90 Poplar Ave	Carrington ND 58421	(701) 652-3003
Evans Funeral Home		New Rockford ND 58356	(701) 947-2911
Gilbertson-Gloger-Funeral Home	Highway 2 & 19	Devils Lake ND 58301	(701) 662-2511
Nelson Funeral Home		Leeds ND	(701) 466-2203
Nelson Funeral Home		Maddock ND	(701) 438-2456
Niewoehner Funeral Home	213 2 Av SW	Rugby ND 58368-1705	(701) 776-6222
Stanley-Iverson Funeral Home		McVille, ND	(701) 322-4451

Contributed by Mary Lindbo

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