Ransom County ND Genealogy

USA (1,379,301) > North Dakota (11,602) > Ransom County (154)


record type help


If you're not sure which records would be helpful, you can try our Ancestor Source Finder tool.

Ransom County Records by City/Town

Fort Ransom Genealogy (27)
Lisbon Genealogy (48)


Sheldon Genealogy (25)

Overview of Ransom County Records

  • Ransom County was created in 1873 from Pembina County.
  • Birth records from 1870 to the present (incomplete before 1920) and death records from 1893 to the present (incomplete before 1920) can be obtained from the North Dakota Department of Health.
  • The Ransom County Clerk District Court has birth and death records starting in 1943, marriage records starting in 1882, divorce records, probate records starting in 1873, and court records starting in 1873.
  • The Ransom County Registrar of Deeds has land records starting in 1873.
  • Online indexes and images of some of the above records can be found by using the links on this site.