Columbus Genealogy (in Burke County, ND)

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NOTE: Additional records that apply to Columbus are also found through the Burke County and North Dakota pages.


Columbus Birth Records

North Dakota, Birth Records, 1870-present (incomplete before 1920) North Dakota Department of Health

Columbus Cemetery Records

Bethany Cemetery Find a Grave online

Bethlehem Lutheran Cemetery Find a Grave online

Buckneberg Cemetery Find a Grave online

Columbus Cemetery Find a Grave online

Fern Cemetery Find a Grave online

First Trinity Lutheran Cemetery Find a Grave online

Grand View Lutheran Cemetery Find a Grave online

Saint Michaels Catholic Cemetery Find a Grave online

Short Creek Cemetery Find a Grave online

Columbus Census Records

1915 North Dakota State Census (included in North Dakota Territorial and State Census) Ancestry online

1925 North Dakota State Census (included in North Dakota Territorial and State Census) Ancestry online

U.S. Federal Census 1790-1950 Ancestry online

U.S. Federal Census 1790-1950 MyHeritage online

United States Federal Census, 1790-1950 Family Search online

Columbus Church Records

Bethlehem Lutheran church records (in U.S., Evangelical Lutheran Church in America Church Records collection) Ancestry online

First Lutheran church records (in U.S., Evangelical Lutheran Church in America Church Records collection) Ancestry online

Grand View Lutheran church records (in U.S., Evangelical Lutheran Church in America Church Records collection) Ancestry online

Pleasant Prairie Lutheran church records (in U.S., Evangelical Lutheran Church in America Church Records collection) Ancestry online

Short Creek Lutheran church records (in U.S., Evangelical Lutheran Church in America Church Records collection) Ancestry online

Columbus Death Records

1908-2007 North Dakota State Death Certificates Ancestry online

North Dakota, Death Records, 1893-present (incomplete before 1920) North Dakota Department of Health

Columbus Immigration Records

1873-1952 North Dakota Naturalizations Ancestry online

Naturalization records, 1910-1955 FamilySearch Library

North Dakota, Naturalization Index, 1874-1963 Ancestry online

Columbus Marriage Records

1872-2017 North Dakota Select County Marriage Records Ancestry online

Columbus Newspapers and Obituaries

Columbus Reporter 1908-1957 Divide County Library online

Columbus Reporter 1908-1957 North Dakota NDarchives online

Columbus Yearbooks 1956-1967 Divide County Library online

Offline Newspapers for Columbus

According to the US Newspaper Directory, the following newspapers were printed, so there may be paper or microfilm copies available. For more information on how to locate offline newspapers, see our article on Locating Offline Newspapers.

Columbus Reporter and A Continuation of the Burke County Independent. (Columbus, N.D.) 1936-1951

Columbus Reporter. (Columbus, N.D.) 1951-1957

Columbus Reporter. (Columbus, Ward County, N.D.) 1906-1936

Columbus School Records

Columbus High School yearbook, 1960, 1961, 1962, 1963, 1964, 1966, 1967 Classmates online

Columbus High School yearbook, 1960, 1961, 1962, 1963, 1964, 1966, 1967 (included in US School Yearbooks) Ancestry online

Columbus High School yearbook, 1960, 1961, 1962, 1963, 1964, 1966, 1967 (included in US Yearbooks collection) MyHeritage online

Columbus Yearbooks 1956-1967 North Dakota NDarchives online


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