Foster County ND Genealogy

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Foster County Records by City/Town

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Overview of Foster County Records

  • Foster 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 Foster County Clerk District Court has birth and death records starting in 1900, marriage records starting in 1884, divorce records, probate records starting in 1884, court records starting in 1884, military and naturalization records starting in 1900, and burial records starting in the 1950s.
  • The Foster 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.