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Grand Forks Birth Records

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

Grand Forks Cemetery Records

Calvary Cemetery Billion Graves online

Calvary Lutheran Church Columbarium Find a Grave online

First Presbyterian Church Columbarium Find a Grave online

Grand Forks city cemeteries WorldCat

Memorial Park Cemetery Find a Grave online

Memorial Park Cemetery Billion Graves online

Memorial Park Cemetery : 1003 N. 23rd St., Grand Forks, North Dakota WorldCat

Memorial Park South Find a Grave online

Memorial Park South Cemetery (formerly Sunnywood Gardens) : 3002 Washington Street South, Grand Forks, North Dakota WorldCat

Montefiore Cemetery Find a Grave online

Montefiore Cemetery Billion Graves online

Montefiore Cemetery Interment online

Sunset Memorial Gardens Billion Graves online

The Calvary Cemetery : North Columbia Road, Grand Forks, North Dakota WorldCat

Grand Forks Census Records

1885 North Dakota Territorial Census (included in North Dakota Territorial and State Census) Ancestry online

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

Grand Forks Church Records

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Augustana Evangelical Lutheran Church records, 1898-2008, Grand Forks, N.D. Archive Grid

Augustana Lutheran Church records (in U.S. Evangelical Lutheran Church, Swedish American Church Records collection) Ancestry online

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

Grand Forks Circuit Lutheran Teachers Society church records (in U.S., Evangelical Lutheran Church in America Church Records collection) Ancestry online

North Dakota Methodist Church records, 1884-1955 Archive Grid

Records, 1887-1981, Federated Church (Grand Forks, N.D.). Archive Grid

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

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

Grand Forks City Directories

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East Grand Forks City Directory 1895 MyHeritage online

East Grand Forks City Directory 1896 MyHeritage online

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East Grand Forks City Directory 1899 MyHeritage online

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East Grand Forks City Directory 1903 MyHeritage online

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East Grand Forks City Directory 1916 MyHeritage online

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East Grand Forks City Directory 1928 MyHeritage online

East Grand Forks City Directory 1930 MyHeritage online

East Grand Forks City Directory 1936 MyHeritage online

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East Grand Forks City Directory 1948 MyHeritage online

East Grand Forks City Directory 1953 MyHeritage online

East Grand Forks City Directory 1955 MyHeritage online

East Grand Forks City Directory 1959 MyHeritage online

Grand Forks (North Dakota) city directories FamilySearch Library

Grand Forks City Directory 1895 MyHeritage online

Grand Forks City Directory 1896 MyHeritage online

Grand Forks City Directory 1898 MyHeritage online

Grand Forks City Directory 1899 MyHeritage online

Grand Forks City Directory 1903 MyHeritage online

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Grand Forks City Directory 1928 MyHeritage online

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Grand Forks City Directory 1934 MyHeritage online

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Grand Forks City Directory 1948 MyHeritage online

Grand Forks City Directory 1951 MyHeritage online

Grand Forks City Directory 1955 MyHeritage online

Grand Forks City Directory 1956 MyHeritage online

Grand Forks City Directory 1958 MyHeritage online

Grand Forks City Directory 1959 MyHeritage online

Grand Forks City Directory, 1889-90 (in U.S. City Directories collection) Ancestry online

Grand Forks, ND 1903-1905, 1907, 1909, 1911, 1914, 1916, 1918-1919, 1921, 1923, 1925, 1928, 1930, 1932, 1934 City Directories Allen County Public Library

Grand Forks, ND; 1936, 1938, 1940, 1942, 1945, 1948, 1951, 1953, 1955, 1956, 1958, 1959 City Directories Allen County Public Library

Grand Forks, North Dakota Directories, 1889-92 Ancestry online

Grand Forks, North Dakota, City Directory, 1891 (in U.S. City Directories collection) Ancestry online

Grand Forks, North Dakota, City Directory, 1893 (in U.S. City Directories collection) Ancestry online

Grand Forks, North Dakota, City Directory, 1895 (in U.S. City Directories collection) Ancestry online

Grand Forks, North Dakota, City Directory, 1896 (in U.S. City Directories collection) Ancestry online

Grand Forks, North Dakota, City Directory, 1898 (in U.S. City Directories collection) Ancestry online

Grand Forks, North Dakota, City Directory, 1899 (in U.S. City Directories collection) Ancestry online

Grand Forks, North Dakota, City Directory, 1900 (in U.S. City Directories collection) Ancestry online

Grand Forks, North Dakota, City Directory, 1903 (in U.S. City Directories collection) Ancestry online

Grand Forks, North Dakota, City Directory, 1905 (in U.S. City Directories collection) Ancestry online

Grand Forks, North Dakota, City Directory, 1907 (in U.S. City Directories collection) Ancestry online

Grand Forks, North Dakota, City Directory, 1909 (in U.S. City Directories collection) Ancestry online

Grand Forks, North Dakota, City Directory, 1911 (in U.S. City Directories collection) Ancestry online

Grand Forks, North Dakota, City Directory, 1914 (in U.S. City Directories collection) Ancestry online

Grand Forks, North Dakota, City Directory, 1916 (in U.S. City Directories collection) Ancestry online

Grand Forks, North Dakota, City Directory, 1918 (in U.S. City Directories collection) Ancestry online

Grand Forks, North Dakota, City Directory, 1919 (in U.S. City Directories collection) Ancestry online

Grand Forks, North Dakota, City Directory, 1921 (in U.S. City Directories collection) Ancestry online

Grand Forks, North Dakota, City Directory, 1923 (in U.S. City Directories collection) Ancestry online

Grand Forks, North Dakota, City Directory, 1925 (in U.S. City Directories collection) Ancestry online

Grand Forks, North Dakota, City Directory, 1928 (in U.S. City Directories collection) Ancestry online

Grand Forks, North Dakota, City Directory, 1930 (in U.S. City Directories collection) Ancestry online

Grand Forks, North Dakota, City Directory, 1932 (in U.S. City Directories collection) Ancestry online

Grand Forks, North Dakota, City Directory, 1934 (in U.S. City Directories collection) Ancestry online

Grand Forks, North Dakota, City Directory, 1936 (in U.S. City Directories collection) Ancestry online

Grand Forks, North Dakota, City Directory, 1938 (in U.S. City Directories collection) Ancestry online

Grand Forks, North Dakota, City Directory, 1940 (in U.S. City Directories collection) Ancestry online

Grand Forks, North Dakota, City Directory, 1942 (in U.S. City Directories collection) Ancestry online

Grand Forks, North Dakota, City Directory, 1945 (in U.S. City Directories collection) Ancestry online

Grand Forks, North Dakota, City Directory, 1948 (in U.S. City Directories collection) Ancestry online

Grand Forks, North Dakota, City Directory, 1951 (in U.S. City Directories collection) Ancestry online

Grand Forks, North Dakota, City Directory, 1953 (in U.S. City Directories collection) Ancestry online

Grand Forks, North Dakota, City Directory, 1955 (in U.S. City Directories collection) Ancestry online

Grand Forks, North Dakota, City Directory, 1956 (in U.S. City Directories collection) Ancestry online

Grand Forks, North Dakota, City Directory, 1958 (in U.S. City Directories collection) Ancestry online

Grand Forks, North Dakota, City Directory, 1959 (in U.S. City Directories collection) Ancestry online

Grand Forks, North Dakota, City Directory, 1989 (in U.S. City Directories collection) Ancestry online

Polk's Grand Forks (Grand Forks County, N.D.) city directory : including East Grand Forks (Polk County, Minn.) FamilySearch Library

Grand Forks Death Records

1908-2007 North Dakota State Death Certificates Ancestry online

Grand Forks Herald obituary file records, 1973-1980. WorldCat

Index of obituaries WorldCat

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

North Dakota, Select Funeral Home Indexes, 1903-1997 Ancestry online

Grand Forks Histories and Genealogies

A sketch of David Montgomery Holmes FamilySearch Library

Grand Forks Immigration Records

1873-1952 North Dakota Naturalizations Ancestry online

North Dakota, Naturalization Index, 1874-1963 Ancestry online

Grand Forks Map Records

Sanborn Fire Insurance Map from Grand Forks, Grand Forks County, North Dakota, August 1888 Library of Congress online

Sanborn Fire Insurance Map from Grand Forks, Grand Forks County, North Dakota, August 1906 Library of Congress online

Sanborn Fire Insurance Map from Grand Forks, Grand Forks County, North Dakota, August 1912 Library of Congress online

Sanborn Fire Insurance Map from Grand Forks, Grand Forks County, North Dakota, December 1897 Library of Congress online

Sanborn Fire Insurance Map from Grand Forks, Grand Forks County, North Dakota, January 1901 Library of Congress online

Sanborn Fire Insurance Map from Grand Forks, Grand Forks County, North Dakota, July 1884 Library of Congress online

Sanborn Fire Insurance Map from Grand Forks, Grand Forks County, North Dakota, June 1916 Library of Congress online

Sanborn Fire Insurance Map from Grand Forks, Grand Forks County, North Dakota, September 1892 Library of Congress online

Grand Forks Marriage Records

1872-2017 North Dakota Select County Marriage Records Ancestry online

Grand Forks Newspapers and Obituaries

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Evening Times 01/01/1906 to 03/28/1914 Genealogy Bank online

Evening Times 1906-1914 Newspapers.com online

Evening times (grand forks, n.d.) (from jan. 1, 1906 to march 28, 1914) MyHeritage online

Grand Forks Daily Herald 11/01/1881 to 01/14/1923 Genealogy Bank online

Grand Forks Daily Herald 1914-1916 Newspapers.com online

Grand Forks Daily Herald and The Evening Times 1914-1914 Newspapers.com online

Grand Forks Herald 10/01/1987 to Current Genealogy Bank online

Grand Forks Herald 1906-1922 Newspapers.com online

Grand Forks Herald obituary file records, 1973-1980 Archive Grid

Grand Forks Herald obituary file records, 1973-1980. WorldCat

Grand Forks Weekly Herald 06/26/1879 to 06/17/1880 Genealogy Bank online

Grand Forks daily herald (Grand Forks, N.D.) (from Sept. 2, 1914 to June 30, 1916) MyHeritage online

Grand Forks daily herald and the evening times (Grand Forks, N.D.) (from March 30, 1914 to Sept. 1, 1914) MyHeritage online

Grand Forks daily herald and the evening times 03/30/1914 to 12/30/1922 Genealogy Bank online

Grand Forks daily herald and the evening times. (Grand Forks, N.D.) (from March 30, 1914 to Sept. 1, 1914) Chronicling America online

Grand Forks daily herald. (Grand Forks, N.D.) (from Sept. 2, 1914 to June 30, 1916) Chronicling America online

Grand Forks herald (Grand Forks, N.D.) (from July 1, 1916 to Dec. 30, 1922) MyHeritage online

Grand Forks herald. (Grand Forks, N.D.) (from July 1, 1916 to Dec. 30, 1922) Chronicling America online

Index of obituaries WorldCat

Normanden 12/26/1900 to 10/22/1902 Genealogy Bank online

The evening times. (Grand Forks, N.D.) (from Jan. 1, 1906 to March 28, 1914) Chronicling America online

Offline Newspapers for Grand Forks

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.

Chronicle. (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1981-1983

Daily Herald. (Grand Forks, D.T. [N.D.]) 1888-1891

Daily Herald. (Grand Forks, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1883

Daily Plaindealer. (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1890-1904

Dakota Student. (Grand Forks) 1923-Current

Den Fjerde Juli. (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1889-1897

Evening Press and Daily Plaindealer. (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1904-1906

Evening Press. (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1908

Evening Times. (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914

Grand Forks American. (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1918-1920

Grand Forks Courier. (City of Grand Forks, N.D.) 1904-1905

Grand Forks Daily Herald. (Grand Forks, D.T. [N.D.]) 1883-1888

Grand Forks Daily Herald. (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1891-1916

Grand Forks Daily Herald. (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1914-1916

Grand Forks Daily News. (Grand Forks, Dakota [N.D.]) 1880s-1883

Grand Forks Daily Plaindealer. (Grand Forks, D.T. [N.D.]) 1882-1889

Grand Forks Herald. (Grand Forks, D.T. [N.D.]) 1879-1880s

Grand Forks Herald. (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955

Grand Forks Herald. (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-Current

Grand Forks Independent. (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1915-1917

Grand Forks Plaindealer and Red River Valley Farmer. (Grand Forks, Dakota [N.D.) 1890-1892

Grand Forks Plaindealer. (Grand Forks, Dakota [N.D.]) 1880s-1882

Grand Forks Plaindealer. (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1889-1890

Grand Forks Republican and Northwest News. (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1890s-1890s

Grand Forks Tidende. (Grand Forks, D.T. (I.E. N.D.)) 1880-1887

Grand Forks Weekly Herald. (Grand Forks, Dakota [N.D.]) 1880s-1911

Grand Forks Weekly Plaindealer. (Grand Forks, Dakota [N.D.]) 1882-1890

Grand Forks Weekly Plaindealer. (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1892-1904

Mid-West. (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1908-1909

Normanden. (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1887-1944

North Dakota Independent. (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1891-1894

North Dakota Review. (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1901-1900s

North Dakota Workman. (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1896-1890s

Northwest News. (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1887-1890s

Plaindealer. (Grand Forks, D.T. [I.E. N.D.]) 1874-1880s

Progressive Observer. (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1911-1917

Valley View. (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1980-1981

Weekly Northwest News. (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1890s-1890s

Weekly Times and Grand Forks Courier. (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1907

Weekly Times-Herald. (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1911-1916

Weekly Times. (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1907-1911

Grand Forks School Records

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Central High School - Forx Yearbook (Grand Forks, ND), 1926, 1929, 1930, 1931, 1932, 1936, 1943, 1945, 1946, 1947, 1949, 1950, 1951, 1952, 1955, 1956 E Yearbook online

Central High School yearbook, 1926, 1929, 1930, 1931, 1932, 1936, 1943, 1945, 1946, 1947, 1949, 1950, 1951, 1952, 1954, 1955, 1956, 1957, 1958, 1959, 1960, 1961, 1962, 1967, 1970, 1971, 1976, 1977, 1978 (included in US Yearbooks collection) MyHeritage online

Central High School yearbook, 1926, 1929, 1930, 1931, 1932, 1936, 1943, 1945, 1946, 1947, 1949, 1950, 1951, 1952, 1954, 1955, 1956, 1957, 1958, 1959, 1960, 1961, 1962, 1967, 1970, 1971, 1976, 1977, 1978, 1981, 1986, 1987, 1998, 1999 Classmates online

Central High School yearbook, 1926, 1929, 1930, 1931, 1932, 1936, 1943, 1945, 1946, 1947, 1949, 1950, 1951, 1952, 1954, 1955, 1956, 1957, 1958, 1959, 1960, 1961, 1962, 1967, 1970, 1971, 1976, 1977, 1978, 1981, 1986, 1987, 1998, 1999 (included in US School Yearbooks) Ancestry online

Dacotah - 1939, University of North Dakota at Grand Forks Genealogy Gophers online

Dacotah - 1955, University of North Dakota at Grand Forks Genealogy Gophers online

Dacotah - 1959, University of North Dakota at Grand Forks Genealogy Gophers online

Red River High School - Epilogue Yearbook (Grand Forks, ND), 1973, 1980 E Yearbook online

Red River High School yearbook, 1968, 1969, 1970, 1971, 1972, 1973, 1974, 1975, 1976, 1977 (included in US Yearbooks collection) MyHeritage online

Red River High School yearbook, 1968, 1969, 1970, 1971, 1972, 1973, 1974, 1975, 1976, 1977, 1980, 1981, 1984 Classmates online

Red River High School yearbooks, 1968, 1969, 1970, 1971, 1972, 1973, 1974, 1975, 1976, 1977, 1979, 1980, 1981, 1984 (included in US School Yearbooks) Ancestry online

St James High School yearbook, 1969 (included in US School Yearbooks) Ancestry online

St. James High School yearbook, 1969 Classmates online

St. James High School yearbook, 1969 (included in US Yearbooks collection) MyHeritage online

The Dacotah, student yearbook of University of North Dakota, 1904, 1906, 1908, 1910, 1912, 1914, 1916, 1972, 1976-1977 University of North Dakota online

University High School - Flickertail Yearbook (Grand Forks, ND), 1919, 1923 E Yearbook online

University High School yearbook, 1919, 1923 Classmates online

University High School yearbook, 1919, 1923 (included in US School Yearbooks) Ancestry online

University High School yearbook, 1919, 1923 (included in US Yearbooks collection) MyHeritage online

University of North Dakota - Dacotah Yearbook (Grand Forks, ND), 1906, 1924, 1935, 1939, 1940, 1941, 1942 E Yearbook online

University of North Dakota yearbooks, 1906, 1924, 1935, 1939, 1940, 1941, 1942 (included in US School Yearbooks) Ancestry online



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