Lakota Genealogy (in Nelson County, ND)

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


Lakota Birth Records

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

Lakota Cemetery Records

Lakota Cemetery Find a Grave online

Lakota 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

Federal Census of 1940, Lakota, North Dakota LDS Genealogy 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

Lakota Church Records

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

Lakota 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

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

Lakota Immigration Records

1873-1952 North Dakota Naturalizations Ancestry online

Declarations of intention, 1883-1952 FamilySearch Library

North Dakota, Naturalization Index, 1874-1963 Ancestry online

Lakota Map Records

Sanborn Fire Insurance Map from Lakota, Nelson County, North Dakota, April 1914 Library of Congress online

Sanborn Fire Insurance Map from Lakota, Nelson County, North Dakota, August 1904 Library of Congress online

Sanborn Fire Insurance Map from Lakota, Nelson County, North Dakota, December 1928 Library of Congress online

Sanborn Fire Insurance Map from Lakota, Nelson County, North Dakota, January 1908 Library of Congress online

Sanborn Fire Insurance Map from Lakota, Nelson County, North Dakota, September 1898 Library of Congress online

Lakota Newspapers and Obituaries

Offline Newspapers for Lakota

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.

Lakota American. (Lakota, N.D.) 1902-Current

Lakota Herald. (Lakota, N.D.) 1899-1906

Nelson County Herald. (Lakota, N.D.) 1894-1899

Nelson County News. (Lakota, Dakota [N.D.]) 1880s-1894

Nelson County Observer. (Lakota, N.D.) 1888-1922

Lakota School Records

Lakota High School yearbook, 1959, 1966 Classmates online

Lakota High School yearbook, 1959, 1966 (included in US School Yearbooks) Ancestry online

Lakota High School yearbook, 1959, 1966 (included in US Yearbooks collection) MyHeritage online


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