Mercer County ND Genealogy

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If you're not sure which records would be helpful, you can try our Ancestor Source Finder tool. Mercer Records by Type Birth Records (1) Cemetery Records (89) Census Records (28) Church Records (1) Death Records (4) Histories and Genealogies (6) Immigration Records (3) Land Records (2) Map Records (3) Marriage Records (1) Military Records (1) Miscellaneous Records (1) Newspapers and Obituaries (15) School Records (16)

Overview of Mercer County Records

• Mercer County was created in 1875 from unorganized territory.
• 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 Mercer County Clerk District Court has birth records starting in 1942, death records starting in 1942, burial records starting in 1942, marriage records starting in 1894, divorce and court records starting in 1906, and probate records starting in 1898.
• The Mercer County Registrar of Deeds has land records starting in 1875.
• The Mercer County State Archives has naturalization records.
• Online indexes and images of some of the above records can be found by using the links on this site.