Minot Genealogy (in Ward County, ND)

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Minot Birth Records

Alphabetical Index of Birth Files, Marriages, Obituaries Copied from the July 1, 1948 Thru December 31, 1948 Minot Daily News FamilySearch Library

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

Minot Cemetery Records

Bethany Lutheran Cemetery Find a Grave online

Drady Cemetery (Minot) Find a Grave online

Fairview Cemetery Billion Graves online

First Lutheran Church Cemetery Find a Grave online

First Lutheran Church Cemetery Billion Graves online

Grueneberg Family Cemetery Find a Grave online

Hebrew Cemetery Find a Grave online

Hebrew Cemetery Billion Graves online

Index vital statistics, copied from Minot daily news. 1991 WorldCat

Rosehill Cemetery US Gen Web Archives online

Rosehill Memorial Park Find a Grave online

Rosehill Memorial Park Billion Graves online

Rosehill Memorial Park Genealogy Trails online

Sunset Memorial Cemetery Billion Graves online

Sunset Memorial Gardens Genealogy Trails online

Sunset Memorial Gardens Find a Grave online

Willis Cemetery Find a Grave online

Minot 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

Minot Church Records

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

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

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

Church records, 1883-1919 (Reorganized Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints. Minot Branch (Ward, North Dakota)) FamilySearch Library

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

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

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

North Dakota Swedish Baptist Church Records, 1918-1950 Archive Grid

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

Minot City Directories

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Minot (North Dakota) city directories FamilySearch Library

Minot City Directory 1912 MyHeritage online

Minot City Directory 1914 MyHeritage online

Minot City Directory 1917 MyHeritage online

Minot City Directory 1922 MyHeritage online

Minot City Directory 1924 MyHeritage online

Minot City Directory 1930 MyHeritage online

Minot City Directory 1933 MyHeritage online

Minot City Directory 1938 MyHeritage online

Minot City Directory 1940 MyHeritage online

Minot City Directory 1945 MyHeritage online

Minot City Directory 1951 MyHeritage online

Minot City Directory 1954 MyHeritage online

Minot City Directory 1955 MyHeritage online

Minot City Directory 1957 MyHeritage online

Minot City Directory 1959 MyHeritage online

Minot City Directory 1960 MyHeritage online

Minot, ND; 1938 - 1941, 1945, 1949, 1951, 1954 - 1955, 1957, 1959 - 1960 City Directories Allen County Public Library

Minot, North Dakota, City Directory, 1922 (in U.S. City Directories collection) Ancestry online

Minot, North Dakota, City Directory, 1924 (in U.S. City Directories collection) Ancestry online

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

Minot, North Dakota, City Directory, 1933 (in U.S. City Directories collection) Ancestry online

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

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

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

Minot, North Dakota, City Directory, 1949 (in U.S. City Directories collection) Ancestry online

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

Minot, North Dakota, City Directory, 1954 (in U.S. City Directories collection) Ancestry online

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

Minot, North Dakota, City Directory, 1957 (in U.S. City Directories collection) Ancestry online

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

Minot, North Dakota, City Directory, 1960 (in U.S. City Directories collection) Ancestry online

Minot/Ward Co., ND 1922-1934 City Directories Allen County Public Library

Polk's Minot (Ward County, N.D.) city directory FamilySearch Library

Ward County (North Dakota) city directories FamilySearch Library

Minot Death Records

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1908-2007 North Dakota State Death Certificates Ancestry online

1988 and 1989 Index of Obituaries Copied from Minot Daily News - M.D.N.; Also A Few from Burke County Tribune - B.C.T.; Jan. 1, 1988 To May 31, 1989 FamilySearch Library

1988 and 1989 index of obituaries copied from Minot Daily News, M.D.N., also a few from Burke County Tribune, B.C.T. WorldCat

Alphabetical Index of Birth Files, Marriages, Obituaries Copied from the July 1, 1948 Thru December 31, 1948 Minot Daily News FamilySearch Library

Index To Over 2000 Obituaries from Various Not All Minot Area Newspapers, 1907 To 1948 FamilySearch Library

Index To Over 2000 Obituaries from Various Not All Minot Area Newspapers, 1907 To 1948 FamilySearch Library

Index of Obituaries from Minot Daily News, 1981-1983 FamilySearch Library

Index of obituaries from Minot daily news. 1981 WorldCat

Index of obituaries from Minot daily news. 1982 WorldCat

Index of obituaries from Minot daily news. 1983 WorldCat

Index to over 2000 obituaries from various (not all) Minot area newspapers, 1907 to 1948. WorldCat

Index vital statistics, copied from Minot daily new[s]. 1992 WorldCat

Index vital statistics, copied from Minot daily news. 1991 WorldCat

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

Minot Immigration Records

1873-1952 North Dakota Naturalizations Ancestry online

North Dakota, Naturalization Index, 1874-1963 Ancestry online

Minot Map Records

Sanborn Fire Insurance Map from Minot, Ward County, North Dakota, August 1913 Library of Congress online

Sanborn Fire Insurance Map from Minot, Ward County, North Dakota, October 1907 Library of Congress online

Sanborn Fire Insurance Map from Minot, Ward County, North Dakota, October 1926 Library of Congress online

Sanborn Fire Insurance Map from Minot, Ward County, North Dakota, September 1904 Library of Congress online

Sanborn Fire Insurance Map from Minot, Ward County, North Dakota, September 1918 Library of Congress online

Minot Marriage Records

Alphabetical Index of Birth Files, Marriages, Obituaries Copied from the July 1, 1948 Thru December 31, 1948 Minot Daily News FamilySearch Library

Index vital statistics, copied from Minot daily new[s]. 1992 WorldCat

Index vital statistics, copied from Minot daily news. 1991 WorldCat

Minot Newspapers and Obituaries

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1988 and 1989 Index of Obituaries Copied from Minot Daily News - M.D.N.; Also A Few from Burke County Tribune - B.C.T.; Jan. 1, 1988 To May 31, 1989 FamilySearch Library

1988 and 1989 index of obituaries copied from Minot Daily News, M.D.N., also a few from Burke County Tribune, B.C.T. WorldCat

Alphabetical Index of Birth Files, Marriages, Obituaries Copied from the July 1, 1948 Thru December 31, 1948 Minot Daily News FamilySearch Library

Index To Over 2000 Obituaries from Various Not All Minot Area Newspapers, 1907 To 1948 FamilySearch Library

Index To Over 2000 Obituaries from Various Not All Minot Area Newspapers, 1907 To 1948 FamilySearch Library

Index of Obituaries from Minot Daily News, 1981-1983 FamilySearch Library

Index of obituaries from Minot daily news. 1981 WorldCat

Index of obituaries from Minot daily news. 1982 WorldCat

Index of obituaries from Minot daily news. 1983 WorldCat

Index to over 2000 obituaries from various (not all) Minot area newspapers, 1907 to 1948. WorldCat

Index vital statistics, copied from Minot daily new[s]. 1992 WorldCat

Index vital statistics, copied from Minot daily news 1981-1992 FamilySearch Library

Index vital statistics, copied from Minot daily news. 1991 WorldCat

Northern Sentry: Minot Air Force Base 05/04/2012 to Current Genealogy Bank online

The Ward County independent. (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) (from Jan. 7, 1903 to Dec. 28, 1922) Chronicling America online

Ward County Independent 1903-1922 Newspapers.com online

Ward County Independent, The (North Dakota/United States) [Minot, Ward County, N.D.] 7 January 1903 to 28 December 1922 Elephind online

Ward County independent (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) (from Jan. 7, 1903 to Dec. 28, 1922) MyHeritage online

Ward County independent 01/07/1903 to 12/28/1922 Genealogy Bank online

Offline Newspapers for Minot

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.

Area Market Review. (Minot, N.D.) 1983-1984

Dakota State Journal Messenger and Northwest Press. (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1927-1934

Dakota State Journal and the Messenger. (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1918-1927

Dakota State Journal. (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1940-1942

Democrat. (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1908-1915

Democrat. (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1934-1930s

Iconoclast. (Minot, N.D.) 1912-1916

Magic City Sun. ([Minot, N.D.) 1976-Current

Messenger. (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1915-1918

Minot Daily News (And Daily Optic-Reporter). (Minot, N.D.) 1926-1966

Minot Daily News and Minot Daily Optic Reporter. (Minot, N.D.) 1917-1918

Minot Daily News and Minot Daily Optic-Reporter. (Minot, N.D.) 1916-1926

Minot Daily News. (Minot, N.D.) 1966-Current

Minot Daily Optic-Reporter. (Minot, N.D.) 1914-1916

Minot Daily Optic. (Minot, N.D.) 1904-1914

Minot Daily Reporter. (Minot, N.D.) 1906-1914

Minot Journal. (Minot, N.D.) 1890-1894

Minot Mirror. (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1895-1896

Minot Optic. (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1898-1904

Minot Optic. ([Minot, N.D.) 1900-1904

Minot Weekly Optic-Reporter. (Minot, N.D.) 1914-1918

Minot Weekly Optic. (Minot, N.D.) 1904-1914

Minot-Posten. (Minot, N.D.) 1906-1909

Northwest Press. (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1923-1927

Review. (Minot, N.D.) 1984-Current

Sentry. (Minot, N.D.) 1965-Current

Ward County Farmers Press and the Kenmare Journal. (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1919-1922

Ward County Independent. (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965

Ward County Press. (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1922-1923

Ward County Reporter and the Minot Journal. (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1894-1896

Ward County Reporter. (Minot, N.D.) 1891-1894

Ward County Reporter. (Minot, N.D.) 1905-1906

Ward County Reporter. (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1896-1914

Minot School Records

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Bishop Ryan High School - Mitre Yearbook (Minot, ND), 1963, 1972 E Yearbook online

Bishop Ryan High School yearbook, 1963, 1971, 1972, 1973, 1974, 1975, 1976, 1977, 1979, 1982, 1983, 1986, 1987, 1988, 2009 (included in US School Yearbooks) Ancestry online

Bishop Ryan High School yearbook, 1971, 1972, 1973, 1974, 1975, 1976, 1977, 1979 (included in US Yearbooks collection) MyHeritage online

Bishop Ryan High School yearbook, 1971, 1972, 1973, 1974, 1975, 1976, 1977, 1979, 1982, 1983, 1986, 1987, 1988, 2009 Classmates online

Dakota Lutheran Academy - Shield Yearbook (Minot, ND), 1950, 1955 E Yearbook online

Dakota Lutheran Academy yearbook, 1950, 1955 Classmates online

Dakota Lutheran Academy yearbook, 1950, 1955 (included in US Yearbooks collection) MyHeritage online

Dakota Lutheran Academy yearbooks, 1950, 1955 (included in US School Yearbooks) Ancestry online

Minot High School - Searchlight Yearbook (Minot, ND), 1922, 1923, 1926, 1927, 1929, 1938, 1939, 1942, 1943, 1944, 1946, 1948, 1949, 1950, 1951, 1953, 1954, 1955, 1956, 1957, 1958, 1960, 1983 E Yearbook online

Minot High School yearbook, 1922, 1923 (Jun), 1923, 1926, 1927, 1928, 1929, 1930, 1931, 1932, 1938, 1942, 1943, 1944, 1945, 1946, 1948, 1949, 1950, 1951, 1953, 1954, 1955, 1956, 1957, 1958, 1960, 1961, 1962, 1964, 1968, 1969, 1970, 1971, 1972, 1973, 1974, 1975, 1976, 1977, 1978, 1979 (included in US Yearbooks collection) MyHeritage online

Minot High School yearbook, 1922, 1923 (Jun), 1923, 1926, 1927, 1928, 1929, 1930, 1931, 1932, 1938, 1942, 1943, 1944, 1945, 1946, 1948, 1949, 1950, 1951, 1953, 1954, 1955, 1956, 1957, 1958, 1960, 1961, 1962, 1964, 1968, 1969, 1970, 1971, 1972, 1973, 1974, 1975, 1976, 1977, 1978, 1979, 1981, 1983, 1984 Classmates online

Minot High School yearbooks, 1922, 1923, 1926, 1927, 1928, 1929, 1930, 1931, 1932, 1938, 1939, 1942, 1943, 1944, 1945, 1946, 1948, 1949, 1950, 1951, 1953, 1954, 1955, 1956, 1957, 1958, 1960, 1961, 1962, 1964, 1968, 1969, 1970, 1971, 1972, 1973, 1974, 1975, 1976, 1977, 1978, 1979, 1981, 1983, 1984 (included in US School Yearbooks) Ancestry online

Minot State College yearbooks, 1968, 1969 (included in US School Yearbooks) Ancestry online

Minot State Teachers College yearbooks, 1938, 1943 (included in US School Yearbooks) Ancestry online

Minot State University - Beaver Yearbook (Minot, ND), 1938, 1943, 1968, 1969, 1984, 1988 E Yearbook online

Minot State University yearbooks, 1938, 1943, 1968, 1969, 1984, 1988 (included in US School Yearbooks) Ancestry online

Trinity Hospital School of Nursing - Trin I Views Yearbook (Minot, ND), 1970 E Yearbook online

Trinity Hospital School of Nursing yearbook, 1970 (included in US School Yearbooks) Ancestry online



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