Sheldon Genealogy (in Ransom County, ND)

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


Sheldon Birth Records

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

Sheldon Cemetery Records

Owego Pioneer Cemetery Find a Grave online

Sheldon City Cemetery Find a Grave online

Sheldon 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

Sheldon Church Records

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

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

Sheldon 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

Sheldon Immigration Records

1873-1952 North Dakota Naturalizations Ancestry online

Declarations of intention, 1881-1943 FamilySearch Library

North Dakota, Naturalization Index, 1874-1963 Ancestry online

Sheldon Map Records

Sanborn Fire Insurance Map from Sheldon, Ransom County, North Dakota, August 1886 Library of Congress online

Sanborn Fire Insurance Map from Sheldon, Ransom County, North Dakota, February 1908 Library of Congress online

Sanborn Fire Insurance Map from Sheldon, Ransom County, North Dakota, November 1904 Library of Congress online

Sheldon Marriage Records

1872-2017 North Dakota Select County Marriage Records Ancestry online

Sheldon Newspapers and Obituaries

Offline Newspapers for Sheldon

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.

Enterprise. (Sheldon, Ransom Co., D.T. [N.D.]) 1885-1886

Sheldon Enterprise. (Sheldon, Ransom Co., D.T. [N.D.]) 1886-1905

Sheldon Progress and Sheldon Enterprise. (Sheldon, Ransom County, N.D.) 1905-1942

Sheldon Progress. (Sheldon, N.D.) 1897-1905



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