Click on the links below to search free birth, death, marriage, and divorce record databases in North Dakota.
To obtain copies of birth and death certificates, and marriage & divorce records, contact:
North Dakota Department of Health Vital Records
Division of Vital Records
600 East Boulevard Avenue - Dept 301
Bismarck, ND 58505
(701) 328-2360
Fax: (701) 328-1850
Birth records since 1870. Records from 1894 to 1920 are incomplete.
Death records since 1881. Records from 1894 to 1920 are incomplete.
Marriage records since July 1925. Requests for earlier records will be forwarded to the appropriate County Judge in the county where the license was issued.
Divorce records indexed since July 1949. Certified copies are not available from the State Health Department. Inquiries will be forwarded to the Recorder in the county where the divorce was granted.
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| Deaths | Obituaries North Dakota University library archives obituary database. |
| Deaths | Social Security Administration Social Security reported deaths in North Dakota. |
| Deaths | Statewide Search the North Dakota Department of Health Public Death Index by name and date of death or date range. |
| Divorces Click on "Civil, Family & Probate Case Records" to search the North Dakota family court system for divorce records. |
| Cass County | Divorces Civil court case records and divorces in Cass County from the 1870s through 1942. |
| Cass County | Marriages Archives North Dakota State University library records of Cass County marriages between 1872 and 1944. |
| Cass County | Obituaries Fargo Forum obituaries 1892 to 1909 and 1982 to 1995. |
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