Traill County, North Dakota

Societies and Family History Resources ∣ County Courthouse and Government Records ∣ County Genealogy Links

Traill County was established on January 12, 1875 from Grand Forks County, Burbank County (now Barnes County), Cass County.

The Traill County Seat is situated in Hillsboro and the county government website is http://www.co.traill.nd.us/

Areas next to Traill County are Grand Forks County, Polk County, Minnesota, Norman County, Minnesota, Cass County, Steele County.

Townships include Belmont, Bingham, Blanchard, Bloomfield, Bohnsack, Buxton, Caledonia, Eldorado, Elm River, Ervin, Galesburg, Garfield, Greenfield, Herberg, Hillsboro, Kelso, Lindaas, Mayville, Morgan, Norman, Norway, Roseville, Stavanger, Viking, Wold.

Traill County does have Federal Census Schedules to help in looking into your family tree. Government Population Schedules are available for 1880 (free index), 1890 (fragment), 1900, 1910, 1920, 1930, 1940.

Traill Co. Traill Co. Mortality Schedules can be found for 1880. Traill Co. Industry and Agriculture Schedules is available for 1880. Traill Co. Union Veterans Schedules can be found for 1890. There are free online in addition to printable census forms to assist with your research.

Traill County Society and Family History Resources

A list of Traill County Historical  and Genealogical Societies, Forums, Message Boards, Libraries, Archives.

https://www.archives.gov/research/census
• North Dakota State Genealogy Network (facebook.com)
• Traill County Historical Society , P. O. Box 173, Hillsboro, ND 58045-0173, 701-636-5571
• Goose River Heritage Center, Inc. , 320 1st Street NW, Mayville, ND 58257
• Hatton-Eielson Museum and Historical Association, P. O. Box 33, Hatton, ND 58240-0033, 701-543-4092
• Traill County, North Dakota Message Boards (boards.ancestry.com)
• Traill County, North Dakota Genealogy Forum (genforum.genealogy.com)
• USGenWeb Archives for Traill County (usgwarchives.net)

Traill County Courthouse and Government Records

Genealogist often overlook the value of Traill County court, probate, and land records data as a useful resource of family history and genealogy information. Buried away in North Dakota courthouses and archives just about everywhere are often the aspirations and worries of countless North Dakota residents. The odds are excellent that your chosen ancestors and forefathers have left a detailed record of at least some elements of their lives in the Traill County court records. Even if your forefathers is not mentioned in a Court case, give some thought to all of the other procedures which may have lead to her or him showing up in court records.

• Traill County Courthouse (all departments listed below are located here, unless otherwise noted)
  • Address: PO Box 429, Hillsboro, ND 58045
  • Phone: (701) 636-4454
• Traill County Register of Deeds / Recorder
  • Land Records: 1875
• Traill County Clerk of Courts
  • Marriage Records: 1880
  • Probate Records: 1875
  • Court Records: 1875
• North Dakota Office of Vital Records has copies of birth, marriage, divorce and death records. There is a fee for each copy requested. Please refer to the information to the Statewide Vital Records in North Dakota for current fees and application process. Birth, marriage, and death records are connected with central life events.
  • Ordering Vital Records – You can also order Order Electronically Online or You can download an application for North Dakota Birth Certificate, Death Certificate Applications. Certified copies of marriage records must be issued by the county where the license was originally filed. Copies of divorce records can only be obtained from the county clerk or recorder in the county in which the divorce filed.

Traill County Links

The following are links to Family history and genealogy, Records and Resources relevant to Traill County. Feel free to provide your own favorite Traill County genealogy or family history related sites.

Traill Co. ND Books, Newspapers & Publications

• North Dakota Newspapers Books & Publications Research Guide
• North Dakota historical newspaper archives online (newspapers.com)
• Historical Newspapers from North Dakota (1879–1923) (genealogybank.com) Rapidly discover names and key phrases in over 450 million content articles, obituaries, marriage announcements, birth notices along with other items published in over 2,800 historical U.S. newspapers. All new content and articles added every month!
• Traill County, North Dakota Books (amazon.com)
• Search North Dakota Obituaries (1985 to current) (genealogybank.com)
• Traill County Genealogy Books (books.google.com)

Traill Co. ND Birth, Marriage & Death Records

• North Dakota Vital Records Research Guide
• Social Security Death Index (search.ancestry.com)

Traill Co. ND Court, Probate Land and Tax Records

• North Dakota Court Records Research Guide
• BLM Land Records (glorecords.blm.gov)

Traill Co. ND Census Records

• North Dakota Census Records Research Guide
• Traill County, ND Census Records Links
• Traill County, ND Census QuickFacts

Traill Co. ND Cemeteries & Church Records

• North Dakota Cemetery Research Guide
• Traill Co., North Dakota Graves (findagrave.com)
• Traill County Tombstone Transcription Project (usgwtombstones.org)
• Traill Co., North Dakota Cemeteries (Internment.net)
• Topographic Cemetery List and Map for Traill County, North Dakota
• Traill Co., North Dakota Cemetery Books (amazon.com)
• North Dakota Church & Bible Research Guide
• Topographic Church List and Map for Traill County, North Dakota
• Traill County, North Dakota Church Books (amazon.com)

Traill Co. ND Family Websites, Pictures & Histories

•  North Dakota Family Group Sheet Project (fgs-project.com)

Traill Co. ND General and History Websites

• See Also State History for North Dakota
• Traill County, North Dakota Wikipedia (wikipedia.org)
• Traill County, North Dakota Wiki (familysearch.org)
• Traill Co. ND Genealogy (kindredtrails.com)
• Family History Library (familysearch.org)
• Traill County, North Dakota (linkpendium.com)
• Cyndi’s List – United States – North Dakota – Counties – Traill (cyndislist.com)
• Traill County North Dakota (genealogytrails.com)
• Traill Co. NDGenweb (rootsweb.ancestry.com)
• Traill County Genealogy Queries (cousinconnect.com)
• Traill Co. Data Collections (search.ancestry.com)

Traill Co. ND Maps, Atlases & Gazetteers

• See Also Map of North Dakota Links and Information
• 1895 Traill County Map (livgenmi.com)

Traill Co. ND Military Records

• North Dakota Military Records Research Guide
• North Dakota Military Records (fold3.com) will provide easy access to military records, stories, photos, and personal documents of the North Dakota individuals that served. Just the thing for Traill County genealogists, researchers, historians and much more.