Welcome to Burke County, North Dakota

Burke County History

Burke County was included in Imperial Ward County until its division into the counties of Ward, Renville, Mountrail and Burke. Burke County was organized as a county July 15, 1910. The county was named for Governor John Burke, under whose administration it was organized. The county seat is at Bowbells.

Post Queries NOTE: Queries will only be posted on families that actually lived in Burke County.

Burke County Queries Received

Note: This search engine will not find names on a list that has been scanned in jpg format. This list includes the years 1913 to 1936 in the Portal International news paper files
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Genealogy sources for Burke County

History of Burke Co by the Burke County and White Earth Valley Historical Society published in 1971
Pioneers and Progress Volume II published in 1989 with index for both volumes

Other genealogy sources for Burke County
Burke County Naturalization Records
Cemeteries of Burke County North Dakota
Notes and Index for the Columbus Reporter 1908-1957
Notes and Index for the Portal International 1903-1928, 1930-32, 35-36

This above material on cemeteries and the index for the newspapers can be found at the Minot Public Library, Minot, N.D. Also at the Minot Library is an index on Burke County Naturalization Records. The actual records are at the State Archives and Historical Research Library, 612 East Boulevard Ave., Bismarck, N.D. click here to see the materials available for genealogical research.at this Library.

Mouse River Loop Genealogical Society _-_- Indexs for Sale Covering Bottineau, Burke, McHenry, Mountrail, Renville & Ward

Site for searching North Dakota Death Records

Also Order a Certified Copy
of a Birth, Death
or Marriage Certificate

North Dakota State Genealogical Society page. http://www.rootsweb.com/~ndsgs/index.html

BURKE COUNTY RECORDS

Burke County Archives

This site has more cemetery transcriptions, Burke Co Census records for 1910 , 1920, 1930, list of townships and BLM records

Photos and Records for Portal ,North Dakota

History of Portal By Lydel Burton Pierce written in 1960

NOTE: Records of the PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH OF PORTAL, NORTH DAKOTA are now available for lookup

Records Include: 1. Pastors 1903-2001
2. Register of Elders
3. Register of Communicatns 1907 to 1989
4. Baptisms 1913 to 1989
5. Marriages 1913 to 1987
6. Register of Deaths 1912 to 1990

Contact rchillportal@hotmail.com for lookups for the above records

Birth, Death and Marriage Records from the Portal International News 1904 -Dec 1936

1932 Phone Directory for Portal, N.D. and North Portal Sask.

1949 Phone Directory for Portal, N.D. and North Portal Sask.

Pictures of Early Portal Click Here

If anyone has information to add to these pictures or would like to add a picture contact me at rchillportal@hotmail.com

Pictures of Portal High School Basketball Teams with the names of team members Click Here

List of People that graduated and attended Portal High School 1913-1968 Click Here

Portal Cemetery Records as of November 2000 Click Here

St John the Baptist Catholic Cemetery,
Portal, North Dakota Click Here

Records of the Norde St. Olaf Cemetery, Larson, North Dakota

Short Creek Church Cemetery Records

KENNETH HILL OF PORTAL, N.D. AND RELATED FAMILIES

The person responsible for Burke Co is Robert Hill. Please contact me, if you would like to contribute your information to this page.

NOTE:

1. I check all queries in the two volume book "Burke County and White Earth Valley Historical Society" published in 1971 and 1989. Most of the families in this history are in Burke County, however some Divide County families may be listed. Most of the families are listed in volume one published in 1971. This book contains over 1200 pages and is very heavy. Using a scanner to copy pages is not practical. I have broken two scanners trying to scan pages. If your family is found I can send you a summary and give you leads to follow.

This history of Burke County is not longer in print, however it can be found in many locations :

1. Minot Public Library, Minot, North Dakota
2. North Dakota State Library, Bismarck, North Dakota
3. LDS Library, Salt Lake City, Utah
4. Wayne County Public Library, Genealogy Section, Forth Wayne, Indiana

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