Red River Valley Genealogical Society

The Red River Valley Genealogical Society was formed in 1968. Our purpose is:

To encourage the study of genealogy.
To help others gather genealogical information.
To establish a library of books and research materials.
To preserve and compile genealogical records.
To encourage public officials in charge of public records to preserve them and make them accessible.
To publish such books and records.

Membership is open to any person interested in genealogy. Dues are $15/year. Benefits to members include free admittance to the Library and a subscription to four issues of our quarterly newsletter. You may join by using our electronic membership form and PayPal or by filling out and mailing the application to the Society with your dues to:

RRVGS
PO Box 9284
Fargo ND 58106 USA

Electronic Membership Application (This link will open a new window)
Printable Membership Application (This link will open a new window)

The RRVGS Library has grown extensively and holdings exceed 4,000 resources. The Library is located at 112 N University Drive, Suite L116; Fargo, N.D. Open hours are Tuesday, Wednesday and Saturday 11am-3pm CST or CDST. We are volunteer staffed and sometimes have no volunteers so please call before coming to the library (701) 239-4129. There is one dollar a day usage fee for non-members. Photocopy service is available. Two parking lots are available at the building and parking on the street. Click on partial list of holdings here.

RRVGS has conducted several records collection projects.

RRVGS about 1971 collected headstone inscriptions of 27 counties in North Dakota and Minnesota and published them. These books are for sale or research in them can be ordered.
RRVGS has collected regional funeral home records, created indexes for them and published the indexes. These indexes are for sale and research for funeral home records can be ordered.
RRVGS conducts a newspaper obituary clipping project. We have clipped and preserved obituaries found in the Fargo Forum since November 1975. Obituaries may be ordered. A fee is charged for research and copy of orbitauries.
RRVGS offers pioneer certificates to descendants of qualified ancestors whose settlement in the North Dakota portion of Dakota Territory on or by 2 November 1889 can be documented.

Please click on the appropriate buttons for Research, RRVGS Funeral Home Indexes, Pioneer Certificates, or RRVGS Publications for Sale for additional information, forms or to order these goods and services.

RRVGS has surveyed many of the cemeteries of the Red River Valley of the North (ND and MN). We have self-published cemetery books listing the relevant data recorded on the grave markers. A complete listing of our published books can be found by clicking on the RRVGS books tab.

To view the name indexes visit www.rootsweb.com/~ndgenweb