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Research Research Service General Guidelines RRVGS volunteers do research for members and nonmembers alike. All fees are collected before research begins and go directly towards the operating costs of the Library. We do not research in county courthouses. For deeds, wills, marriage records, birth and death certificates you must write to the appropriate county courthouse or state vital records department. We cannot guarantee results but promise to do our best to fill your request. Please include complete contact information with each request including your street mail address and email address. Payment is accepted by personal check, or money order . Paying with cash by mail is discouraged. These are the search services we provide:
RRVGS volunteers will search the appropriate RRVGS holdings for a fee of $20 for two hours of research. Cemetery Headstone Transcription Search RRVGS has hand-copied, transcribed and published books of headstone inscriptions for various Minnesota and North Dakota counties. This information was collected by walking each cemetery and writing down the information found on each headstone, in the order the stones were found. Volunteers will search our published cemetery transcription books for a specific surname. For a complete list of the counties covered by these books click on the RRVGS Publications for Sale tab. The surnames are indexed at rootsweb.com/~ndgenweb To begin this search your request must include these three things: county name, page number and surname. The fee is $2/page copy. For requests mailed to the Society please include an SASE. Note: Now you can use our Online Research Services! RRVGS has photocopied, with permission, the records from several area funeral homes and has produced indexes to these records. Seven indexes are listed on this web page please click on the RRVGS Funeral Home Indexes button to access. Funeral home records may include information about cause of death, names of parents, details of the funeral arrangements, names of survivors. Volunteers will search for the record and copy the page for you. To begin the search you must provide the deceased's name, the county name, the town name, the year of death and the identification number as found in the index. The fee for this search is $5 and includes a copy of the record. Note: Now you can use our Online Research Services! RRVGS has clipped obituaries published in the local newspaper, the Fargo Forum since November 1975 to date. Fees for this search are based on the information you provide. If an obituary is found a copy will be sent. If no obituary is found you will be informed. $5/ obituary applies if name and day, month and year of death are provided for an obituary published after November 1975. The $10 fee will be required if you need page and column number for your documentation. Note: Now you can use our Online Research Services! North Dakota Naturalization Records Search The following counties are available: Barnes, Cass, Griggs, Ransom, Richmond, Sargent, Steele, and Trail. Naturalization records document the citizenship of your immigrant ancestor. Naturalization records are among the most useful to learn about an immigrant ancestor in North Dakota. (Sorry, we have no access to South Dakota naturalization records.) There are two kinds of records. The first kind is called the "Declaration of Intent" and the second kind is the "Petition for Naturalization." To initiate this search please send your ancestor's name, N.D. county of residence and approximate date of immigration. Fee is $5 / Declaration of Intent and $5 / Petition. Note: Now you can use our Online Research Services! North Dakota / South Dakota US Federal Census Search The U.S. government conducts a survey of U.S. residents every ten years. We are able to search the following census schedules for North Dakota and South Dakota: 1850 (as Minnesota Territory) Fee is $10/household / census year. To start this search please include the full name of the person you seek and their parents', sibling's and children's names, approximate birth date, birthplace if known and other details which might clarify which individual you want found. Note: Now you can use our Online Research Services! COPYRIGHT NOTICE.© 2005 Red River Valley Genealogical Society. |