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Grand Forks County Coroner Certificates, 1882-1989
Abstract
Administrative/Biographical History
The Grand Forks County Coroner is charged with the responsibility of investigating any death arising from suspicious and unusual circumstances, including criminal or violent means, suicide, accidents, and sudden death when in apparent good health. The coroner is a licensed medical doctor in good standing in the profession, and is appointed for a two year term by the Grand Forks County Commissioners.
Source: North Dakota Century Code, Chapter 11-19.1
Subjects (links to similar collections) Administrative InformationDonation; 2001-2523
The Grand Forks County Coroner Certificates date from 1882-1989. The collection consists of 3255 certificates, along with two index books.
The early certificates, dating from 1882 - circa 1906, were not given formal certificate numbers, and instead were filed alphabetically by the last name of the deceased. Some of these early certificates were given a page number from an index book. The page numbering scheme dates from 1903-1906, although some
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