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U.S. - Montana
Category Index
- General Resource Sites
- Government & Cities
- History & Culture
- How To
- Libraries, Archives & Museums
- Mailing Lists, Newsgroups & Chat
- Maps, Gazetteers & Geographical Information
- Military
- Newspapers
- Occupations
- People & Families
- Periodicals & Pamphlets
- Photographs & Memories
- Professional Researchers, Volunteers & Other Research Services
- Publications, Software & Supplies
- Queries, Message Boards & Surname Lists
- Records: Census, Cemeteries, Land, Obituaries, Personal, Taxes and Vital
- Religion & Churches
- Societies & Groups
Also for Montana:
- Localities: Counties, Areas & Regions
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General Resource Sites
- AccessGenealogy - Montana Genealogy Resource Center
- Ancestor Search - Montana Genealogy Search Engines
- Ancestors: Resource Guide - Montana
Contact information for archives, libraries, genealogical & historical societies, church records and ethnic resources.
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 Ancestry.com - Montana Genealogy - Databases, Sources, How To's
Searchable indexes; database results and some digitized images available with fee-based subscription. Free articles and helpful research materials.
- ePodunk
Provides ancestral demographics & categorized links to other genealogy sites.
- Family Tree Connection - Montana Resources
Search the listings for free, view full details with a fee-based subscription.
- Footnote.com - Montana
Footnote is an online repository for original historical documents, combined with the ability for users to make comments, annotations, and upload their own documents. Some areas of Footnote are free to use, while others can be freely searched and then viewed with a paid subscription.
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 Genealogy.com: State Resources -- Montana
- Geneasearch: A Guide to Montana Genealogy
Surname registry, female ancestors, ancestors archive, marriage records databases and links.
- G Spot United States Adoption Registry for Montana
- Kindred Trails - Montana Genealogy Resources
- Lineages.com - Montana Research Room
- Looking 4 Kin - Montana
- The Olive Tree Genealogy: U.S.A. Genealogy - Montana
- StateGenSites - U.S. Genealogy State by State - Montana
- Surname Navigator USA
A one window, megasearch engine for surnames. Can simultaneously search various databases using only one input screen. Includes CGI (LDS Mormons) USA, Ancestral File (LDS Mormons) USA, Geneanet USA, Google, genealogy USA, Google News Genealogy USA, Rootsweb message board USA, Ancestry.com, Email Finder USA, White Pages USA.
- USGenWeb - MTGenWeb Project
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 Websites at RootsWeb
- WorldVitalRecords.com - Montana in Databases or Montana in Titles
An inexpensive, growing set of pay-for-use databases. Including vital records, and an extensive collection of newspapers.
- Yahoo!...Montana...Genealogy
- 50states.com - Montana State Information Resource
A list of general information for each state, including a list of colleges, state symbols, links to maps, newspapers, and other miscellaneous state information.
- Court Web Sites - Montana
Links to the web sites of various levels of judicial courts in the state.
- FindLaw: Montana: Courts
Links to the web sites of various levels of judicial courts in the state.
- Montana Online: Homepage for the State of Montana
- NACo - About Counties - Montana
From the National Association of Counties. Includes links to county courthouse addresses and telephone numbers as well as links to official county government web sites.
- Official City Web Sites for the State of Montana
- Peelle's County Recorder Directory
Listing of addresses and phone numbers for all the county recorders.
- Public Records Online
Links to available state & county Tax Assessors' and Recorders' offices. Online public records may include copies of deeds, parcel maps, GIS maps, tax data, ownership information and indexes. Some Recorders' offices have marriage and birth records available online.
- USA CityLink Project - Montana
- Yahoo! Get Local...Montana Counties and Regions or Cities
Maps, yellow pages, white pages, newspapers and other local information.
Mailing lists are interactive e-mail forums that are free for you to subscribe to and participate in. Click on the links below and be sure to follow the instructions provided exactly as shown in order to subscribe to the mailing list of your choice. Be sure to keep a copy of the welcome message that you receive. This message will contain details about the mailing list, the person who runs the list and instructions you will need in order to participate in the list, unsubscribe from the list, etc.
- COALMINERS Mailing List
For anyone whose ancestors were coalminers in the United Kingdom or the United States. Archives: browse or search.
- MONTANA Mailing List
Sponsored by the Montana State Genealogical Society for anyone with a genealogical interest in the State of Montana. Archives: browse or search.
- MT-AHGP Mailing List
For the State and County Coordinators of the Montana American History and Genealogy Project (AHGP) to discuss project activities.
- MT-CEMETERIES
For anyone interested in locating, and preserving historical information about, Montana cemeteries. Archives: browse or search.
- MT-CENSUS Mailing List
For the volunteers who are engaged in transcribing Montana census records in support of the USGenWeb Census Project to discuss the status of the project.
- MT-CENSUS-LOOKUP Mailing List
For anyone desiring a check of Montana census records for their ancestors. Requests should be as specific as possible and include county name, specific family of interest, and year whenever possible. Archives: browse or search.
- MT-FREEDMEN Mailing List
For anyone with a genealogical interest in Freedmen in Montana from all ethnic backgrounds (e.g., African, Native American, Caucasian). Archives: browse or search.
- MT-GHOSTTOWNS Mailing List
For anyone with a genealogical or historical interest in the ghost towns of Montana. Archives: browse or search.
- MT-OLD-NEWS Mailing List
For for the submission of abstracts, extracts and links from Montana newspapers published prior to 1931. Archives: browse or search.
- WESTERN-ROOTS-L Mailing list
Washington, Oregon, Alaska, Idaho, Montana, Wyoming, California, Nevada, Hawaii, Colorado, Utah, Arizona, and New Mexico.
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 Ancestry.com
Searchable indexes; database results and some digitized images available with fee-based subscription. Searchable indexes; database results and some digitized images available with fee-based subscription. Searching Ancestry's databases is free, and then viewing the final results in the genealogical datasets is available by paid subscription. A search serves up a "Ranked Search Result" based on your query. The displayed list of results indicates which of the many databases has a possible match, as well as suggestions to help you refine your search. Following the links for the search hits will result in one of two things: if you are already a paid subscriber you will see the database matches right away; if you are not yet a subscriber you are pointed to a "landing page" that gives you options to become a paid subscriber to one of Ancestry's membership packages.
- Ancestry.com - WWI Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918 - Montana
Scanned images available by subscription.
- The Civil War in Montana
- Genealogy Quest - Fort Benton, Montana, 1880
U.S. Census, population schedule, Ft. Benton, Chouteau County, Montana; June 9-10, 1880.
- Korean Conflict State-Level Casualty Lists - Montana
From the National Archives and Records Administration, Center for Electronic Records.
- Montana in the Military
- Vietnam Conflict State-Level Casualty Lists - Montana
From the National Archives and Records Administration, Center for Electronic Records.
- The Vietnam Veterans Memorial - Montana
- ABYZ News Links - Montana - Newspapers and News Sources
- Ancestry.com
Searchable indexes; database results and some digitized images available with fee-based subscription. Searchable indexes; database results and some digitized images available with fee-based subscription. Searching Ancestry's databases is free, and then viewing the final results in the genealogical datasets is available by paid subscription. A search serves up a "Ranked Search Result" based on your query. The displayed list of results indicates which of the many databases has a possible match, as well as suggestions to help you refine your search. Following the links for the search hits will result in one of two things: if you are already a paid subscriber you will see the database matches right away; if you are not yet a subscriber you are pointed to a "landing page" that gives you options to become a paid subscriber to one of Ancestry's membership packages.
- Billings Gazette On Line
Includes "Vitals" section.
- Footnote.com - Montana Newspapers
Phillips County News, Roundup Record-Tribune & Winnett Times, Sidney Herald. Footnote is an online repository for original historical documents, combined with the ability for users to make comments, annotations, and upload their own documents. Some areas of Footnote are free to use, while others can be freely searched and then viewed with a paid subscription.
- Home Town News - Montana
Directory of daily and weekly newspapers in the United States.
- Lewistown News-Argus
Bi-weekly newspaper covering central Montana.
- Missoulian Online
- NewsDirectory.com: Newspapers: Montana
- NewsLink | Newspapers | U.S. | Montana
- Newspaper Abstracts - Finding Our Ancestors in the News! - Montana
- NewspaperLinks.com - Montana
- OnlineNewspapers.com - Newspaper & Newspapers Online Directory: Montana
- ThePaperboy.com Newspaper Directory - Montana Newspapers
- The United States Newspaper Program
Cooperative national effort among the states and the federal government to locate, catalog, and preserve on microfilm newspapers published in the United States from the eighteenth century to the present.
- US Newspaper Links - Montana Newspapers
- World-newspapers.com - Montana Newspapers
- Yahoo!...Newspapers...Montana
Adoptions, biographies, ethnic groups, famous people, immigrants, some family groups, etc.
Magazines, journals, quarterlies, newsletters, pamplets, leaflets
Photos, postcards, yearbooks, school memorabilia, and other ephemera of life
- Dead Fred Genealogy Photo Archive - Montana
Searchable database containing images of thousands of identified and mystery 19th & 20th century photos for genealogy enthusiasts looking for long-lost family. Search vintage school annuals, faculty & students,images & names. Upload your own vintage yearbooks so others can discover their ancestral images.
- FamilyOldPhotos.com - Montana
Old, antique, or vintage photos. User submitted with family history and details.
- Old-Yearbooks.com - Montana
Old high school & college yearbooks, graduation programs, reunion booklets, class rolls, alumni lists, school photos & memorabilia.
Links to professional researchers found on Cyndi's List are included as a courtesy. Unless otherwise stated, the existence of these links on Cyndi's List does not imply endorsement of the services or products provided by those professional researchers. See also: Disclaimers
- Accelerated Genealogy Research - Professional Genealogists - Montana
Our directory lists professional genealogists by education, experience, credentials, research specialty, international or U.S. region, and billing rate to help you find the researcher best qualified to find your ancestor.
- Board for Certification of Genealogists - Roster of Those Certified - Residing in Montana or Specializing in Montana
- genealogyPro - Professional Genealogists for Western and Mid-Western United States
Including the states of Alaska, Arizona, Arkansas, California, Colorado, Hawaii, Idaho, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Michigan, Minnesota, Missouri, Montana, Nebraska, Nevada, New Mexico, North Dakota, Oklahoma, Ohio, Oregon, South Dakota, Texas, Utah, Washington, Wisconsin and Wyoming.
- Graves-R-Us
Cemetery transcriptions from selected counties in Montana & Wyoming plus a few other states. Professional genealogy research & books for sale.
- Random Acts of Genealogical Kindness - Montana
A list of volunteers who are willing to help you with your research in this locality.
The sites found in this category vary in content. Some sites have extractions or transcriptions of actual records. Other sites have helpful lists, articles, tips or guidelines. In a few cases there are scanned images of the original source documents themselves, with more of these types of records coming online each day. Keep in mind that extractions & transcriptions may have errors or may be missing certain portions of the original source material. Always refer to the original source material whenever possible and only use extractions & transcriptions as a starting point to help guide you in your research.
- AccessGenealogy - Montana Census Records
Census links for online census research.
- Ancestry.com - Montana Census, 1870-90
Searchable database available by subscription.
- Ancestry.com - U.S. Federal Censuses
Browse by census year, state, county, township. Census images available with fee-based subscription:
- Ancestry.com
Searchable indexes; database results and some digitized images available with fee-based subscription. Searching Ancestry's databases is free, and then viewing the final results in the genealogical datasets is available by paid subscription. A search serves up a "Ranked Search Result" based on your query. The displayed list of results indicates which of the many databases has a possible match, as well as suggestions to help you refine your search. Following the links for the search hits will result in one of two things: if you are already a paid subscriber you will see the database matches right away; if you are not yet a subscriber you are pointed to a "landing page" that gives you options to become a paid subscriber to one of Ancestry's membership packages.
- HeritageQuest - US Federal Census Schedules Available on Microfilm
Digitized images of the complete US Census from 1790 to 1930 for sale on microfilm.
- NARA | US National Archives & Records Administration
- USGenWeb Archives
- Ancestry.com
Searchable indexes; database results and some digitized images available with fee-based subscription. Searching Ancestry's databases is free, and then viewing the final results in the genealogical datasets is available by paid subscription. A search serves up a "Ranked Search Result" based on your query. The displayed list of results indicates which of the many databases has a possible match, as well as suggestions to help you refine your search. Following the links for the search hits will result in one of two things: if you are already a paid subscriber you will see the database matches right away; if you are not yet a subscriber you are pointed to a "landing page" that gives you options to become a paid subscriber to one of Ancestry's membership packages.
- Before the Needles - Montana
A detailed listing of executions that occurred under civil authority in Montana. Listing includes (when known) the convict's name, age, race, sex, occupation, crime, date of execution, method of execution and whether it was a single or multiple execution.
- BLM - Montana Electronic Reading Room
United States Bureau of Land Management.
- County Courthouse Addresses
- Montana Cadastral Mapping Program
The Project is public-private sector partnership to create, maintain, and disseminate a digital GIS land ownership (cadastral) map database of the entire state. Parcels and real property are mapped and maintained by state and county cartographers. Interactive maps and descriptive data are available on this site for each parcel. Descriptive data are derived from the Montana Department of Revenue CAMA (Computer Assisted Mass Appraisal) database.
- Montana County Records - County Courthouse Records in Montana
- NARA | US National Archives & Records Administration
- Native American Land Patents - Montana
A listing by state and Tribe of land patents.
- Public Records Online
Contact information for Tax Assessors' and Recorders' offices.
- Records Room: Montana Counties, United States
- USGenWeb Archives
- Ancestry.com
Searchable indexes; database results and some digitized images available with fee-based subscription. Searching Ancestry's databases is free, and then viewing the final results in the genealogical datasets is available by paid subscription. A search serves up a "Ranked Search Result" based on your query. The displayed list of results indicates which of the many databases has a possible match, as well as suggestions to help you refine your search. Following the links for the search hits will result in one of two things: if you are already a paid subscriber you will see the database matches right away; if you are not yet a subscriber you are pointed to a "landing page" that gives you options to become a paid subscriber to one of Ancestry's membership packages.
- Montana Department of Public Health & Human Services - Birth / Death Certificates
Includes contact information and printable forms for obtaining vital record certificates.
- Montana State Vital Records
- VitalChek Network - Montana
- vitalrec.com - Vital Records Information - Montana
Resources to help you obtain a birth certificate, death record, marriage license and more by mail or online.
- Where to Write for Vital Records - Montana
From the National Center for Health Statistics (NCHS).
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