Statewide resources, Montana:
Family History & Genealogy, Census, Birth, Marriage, Death Vital Records & More

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Projects

• ALHN Montana      (Source: American Local History Network)
• Montana AHGP Project      (Source: The American History and Genealogy Project)
• Montana Genealogy & History      (Source: Genealogy Trails History Group)
• Montana Heritage Project 
• Montana Historical Society Research Center's Montana History Wiki 
• Montana Trails  Free resources, genealogy Montana     (Source: Genealogy Trails History Group)
• Montana Trails to the Past      (Source: Trails to the Past)
• The MTGenWeb Project      (Source: USGenWeb)

Biographies, Oral Histories, Diaries, Memoirs, Genealogies, Correspondence (15)

Cemeteries

• Burial Registers, Military Posts and National Cemeteries  1862-1960     (Source: Explore Ancestry for free)     ($)
• Montana Cemeteries      (Source: The Tombstone Transcription Project)
• Montana Cemetery Directory  D'Addezio.com
• Montana Cemetery Photos      (Source: Cemetery Photo Volunteers Project)

• MT-INDIAN-CEMETERIES-L Native American Cemeteries in Montana

  • MT-INDIAN-CEMETERIES-L Mailing List Homepage      (Source: RootsWeb)
  • MT-INDIAN-CEMETERIES-L Browseable Mailing List Archives      (Source: RootsWeb)
  • MT-INDIAN-CEMETERIES-L Searchable Mailing List Archives      (Source: RootsWeb)

Census Records and Indexes (39)

Court and Legal Records

• Black Sheep Ancestors  Directory of Links for Prison and Convict Records, Court Records, Executions, Famous Outlaws, Criminals & Bandits
• The vigilantes of Montana  c1915     (Source: Internet Archive)

Directories

• McKenney's Pacific Coast Directory for 1883-4  California, Oregon, Washington, British Columbia, Alaska, Nevada, Utah, Idaho, Montana, Arizona, and New Mexico     (Source: Internet Archive)
• Montana City Directories      (Source: Explore Ancestry for free)     ($)
• Montana City, County, and Rural Directories      (Source: Online Historical Directories)
• The Pacific Coast Business Directory, 1867  Containing the name and post office address of each merchant, manufacturer and professional residing in the states of California, Oregon, and Nevada; the territories of Washington, Idaho, Montana, Utah, Arizona, and Alaska; and the colony of British Columbia     (Source: Internet Archive)

Ethnic (16)

History (23)

Immigration and Naturalization Records

• Border Crossings from Canada, 1895-1956  Montana     (Source: Explore Ancestry for free)     ($)
• Montana County Naturalizations  1856-1979     (Source: Family History Library)
• Montana Immigration & Naturalization Project      (Source: USGenWeb)
• Montana Naturalization & Citizenship Records and Substitutes      (Source: Olive Tree Genealogy)
• Trails of Hope  Overland Diaries and Letters, 1846-1869
• U.S. Naturalization Record Indexes, 1791-1992  Montana     (Source: Explore Ancestry for free)     ($)

Introduction and Guides (12)

Land Records

• Bureau of Land Management Tract Books, 1820-1908  includes Montana     (Source: Family History Library)
• Montana County Land Ownership Maps, Indexed  1860-1918     (Source: Explore Ancestry for free)     ($)
• Montana Land Grant Project      (Source: The American History and Genealogy Project)

Libraries, Museums, Archives (13)

Lookups

• Montana Family History Research      (Source: Explore Ancestry for free)
• Obituary Lookup Volunteers 
• Random Acts of Genealogical Kindness 

Mailing Lists and Message Boards

• Looking 4 Kin Genealogy and Family History  Montana
• Montana Genealogy Message Board  Ancestor Explorer

• MONTANA-L Montana Genealogy

  • MONTANA-L Mailing List Homepage      (Source: RootsWeb)
  • MONTANA-L Browseable Mailing List Archives      (Source: RootsWeb)
  • MONTANA-L Searchable Mailing List Archives      (Source: RootsWeb)

• MT-INDIAN-CEMETERIES-L Native American Cemeteries in Montana

  • MT-INDIAN-CEMETERIES-L Mailing List Homepage      (Source: RootsWeb)
  • MT-INDIAN-CEMETERIES-L Browseable Mailing List Archives      (Source: RootsWeb)
  • MT-INDIAN-CEMETERIES-L Searchable Mailing List Archives      (Source: RootsWeb)

• MT-INDIAN-TRIBES-L Indian Tribes that lived, or traveled in Montana

  • MT-INDIAN-TRIBES-L Mailing List Homepage      (Source: RootsWeb)
  • MT-INDIAN-TRIBES-L Browseable Mailing List Archives      (Source: RootsWeb)
  • MT-INDIAN-TRIBES-L Searchable Mailing List Archives      (Source: RootsWeb)

Maps and Gazetteers (40)

Military Records and Histories

• List of Pensioners on the Roll, 1883  Montana Territory     (Source: Explore Ancestry for free)     ($)
• Montana Forts 
• Montana Medal of Honor Recipients 
• U.S. Military Burial Registers, 1768-1921  Montana     (Source: Explore Ancestry for free)     ($)

• Civil War

  • 1890 Census of Union Veterans and Widows of the Civil War  Montana     (Source: Family History Library)
  • 1890 Census of Union Veterans and Widows of the Civil War  Montana     (Source: Family History Library)
  • Civil War "Widows' Pensions"  Montana     (Source: fold3 - 7 day free trial)
  • Montana Civil War Pensions Index      (Source: fold3 - 7 day free trial)

• Korean War

  • Korean War Casualty List 

• Vietnam War

  • Vietnam Conflict Casualty List  Montana

• World War I

  • Soldiers of the Great War  Volume II     (Source: Google Books)
  • World War One Draft Registration Cards  1917-1918     (Source: Family History Library)

• World War II

  • World War II Casualty and POW Lists  Navy, Marines and Coast Guard     (Source: AccessGenealogy)
  • World War II Navy, Marine Corps, and Coast Guard Casualties, 1941-1945  Montana     (Source: Explore Ancestry for free)     ($)

Miscellaneous Data

• America's Volcanic Past  Montana
• Genealogy Surnames in Montana      (Source: Surnames By Town)
• Heritage Books      ($)
• Montana Free Public Records Directory 
• Montana Materials      (Source: Quintin Publications)     ($)
• Signers of the 1884 Montana State Constitution 
• Signers of the 1889 Montana State Constitution 

Newspaper Records

• Centennial newspaper exhibition, 1876  List of Montana Territory newspapers     (Source: Internet Archive)
• Events That Touched Our Ancestors' Lives  Montana     (Source: GenDisasters)
• Historical Montana Newspapers      (Source: Newspaper Archive)     ($)
• Montana Historical Newspapers      (Source: Newspapers.com)     ($)
• Montana Online Historical Newspapers 
• Newspaper Index 
• Old Montana Genealogy, News & History      (Source: The Olden Times - Historic Newspapers Online)
• Personal...But Polite  Newspaper Extracts of Personal Columns
• Search Montana Historical Newspapers  Free search     (Source: GenealogyBank)     ($)

Obituaries and Funeral Home Records

• Directory of Montana Funeral Homes 
• Montana Funeral Homes 
• Montana Newspaper Obituaries      (Source: ObituariesHelp.org)
• Montana Newspaper Obituaries      (Source: GenealogyBank)     ($)
• Montana Obituaries      (Source: ObitCity.com)
• Montana Obituary Search      (Source: ObitsArchive.com)
• National Hall of Records  The National Repository for Online Obituaries
• Obituaries 101  Links to newspapers with obituaries
• Obituary index  Individuals born in Montana

Photographs, Postcards, Historical Images (12)

School Records and Histories

• Montana Old High School & College Yearbooks, etc.      (Source: Old-Yearbooks.com)

Search Engines and Searchable Databases

• Montana Cemetery Photos      (Source: Cemetery Photo Volunteers Project)
• Montana Obituary Search      (Source: ObitsArchive.com)
• Montana USGenWeb Archives Search      (Source: USGenWeb Archives)
• USGenNet Montana Site Search      (Source: USGenNet)

Societies

• Montana Heritage Commission 
• Montana State Genealogical Society 
• Montana State Society      (Source: National Society Daughters of the American Revolution)

Tax Lists

• Internal Revenue Assessment Lists  1862-1874     (Source: Family History Library)
• U.S. IRS Tax Assessment Lists, Montana  1864-1872     (Source: Explore Ancestry for free)     ($)

Transportation and Industry

• Abandoned Mine District List 
• Mines, Mining and Mineral Resources      (Source: mindat.org - the mineral and locality database)
• Montana  N. W. Ayer & Son's American Newspaper Annual, 1880     (Source: HathiTrust Digital Library)
• Railroads of Montana 
• Western Mining History 

Vital Records (15)

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