Dawson County, Montana:
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Projects

• Dawson County      (Source: American Local History Network)
• Dawson County MT      (Source: Genealogy Trails History Group)
• Dawson County MTGenWeb      (Source: Legacy USGenWeb)
• Dawson County, Montana      (Source: USGenWeb)

Adjacent counties

• McCone County, MT  to the northwest
• Prairie County, MT  to the southwest
• Richland County, MT  to the northeast
• Wibaux County, MT  to the southeast

Biographies, Oral Histories, Diaries, Memoirs, Genealogies, Correspondence

• Dawson Co, Montana, USA      (Source: Our Family Tree)
• Dawson County Biography Bibliography      (Source: WorldCat)
• An illustrated history of the Yellowstone Valley  Eembracing the counties of Park, Sweet Grass, Carbon, Yellowstone, Rosebud, Custer and Dawson, state of Montana     (Source: Internet Archive)

Cemeteries

• Dawson County  Montana Cemetery Transcription & Photo Project     (Source: The American History and Genealogy Project)
• Dawson County Cemeteries      (Source: The Tombstone Transcription Project)
• Dawson County Cemeteries      (Source: ePodunk)
• Dawson County Cemetery List      (Source: Find A Grave)
• The Political Graveyard      (Source: The Political Graveyard)

Census Records and Indexes (19)

History

• Dawson County      (Source: Wikipedia)
• Dawson County (Glendive)  Montana, Its Story and Biography, 1921     (Source: Digital Collections, Maureen and Mike Mansfield Library, UMT-Missoula)
• Dawson County Bibliography      (Source: WorldCat)
• An illustrated history of the Yellowstone Valley  Eembracing the counties of Park, Sweet Grass, Carbon, Yellowstone, Rosebud, Custer and Dawson, state of Montana     (Source: Internet Archive)
• National Register of Historic Places 

• Histories of specific towns and townships

  • Glendive  Montana, Its Story and Biography, 1921     (Source: Digital Collections, Maureen and Mike Mansfield Library, UMT-Missoula)

• Tornados, Blizzards, Floods, World's Fairs and other events

  • Daniels, Dawson and Deer Lodge County Tornadoes      (Source: The Tornado Project)
  • Dawson County Storms      (Source: National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration)
  • Glendive Train Wreck, August 10, 1980  D. R. Matthews killed, C. D. Litch injured     (Source: GenDisasters)
  • Glendive, MT Flooding Disaster, Apr 1899      (Source: GenDisasters)
  • Glendive, MT Round House Fire, Dec 1896      (Source: GenDisasters)
  • Glendive, MT Train Wreck, Aug 1908      (Source: GenDisasters)
  • Glendive, MT Train Wreck, Aug 1908      (Source: GenDisasters)
  • Glendive, MT Train Wreck, Jun 1938      (Source: GenDisasters)

Introduction and Guides (11)

Land Records

• Land Patent Search      (Source: Bureau of Land Management, General Land Office)

Libraries, Museums, Archives

• Dawson County Libraries      (Source: Public Libraries Library Directory)
• Dawson County Libraries  Montana Library Directory
• Family History Library Holdings      (Source: Family History Library)
• Frontier Gateway Museum 
• Genealogy Collection  Glendive Public Library
• PERiodical Source Index Search  Dawson County, Montana     (Source: PERiodical Source Index)
• USGenWeb Archives      (Source: USGenWeb)

Lookups

• Dawson County Books      (Source: Books-We-Own)

Mailing Lists and Message Boards

• Dawson County Genealogy Queries      (Source: CousinConnect.com)
• Dawson County, MT Club      (Source: GenCircles)
• GenForum Message Boards      (Source: Genealogy.com)
• RootsWeb Message Board      (Source: RootsWeb)

• MTDAWSON-L Dawson County genealogy

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

Maps and Gazetteers

• Dawson County      (Source: 1895 U.S. Atlas)
• Dawson County Gazetteer      (Source: USGS Geographic Names Information System)
• Dawson County Ghost Towns      (Source: Ghosttowns.com)
• Dawson County Post Offices 
• Dawson County Postal Covers      ($)
• Dawson County Topo Maps and Aerial Photos      (Source: Trails.com)
• Existing Land Use  Dawson County, Montana     (Source: Montana Memory Project)
• Tiger Map Server Browser 

Military Records and Histories

• List of Pensioners on the Roll January 1, 1883  Dawson County, Montana     (Source: Internet Archive)

• Civil War

  • 1890 Census of Union Veterans and Widows of the Civil War  Dawson County     (Source: Family History Library)

• World War I

  • World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918  Dawson County     (Source: Explore Ancestry for free)     ($)

• World War II

  • Dawson County, Montana  World War II Casualties, Army and Army Air Corps     (Source: AccessGenealogy)

Miscellaneous Data

• Dawson County Public Records Links      (Source: Free Public Records Directory)
• Dawson County Records      (Source: Find County Records)
• Migrations through Dawson County      (Source: MIGRATIONS.org)

Newspaper Records

• Chronicling America  Dawson County     (Source: The Library of Congress)
• Montana Library Network Newspaper Index  includes Richey Pilot and six Glendive newspapers

Obituaries and Funeral Home Records

• The Glendive Ranger Review 
• Silvernale-Silna Funeral Homes  Glendive, MT; Wibaux, MT; Beach, ND

Photographs, Postcards, Historical Images

• Dawson County Photo Index  MTGenWeb Photo Archive     (Source: USGenWeb)
• Historical Postcards of Dawson County      (Source: Explore Ancestry for free)     ($)
• Montana--Dawson County--Glendive.  America from the Great Depression to World War II     (Source: American Memory from the Library of Congress)
• Montana--Glendive.  America from the Great Depression to World War II     (Source: American Memory from the Library of Congress)

School Records and Histories

• Glendive School Yearbooks      (Source: Explore Ancestry for free)     ($)

Societies

• The Tree Branches 
• Tree Branches Genealogy  Dawson County

Surnames Web sites, obituaries, biographies, and other material specific to a surname (33)

Transportation and Industry

• The Buffalo Rapids Project  Bureau of Reclamation History Program
• Building histories of Dawson County      (Source: Philadelphia Architects and Buildings Project)
• Dawson County Bridges      (Source: Historic Bridges of the United States)
• The Intake Project  Bureau of Reclamation History Program
• Lower Yellowstone Project  Bureau of Reclamation History Program
• Mines, Mining and Mineral Resources      (Source: mindat.org - the mineral and locality database)
• Patents  Dawson County, Montana     (Source: Google Patents)

Vital Records

• Birth & Death Records 
• Dawson County Marriage Records      (Source: USGenWeb Archives Marriage Records Project)
• Dawson County Vital Records      (Source: Vital Records Information for the United States)
• U.S. Federal Census Mortality Schedules, 1850-1880  Dawson County     (Source: Explore Ancestry for free)     ($)

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