Montana

MONTANA 929.3786




1889 - Montana became the 41st state on 8 November 1889

Montana is a Spanish word for mountain


1917 - 1st women elected to the United State Congress was Jeanette Rankin from Montana in 1917.


Contact for Vital Records

Montana Department of Public Health and Human Services

Vital Records and Statistics

Box 4210

Helena, MT 59604

(406) 444-2685 www.dphhs.mt.gov


Statewide birth & death records begin in 1907

Statewide marriage & divorce records begin in 1943


Cheyenne Ancestors - http://www.cheyenneancestors.com/


City Directory - http://distantcousin.com/Directories/MT/

*Butte, Montana 1928 City Directory


Death Index - http://www.rootsweb.com/~mtmsgs/death_records.htm


Library - web site - Montana state library page - http://msl.state.mt.us


Marriage records - http://abish.byui.edu/specialCollections/westernStates/aboutWesternStates.cfm


Montana Memory Project—Montana’s Digital Library and Archives—Access is free--highlights are historic photographs, documents, and architectural drawings; county histories; yearbooks; livestock brands; veterans lists; state prisons records; newspapers; Native Americans; WWII letters; and interviews

http://cdm15018.contentdm.oclc.org/


Montana State Genealogical Society - http://www.rootsweb.com/~mtmsgs/


Montana, Yellowstone County & Billings Genealogy - vital statistics 1882-1901 - from the Billings Gazette and city directories - http://www.billings.lib.mt.us/geninfo.html


Mountain Men and the Fur Trade - http://www.xmission.com/~drudy/amm.html


Yellowstone Genealogy Forum - http://www.rootsweb.com/~mtygf/


Obit - Brother William Wesley Van Orsdel

“Heir Lines” Vol. 28, No. 4, 2003-2004, pp 5-8



CHOUTEAU COUNTY - Montana


Chouteau County Genealogy Project – http://www.pa-roots.org/chouteau/


JUDITH BASIN COUNTY - Montana


Judith Basin County Genealogy Project – http://www.pa-roots.org/judithbasin/



LIBERTY COUNTY - Montana


Liberty County Genealogy Project – http://pa-roots.org/liberty/

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