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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