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Montana
Research Outline
   

Table of Contents
Records Of The Family History Library
Family History Library Catalog
Archives And Libraries
Biography
Cemeteries
Census
Church Records
Court Records
Directories
Emigration And Immigration
Gazetteers
Genealogy
History
Land And Property
Maps
Military Records
Native Races
Naturalization And Citizenship
Newspapers
Periodicals
Probate Records
Vital Records
For Further Reading
Comments And Suggestions

BIOGRAPHYLook this term up in the glossary.

The Montana Historical Society has an extensive collection of biographical materials. There is no statewide biographical index or major manuscript collection. You may find information in the biographical sections of state, regional, and county histories.

Representative biographical encyclopediasLook this term up in the glossary. are:

Progressive Men of the State of Montana. Chicago: A. W. Bowen and Co., 1901. (FHL book 978.6 D3p; film 1000176.)

Stout, Tom. Montana, Its Story and Biography. . . . 3 vols. Chicago: American Historical Society, 1921. (FHL book 978.6 H2s; film 1000175.) There is also an every-name index (FHL book 978.6 H2s Index, film 1320700 item 3.)

Brief biographies of settlers who arrived in Montana before the territory was established in 1864 are found in James U. Sanders, Society of Montana Pioneers: Constitution, Members and Officers, with Portraits and Maps, vol. 1 (Akron, Ohio: Society of Montana Pioneers, 1899; FHL book 978.6 C4p; film 1000177 item 3).


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CEMETERIESLook this term up in the glossary.

There is no compiled list of Montana cemeteries or statewide collection or index of cemetery transcripts. The Daughters of the American RevolutionLook this term up in the glossary. (DAR) Collection contains tombstone inscriptions from some Montana cemeteries (see the “Genealogy” section of this outline).

Inscriptions from 10 central Montana cemeteries have been copied by the Lewistown Genealogical Society (FHL film 1035938 item 2). Additional transcripts of cemetery records are in Cemetery Records of Montana, 3 vols. (Salt Lake City: Genealogical Society, 1947-61; FHL book 978.6 V22c; film 873694 items 4-6, fiche 6051445).

Tombstone inscriptions have also been published in periodicals. See the United States Research Outline for further suggestions on locating cemetery records.

Montana's Genealogical and Local History Records . . . lists cemeteries in each county (see the “For Further Reading” section of this outline).

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