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United States Montana Fergus County

Guide to Fergus County Montana genealogy. Birth records, marriage records, death records, census records, family history, and military records.

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Fergus County, Montana
Map
Location of Montana in the U.S.
Facts
Founded	March 12, 1885
County Seat	Lewistown
Courthouse
Address	Fergus County Courthouse 712 W Main Street Lewistown, MT 59457-2562 Phone: 406.538.5119 Fergus County Website

Historical Facts

• Parent County: created 12 March 1885 from Meagher and Chouteau
• County seat: Lewistown ^[1]
• Neighboring Counties: Blaine | Chouteau | Golden Valley | Judith Basin | Musselshell | Petroleum | Phillips | Wheatland

Boundary Changes

Record Loss

Resources

Biography

Cemeteries

Lewistown Cemeteries:

• Central Montana Memorial Gardens is located at 809 6th Ave S, Lewistown, MT 59457-3461.  Their phone number is (406) 535-7345.  So far I've not found an actual website that they have created. However, there are some photographs and memorials for the cemetery at:www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=cr&CRid=2136719&CScn=central+montana+memorial+gardens&CScntry=4&CSst=28&  This cemetery used to be called Sunset Memorial Gardens.
  
  
• Lewistown City Cemetery is located at 133 A St., Lewistown MT 59457  Their phone is (406) 538-8512.  Some entries are at www.interment.net/data/us/mt/fergus/lewistowncity/lewistown.htm,  www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi

Church Records

LDS Ward and Branch Records

• Lewiston

Court Records

Emigration and Immigration

Ethnic, Political or Religious Groups

Genealogy

History

Land and Property

Maps

Migration

Military

Newspapers

Central Montana Genealogical Society has newspapers on microfilm. See the Libraries and Societies for their contact information.

Obituaries

Probate

Public Records

Repositories

Courthouse

County Clerk has birth and death records; Clerk Court has marriage, divorce, probate and court records; County Assessor has land records^[2]

Family History Centers

Introduction to LDS Family History Centers

• Lewistown Montana Family History Center

Libraries

Museums

Societies

• Central Montana Genealogical Society
  Located on the upper floor of the Lewistown Public Library
  701 West Main
  Lewistown, Montana, 59457 406–538–5212
  Website: www.lewistownlibrary.org/genealogy.html
  E–mail: gen@lewistownlibrary.org
  

Resources at the Lewistown Public Library include:

• Central Montana Church Records
• Cemetery and Mortuary Records
• Birth and Marriage Records
• Montana Census Films
• Local Histories and Newspaper Microfilms
  

They are very knowledgeable and helpful.

Taxation

Vital Records

Central Montana Genealogical Society has marriage indexes, birth and mortuary records. They also have family histories. Please see entry under Libraries and societies.

Birth

Marriage

• Western States Marriage Index includes marriages 1885-1901

Death

Websites

• USGenWeb project. May have maps, name indexes, history or other information for this county. Select the state, then the county.
• Family History Library Catalog
• Fergus County Montana History and Genealogy This website is part of the Montanga Genweb and US Genweb projects. It has a lot of links for genealogical research.
  
• Genealogy Tool Box has many links for genealogy resources.
• Kindred Trails separates the resource website links into categories.
• Newspaperarchive.com ($) There are some Fergus county obituaries listed on this website.

Places

References

1. ↑ The Handybook for Genealogists: United States of America,10th ed. (Draper, UT:Everton Publishers, 2002).
2. ↑ The Handybook for Genealogists : United States of America, 10th ed., (Draper, UT: Everton Publishers, 2002), p. 415.

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