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United States Montana Lewis and Clark County

County Courthouse

Lewis and Clark County
316 N Park Avenue
Helena, MT 59624
Phone: 406.447.8335 

County Clerk has birth records from 1907, divorce records
from 1895 and land records from 1865; Clerk District Court
has marriage, divorce, probate and court records ^[1]

History

Parent County

1865--Lewis & Clark County was created 2 February 1865 as an original county. County seat: Helena ^[2]

Boundary Changes

Record Loss

Places/Localities

Populated Places

Neighboring Counties

• Broadwater
• Cascade
• Flathead
• Jefferson
• Meagher
• Powell
• Teton

Resources

Cemeteries

Church

LDS Ward and Branch Records

• Helena

Court

Land

Local Histories

Maps

• See an interactive map of Lewis and Clark County cemeteries and modern-day townships. (Histopolis)

Military

Newspapers

• NewspaperArchive.com ($) has a collection of digitized Montana newspapers including Butte and Helena newspapers. This database is sometimes free at libraries.

Probate

Taxation

Vital Records

For marriages from 1865-1887 see Western States Marriage Index.

Societies and Libraries

Family History Centers

• Introduction to LDS Family History Centers
• Helena Montana Family History Center

Web Sites

• USGenWeb project. May have maps, name indexes, history or other information for this county. Select the state, then the county.
• Family History Library Catalog
• Lewis and Clark County Genealogy (Montana Genealogy)

References

1. ↑ The Handybook for Genealogists : United States of America, 10th ed., (Draper, UT: Everton Publishers, 2002), p. 416.
2. ↑ The Handybook for Genealogists: United States of America,10th ed. (Draper, UT:Everton Publishers, 2002).

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