Big Horn County, Montana Genealogy

United States Montana  Big Horn County

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

Parent County
1913--Big Horn County was created 13 January 1913 from Rosebud and Yellowstone Counties. County seat: Hardin

Neighboring Counties

 * Big Horn County, Wyoming
 * Carbon
 * Powder River
 * Rosebud
 * Sheridan County, Wyoming
 * Treasure
 * Yellowstone

Newspapers

 * NewspaperArchive.com ($) has a collection of digitized Montana newspapers online including Billings newspapers that may have reported on residents of Big Horn County. This database is sometimes free at libraries.

Courthouse
County Clerk has birth, death, naturalization and land records from 1913. Clerk District Court has marriage, divorce, probate and court records

Family History Centers
Introduction to LDS Family History Centers
 * Hardin Montana Family History Center

Websites

 * USGenWeb project. May have maps, name indexes, history or other information for this county. Select the state, then the county.

Indian Reservation
The Crow Indian Reservation is primarily located in Big Horn County, with a smaller portion in Yellowstone County.

The Northern Cheyenne Indian Reservation is about equally divided in land area between Big Horn County and Rosebud County.