Hill County, Montana Genealogy

United States Montana Hill County

Guide to Hill County, Montana ancestry, genealogy and family history, birth records, marriage records, death records, census records, family history, and military records.

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County Courthouse
Hill County Courthouse 315 4th Street Havre, MT 59501-3999 Phone: 406.265.5481 Hill County Website County Clerk and recorder has birth and death records from 1907 and land records from 1865; Clerk Court has marriage, divorce probate and court records

Hill County, Montana Record Dates

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 * width="91%" bgcolor="#e4d8e5" align="center" colspan="7" | Beginning Dates for Major County Records
 * width="13%" bgcolor="#e4d8e5" align="center" | Birth*
 * width="13%" bgcolor="#e4d8e5" align="center" | Marriage
 * width="13%" bgcolor="#e4d8e5" align="center" | Death*
 * width="13%" bgcolor="#e4d8e5" align="center" | Court
 * width="13%" bgcolor="#e4d8e5" align="center" | Land
 * width="13%" bgcolor="#e4d8e5" align="center" | Probate
 * width="13%" bgcolor="#e4d8e5" align="center" | Census
 * width="13%" align="center" | 1898*
 * width="13%" align="center" | 1912*
 * width="13%" align="center" | 1897*
 * width="13%" align="center" | 1912
 * width="13%" align="center" | 1912
 * width="13%" align="center" | 1912
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 * colspan="7" | * For earlier dates, try... Church &#124; Obituaries &#124; Cemeteries
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Record Loss
There is no known history of courthouse disasters in this county.

Boundary Changes

 * Parent County: created 28 February 1912 from Chouteau
 * County seat: Havre

Populated Places
Indian Reservation

The Rocky Boy's Indian Reservation is located primarily in Hill County, with a smaller portion in Chouteau County.


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Church Records
'''LDS Ward and Branch Records


 * Havre

Local Histories

 * Grit, guts and gusto : a history of Hill County

Probate Records
'''Online Probate Records


 * 1831 – 1952 Montana Wills and Probate Records 1831-1952 at Ancestry.com — index and images $

Birth

 * 1840–2004 -  at FamilySearch — index and images

Marriage

 * 1912-1950 - Marriage records, 1912-1950 ; Index 1912-1970 Viewable

Death

 * 1840–2004 -  at FamilySearch — index and images

Family History Centers

 * Havre Montana Family History Center

Societies
Ft. Assiniboine Genealogical Society P.O. Box 321 Havre 59531 Rudyard Historical Society P.O. Box 44 Rudyard 59540

Websites

 * Genealogy Inc Hill County, Montana
 * Linkpendium-Hill County, Montana
 * USGenWeb Hill County, Montana project. May have maps, name indexes, history or other information for this county.
 * - The FamilySearch catalog contains descriptions and access information for all genealogical materials (including books, online materials, microfilm, microfiche, and publications) in their collection.  Use Historical Records to search for specific individuals in genealogical records