Yellowstone County, Montana Genealogy

United States Montana  Yellowstone County

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

A wiki article describing an online collection is found at:

Montana, Yellowstone County Records (FamilySearch Historical Records)

Parent County
1883--Yellowstone County was created 26 February 1883 from Gallatin, Meagher, Custer, and Carbon Counties. County seat: Billings 

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

Neighboring Counties

 * Big Horn
 * Carbon
 * Golden Valley
 * Musselshell
 * Rosebud
 * Stillwater
 * Treasure

Church
LDS Ward and Branch Records


 * Billings

Directories
The Parmly Billings Library has made the following available online:

Early Billings City Directories: 1883, 1894, 1900-1901, 1903-1904

Newspapers

 * NewspaperArchive.com ($) has a collection of digitized Montana newspapers online including Billings newspapers that reported on residents of Yellowstone County. This database is sometimes free at libraries.
 * Parmly Billings Library: Vital Statistics from early Billings Gazettes Newspapers covering 1882-1902.
 * Parmly Billings Library: Billings Gazette Indexes from 1930s and 1940s

Courthouse
County Clerk Recorder has birth, death, land, and military records from 1883. Clerk District Court has marriage, divorce, probate and court records.

Family History Centers
Introduction to LDS Family History Centers
 * Billings Montana Family History Center
 * Gardiner Montana Family History Center

Societies

 * Montana State Genealogical Society
 * Montana State Historical Society
 * Yellowstone Genealogy Forum

Vital Records
For marriages from 1881-1903 see Western States Marriage Index.

The following is courtesy of the Parmly Billings Library Genealogical Resources:


 * Vital Statistics from EarlyBilling Gazettes: Over 13,000 births, deaths, business licenses and other records from the early residents as recorded in this newspaper. The index is from 1882-1901 as well as additional indexes covering up to the 1930s.

Web Sites

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 * Montana State Historical Society
 * Yellowstone County GenWeb
 * Yellowstone County Genealogy Forum
 * Yellowstone National Park History &amp; Culture