Richland County, Montana Genealogy

United States Montana Richland County

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

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Richland County, Montana
Map
Location of Montana in the U.S.
Facts
Founded	May 27, 1914
County Seat	Sidney
Courthouse
Address	Richland County Courthouse 201 W Main Street Sidney, MT 59270 Phone: 406.482.1708 Richland County Website

Historical Facts

Beginning dates for major county records
Birth	Marriage	Death	Land	Probate	Court
1914*	1914*	1912*	1914	1914	1914
* For earlier dates, try... Church | Obituaries | Cemeteries

• Parent County: created 27 May 1914 from Dawson
• County seat: Sidney
• Neighboring Counties: Dawson | McCone | McKenzie County, North Dakota | Roosevelt | Wibaux | Williams County, North Dakota

Resources

Church Records

Church records vary significantly depending on the denomination and the record keeper. They may contain information about members of the congregation, such as age, date of baptism, christening, or birth; marriage information and maiden names; and death date. For general information about Montana denominations, view the Montana Church Records wiki page.

History

Local histories are available for Richland County, Montana Genealogy. County histories may include biographies, church, school and government history, and military information. For more information about local histories, see the wiki page section Montana Local Histories.

Land and Property

Land and property records can place an ancestor in a particular location, provide economic information, and reveal family relationships. Land records include: deeds, abstracts and indexes, mortgages, leases, grants and land patents.

See Montana Land and Property for additional information about early Montana land grants. After land was transferred to private ownership, subsequent transactions were usually recorded at the county courthouse, where records are currently housed.

Probate

In most counties in Montana, probate records have been kept by the county judge. They include wills, inventories, claim registers, inheritance records, probate packets, and dockets. The records are available at the county courthouse.

The FamilySearch Catalog lists films of probate records. To find the records for this county, use the Place Search for Montana, {{{1}}} - Probate records.

Repositories

Courthouse

County Clerk has birth records from 1910, death and land records from 1914; Clerk District Court has marriage, divorce, probate and court records

Family History Centers

Introduction to LDS Family History Centers

Taxation

Montana tax records complement land records and can be used to supplement the years between censuses. There may be gaps of several years in the records.

Vital Records

Vital Records consist of births, adoptions, marriages, divorces, and deaths recorded on registers, certificates, and documents. A copy or an extract of most birth and death original records can be purchased from the Montana Department of Public Health and Human Services or the County Clerk's office of the county where the event occurred. For information about marriages, divorces, and requirements for obtaining any vital records, see the CDC Where to Write website.

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

Places

Fairview	Sidney
Fox Lake
Knife River