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− | + | [[United States|United States]] [[Image:Gotoarrow.png]] [[Montana|Montana]] [[Image:Gotoarrow.png]] '''Yellowstone County'''<br> | |
− | + | Guide to '''Yellowstone County Montana genealogy.''' Birth records, marriage records, death records, census records, family history, and military records. | |
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+ | | county = Yellowstone County | ||
+ | | county_map = | ||
+ | | state = Montana | ||
+ | | state_map = Montana.png | ||
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+ | | founded year = 1883 | ||
+ | | founded date = February 26 | ||
+ | | seat = Billings | ||
+ | | building image = | ||
+ | | building address = Yellowstone County Courthouse<br> 217 N 27th Street<br> PO Box 35001<br>Billings, MT 59107-5001<br>Phone: 406.256.2785<br>[http://www.co.yellowstone.mt.gov/ '''Yellowstone County Website'''] }} | ||
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− | === | + | === Historical Facts === |
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− | | [ | + | | width="16.6%" valign="middle" | <center>'''[[Yellowstone County, Montana#Birth|Birth]]'''</center> |
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+ | | width="16.6%" valign="middle" | <center>'''[[Yellowstone County, Montana#Land_and_Property|Land]]'''</center> | ||
+ | | width="16.6%" valign="middle" | <center>'''[[Yellowstone County, Montana#Probate|Probate]]'''</center> | ||
+ | | width="16.6%" valign="middle" | <center>'''[[Yellowstone County, Montana#Court_Records|Court]]'''</center> | ||
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− | | | + | | width="16.6%" valign="middle" style="height: 25px;" | <center>1884*</center> |
− | | | + | | width="16.6%" valign="middle" style="height: 25px;" | <center>1887*</center> |
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+ | | width="16.6%" valign="middle" style="height: 25px;" | <center>1883</center> | ||
+ | | width="16.6%" valign="middle" style="height: 25px;" | <center>1883</center> | ||
+ | | width="16.6%" valign="middle" style="height: 25px;" | <center>1883</center> | ||
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− | | | + | | width="100%" bgcolor="#99d6ff" colspan="6" | '''* For earlier dates, try...''' '''[[Yellowstone County, Montana#Church_Records|Church]] | [[Yellowstone County, Montana#Obituaries|Obituaries]] | [[Yellowstone County, Montana#Cemeteries|Cemeteries]]''' |
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− | === | + | *'''Parent County:''' created 26 February 1883 from [[Gallatin County, Montana|Gallatin]] | [[Meagher County, Montana|Meagher]] | [[Custer County, Montana|Custer]] | [[Carbon County, Montana|Carbon]] |
+ | *'''County Seat:''' Billings <ref name="Handybook">''The Handybook for Genealogists: United States of America'',10th ed. (Draper, UT:Everton Publishers, 2002).</ref><span style="color: rgb(0,43,184); text-decoration: underline" class="Apple-style-span"> </span> | ||
+ | *'''Neighboring Counties:''' [[Big Horn County, Montana|Big Horn]] | [[Carbon County, Montana|Carbon]] | [[Golden Valley County, Montana|Golden Valley]] | [[Musselshell County, Montana|Musselshell]] | [[Rosebud County, Montana|Rosebud]] | [[Stillwater County, Montana|Stillwater]] | [[Treasure County, Montana|Treasure]] | ||
− | + | ==== Boundary Changes ==== | |
− | ==== | + | ==== Record Loss ==== |
− | + | === Resources === | |
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− | == | + | ==== Biography ==== |
==== Cemeteries ==== | ==== Cemeteries ==== | ||
− | ==== Church ==== | + | ==== Church Records ==== |
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+ | {{MT Church Intro}} | ||
− | LDS Ward and Branch | + | '''LDS Ward and Branch Records''' |
− | *Billings | + | :*Billings |
− | ==== Court ==== | + | ==== Court Records ==== |
==== Directories ==== | ==== Directories ==== | ||
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The Parmly Billings Library has made the following available online: | The Parmly Billings Library has made the following available online: | ||
− | [http://mt-billings.civicplus.com/index.aspx?nid=393 Early Billings City Directories]: 1883, 1894, 1900-1901, 1903-1904 | + | :*[http://mt-billings.civicplus.com/index.aspx?nid=393 Early Billings City Directories]: 1883, 1894, 1900-1901, 1903-1904 |
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+ | ==== Emigration and Immigration ==== | ||
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+ | ==== Ethnic, Political or Religious Groups ==== | ||
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+ | ==== Gazetteers ==== | ||
− | ==== | + | ==== Genealogy ==== |
− | ==== | + | ==== History ==== |
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+ | ==== Land and Property ==== | ||
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+ | {{MT Land Intro}} | ||
==== Maps ==== | ==== Maps ==== | ||
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+ | ==== Migration ==== | ||
==== Military ==== | ==== Military ==== | ||
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+ | ==== Naturalization and Citizenship ==== | ||
==== Newspapers ==== | ==== Newspapers ==== | ||
− | *NewspaperArchive.com ($) has a collection of digitized [http://www.newspaperarchive.com/BrowseLocations.aspx?co=7&s=59 Montana newspapers] online including Billings newspapers that reported on residents of Yellowstone County. This database is sometimes free at libraries. | + | :*NewspaperArchive.com ($) has a collection of digitized [http://www.newspaperarchive.com/BrowseLocations.aspx?co=7&s=59 Montana newspapers] online including Billings newspapers that reported on residents of Yellowstone County. This database is sometimes free at libraries. |
− | *Parmly Billings Library: [http://mt-billings.civicplus.com/index.aspx?nid=390 Vital Statistics from early Billings Gazettes Newspapers covering 1882-1902]. | + | :*Parmly Billings Library: [http://mt-billings.civicplus.com/index.aspx?nid=390 Vital Statistics from early Billings Gazettes Newspapers covering 1882-1902]. |
− | *Parmly Billings Library: [http://mt-billings.civicplus.com/index.aspx?nid=390 Billings Gazette Indexes from 1930s and 1940s] | + | :*Parmly Billings Library: [http://mt-billings.civicplus.com/index.aspx?nid=390 Billings Gazette Indexes from 1930s and 1940s] |
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+ | ==== Obituaries ==== | ||
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+ | ==== Probate ==== | ||
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+ | {{MT Probate Intro}} | ||
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+ | ==== Public Records ==== | ||
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+ | ==== Repositories ==== | ||
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+ | ===== Courthouse ===== | ||
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+ | County Clerk Recorder has birth, death, land, and military records from 1883.<br>Clerk District Court has marriage, divorce, probate and court records.<ref name="HB">The Handybook for Genealogists: United States of America, 10th ed., (Draper, UT: Everton Publishers, 2002), p. 417.</ref> | ||
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+ | ===== Family History Centers ===== | ||
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+ | [[Introduction to LDS Family History Centers]] | ||
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+ | :*[[Billings Montana Family History Center]] | ||
+ | :*[[Gardiner Montana Family History Center]] | ||
− | ==== | + | ===== Libraries ===== |
− | = | + | :*[http://mt-billings.civicplus.com/index.aspx?nid=258 Parmly Billings Library] Genealogical Resources |
− | ==== | + | ===== Museums ===== |
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+ | ===== Societies ===== | ||
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+ | :*[http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~mtmsgs/ Montana State Genealogical Society] | ||
+ | :*[http://mhs.mt.gov/default.asp Montana State Historical Society] | ||
+ | :*[http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~mtygf/ Yellowstone Genealogy Forum] | ||
− | + | ==== Taxation ==== | |
− | + | {{MT Tax Intro}} | |
− | + | ==== Vital Records ==== | |
− | + | {{MT Vital Intro}} | |
− | [http:// | + | The following is courtesy of the [http://mt-billings.civicplus.com/index.aspx?nid=258 Parmly Billings Library] Genealogical Resources: |
− | [http:// | + | :*[http://mt-billings.civicplus.com/index.aspx?nid=390 Vital Statistics from Early ]''[http://mt-billings.civicplus.com/index.aspx?nid=390 Billing 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. |
− | + | ===== Birth ===== | |
− | ==== | + | ===== Marriage ===== |
− | *[ | + | :*[http://abish.byui.edu/specialCollections/westernStates/search.cfm Western States Marriage Index] marriages from 1881-1903 |
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− | == | + | ===== Death ===== |
− | *<font color="#0066cc">{{FHL|Montana%2C+Yellowstone|subject|disp=Family History Library Catalog}}</font> | + | ==== Websites ==== |
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+ | *<font color="#0066cc">{{FHL|Montana%2C+Yellowstone|subject|disp=Family History Library Catalog}}</font> | ||
*[http://mhs.mt.gov/default.asp <font color="#0066cc">Montana State Historical Society</font>] | *[http://mhs.mt.gov/default.asp <font color="#0066cc">Montana State Historical Society</font>] | ||
*[http://yellowstone.mtgenweb.org/ Yellowstone County GenWeb] | *[http://yellowstone.mtgenweb.org/ Yellowstone County GenWeb] | ||
− | *[http://montanamsgs.org/ygf.html Yellowstone County Genealogy Forum] | + | *[http://montanamsgs.org/ygf.html Yellowstone County Genealogy Forum] |
+ | *[http://www.nps.gov/yell/historyculture/index.htm Yellowstone National Park History & Culture] | ||
− | <br> | + | A wiki article describing an online collection is found at: <br>Montana, Yellowstone County Records (FamilySearch Historical Records) |
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+ | === Places === | ||
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+ | ==== Populated Places ==== | ||
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+ | {| width="620" cellspacing="1" cellpadding="1" border="0" align="left" class="FCK__ShowTableBorders" | ||
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+ | | [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Acton,_Montana Acton] | ||
+ | | [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Custer,_Montana Custer] | ||
+ | | [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pompey%27s_Pillar,_Montana Pompey's Pillar] | ||
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+ | | [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ballantine,_Montana Ballantine] | ||
+ | | {{FHL|Montana%2C+Yellowstone%2C+Huntley|subject|disp=Huntley}} | ||
+ | | [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shepherd,_Montana Shepherd] | ||
+ | |- | ||
+ | | {{FHL|Montana%2C+Yellowstone%2C+Billings|subject|disp=Billings}} | ||
+ | | [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Laurel,_Montana Laurel] | ||
+ | | [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Worden,_Montana Worden] | ||
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+ | | [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Broadview,_Montana Broadview] | ||
+ | | [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lockwood,_Montana Lockwood] | ||
+ | | <br> | ||
+ | |} | ||
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+ | ==== Indian Reservation ==== | ||
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+ | The [[Crow Indian Reservation (Montana)|Crow Indian Reservation]] is located primarily in [[Big Horn County, Montana|Big Horn]] County, with a smaller portion in Yellowstone County. | ||
− | == References == | + | === References === |
<references />{{Montana|Montana}} | <references />{{Montana|Montana}} | ||
[[Category:Yellowstone_County,_Montana]] | [[Category:Yellowstone_County,_Montana]] |
Revision as of 01:21, 28 June 2013
United States Montana
Yellowstone County
Guide to Yellowstone County Montana genealogy. Birth records, marriage records, death records, census records, family history, and military records.
Yellowstone County, Montana | |
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![]() Location of Montana in the U.S. | |
Facts | |
Founded | February 26, 1883 |
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County Seat | Billings |
Courthouse | |
Address | Yellowstone County Courthouse 217 N 27th Street PO Box 35001 Billings, MT 59107-5001 Phone: 406.256.2785 Yellowstone County Website |
Contents
- 1 Historical Facts
- 2 Resources
- 2.1 Biography
- 2.2 Cemeteries
- 2.3 Church Records
- 2.4 Court Records
- 2.5 Directories
- 2.6 Emigration and Immigration
- 2.7 Ethnic, Political or Religious Groups
- 2.8 Gazetteers
- 2.9 Genealogy
- 2.10 History
- 2.11 Land and Property
- 2.12 Maps
- 2.13 Migration
- 2.14 Military
- 2.15 Naturalization and Citizenship
- 2.16 Newspapers
- 2.17 Obituaries
- 2.18 Probate
- 2.19 Public Records
- 2.20 Repositories
- 2.21 Taxation
- 2.22 Vital Records
- 2.23 Websites
- 3 Places
- 4 References
Historical Facts
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- Parent County: created 26 February 1883 from Gallatin | Meagher | Custer | Carbon
- County Seat: Billings [1]
- Neighboring Counties: Big Horn | Carbon | Golden Valley | Musselshell | Rosebud | Stillwater | Treasure
Boundary Changes
Record Loss
Resources
Biography
Cemeteries
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.
LDS Ward and Branch Records
- Billings
Court Records
Directories
The Parmly Billings Library has made the following available online:
- Early Billings City Directories: 1883, 1894, 1900-1901, 1903-1904
Emigration and Immigration
Ethnic, Political or Religious Groups
Gazetteers
Genealogy
History
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.
Maps
Migration
Military
Naturalization and Citizenship
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
Obituaries
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.
Public Records
Repositories
Courthouse
County Clerk Recorder has birth, death, land, and military records from 1883.
Clerk District Court has marriage, divorce, probate and court records.[2]
Family History Centers
Introduction to LDS Family History Centers
Libraries
- Parmly Billings Library Genealogical Resources
Museums
Societies
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.
The following is courtesy of the Parmly Billings Library Genealogical Resources:
- Vital Statistics from Early Billing 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.
Birth
Marriage
- Western States Marriage Index marriages from 1881-1903
Death
Websites
- Family History Library Catalog
- Montana State Historical Society
- Yellowstone County GenWeb
- Yellowstone County Genealogy Forum
- Yellowstone National Park History & Culture
A wiki article describing an online collection is found at:
Montana, Yellowstone County Records (FamilySearch Historical Records)
Places
Populated Places
Acton | Custer | Pompey's Pillar |
Ballantine | Huntley | Shepherd |
Billings | Laurel | Worden |
Broadview | Lockwood | |
Indian Reservation
The Crow Indian Reservation is located primarily in Big Horn County, with a smaller portion in Yellowstone County.
References
- ↑ The Handybook for Genealogists: United States of America,10th ed. (Draper, UT:Everton Publishers, 2002).
- ↑ The Handybook for Genealogists: United States of America, 10th ed., (Draper, UT: Everton Publishers, 2002), p. 417.