Genealogy Resources

If you are interested in genealogy resources available on the Montana History Portal, we have an extensive guide that you can browse here. Beyond that, there are great resources for genealogy research all over the state. We invite you to check out some of them below. This list is not exhaustive, so please let us know if you have suggestions. Email us at mmp@mt.gov.

Directory of Genealogical Society and Genealogy Research Websites

Beaver Head Hunters Genealogical Society
Billings Public Library Genealogy page
Broken Mountains Genealogical Society
Butte-Silver Bow Genealogical Society
Central Montana Genealogy Society, Inc.
Flathead Valley Genealogical Society
Gallatin Genealogical Society
Great Falls Genealogy Society
Jefferson County Genealogical Society
Lewis & Clark Genealogical Society
Missoula Public Library Genealogy page
Montana GenWeb Project
Montana State Genealogical Society
Park County Genealogical Society
Powell County Genealogical Society
Sheridan County Daybreakers Genealogical Society
US GenWeb Archives: Montana Table of Contents
Western Montana Genealogical Society
Yellowstone County MtGenWeb Project
Yellowstone Genealogy Forum

Books and other resources

An illustrated history of the state of Montana…
Missoula Burial Sites (1800s - present)
Montana Heritage Resources Directory
Progressive Men of The State of Montana

Vital Records

Billings Public Library’s Billings Gazette Vitals, Indexes, Archives
Missoula Public Library’s Vital Records Index
Montana State Death Index

Cemetery Resources

Granite County (1869 to date)
Lake County (1845 to 1999)
Lake County (2000 to date)
Lincoln County (1890 to 1999)
Lincoln County (2000 to date)
Mineral County (1893 to 1999)
Mineral County (2000 to date)
Missoula City Cemetery - history
Missoula County (1869 to 1999 vol. 1)
Missoula County (1869 to 1999 vol. 2)
Missoula County (2000 to date vol. 1)
Missoula County (2000 to date vol. 2)
Ravalli County (1893 to 1999)
Ravalli County (2000 to date)
Sanders County (1894 to 1999)
Sanders County (2000 to date)