Liberty County, Montana Genealogy

United States Montana  Liberty County

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

Historical Facts

 * Parent County: created 11 February 1920 from Chouteau and Hill
 * County seat: Chester
 * Neighboring Counties: Chouteau | Hill | Pondera | Toole

Cemeteries

 * Chester Cemetery – located N W across the railroad tracks. Call the Clerk and Recorder's office 406-759-5365.


 * Joplin Cemetery – located S E of Joplin. Call the Clerk and Recorder's office 406-759-5365.


 * Erickson Cemetery – located about 15 miles south of Chester. Call the Clerk and Recorder's office 406-759-5365.


 * Whitlash Cemetery – located at Whitlash. Call the Clerk and Recorder's office 406-759-5365.


 * Cemetery inscriptions and church records from Hingham, Rudyard, Inverness, Whitlash, Lothair, Joplin and Chester, Montana The communities listed in this publication are found in the counties of Hill, Liberty and Toole. Includes index.

History

 * Our heritage in Liberty

Land and Property

 * Liberty County homesteader names [Montana]

Military

 * Montana, military records, 1939-1945

Newspapers

 * Obituaries: Our legacies, Liberty County, Montana: name index 1905-2001

Probate
Online Probate Records


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

Courthouse
County Clerk has birth and death and land records from 1902 Clerk District Court has marriage records from 1920, divorce, probate, div, and court records

Family History Centers

 * Chester Montana Family History Center

Libraries
Liberty County Library 110 First East, Chester, MT 59522. Phone 406–759–5445

Societies

 * Application for membership to the National Society of the Daughters of the American Revolution, 1979

Liberty Co Historical Society Chester, Mt 59522

Broken Mountains Genealogical Society PO Box 261 Chester, MT 59522 406.759.5445

Marriage

 * Marriage records, 1920-1965 ; Index 1920-1993 Viewable

Websites

 * Broken Mountains Genealogical Society
 * Genealogy Inc Lincoln County, Montana
 * Kindred Trails Lincoln County, Montana
 * Link Pendium Lincoln County, Montana
 * USGenWeb Lincoln County, Montana project. May have maps, name indexes, history or other information for this county.