Carbon County, Montana Genealogy

United States Montana  Carbon County

Guide to Carbon 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 4 March 1895 from Park, Yellowstone, and Custer counties.
 * County seat: Red Lodge
 * Neighboring Counties: Big Horn | Big Horn County, Wyoming | Park | Park County, Wyoming | Stillwater | Yellowstone

Record Loss
There is no known history of courthouse disasters in this county.

Church Records
LDS Ward and Branch Records


 * Belfry

Newspapers

 * NewspaperArchive.com ($) has a collection of digitized Montana newspapers including Billings newspapers that may include residents of Carbon County. This database is sometimes free at libraries.

Probate

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

Courthouse
County Clerk has birth records from 1878, death records from 1903, marriage, divorce, probate court and land records from 1895.

Societies
Carbon County Historical Society and Museum 224 North Broadway, Red Lodge, MT 59068 406-446-3667

Birth

 * 1840–2004 -  at FamilySearch — index and images

Marriage

 * 1895-1896 - For marriages from 1895-1896 see Western States Marriage Index.

Death

 * 1840–2004 -  at FamilySearch — index and images

Websites

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

Wiki Pages
Montana Vital Records