Big Horn County, Montana Genealogy

United States Montana  Big Horn County

Guide to Big Horn 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 13 January 1913 from Rosebud and Yellowstone
 * County Seat:Hardin
 * Neighboring Counties: Big Horn County, Wyoming | Carbon | Powder River | Rosebud | Sheridan County, Wyoming | Treasure | Yellowstone

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

Newspapers

 * NewspaperArchive.com ($) has a collection of digitized Montana newspapers online including Billings newspapers that may have reported on residents of Big Horn County. This database is sometimes free at libraries.



Obituaries

 * Montana State University Library Obituaries
 * Montana State Public Library Obituaries
 * Obituaries MTGenWeb Archives

Probate

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

Courthouse
County Clerk has birth, death, naturalization and land records from 1913. Clerk District Court has marriage, divorce, probate and court records

Family History Centers

 * Hardin Montana Family History Center

Libraries

 * Montana State Public Library
 * Montana State University Library

Societies and Museums
Big Horn County Historical Society Ih 90 Hardin, Mt., 59034

Birth

 * 1840–2004 -  at FamilySearch — index and images
 * Department of Health Birth and Death Records

Marriage

 * Montana Marriage Records

Death

 * 1840–2004 -  — index and images

Websites

 * USGenWeb Big Horn County, Montana project. May have maps, name indexes, history or other information for this county.
 * Genealogy-Big Horn County, Montana
 * Kindred Trails-Big Horn County, Montana
 * Big Horn County, Montana Family History Genealogy

Wiki Pages
Montana Vital Records

Indian Reservation
The Crow Indian Reservation is primarily located in Big Horn County, with a smaller portion in Yellowstone County.

The Northern Cheyenne Indian Reservation is about equally divided in land area between Big Horn County and Rosebud County.