Jefferson County, Montana Genealogy

United States Montana  Jefferson County

Guide to Jefferson 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 2 February 1865 as an original county
 * County seat: Boulder
 * Neighboring Counties: Broadwater | Deer Lodge | Gallatin | Lewis and Clark | Madison | Powell | Silver Bow

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

Cemeteries

 * Elkhorn Cemetery, Jefferson County, Elkhorn, Montana; surveyed May 28, 2000 A ghost town cemetery. The Elkhorn Mine was worked from the 1870s until 1899. The postoffice closed in 1924. Information given includes name, birth and death dates, age, remarks.

Land and Property

 * Jefferson County, Montana, index to deeds records, 1805-1927 and deed records, 1864-1951
 * Jefferson County, Montana, indexes to mining district records 1864-1959 ; mining district records 1864-1957
 * Jefferson County, Montana, indexes to miscellaneous land records, 1864-1990 and miscellaneous land records, 1864-1964

Maps



 * See an interactive map of Jefferson County cemeteries and modern-day townships. (Histopolis)

Newspapers

 * Basin Progress - more than 200 issues spanning 1897-1904 freely available via Google News Archive
 * Basin Progress &amp; Mining Review - more than 100 issues spanning 1905-1909 freely available via Google News Archive
 * Basin Republican Rustler - more than 100 issues spanning 2006-2009 freely available via Google News Archive
 * NewspaperArchive.com ($) has a collection of digitized Montana newspapers including Butte and Helena newspapers. This database is sometimes free at libraries.
 * Boulder, Montana, newspapers : the Jefferson County Sentinel, the Boulder Age, and the Boulder Monitor

Probate
Online Probate Records


 * 1831 – 1952 Montana Wills and Probate Records 1831-1952 at Ancestry.com — index and images $
 * Jefferson County, Montana, probate case files, 1869-1932 and registers of probate case files, 1893-1932

Courthouse
County Clerk has birth and death records from 1907 and land records from 1865; Clerk District Court has marriage, probate and court records

Family History Centers

 * Boulder Montana Family History Center

Societies
Jefferson Valley Historical Society P.O. Box 902 Whitehall 59759-0902

Birth

 * 1840–2004 -  at FamilySearch — index and images
 * 1895-2003 - Jefferson County, Montana, births, marriages and deaths and indexes, 1895-2003 Viewable

Marriage

 * 1895-2003 - Jefferson County, Montana, births, marriages and deaths and indexes, 1895-2003 Viewable
 * Western States Marriage Index

Death

 * 1840–2004 -  at FamilySearch — index and images
 * 1895-2003 - Jefferson County, Montana, births, marriages and deaths and indexes, 1895-2003 Viewable

Websites

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