Montana Cemeteries

United States Montana  Cemeteries

Cemetery records, such as tombstone and sexton’s records, have value in that they may give birth and death dates, age at death, name of spouse and children, a maiden name or, occasionally, a birthplace. Tombstones may have symbols or insignias indicating military service and social or religious affiliations. It is important to look at surrounding tombstones because family members may also be buried nearby.

Online Resources
The following websites have Montana cemetery records online:


 * Billion Graves can be searched by name, surname, or cemetery. It provides a photo and the GPS location of the grave marker.
 * Find A Grave can be searched by the name of a person, family or cemetery. Usually gives birth and death dates and often comes with a picture of the tombstone. May also give obituaries, biographical information and names of family members with links to their information in Find A Grave.
 * Interment.net includes many Montana cemetery transcripts.
 * Access Genealogy provides links to Montana cemetery transcriptions and indexes.
 * D'Addezio contains links to Montana cemetery transcriptions published on the Internet.

Daughters of the American Revolution (DAR) Collection

 * The Daughters of the American Revolution (DAR) have tombstone inscriptions from Montana cemeteries. This collection is located at the DAR Library in Washington, D.C., which also includes transcripts of Bible records, cemetery records, church records, family records, marriages, deaths, obituaries, and wills.

Family History Library Collection

 * Cemetery Records of Montanta. 3 vols. Salt Lake City, Utah: Genealogical Society of Utah, 1947-61..


 * Contents include: v. 1. (1947) Granite County: Drummond, Valley Cemetery; Lake County: Arlee, Ronan, St. Ignatius; Missoula County: Missoula; Sanders County: Dixon -- v. 2. (1959) Deer Lodge County: Anaconda, Lower Hill and New Hill Cemeteries, Warm Springs; Gallatin County: Willow Creek, Williams Family Cemetery; Silver Bow County: Butte, Mount Moriah and Mountain View Cemeteries, Sunset Memorial Gardens -- v. 3. (1961) Gallatin County: Willow Creek; Silver Bow County: Butte, Mount Moriah and Mountain View Cemeteries.


 * Lewiston Genealogy Society. Montana Cemetery Records. Salt Lake City, Utah: Filmed by the Genealogical Society of Utah, 1982..


 * Inscriptions from ten central Montana cemeteries have been copied by the Lewistown Genealogical Society


 * Ren, Susan Slater. All Should Be Remembered: Dedicated to Graves Where Ever They May Be. 5 vols. Ennis, Montana: S.S. Ren, c2005-2012..

Periodicals
Several Montana Periodicals have published inscriptions and inventories from Montana cemeteries. These are referenced in the "Places" portion of the Periodical Source Index ('PERSI').