Missoula County, Montana Genealogy

United States Montana  Missoula County

Guide to Missoula 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: Missoula 
 * Neighboring Counties: Clearwater County, Idaho | Flathead | Granite | Idaho County, Idaho | Lake | Mineral | Powell | Ravalli | Sanders

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

Cemeteries

 * Web site to locate addresses of Cemeteries
 * Missoula Cemetery online search through the Missoula city website.

Church Records
LDS Ward and Branch Records


 * Missoula
 * Tyler

History

 * National Register of Historic Places

Maps



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

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 from 1895 and land records; Clerk Court has marriage, divorce, probate and court records

Family History Centers

 * Missoula Montana Family History Center
 * Seeley Lake Montana Family History Center

Libraries

 * Missoula Public Library 301 E Main Street Missoula, Montana 59802 Phone: (406) 721-2665 Fax: (406) 728-5900 Website Historic Collections

Montana Genealogical Resources in the Missoula Public Library: The Missoula Public Library genealogy collection contains information on Missoula, Lake, Granite, Mineral, Sanders, and Ravalli counties, and to a lesser degree, Lincoln County. Genealogists may also refer to the extensive Montana Collection, located in the Audra Browman Room.

Electronic Databases:


 * Missoulian Subject Index – covers 25+ years of articles. The index will give you a citation to the article available on microfilm.
 * Montana State Death Index – (1880-2002) includes death records recorded by the state. Mandatory registration began in 1907. This is available in the Audra Browman Room.

Western Montana Genealogical Resources:


 * Index to the Vital Records as Listed in the Daily Missoulian 1870-1942 1976-1982 (obits only) 1982-1999


 * Cemetery Information:
 * Missoula County 1869 to date
 * Sanders County 1894 to date
 * Mineral County 1893 to date
 * Lake County 1845 to date
 * Granite County 1869 to date
 * Ravalli County 1893 to 1987
 * Lincoln County 1890 to 1985


 * Bio-Sheets: A compilation from cemetery records, mortuary records, tombstone records, and obituaries
 * Index to the 1910 Missoula County, Montana census
 * Index to the Microfilm Records of the Book of Baptisms, Marriages, Deaths, and Confirmations in the City of Helena, Montana, Archdiocese of Nebraska, from 1866, and in Hellgate and Frenchtown
 * Pre-1900 Index of Vital Records for Missoula Area Newspapers
 * Index of the Upper Swan Valley Homestead Claims, Condon, Montana
 * Index to the 1930 Mineral County, Montana census
 * Mineral County, Montana Death Records Index (to 1896)
 * Index to 1870 Montana Census, Cedar Creek Mines
 * Index to 1880 Montana Census, Dist. 92
 * Index to 1910 Ravalli County, Montana census
 * Vital Statistics extracted from the Northwest Tribune (Ravalli County), 2 v.: 1889-1900, 1901-1910
 * Sanders County Montana Armed Services Personnel, 1917-1949
 * Senyelemen: “gathering” of sacred records of the Sqelix (people), 1910-1960 (Sanders and Lake Counties)
 * Drawing for Homesteads 1909 (Flathead Indian Reservation, Lake County)

Other Montana Resources:


 * First Families of Montana and Early Settlers (2 v.)
 * Montana Data Index: a Reference Guide to Historical and Genealogical Resources (1992 ed.)
 * US Military Personnel Died (including Missing and Captured, Declared Dead) As a Result of the Vietnam Conflict (list of Montanans)
 * Norske i Montana (3 v.) [Norwegians in Montana]
 * Yellowstone County, Montana Marriages 1889-1991
 * Homesteader Names, Liberty County
 * Blackfeet Nation Family History (5 v.) (Glacier County)
 * Riverside Cemetery, Fort Benton (v. 1-2) (Choteau County)
 * County Histories from across Montana

Genealogical queries may be sent to the Missoula Public Library or e-mailed to parpart@montana.lib.us. There is no charge for brief queries.

Museums

 * Fort Missoula Museum

Societies

 * Western Montana Genealogical Society PO Box 2714 Missoula, MT 59806

Meets the second Tuesday of the month (September, November, January, March and May) at 7:00 pm at the Missoula Public Library. Please visit our website for program announcements.

Birth

 * 1840–2004 -  at FamilySearch — index and images

Marriage

 * 1868-1897 - Western States Marriage Index includes marriages 1868-1897

Death

 * 1840–2004 -  at FamilySearch — index and images

Websites

 * Genealogy Inc Missoula County, Montana
 * Kindred Trails Missoula County, Montana
 * Missoula County
 * Montana Census Records at Census Finder
 * USGenWeb Missoula County, MontanaMay have maps, name indexes, history or other information for this county.
 * USGenWeb Missoula County, MontanaMay have maps, name indexes, history or other information for this county.

Indian Reservation
A small piece of the Flathead Indian Reservation is in Missoula County. The major part of the reservation is in Lake County. Other small portions are also in Flathead and Sanders Counties.