Montana Biography

The Montana Historical Society has an extensive collection of biographical materials. There is no statewide biographical index or major manuscript collection. You may find information in the biographical sections of state, regional, and county histories.

Representative biographical encyclopedias for Montana are:


 * Progressive Men of the State of Montana. Chicago, Illinois: A. W. Bowen and Company, 1901. (Family History Library .) This book is online at: http://www.lib.umt.edu/gsdl/cgi-bin/
 * Stout, Tom. Montana, Its Story and Biography. . . . Three Volumes. Chicago, Illinois: American Historical Society, 1921. (Family History Library .) There is also an every-name index (Family History Library .) The index is online at: http://www.rootsweb.com/~mtlincol/stout.htm
 * Brief biographies of settlers who arrived in Montana before the territory was established in 1864 are found in James U. Sanders, Society of Montana Pioneers: Constitution, Members and Officers, with Portraits and Maps, Volume 1 (Akron, Ohio: Society of Montana Pioneers, 1899; Family History Library ). This book is online at: http://content.ancestry.com/iexec/?htx=BookList&amp;dbid=28876&amp;offerid=0%3a7858%3a0. This is a subscription website.

Online Resources

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