Fergus County, Montana Genealogy

United States Montana  Fergus County

Guide to Fergus 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 12 March 1885 from Meagher and Chouteau
 * County seat: Lewistown 
 * Neighboring Counties: Blaine | Chouteau | Golden Valley | Judith Basin | Musselshell | Petroleum | Phillips | Wheatland

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

Cemeteries

 * Lewistown Cemeteries:


 * Central Montana Memorial Gardens is located at 809 6th Ave S, Lewistown, MT 59457-3461. Their phone number is (406) 535-7345.  So far I've not found an actual website that they have created. However, there are some photographs and memorials for the cemetery at:www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=cr&amp;CRid=2136719&amp;CScn=central+montana+memorial+gardens&amp;CScntry=4&amp;CSst=28&amp;  This cemetery used to be called Sunset Memorial Gardens.
 * Lewistown City Cemetery is located at 133 A St., Lewistown MT 59457 Their phone is (406) 538-8512.  Some entries are at www.interment.net/data/us/mt/fergus/lewistowncity/lewistown.htm,  www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi
 * Kendell Cemetery Kendell Cemetery inscriptions, 1876-1910, Fergus County, Montana

Census

 * 1900 Federal census index, Fergus County, Montana
 * 1910 Federal census index, Fergus County, Montana
 * Index 1920 federal census, Fergus County, Montana

Church Records
LDS Ward and Branch Records


 * Lewiston

Newspapers
Central Montana Genealogical Society has newspapers on microfilm. See the Libraries and Societies for their contact information.

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 records; Clerk Court has marriage, divorce, probate and court records; County Assessor has land records

Family History Centers

 * Lewistown Montana Family History Center

Societies

 * Central Montana Genealogical Society Located on the upper floor of the Lewistown Public Library 701 West Main Lewistown, Montana, 59457 406–538–5212 Website: www.lewistownlibrary.org/genealogy.html E–mail: gen@lewistownlibrary.org


 * Resources at the Lewistown Public Library include:


 * Central Montana Church Records
 * Cemetery and Mortuary Records
 * Birth and Marriage Records
 * Montana Census Films
 * Local Histories and Newspaper Microfilms


 * They are very knowledgeable and helpful.

Vital Records
Central Montana Genealogical Society has marriage indexes, birth and mortuary records. They also have family histories. Please see entry under Libraries and societies.

Birth

 * 1840–2004 -  at FamilySearch — index and images

Marriage

 * 1885-1901 - Western States Marriage Index includes marriages 1885-1901
 * 1885-1916 - Fergus County (Montana) marriage records, 1885-1916

Death

 * 1840–2004 -  at FamilySearch — index and images

Websites

 * USGenWeb Fergus County, Montana project. May have maps, name indexes, history or other information for this county.
 * Fergus County Montana History and Genealogy This website is part of the Montanga Genweb and US Genweb projects. It has a lot of links for genealogical research.
 * Genealogy Tool Box has many links for genealogy resources.
 * Kindred Trails separates the resource website links into categories.
 * Newspaperarchive.com ($) There are some Fergus county obituaries listed on this website.
 * Newspaperarchive.com ($) There are some Fergus county obituaries listed on this website.