Montana, Rosebud County Records - FamilySearch Historical Records

What is in This Collection?
This collection contains the following various records from the Rosebud County courthouse, located in Forsyth, Montana:
 * Vital records (births, marriages, and deaths) 1882 to 1930
 * Deeds 1878 to 1945
 * Mining claims 1919 to 1940
 * Wills 1887 to 1971
 * Probate records 1901 to 1941 (book #2 is missing)
 * Voter registers for various years

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The following information may be found in these records: • 2

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 * Montana Guided Research
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 * Step-by-Step Montana Research, 1880-Present

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FamilySearch Catalog

 * Rosebud County, birth and death record, 1882-2011
 * Rosebud County, deed record, 1878-1945; index, 1883-1953
 * Rosebud County, marriage records, 1901-1958 ; Index, 1901-1994
 * Rosebud County, marriage record, 1957-1960; index, 1917-1960
 * Rosebud County, mining claims, 1919-1943; index, 1919-1954
 * Rosebud County, official register of electors
 * Rosebud County, probate record, 1883-1950

FamilySearch Digital Library

 * sponsored by the American Legion Post No. 39, Forsyth, Montana ; assisted by the Rosebud County Business Men. Service record book of men and women of Rosebud County.
 * They came and stayed : Rosebud County history, Forsyth, Montana, 1977.Forsyth, Montana : [Rosebud County Bicentennial Committee, 1977]

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