Jefferson County, Montana Genealogy

United States Montana  Jefferson County

County Courthouse
Jefferson County Courthouse 201 Centennial; PO Box H; Boulder, MT 59632 Phone: 406.225.4020 County Clerk has birth and death records from 1907 and land records from 1865; Clerk District Court has marriage, probate and court records

Parent County
1865--Jefferson County was created 2 February 1865 as an original county. County seat: Boulder 

Neighboring Counties

 * Broadwater
 * Deer Lodge
 * Gallatin
 * Lewis and Clark
 * Madison
 * Powell
 * Silver Bow

Maps

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

Newspapers

 * Basin Progress - more than 200 issues spanning 1897-1904 freely available via Google News Archive
 * Basin Progress &amp; Mining Review - more than 100 issues spanning 1905-1909 freely available via Google News Archive
 * Basin Republican Rustler - more than 100 issues spanning 2006-2009 freely available via Google News Archive
 * NewspaperArchive.com ($) has a collection of digitized Montana newspapers including Butte and Helena newspapers. This database is sometimes free at libraries.

Vital Records
For marriages from 1866-1900 see Western States Marriage Index.

Family History Centers

 * Introduction to LDS Family History Centers
 * Boulder Montana Family History Center

Web Sites

 * USGenWeb project. May have maps, name indexes, history or other information for this county. Select the state, then the county.