Toole County, Montana Genealogy

United States Montana Toole County

Guide to Toole County, Montana ancestry, genealogy and family history, birth records, marriage records, death records, census records, family history, and military records.

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County Courthouse
Toole County Courthouse 226 1st St S Shelby, MT 59474-1920 Phone: 406.434.2232 Toole County Website County Clerk and Recorder has birth, death and burial records from 1914 and land records from 1890; Clerk Court has marriage records from 1914, divorce, probate and court records

Toole County, Montana Record Dates

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 * width="91%" bgcolor="#e4d8e5" align="center" colspan="7" | Beginning Dates for Major County Records
 * width="13%" bgcolor="#e4d8e5" align="center" | Birth*
 * width="13%" bgcolor="#e4d8e5" align="center" | Marriage
 * width="13%" bgcolor="#e4d8e5" align="center" | Death*
 * width="13%" bgcolor="#e4d8e5" align="center" | Court
 * width="13%" bgcolor="#e4d8e5" align="center" | Land
 * width="13%" bgcolor="#e4d8e5" align="center" | Probate
 * width="13%" bgcolor="#e4d8e5" align="center" | Census
 * width="13%" align="center" | 1912*
 * width="13%" align="center" | 1914*
 * width="13%" align="center" | 1912*
 * width="13%" align="center" | 1914
 * width="13%" align="center" | 1914
 * width="13%" align="center" | 1914
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 * colspan="7" | *State birth and death records began in 1907. Compliance for recording births was 1922 and 1915 for deaths.
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 * colspan="7" | *State birth and death records began in 1907. Compliance for recording births was 1922 and 1915 for deaths.
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Record Loss
There is no known history of courthouse disasters in this county.

Boundary Changes

 * Interactive Formation Boundary Map of Montana - shows boundary changes for Montana Counties
 * Montana Historical Boundary Changes - list of all boundary changes by county provided by Newberry Library


 * Parent County: created 7 May 1914 from Teton and Hill
 * County seat: Shelby 

Populated Places

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Federal Census Records
Federal Censuses were taken for Montana starting in 1870. For links to federal census indexes, see Montana Census.

Church Records
'''LDS Ward and Branch Records


 * Shelby

Maps and Gazetteers



 * See an interactive map of Toole County cemeteries and modern-day townships. (Histopolis)
 * Interactive Formation Boundary Map of Montana - shows boundary changes for Montana Counties
 * Historical Maps and Atlases of Montana - maps and atlases of Montana

Military Records
Civil War World War I For further information see Montana Military Records.
 * 1890 at FamilySearch.— index
 * 1890 - 1918 Montana Military Enlistments at Montana Memory Project
 * 1917 - 1918 at FamilySearch — Index and images
 * Soldiers of the Great War from the State of Montana at USGenWeb.
 * Military Enlistments Montana World War I at Montana Memory Project

Probate Records
'''Online Probate Records


 * 1831 – 1952 Montana Wills and Probate Records 1831-1952 at Ancestry.com — index and images $

Birth

 * 1840–2004 -  at FamilySearch — index and images

Death

 * 1840–2004 -  at FamilySearch — index and images

Websites

 * Kindred Trails Toole County, Montana
 * Genealogy Inc Toole County, Montana
 * Genealogy Trails Toole County, Montana
 * USGenWeb Toole County, Montana project. May have maps, name indexes, history or other information for this county.
 * - The FamilySearch catalog contains descriptions and access information for all genealogical materials (including books, online materials, microfilm, microfiche, and publications) in their collection.  Use Historical Records to search for specific individuals in genealogical records