Yellowstone County, Montana Genealogy

United States Montana  Yellowstone County

County Courthouse
Yellowstone County Courthouse 217 N 27th Street PO Box 35001 Billings, MT 59107-5001 Phone: 406.256.2785  County Clerk Recorder has birth, death, land and military records from 1883; Clerk District Court has marriage, divorce, probate and court records

A wiki article describing an online collection is found at:

Montana, Yellowstone County Records (FamilySearch Historical Records)

Parent County
1883--Yellowstone County was created 26 February 1883 from Gallatin, Meagher, Custer, and Carbon Counties. County seat: Billings 

Indian Reservation
The Crow Indian Reservation is located primarily in Big Horn County, with a smaller portion in Yellowstone County.

Neighboring Counties

 * Big Horn
 * Carbon
 * Golden Valley
 * Musselshell
 * Rosebud
 * Stillwater
 * Treasure

Church
LDS Ward and Branch Records


 * Billings

Directories
The Parmly Billings Library has made the following available online:

Early Billings City Directories: 1883, 1894, 1900-1901, 1903-1904

Newspapers

 * NewspaperArchive.com ($) has a collection of digitized Montana newspapers online including Billings newspapers that reported on residents of Yellowstone County. This database is sometimes free at libraries.
 * Parmly Billings Library: Vital Statistics from early Billings Gazettes Newspapers covering 1882-1902.
 * Parmly Billings Library: Billings Gazette Indexes from 1930s and 1940s

Vital Records
For marriages from 1881-1903 see Western States Marriage Index.

The following is courtesy of the Parmly Billings Library Genealogical Resources:


 * Vital Statistics from EarlyBilling Gazettes: Over 13,000 births, deaths, business licenses and other records from the early residents as recorded in this newspaper. The index is from 1882-1901 as well as additional indexes covering up to the 1930s.

Societies and Libraries
Montana State Genealogical Society

Montana State Historical Society

Yellowstone Genealogy Forum

Family History Centers

 * Introduction to LDS Family History Centers
 * Billings Montana Family History Center
 * Gardiner Montana Family History Center

Web Sites

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 * Montana State Historical Society
 * Yellowstone County GenWeb
 * Yellowstone County Genealogy Forum
 * Yellowstone National Park History &amp; Culture