Lincoln County, Montana Genealogy

United States Montana  Lincoln County

Guide to Lincoln 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 9 March 1909 from Flathead
 * County seat: Libby
 * Neighboring Counties: Bonner County, Idaho | Boundary County, Idaho | Flathead | Sanders | British Columbia, Canada

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

Maps



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

Newspapers

 * NewspaperArchive.com ($) has a collection of digitized Montana newspapers including Kalispell newspapers. This database is sometimes free at libraries.

Probate
Online Probate Records


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

Courthouse
County Clerk has birth, death and land records from 1909; Clerk District Court has marriage, divorce, probate and court records; County Clerk also has some trancribed birth and death records prior to 1909

Family History Centers

 * Eureka Montana Family History Center
 * Libby Montana Family History Center

Birth

 * 1840–2004 -  at FamilySearch — index and images

Death

 * 1840–2004 -  at FamilySearch — index and images

Websites

 * Montana Genealogy Society Directory
 * Genealogy Inc Lincoln County, Montana
 * Kindred Trails Lincoln County, Montana
 * Link Pendium Lincoln County, Montana
 * USGenWeb Lincoln County, Montana project. May have maps, name indexes, history or other information for this county.