Dawson County, Montana Genealogy

United States Montana  Dawson County

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

Historical Facts

 * Parent County: created 15 January 1869 as an original county.
 * County seat: Glendive 
 * Neighboring Counties: McCone | Prairie | Richland | Wibaux

Census

 * The 1880 census records of Dawson County, Montana
 * Montana, 1940 population census : population schedules Viewable

Military

 * Montana, World War I Selective Service System draft registration cards, (1917-1918) View on Line

Naturalization and Citizenship

 * Naturalization records, 1882-1929 Viewable

Courthouse
County Clerk Recorder has birth and death records from 1920 and land records; Clerk Court has marriage, divorce and probate records from 1920; Clerk District has court records

Family History Centers

 * Glendive Montana Family History Center

Societies

 * Last leaf (Montana): newsletter of the Dawson County Tree Branches Vol. 1 no. 1 (summer 1990)-v. 7, no. 2 (fall 1996)

Marriage

 * Western States Marriage Index includes marriages from 1883-1900
 * Marriage records, 1882-1955 View on Line.

Web Sites

 * Kindred Trails Dawson County, Montana
 * Ancestry Dawson County, Montana $
 * Genealogy Inc Dawson County, Montana
 * Cheyenne Ancestors Dawson County, Montana
 * USGenWeb Dawson County, Montana project. May have maps, name indexes, history or other information for this county.
 * Dawson County; 207 W Bell St; Glendive, MT 59330-1694; Ph. 406.377.3058 Details: (Co Clk has b &amp; d rec from 1895 &amp; land rec from 1882; Clk Cts has m, div &amp; ct rec from 1882 &amp; pro rec from 1889)