Silver Bow County, Montana Genealogy

United States Montana  Silver Bow County

Guide to Silver Bow 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 16 February 1881 from Deer Lodge. Land was again added from from Deer Lodge in 1917.
 * County seat: Butte 
 * Neighboring Counties: Beaverhead | Deer Lodge | Jefferson | Madison

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

The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints
LDS Ward and Branch Records


 * Butte Dist

Lutheran

 * Records of Gold Hill Lutheran Church, Butte, in Evangelical Lutheran Church in America database at Archives.com ($).

Maps



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

Newspapers

 * NewspaperArchive.com ($) has a collection of digitized Montana newspapers including Butte and Helena 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 and recorder have birth and death records from 1890, land records from 1881 and military discharge records from 1932; Clerk Court has marriage, divorce, probate and court records

Family History Centers

 * Butte Montana Family History Center

Societies
Butte Historical Society, PO Box 3913, Butte MT 59701

Birth

 * 1840–2004 -  at FamilySearch — index and images

Marriage

 * 1881-1914 - Western States Marriage Index includes marriages from 1881-1914

Death

 * 1840–2004 -  at FamilySearch — index and images

Websites

 * Genealogy Inc Silver Bow County, Montana
 * Kindred Trails Silver Bow County, Montana
 * USGenWeb Silver Bow County, Montana project. May have maps, name indexes, history or other information for this county.