Jefferson County, Montana Genealogy

United States Montana  Jefferson County

Guide to Jefferson County Montana genealogy. Birth records, marriage records, death records, census records, family history, and military records.

County Courthouse
County Clerk has birth and death records from 1907 and land records from 1865; Clerk District Court has marriage, probate and court records

Parent County
1865--Jefferson County was created 2 February 1865 as an original county. County seat: Boulder 

Neighboring Counties

 * Broadwater
 * Deer Lodge
 * Gallatin
 * Lewis and Clark
 * Madison
 * Powell
 * Silver Bow

Maps

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

Newspapers

 * Basin Progress - more than 200 issues spanning 1897-1904 freely available via Google News Archive
 * Basin Progress &amp; Mining Review - more than 100 issues spanning 1905-1909 freely available via Google News Archive
 * Basin Republican Rustler - more than 100 issues spanning 2006-2009 freely available via Google News Archive
 * NewspaperArchive.com ($) has a collection of digitized Montana newspapers including Butte and Helena newspapers. This database is sometimes free at libraries.

Vital Records
For marriages from 1866-1900 see Western States Marriage Index.

Family History Centers

 * Introduction to LDS Family History Centers
 * Boulder Montana Family History Center

Web Sites

 * USGenWeb project. May have maps, name indexes, history or other information for this county. Select the state, then the county.