Montana, Beaverhead County Records - FamilySearch Historical Records

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This collection consists of images of various record types from the county clerk and recorder offices in Dillon, Montana. Records include voter registration, land and property records, and birth and death records. This collection is being published as images and indexes become available. The birth and death records have been indexed.

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FamilySearch Catalog

 * More history of Beaverhead County, Montana : volume 2, 1800-1997.Dillon, Montana : Beaverhead County Museum Association, c1997 FHL 978.669 H2h v. 2
 * Beaverhead County, birth certificates, 1902-1930
 * Beaverhead County, death certificates, 1901-2009
 * Beaverhead County, Marriage records, 1856-1952 ; Index, 1856-1993
 * Beaverhead County, land records, 1862-1970
 * Beaverhead County, register of electors, 1911-1944
 * Beaverhead County, probate case files, 1889-1922
 * Beaverhead County, probate records, 1897-1956
 * Beaverhead County. Declarations of intention, 1856-1929 ; Index, 1856-1944
 * Beaverhead County, Naturalization records, 1906-1929

FamilySearch Digital Library

 * Inventory of Public Archives (Historical Records Survey), Division of Professional and Service Projects, Work Projects Administration. Inventory of the county archives of Montana, no. 01, Beaverhead County (Dillon).Bozeman, Montana : Inventory of Public Archives Historical Records Survey, 1939

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