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United States Montana Gallatin County

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

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County Courthouse
Gallatin County Courthouse 311 W Main Street Bozeman, MT 59715-4576 Phone: 406.582.3050 Gallatin County Website from 1890 County Clerk Recorder has birth and death records from 1890 from 1900 land records from 1865 and military discharge records from 1900 from 1865 Clerk District Court has marriage, divorce, probate and court records from 1865

Gallatin County, Montana Record Dates

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 * width="91%" bgcolor="#e4d8e5" align="center" colspan="7" | Beginning Dates for Major County Records
 * width="13%" bgcolor="#e4d8e5" align="center" | Birth*
 * width="13%" bgcolor="#e4d8e5" align="center" | Marriage
 * width="13%" bgcolor="#e4d8e5" align="center" | Death*
 * width="13%" bgcolor="#e4d8e5" align="center" | Court
 * width="13%" bgcolor="#e4d8e5" align="center" | Land
 * width="13%" bgcolor="#e4d8e5" align="center" | Probate
 * width="13%" bgcolor="#e4d8e5" align="center" | Census
 * width="13%" align="center" | 1895*
 * width="13%" align="center" | 1865*
 * width="13%" align="center" | 1895*
 * width="13%" align="center" | 1865
 * width="13%" align="center" | 1865
 * width="13%" align="center" | 1865
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 * colspan="7" | * For earlier dates, try... Church &#124; Obituaries &#124; Cemeteries
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 * colspan="7" | * For earlier dates, try... Church &#124; Obituaries &#124; Cemeteries
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Record Loss
There is no known history of courthouse disasters in this county.

Boundary Changes

 * Parent County: created 2 February 1865 as an original county
 * County seat: Bozeman

Populated Places

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Church Records
'''LDS Ward and Branch Records


 * Bozeman

Maps and Gazetteers



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

Newspapers

 * 1906-1944 Belgrade Journal - full-text of more than 400 issues spanning 1906-1944 freely available online at Google Newspaper Archive.
 * NewspaperArchive.com ($) has a collection of digitized Montana newspapers including Butte and Helena newspapers that may include residents of Gallatin County. This database is sometimes free at libraries.

Probate Records
'''Online Probate Records


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

Birth

 * 1840–2004 -  at FamilySearch — index and images

Marriage

 * 1887-1907 - Western States Marriage Index includes marriages 1887-1907

Death

 * 1840–2004 -  at FamilySearch — index and images

Family History Centers

 * Bozeman Montana Family History Center
 * Three Forks Montana Family History Center
 * West Yellowstone Montana Family History Center

Societies
Gallatin Genealogical Society P.O. Box 1783 Bozeman 59771-1783 Gallatin Historical Society Old Gallatin County Jail 317 West Main Bozeman, MT 59715 Phone:(406) 522-8122

Websites

 * Gallatin Historical Society
 * Gallatin County Montana Genealogy
 * Gallatin History Museum
 * Genealogy Inc Gallatin County, Montana
 * USGenWeb Gallatin County, Montana project. May have maps, name indexes, history or other information for this county.
 * - The FamilySearch catalog contains descriptions and access information for all genealogical materials (including books, online materials, microfilm, microfiche, and publications) in their collection.  Use Historical Records to search for specific individuals in genealogical records