Big Horn County, Montana Genealogy

United States Montana  Big Horn County

County Courthouse
Big Horn County Courthouse 121 3rd Street West Hardin, MT 59034 Phone: 406.665.1506 County Clerk has birth, death, naturalization and land records from 1913; Clerk District Court has marriage, divorce, probate and court records

Parent County
1913--Big Horn County was created 13 January 1913 from Rosebud and Yellowstone Counties. County seat: Hardin

Indian Reservation
The Crow Indian Reservation is primarily located in Big Horn County, with a smaller portion in Yellowstone County.

The Northern Cheyenne Indian Reservation is about equally divided in land area between Big Horn County and Rosebud County.

Neighboring Counties

 * Big Horn County, Wyoming
 * Carbon
 * Powder River
 * Rosebud
 * Sheridan County, Wyoming
 * Treasure
 * Yellowstone

Newspapers

 * NewspaperArchive.com ($) has a collection of digitized Montana newspapers online including Billings newspapers that may have reported on residents of Big Horn County. This database is sometimes free at libraries.

Family History Centers

 * Introduction to LDS Family History Centers
 * Hardin 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.