Sweet Grass County, Montana Genealogy

United States Montana Sweet Grass County

Guide to Sweet Grass 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
Sweet Grass County Courthouse 200 W 1st Avenue Big Timber, MT 59011-0460 Phone: 406.932.5152 Sweet Grass County Website County Clerk and Recorder has birth records from 1907, death and burial records from 1900 and land records from 1895; Clerk District Court has marriage, divorce, probate and court records from 1895

Sweet Grass 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" | 1895*
 * width="13%" align="center" | 1895*
 * width="13%" align="center" | 1895
 * width="13%" align="center" | 1895
 * width="13%" align="center" | 1895
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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 5 March 1895 from Meagher, Park, Yellowstone
 * County seat: Big Timber 

Populated Places

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Church Records
'''LDS Ward and Branch Records


 * Big Timber

Maps and Gazetteers



 * Interactive Formation Boundary Map of Montana - shows boundary changes for Montana Counties
 * Historical Maps and Atlases of Montana - maps and atlases of Montana

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

 * 1895-1901 - Western States Marriage Index includes marriages 1895-1901

Death

 * 1840–2004 -  at FamilySearch — index and images

Websites

 * Kindred Trails Sweet Grass County, Montana
 * Genealogy Inc Sweet Grass County, Montana
 * Genealogy Trails Sweet Grass County, Montana
 * USGenWeb Sweet Grass 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