Deer Lodge County, Montana Genealogy

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

United States Montana  Deer Lodge County

Historical Facts

 * Parent County: created 2 February 1865 as an original county
 * County seat: Anaconda
 * Neighboring Counties: Beaverhead | Granite | Jefferson

Powell | Ravalli | Silver Bow

Church Records
LDS Ward and Branch Records


 * Anaconda

Land and Property

 * Mortgage records (1868-1928) and indexes (1879-1953), Anaconda, Deer Lodge County, Montana
 * Deer Lodge County, Montana, deed records (1865-1925) ; indexes (direct and inverse), (1896-1988)
 * Deer Lodge County, Montana, placer location and index, 1890-1937

Maps



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

Naturalization and Citizenship

 * Naturalization records and indexes, 1906-1929

Newspapers

 * NewspaperArchive.com ($) has a collection of digitized Montana newspapers including Butte and Helena newspapers that may include residents of Deer Lodge County. This database is sometimes free at libraries.

Probate

 * Probate records, (1890-1921) and probate indexes (1890-1921), Deer Lodge County, Montana Deer Lodge County Clerk of District Court, Anaconda, Montana.

Courthouse
County Clerk has birth, death, and land records; Clerk Court has marriage, divorce, div, court and probate records

Family History Centers

 * Anaconda Montana Family History Center

Vital Records

 * Index to death records (1896-2004), death records (1903-2004), Anaconda, Deer Lodge County, Montana

Birth

 * Index to births, ca. 1886-1942 ; birth records, ca. 1903-1932, Deer Lodge County, Montana County Clerk Office, Deer Lodge County Courthouse in Anaconda, Montana

Marriage

 * Western States Marriage Index includes marriages from 1865-1900
 * Marriage records, 1865-1951 ; Index, 1865-1993
 * General index 1888-1966, and divorce files 1890-1950, Deer Lodge County, Montana District Court Records

Death

 * Index to death records (1896-2004), death records (1903-2004), Anaconda, Deer Lodge County, Montana Clerk and Recorder Office in Anaconda, Montana.

Web Sites

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