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United States Montana Big Horn County

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

Big Horn 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" | 1909*
 * width="13%" align="center" | 1913*
 * width="13%" align="center" | 1909*
 * width="13%" align="center" | 1913
 * width="13%" align="center" | 1913
 * width="13%" align="center" | 1913
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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 13 January 1913 from Rosebud and Yellowstone
 * County Seat:Hardin

Populated Places
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.


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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.



Obituaries

 * Montana State University Library Obituaries
 * Montana State Public Library Obituaries
 * Obituaries MTGenWeb Archives

Other Records
Wiki Pages

Montana Vital Records

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
 * Department of Health Birth and Death Records

Marriage

 * Montana Marriage Records

Death

 * 1840–2004 -  — index and images

Family History Centers

 * Hardin Montana Family History Center

Libraries

 * Montana State Public Library
 * Montana State University Library

Societies
Big Horn County Historical Society Ih 90 Hardin, Mt., 59034

Websites

 * USGenWeb Big Horn County, Montana project. May have maps, name indexes, history or other information for this county.
 * Genealogy-Big Horn County, Montana
 * Kindred Trails-Big Horn County, Montana
 * Big Horn County, Montana Family History Genealogy