Montana Death Index - FamilySearch Historical Records

Record Description
The collection consists of indexes to deaths from the State of Montana Department of Public Health and Human Services, Office of Vital Statistics in Helena. The index is provided by Ancestry.com.

Record Content
The index lists the following information:


 * Age at Death
 * Estimated Birth Year
 * Date of Death
 * Certificate Number or page number
 * Name of Deceased
 * Name of Father
 * Name of Mother
 * Name of Spouse
 * Place of Death
 * Gender of Deceased
 * Page Number

How to Use the Record
Begin your search by finding your ancestors in the index. Name indexes to deaths make it possible to access a specific record quickly. Remember that these indexes may contain inaccuracies, such as altered spellings, misinterpretations, and optical character recognition errors if the information was scanned.

When searching the index it is helpful to know the following:


 * The name of the person at the time of death
 * The place where the death occurred
 * The approximate death date

Use the locator information found in the index (such as page, entry, or certificate number) to locate your ancestor in the death records from Montana. Compare the information in the death record to what you already know about your ancestor to determine if this is the correct person. You may need to compare the information of more than one person to make this determination.

Related Websites
Montana Death Records

Related Wiki Articles

 * Montana
 * Montana History
 * Montana Vital Records

Citation for this Collection
The following citation explains the original source of the data and images published on FamilySearch.org Historical Records. It may include the author, custodian, publisher and archive for the original records:

"Montana Death Index, 1860-2007." FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org). Index provided by Ancestry.com. Salt Lake City, Utah.

Information about creating source citations for FamilySearch Historical Collections is listed in the wiki article Help:How to Create Source Citations For FamilySearch Historical Records Collections.

Citing FamilySearch Historical Collections
When you copy information from a record, you should list where you found the information. This will help you or others to find the record again. It is also good to keep track of records where you did not find information, including the names of the people you looked for in the records.

Example of a Source Citation for a Record in This Collection
"Montana, Death Index, 1860-2007" database, "FamilySearch" (https://familysearch.org/: accessed 4 April 2012), Ira Edwards, died 25 October 1924; citing Death Records, index number Yel 575;  Ancestry.com, Salt Lake City, Utah, United States.

A suggested format for keeping track of records that you have searched is found in the Wiki Article: Help:How to Create Source Citations For FamilySearch Historical Records Collections.