Flathead County, Montana Genealogy

Guide to Flathead County Montana genealogy. Birth records, marriage records, death records, census records, family history, and military records.

United States Montana Flathead County

Historical Facts

 * Parent County: created 6 February 1893 from Missoula
 * County seat: Kalispell
 * Neighboring Counties: Glacier | Lake | Lewis and Clark | Lincoln | Missoula | Pondera | Powell | Sanders | Teton

Census

 * Montana, 1940 population census : population schedules Viewable

Maps



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

Military

 * Montana, World War I Selective Service System draft registration cards, (1917-1918) Viewable

Newspapers

 * NewspaperArchive.com ($) has a collection of digitized Montana newspapers including Kalispell newspapers. This database is sometimes free at libraries.

Courthouse
County Clerk and Recorder has birth and death records from 1882, land records from 1884 and burial records from 1893; Clerk District Court has marriage, divorce and court records from 1893

Family History Centers
Introduction to LDS Family History Centers


 * Kalispell Montana Family History Center

Birth

 * Flathead County juvenile statistics for ages 12-20, inc. information applicable, Oct 1, 1967 Includes names and birth dates.

Marriage

 * Western States Marriage Index includes marriages 1889-1904
 * Marriage records, 1893-1949 Viewable
 * Marriage records, 1896-1968 Viewable

Websites

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

A wiki article describing an online collection is found at:

Montana, Flathead County Records, 1871-1947 (FamilySearch Historical Records)

Indian Reservation
A small part of the Flathead Indian Reservation is in Flathead County. The major part of the reservation is in Lake County. Other small portions are also in Missoula and Sanders Counties.