Roosevelt County, Montana Genealogy

United States Montana  Roosevelt County

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

Historical Facts

 * Parent County: created 18 February 1919 from Valley | Richland | Sheridan
 * County seat: Wolf Point 
 * Neighboring Counties: Daniels | McCone | McKenzie County, North Dakota | Richland | Sheridan | Valley | Williams County, North Dakota

Record Loss
There is no known history of courthouse disasters in this county.

Lutheran

 * Records of First English Lutheran Church, Bainsville, in Evangelical Lutheran Church in America database at Archives.com ($).

Probate
Online Probate Records


 * 1831 – 1952 Montana Wills and Probate Records 1831-1952 at Ancestry.com — index and images $

Courthouse
County Clerk and recorder has birth and death and land records from 1919; Clerk District Court has marriage, divorce, probate and court records from 1919

Birth

 * 1840–2004 -  at FamilySearch — index and images

Death

 * 1840–2004 -  at FamilySearch — index and images

Websites

 * [http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~mtroosev/ USGenWeb Roosevelt County, Montana project. May have maps, name indexes, history or other information for this county.

Indian Reservation
The largest portion of the Fort Peck Indian Reservation is located in Roosevelt County, with small portions in Daniels, Sheridan, and Valley Counties.