Montana Genealogy is being developed as a genealogical and historical resource for your personal use. It contains information and records for Montana ancestry, family history, and genealogy. Specifically, it provides sources for birth records, death records, marriage records, census records, tax records, court records, and military records. It also provides some historical details about different times and people in Montana history.
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- Montana Obituaries
- Visit our New Gallatin County Pages
- Bancroft Works, History of Washington, Idaho and Montana
- Early Settlement, Geology and Exploration, 1728-1862
- Montana Maps (all on one page keep going down!)
- Montana Towns and Pioneer Sketches, 1862-1864
- Bannack City Residents (winter) 1862
- Biographical Sketches of Settlers
- Montana Politics, Legislation, and Reform, 1866-1886
- Battle of the Little Bighorn
- Counties Compared
- Beaverhead County, 1870-1888
- Choteau County, 1870-1888
- Custer County, 1870-1888
- Dawson County, 1870-1888
- Deer Lodge County, 1870-1888
- Gallatin County, 1870-1888
- Jefferson County, 1870-1888
- Lewis and Clarke County, 1870-1888
- Madison County, 1870-1888
- Meagher County, 1870-1888
- Missoula County, 1870-1888
- Silver Bow County, 1870-1888
- Yellowstone County, 1870-1888
- Early Residents of Butte, Montana
- Early Residents of Helena, Montana
- Early Residents of Great Falls, Montana
- Early Residents of Benton, Montana
- Montana Territorial Appointments 1864-1888
- Montana History
Vital Records of Gallatin County Montana
Researchers can apply for birth and death certificates in person at the Clerk and Recorder’s Office or marriage licenses from the Clerk of District Court, both found in Bozeman, Montana. If you are unable to visit the offices of either in person then visit the following links for additional information on…
Railroads and Electricity
The Northern Pacific Railroad, the first to reach this part of the northwest, arrived in Bozeman, March 21, 1883, and the arrival was celebrated as an important event in the history of the city. In the parade from the court house to the depot during the afternoon of that day,…
Public Enterprises
Gallatin Canyon Road It was about 1898 that the first wagon road was built up the Gallatin River as far as Taylor’s Fork, the intention being to connect with a National Park wagon road at Swan Lake Basin. James M. Moore, a pioneer who celebrated his eighty-fifth birthday anniversary in…
Pioneer Churches
The first church service held in Gallatin County was by W. W. Alderson, a pioneer farmer, who had been licensed to preach in Illinois, and whose license was also issued in Montana. This service was at the cabin of Merritt W. Penwell and Oscar Penwell on East Gallatin, about 12…
Montana Made a Territory
When Montana was made a Territory, May 26, 1864, the pioneers began to plan for a legislative session, in accordance with the act creating the territory. Sidney Edgerton was the first governor of Montana, being appointed by President Lincoln while he was on the way home from Washington, D. C.,…