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Montana is a state
in the Western United States. The
western third of the state contains numerous mountain ranges; other 'island'
ranges are found in the central third of the state, for a total of 77 named
ranges of the Rocky Mountains. This
geographical fact is reflected in the state's name, derived from the Spanish
word montaña (mountain). The state nickname
is the "Treasure State." Other nicknames include "Land of
Shining Mountains," "Big Sky Country," and the slogan
"The Last Best Place." The state ranks fourth in area, but 44th in
population, and therefore has the third lowest population density in the
United States. The economy is primarily based on ranching, wheat farming, oil
and coal in the east; lumber, tourism, and hard rock mining in the west. The first wave of
migration and settlement into Montana occurred when
gold was discovered in Bannack (1862) and Alder
Gulch (1863), south of Butte. Montana became a fusion of frontiers that
included settlers who had originally gone to California and Oregon in the
1850s. The migration of eastern settlers, southern-born Civil War veterans,
and foreign-born such as the Chinese came at the same time. Montana was created
as a territory in 1864. The area was formed from Washington Territory west of
the Continental Divide and Nebraska Territory east of the Continental Divide.
Statehood was granted in 1889. |
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GENEALOGICAL
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National
Archives Records Administration—Rocky Mountain Region (Denver), Building
48, Denver Federal Center P.O. Box 25307, Denver, CO 80225, Telephone:
303-236-0817, Fax: (303) 407-5753, http://www.archives.gov/rocky-mountain/ ·
University
of Montana, Mansfield Library, 32 Campus Drive, Missoula, MT 59812-9936, Telephone: 406-243-6866, ·
Montana
State University, Renne Library,
P.O. Box 173320, Bozeman, MT 59717-3320, Telephone: 406-994-3119, Fax:
406-994-2851, http://www.lib.montana.edu/ |
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HISTORICAL & GENEALOGICAL
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Montana
Historical Society, P.O. Box 210201, 225 North Roberts Street, Helena, MT
59620-1201, Telephone: 406-444-2694, Fax:
406-444-2696, Email: [email protected], website: http://www.his.state.mt.us/ The Montana Historical
Society houses both the Montana Historical Society Library and the Montana
State Archives. The library collects printed and manuscript sources,
including histories and reference materials. The archives
primarily collects government documents. ·
Montana
Genealogical Society, P.O. Box 5313, 120 South
Last Chance Gulch, Helena, MT 59604, Telephone 406-447-1690 Ext9. The Montana
Genealogical Society Library is part of the online Montana Shared
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MONTANA STATE LIBRARY |
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Beaverhead
Big Horn
Blaine
Broadwater
Carbon
Cascade
Chouteau
Custer
Daniels
Dawson
Deer Lodge
Fallon
Fergus
Flathead
Gallatin
Garfield
Glacier
Golden Valley
Granite
Hill
Jefferson
Judith Basin
Lake
Lewis and Clark
Liberty
Lincoln
Madison
McCone
Meagher
Mineral
Missoula
Musselshell
Park
Petroleum
Phillips
Pondera
Powder River
Powell
Prairie
Ravalli
Richland
Roosevelt
Rosebud
Sanders
Sheridan
Silver Bow
Stillwater
Sweet Grass
Teton
Toole
Treasure
Valley
Wheatland
Wibaux
Yellowstone |
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following are surnames of persons, found within our databases, as having been either born, married or
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To find out more about
each surname listed above click on the corresponding LINK. Additional information
regarding these surnames may also be found at: |
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Free Genealogy Surname Search Help from Google |
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Use this free genealogy site to help you
get the best genealogy searches from Google™
by using your family tree, for your research. It
will create a series of different searches using tips or "tricks" |
that will
likely improve your results.
The different searches will give you many different ways of using Google and
the Internet to find ancestry information about this or any other Surname. |
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The following named counties are associated with
the history of our DIRECT ancestors.
To select a specific ancestral county, click on the following link.
Here you will find additional links to our county pages where you can obtain
information about our family gen-sites, images of localities, and surnames of
persons, in our database, who have lived in the selected county. |
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The following Links will take you to
gazetteers that identify places within this U.S. State. These resources feature profiles of cities,
towns, neighborhoods and subdivisions.
In addition this site contains maps, data and directions for a wide
variety of physical, cultural and historic features. |
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Montana Cities -
profiles of 1,639 Montana cities,
towns & neighborhoods Montana Physical
Features such as lakes, islands &
steams Montana Cultural Features such as schools,
parks, hospitals & airports Montana Civil Features such as Native
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Clicking on
a Link
(below) will take you to the County’s website. Here you will find additional links to more
information specific to that location.
The USGenWeb Project also sponsors important Special Projects, at the national level, that
were created to collect and disseminate data that goes beyond county and
state lines. |
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Wikipedia is a multilingual,
Web-based,
free-content
encyclopedia
project based mostly on anonymous contributions. Clicking on a Link (below) will take you to the Wikipedia
article about the county. Here you will find additional links to guide the
user to related pages with additional information. |
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Beaverhead · Big Horn · Blaine · Broadwater · Carbon · Carter · Cascade · Chouteau · Custer · Daniels · Dawson · Deer Lodge · Fallon · Fergus · Flathead · Gallatin · Garfield · Glacier · Golden
Valley · Granite · Hill · Jefferson · Judith Basin · Lake · Lewis and
Clark · Liberty · Lincoln · Madison · McCone · Meagher · Mineral · Missoula · Musselshell · Park · Petroleum · Phillips · Pondera · Powder River · Powell · Prairie · Ravalli · Richland · Roosevelt · Rosebud · Sanders · Sheridan · Silver Bow · Stillwater · Sweet Grass · Teton · Toole · Treasure · Valley · Wheatland · Wibaux · Yellowstone |
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The Google search engine button and following web sites
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with additional information to assist with your research about this
U. S. State. |
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Wikipedia, the free
encyclopedia ·
Free
Genealogy Search Help For Google ·
Linkpendium
> Genealogy > USA ·
Ancestry.com
(Reference Materials & Finding Aids) |
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Cyndi's List - United States Index ·
IGI
Batch Numbers - British Isles & North America ·
Libweb
- Libraries on the Web ·
50states.com - States and Capitals |
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The following Link will take you to our library of genealogy reference books that pertain to this U.S. State. Here you will find books about the history and records of this State, as well as its counties and other localities such as towns and churches. The collection also contains research works about State military units and personnel during America’s wars. In addition, there are resource texts about the ethnic and religious groups who settled in this State. |
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