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Yellowstone Genealogy Forum Cemetery Records Main Index

Monday, February 13, 2006 (Updated Links)

This Cemetery Listing summarizes various supporting detailed information listed by the Forum, and is grouped into readily accessible general categories. If you are researching these files, and require additional information, email the WebMaster.

 

Montana GenWeb – Yellowstone County

 

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Welcome to the Yellowstone County, Montana Cemetery reference page and index. Here you will find links to the detailed cemetery records and their locations that are available in Yellowstone County. Click on the referenced topics, and you will be directed to the link for that address. 

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The Forum also performed extensive research in Carbon County, and those cemetery record details are included. The Forum also supports fieldwork performed at other cemetery locations in the United States, and from time-to-time those records are added to the site. Currently we have some burial listing extractions from Harper’s Ferry, Liberty County, and neighboring towns, most of which were originally in Yellowstone County.

 

General Information

Yellowstone County has 28 registered cemeteries, and numerous unlisted private ones [1995]. Burial information from many of these ‘unlisted’ cemeteries has been extracted, but their locations have not been identified so as to protect the current landowners’ wishes. The listing below identifies the types or records available, their location, and if the details are available on line. If “lookups” are needed, when the source material is only in hard-copy, a link will be provided to identify where to email for information; and if research costs are applicable. The Forum maintains an extensive listing of various obituaries, as well as an index for many others in the region. The linkages to this information are provided herein.

Cemeteries shown in RED are basically inactive or abandoned.

Yellowstone County Cemetery Information

There are several ways to check ancestral burials in Yellowstone County. Additionally, there are several active and inactive cemeteries within Yellowstone County. A description of these grave locations is available in the YGF Cemetery Site.

Listings of Obituary postings from the Carbon County area, generated when the Yellowstone Genealogy Forum created a master file for the cemetery records in the 1980’s, is tabulated in a separate listing for reference to the newspaper or other sources. There are about 200 pages of listings for these source records. Most of the files can be obtained from the Carbon County Genealogy Society sources.

Mountview Cemetery, the main Billings city cemetery, has provided their list of burials through the mid-1990s and we have placed them in the MTGenWeb Project Archives for your free use. The files are segregated alphabetically, and displayed in TEXT format. Information is updated annually, and is readily available at the Parmly Library, YGF GenRoom, or the Cemetery in ‘hard copy’. For pictures of the cemetery, and tombstone date transcriptions, refer to the Yellowstone Genealogy Forum site. Many of the other cemeteries within the area, extending about 100 miles around Yellowstone County have had their records transcribed, and most all of the tombstone inscriptions have been recorded. These are not in numerical order; but if interested, the Webmaster will do limited lookups in the master files.

For active and past burials in either Smith Terrace Gardens Memorial Estates or Sunset Memorial Gardens, (not listed in the books), the addresses are provided below. A courteous letter sent with a self-addressed stamped envelope should get good results from these cemetery offices.

Smith Terrace Gardens Memorial Estates
304 34th Street West
Billings, MT 59102

Sunset Memorial Gardens
1721 Central Avenue
Billings, MT 59102

Holy Cross Cemetery [Note: The Calvary Cemetery in Billings was closed for further burials in 1956, but information is available at same phone location.]
Billings, MT 59102  (406-259-3389)

Yellowstone Valley Memorial Park
3605 Grand Avenue
Billings, MT 59102

 

 

 

Notes:

1)     Cemetery Book: There are three volumes to the set. The extraction information from Volumes I and II is not available “on line”, excepting for a few cemeteries. These are listed below by BLUE linkages to the site. Purchase information is available along with additional details about the cemetery and its records. See Order form for Volume I or II. Lookups are recommended before purchase. Refer to the information linkage about the limited lookup research available.

2)     Onsite Information: The extraction details are offered online. The type of record format is noted in the Comments column, along with the data link.

3)     Major Town: These towns are considered to be close to the site. Refer to the details available within the appropriate link for the precise location. For all cemeteries listed as “Cemetery Book I or II”, use the “Cemetery Book” link above. [Please note: The “off-site links” are not under control of this site and may change without notice. Please contact the Webmaster for corrections.]

 

Major Town

County

Cemetery Name

Primary Religion

Record Type

Comment

Broadview

Yellowstone

Antelope Valley (e.g., 21 Mile, or Hoskin’s Basin)

Lutheran-Family

Cemetery Book Vol I

Small private cemetery

Broadview

Stillwater

Assumption

Catholic & Church

Cemetery Book Vol I

Small private cemetery

Broadview

Yellowstone

Broadview

Not Applicable

Cemetery Book Vol I

Town Cemetery [Alexander – Zwickel]

Castle Butte

Yellowstone

Castle Butte

Not Applicable

Cemetery Book Vol I

Town Cemetery [9 names]

Comanche

Yellowstone

Comanche [e.g., Helm]

Methodist

Cemetery Book Vol I

Town Cemetery [23 names]

Custer

Yellowstone

Custer

Not Applicable

Cemetery Book Vol I

Town Cemetery [Barnes – Yankoski]. Additional details at Joyce Obland’s Custer Cemetery site. Follow Links.

Huntley

Yellowstone

Huntley

Not Applicable

Cemetery Book Vol I

Town Cemetery [Almer – Zapata] Huntley Cemetery

Junction

Yellowstone

Junction City (Abandoned Townsite)

Not Applicable

Cemetery Book Vol I

About 30 persons buried here. Email webmaster for information. Junction Cemetery.

Laurel

Yellowstone

Laurel

Not Applicable

Cemetery Book Vol I

Town Cemetery [Abshire – Zundel]

Laurel

Yellowstone

Laurel Catholic (e.g., St. Anthony)

Catholic

Cemetery Book Vol I

Catholic Church [Allard – Zent]

Junction

Yellowstone

Boothill (e.g., Junction City)

Not Applicable

Cemetery Book Vol I

Old Town [Gidley & 24 Unmarked]

Shepherd

Yellowstone

Peace Evangelical

Evangelical

Cemetery Book Vol I

Church [Albrecht – Zuelch]

Ballantine

Yellowstone

Pleasant View

Not Applicable

Cemetery Book Vol I

Town Cemetery [Akin – Zub]

Shepherd

Yellowstone

Scandia

Not Applicable

Cemetery Book Vol I

Town Cemetery. Scandia Cemetery

Shepherd

Yellowstone

Shepherd

Not Applicable

Cemetery Book Vol I

Town Cemetery [Allen – Zwaanstra]

Shepherd

Yellowstone

Emmanuel Lutheran Church

Lutheran

Cemetery Book Vol I

Dutch Cemetery

Shepherd

Yellowstone

Emmanuel Evangelical Church

Evangelical

Cemetery Book Vol I

Church Cemetery

Shepherd

Yellowstone

Scandinavian

Lutheran

Cemetery Book Vol I

Church Cemetery

Billings

Yellowstone

Beth Aaron

Jewish

Cemetery Book Vol II

Church

Billings

Yellowstone

Boothill

Not Applicable

Cemetery Book Vol II

Partial Listing (See below for all)

Billings

Yellowstone

Calvary

Catholic

Cemetery Book Vol II

Closed. See Holy Cross Cemetery. Contact St. Patrick’s Church [(406-259-3389)] Some graves moved to new cemetery.

Private Land

Treasure

Rancher

Family

 

Family Cemetery

Custer

Yellowstone

Chapman

Family

 

Family

Billings

Yellowstone

Holy Cross

Catholic

Cemetery Book Vol II

Continuation of Calvary Cemetery

Hysham

Treasure

Myers

Family

 

Family

Roundup

Musselshell

Hawk Creek

Family

 

Family

Big Horn

Yellowstone

Fort Pease

Fort Personnel

 

Fort Personnel

Huntley

Yellowstone

Robinson

Family

Cemetery Book Vol II

 

Huntley

Yellowstone

Sage Creek

Family

 

 

Billings

Yellowstone

Kelly’s Grave

Yellowstone Kelly

 

Private – Monument

Billings

Yellowstone

Mountview (Old and New)

Not Applicable

Cemetery Book II and III & MTGenWeb Project Archives

Town, sorted alphabetically by surname. Date of burial listed. Refer to hardcopy for grave location.

Billings

Yellowstone

Mountview Headstone Images & Lists

Transcribed by Local School

Listed on site

Listing of inscriptions about 50% complete

Billings

Yellowstone

O’Donnell (Old Part of Mountview)

Not Applicable

Cemetery Book II & IIII

Town (Listed with Mountview) See above.

Billings

Yellowstone

Riverside (Funeral Home listed)

Not Applicable

Cemetery Book Vol II

Called “Old County Cemetery”. Riverside Cemetery.

Billings

Yellowstone

Sunset Memorial Gardens

Not Applicable

Contact 406-656-6350

Local Residents

Billings

Yellowstone

(Smith) Terrace Gardens

Not Applicable

Contact 406-245-6427

Local Residents

Billings

Yellowstone

Yellowstone Valley Memorial Park

Not Applicable

Contact Cemetery

Local Residents

Bowler

Carbon

Bowler

Not Applicable

Carbon County Book

Local Residents

Red Lodge

Carbon

Bear Creek Cemetery

Not Applicable

Bear Creek Book

Local Residents

Billings Heights

Yellowstone

Warfield

Family

Cemetery Book Vol II

Family Members

Billings

Yellowstone

Boothill

Detailed Listings

Boothill Cemetery Listing and Comments (Compiled from numerous original sources) Short bios noted where available.

Coulson & Local Residents. Additional detail is available Joyce Obland's Cemetery Site

All Towns

Carbon

All Carbon County Cemeteries (1)