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CARBON COUNTY, MONTANA

GenWeb site!


Carbon County, located in south central Montana bordering Wyoming, was created on 4 March 1895 from portions of Park and Yellowstone counties. The county was named for the abundant coal found in the area.

County Seat: Red Lodge

Communities in Carbon County: Bearcreek, Belfry, Boyd, Bridger, Edgar, Fox, Fromberg, Joliet, Luther, Roberts, Roscoe and Selesia

Hello!

On 12 December 2007, I became the hostess for the Carbon County GenWeb site. Over the coming weeks, you'll be seeing some changes to the site. If you have information to contribute, please use the e-mail link at the bottom of the page to submit it. Together, we will make this a great site!

Jackie Wilson Goddard


StarDo you have ancestors from the Joliet area? Check out this circa 1915 photo of classmates in the Joliet School. Can you identify any of your family?!

YOUR CARBON COUNTY ANCESTORS

Exchange of information is key to genealogical research. The Carbon Co. MtGenWeb Project provides the opportunity to do just that via the Carbon County Message Board! The board allows postings for

Posting your queries and data will make this a valuable resource for everyone. The message board has an Advanced Search Engine which allows people to search for just the surnames in which they're interested. This helps you to search for your ancestor and others to find your message.

CARBON COUNTY RESOURCES

Carbon County Courthouse Records

County Clerk & Recorder, P. O. Box 887, Red Lodge, MT 59068 Telephone: 406-446-1220

Current fee schedule

Record holdings:
  • Birth records: After 1903, with a very few in the beginning;
  • Death records: Sketchy from 5 Jan 1903, then more complete, (try the state offices for early death records);
  • Leases: From 1887;
  • Military records: Discharges from 1917;
  • Land records: From 1887;
  • Voter records: From 1896;
  • Miscellaneous records: From 1887

Clerk of the District Court, P. O. Box 948, Red Lodge, MT 59068 Telephone: 406-446-1225

Record holdings:
  • Marriage
  • Divorce
  • Probate
  • Naturalization
  • Criminal and Civil court from 1895

Funeral homes in Carbon County:

Dahl Funeral Chapel Olcott Funeral Chapel
708 South McMillan 201 North Broadway
Red Lodge, Montana 59068 Red Lodge, Montana 59068
406-446-1800 406-446-1121

Newspaper

Carbon County News
P. O. Box 970
Red Lodge, MT 59068
406-446-1800
(Very old newspapers are located at the Carbon County Historical Society.)

Carbon County Historical Society, P. O. Box 881, Red Lodge, MT 59068
This organization has done a great job of organizing name and historical indexes, articles, etc. dealing with the colorful history of Carbon County. They also have books containing original newspapers, dating back to late 1800's.

USGS Place Name search
U.S. Geological Survey site that can be used to locate place names.

Burials and Cemeteries
Carbon County archive contains a list of over 11,000 burials in Carbon County Cemeteries.
Bearcreek Cemetery
Find A Grave list of Carbon County cemeteries.

Lookups for Carbon County
Listed here are several individuals have graciously volunteered to do limited lookups in some valuable Carbon County Resources.

Carbon County Mailing List
A discussion list for individuals researching Carbon County. To subscribe, click above and write the word "subscribe" in the body of the message.

MtGenWeb Project ARCHIVES

Just type your surname into the convenient search engine below and search
either the entire MTGenWeb Archives, or just the Carbon County archives!


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Visit the MTGenWeb Project Archives - Table of Contents site directly.

Links to other sites of interest:

Park County, Wyoming

This neighboring county lies directly South of Carbon County. Many Carbon County residents were closely allied with this Wyoming county.

The MTGenWeb Project's Photo Archive

A fabulous site started by Patti Easton and now handled by Ann Kramlich.

USGenWeb

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Jackie Wilson Goddard, Hostess

This page was last modified Sunday, 9 March 2008.