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Welcome!

Welcome to our website dedicated to genealogical research in Montana. Our site offers several resources to aid your search. We hope you will find them useful.

If your ancestor was in Montana before 31 December 1929, why not honor them in our First Families and Early Settlers Project? Although both volumes are available for purchase, we are temporarily out of Volume 1. It is being reprinted and will be available by spring 2009. We are now accepting applications for inclusion in Volume 3.

Thanks to a tremendous amount of work from several of our members, we are also very proud to announce the opening of our State Genealogical Library, located on the 2^nd floor of the Lewis & Clark Public Library in Helena. Our extensive catalog, which covers more than just Montana resources, is directly online at:

http://mtscprod.msl.mt.gov/uhtbin/cgisirsi/x/0/0/49?user_id=MT-GENWEB&password

We have also indexed the death indexes for the state from what was recorded in the late 1800’s to 2002. We will also have a CD available in excel format of Montana deaths from 2003 thru 2007.

The Montana State Genealogical Society is nearing completion of our index of the 1930 US Census for Montana compiled by our members, many of whom have lived in their communities for years or generations. Consequently we feel this will offer a more accurate index than can be found elsewhere. Check back in the upcoming months and we hope to have it on-line.

If you are looking for a local person to help you with your Montana research, check out our list of researchers or contact one of our local societies. Many have publications or data on line to help you.

If you are planning a research trip to our state, why not schedule it around our Annual Conference which is held the last weekend in September? For 2009, we will be celebrating our 20^th Anniversary at the Colonial Red Lion in Helena on the 24^th, 25^th, and 26^th of September.

Good luck in researching your roots in Big Sky Country!

Shawna Valentine

President, Montana State Genealogical Society

Mail Address:

MSGS, c/o Lewis & Clark Library

120 S Last Chance Gulches

Helena MT 59620

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BIG SKY ROUNDUP NEWSLETTER for June 2009

E-Mail: MSGS (See Officers Link Above)

The 19^th Annual MSGS Conference was held at the “War Bonnet Hotel” (Formerly the Red Lion Inn), in Butte on September 19 & 20, 2008.

The 20^th Annual Conference

The 2009 Conference will be in Helena. This will be our 20^th anniversary and the Lewis & Clark Genealogy Society’s 25^th anniversary. Plan to attend this gala event.

Meeting Notices

Past Board Meeting Minutes:

October 7, 2007 – Holiday Inn (Billings)

March 15, 2008 – Lewis and Clark Library in Helena

July 12, 2008 – Ranch House Bakery (Boulder)

September 18, 2008 – Butte War Bonnet Inn The board meeting was held at 6:00pm. Minutes for this and the General Meeting that followed will be posted when available

October 18^th2008, at 10:00 am - Due to the horrible weather conditions it was held in the Helena Library.

Past General Meeting Minutes:

September 23, 2006 – Comfort Inn (Gardiner)

October 6, 2007 – Holiday Inn (Billings)

September, 2008 – War Bonnet Inn

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The next Board Meeting is scheduled for Saturday, March 14, 2009 at 10:00 am in the small meeting room of the Helena Public Library. .

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Pioneer Family Descendants Book

“First Families and Early Settlers of Montana”

This is a Three-Volume Set. The first two volumes are released; volume Three is in work; and information about contributing to it; and the purchase of Volumes 1 & 2 can be found on the First Families Web Site.

Featured Montana Links:

Montana State Death Indexes MSGS offers 2 separate CDs, which together cover the recorded deaths in the state of Montana from the 1800’s through 2007.

The first CD is in MS Access, and covers the earliest records through 2002. It is available for only $20.00 (postage & handling included). It is very easy to use, and about 700,000 names are on the listing, along with identification of place of death. This information is also on our website.

The second CD is in MS Excel, and covers the 41,165 death certificates filed in Montana during the 5 year period from 2003 to 2007. It is available at only $10.00 (postage & handling included). As the sample below shows, it is very easy to search and use.

County	State File Number	Last Name	First Name	Middle	Date of Death	Year
Flathead	2231	AABERGE	DAISIE	THEO LUCILLE	4/12/2003	2003
Lincoln	1315	AABERGE	ETHEL	M	2/19/2006	2006
Yellowstone	1912	AABY	MARIE	MARTHA	3/21/2007	2007

Orders for both of these valuable CDs may be sent to MSGS, PO Box 5313, Helena, MT 59604

If you do find errors in any of these records, please complete the following information and send to Jim Edgar with the Montana Dept. of Public Health and Human Services. He will check it against the paper copies in his vault and inform MSGS of the correct information so that we can improve our data.

To: Jim Edgar jaedgar@mt.gov

From: _______________________________________________

CORRECTING DEATH DATE INFORMATION

Surname _________________________________

Given Name_______________________________

County ___________________________________

Database Death Date information____________________________________________________

Correct Information_________________________________________________________________

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Montana State 1930 Census Index List (Most all of Montana is listed; however, after a wait of almost three years, a few counties are still not completed. Details are provided on the website. This major undertaking by members of the MSGS is greatly appreciated.)

Montana State Norske Marriage & Naturalization Records (Indexing and area coverage’s is as noted in the record file for each.)

Montana Genealogy Message Forum

Check out Genealogy.com Message Forum for Montana. You never know where you might make that one really important connection.

Yellowstone County GenWeb Site

Checkout the local area information, Census Records, Pioneers of Eastern Montana, and unique road trips.

Help Locating Lost Pictures

Photographs Collected from Abandoned Places (???) are displayed here. Please assist in identifying, and locating the LOST Family. (Should you have any to contribute, please email me with the picture and details, I’ll post it.

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