Homestead Shacks over Buffalo Tracks, a History of Northeastern Fergus County Covers part of Petroleum County area. Permission was granted by the Roy Genealogy and History Committee to transcribe and post this history of Roy on the MtGenWeb Project site. Very good reading and many interesting family histories.
Surname Index for Homestead Shacks over Buffalo Tracks

Pages of Time, A History of Petroleum County, Montana By the Petroleum County Public Library 

Vigilantes of Montana

Boulden's Retire from Mosby Post Office  Plaque

Petroleum County Cemeteries Includes Photos. ATTN: Most of these cemeteries are on private property. Please obtain consent and make arrangements to visit the cemeteries before just showing up and driving through the landowners fields. Thank you!

Ashley Cemetery North East of Winnett on private property
Flatwillow Cemetery South of Winnett just off the highway.
Shay Cemetery East & North of Winnett
Wallview Cemetery South of Winnett near the Musselshell County Line.
Winnett Cemetery Across the highway north of Winnett.
Miscellaneous Cemeteries - Petroleum County, some but not all small private cemeteries around the county.

Cemeteries -- USGS National Mapping Information
Petroleum County Historical Forts And Camps -- USGS National Mapping Information
Petroleum County Populated Places -- USGS National Mapping Information

Montana Genealogy Society
Montana Historical Society
Montana Native American's
Montana State Homepage

Surname Helper

Lookups --Volunteers that have offered to lookup information in books or on CD's they own.

Descriptions and subscribing information can be found by following the URL's linked to the list names below:
AMERICAN-RAILROADS
METIS
METISGEN
MONTANA
MT-CEMETERIES
MT-CENSUS-LOOKUP
MT-GHOSTTOWNS
MT-OLD-NEWS
MT-FERGUS
MT-PETROL
ORPHANAGES
PRE-1940_ADOPTION_GENEALOGY

Message Boards -- these may assist with your research
Petroleum County message board
Fergus County message board
Métis message board
Montana Unknowns message board

Montana First Families

Military: Montana
World War I Search by state for information of service and burial location
World War II Search by state for information of service and burial location
World War II Honor list of dead and missing Army and Army Air Forces Personnel
World War II Casualties Navy, Marine Corps and Coast Guard Personnel
Korean War Search by state for information of service and burial location
Korean War Alphabetical by Surname
Korean War By Hometown of Record
Vietnam Alphabetical by surname
Vietnam By Hometown of Record

Montana Photo Archives --Old and new photos submitted by MTGenWeb Volunteers and many very special friends of the MTGenWeb Project. Super photo history of Montana

Winnett High School Graduates

Neighboring Counties --Links to counties bordering Petroleum County
Fergus County
Garfield County
Musselshell County
Phillips County
Rosebud County

Post Offices --USGS National Mapping Information
Schools-- USGS National Mapping Information

Rootsweb

Petroleum County Community Library

P.O. Box 167
Winnett, Montana 59087
406-429-2451

Pages of time : a history of Petroleum County, Montana 
A-E  F-K  L-R  S-Z

Family History Files  A-E  F-K  L-R  S-Z
Files for Communities, Photos, Documents, Maps and more

Lewistown (Fergus County) Public Library
701 W Main St,
Lewistown, Montana
59457-2501
Telephone: (406)-538-5212
E-mail

Central Montana Genealogy Society

You will find their link at the bottom of the Library Page,
located upstairs at the Library.

updated March 1, 2013