Montana is the nations’s fourth largest state, 148,000 square miles of mountains    
You can hike along quiet mountain trails, listening to the sounds of the chattering squirrels and the whisper of the wind in the”quaking aspen” trees.                     Or, you can get out your fishing pole  and go after some of the area’s rainbow, cut throat and brook trout in area streams or fish the reserviors and lakes for walleye and pike.

Montana is the nations’s fourth largest state, 148,000 square miles of mountains
You can hike along quiet mountain trails, listening to the sounds of the chattering squirrels and the whisper of the wind in the”quaking aspen” trees. Or, you can get out your fishing pole and go after some of the area’s rainbow, cut throat and brook trout in area streams or fish the reserviors and lakes for walleye and pike.

Montana and Canada share a 545 mile border which is the world’s longest undefended    

The Montana Flag was officially approved in 1905. It is adapted from colors once used by the state militia.
The motto "Gold and Silver," or "Oro Y Plata" in Spanish, recalls Spain's one time claim to the area.
The state seal (centered) represents Montana's rugged scenery and pioneer history.
The featured pick, shovel and plow are symbolic of mining and farming. The name Montana was added in 1981.

There are 56 counties in MT. (46 counties have 6 people/acre.
There are more cattle and sheep than people.

FIND VITAL RECORDS:

How to Obtain Montana Birth & Death Certificates.
Montana began recording births and deaths at the state level in 1907. It was not until about 1915 that mandatory registration of births became more complete. By 1922, compliance was about 90 percent. All pre-1907 birth and death records are filed with the county clerk, as are all original marriage certificates. The Department of Public Health has only indexes to marriages (and only for those after 1945). For birth and death records after 1907, write:

Address:
Office of Vital Statistics
MT Dept. of Public Health and Human Services
111 N Sanders, Rm. 209
P.O. Box 4210
Helena, MT 59604

Event: Birth or death
Cost of copy: $12.00   SEE BELOW FOR THE REST OF THIS.

 

 

All counties are listed    Big Horn is the only active one right now. Check back

Anaconda-Deer Lodge, Beaverhead, Big Horn, Blaine,
 
Broadwater, Butte-Silver Bow, Carbon, Carter, Cascade,

 Chouteau, Custer, Daniels, Dawson, 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

 

 

 

Additional copies of the same record requested at the same time are $5.00.Photocopy of picture ID and signature required.Personal check or money order should be made payable to Montana Vital Records. To verify current fees, the telephone number is 1-(888) 877-1946. Information on how to obtain certified copies is also available via the internet at Montana Department of Public Health and Human Services.

Event: Marriage (State)Cost of copy: Call phone number above. Records since July 1943. Some items may be verified. Inquiries will be forwarded to appropriate office. Apply to county where license was issued if known. Certified copies are not available from State office.

Event: Divorce (State)Remarks: Records since July 1943. Some items may be verified. Inquiries will be forwarded to appropriate office. Apply to court where divorce was granted if known. Certified copies are not available from State office.back to top

State Bird, the Meadowlark, MT.gov site.

Bitter Root
State Flower, from MT. Gov

The Great Seal of the State of Montana is a vivid symbol of all that is special about Big Sky Country.
The Great Seal of the State of Montana evolved from a basic design submitted by Francis McGee Thompson, a representative from Beaverhead County at the First Legislative Assembly at Bannack, the Territorial capital, during the winter of 1864-65.

 

Thompson's design contained the words "Oro el Plata,", two of the riches that gave rise to the nickname Treasure State. This was changed to read "Oro y Plata," Spanish for gold and silver. Indeed, it is interesting to note that during the first Territorial legislative deliberations on this subject, consideration was given to using the word "Eldorado" instead of "Oro y Plata." This proposal of was voted down.
The seal also features a plow and a miner's pickand shovel above these words to illustrate the state's agricultural and mineral wealth. These are surrounded by the mountains for which Montana was named, as well as by the Great Falls of the Missouri.River.

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 Montana is my home state and Big Horn County, home of the Crow Reservation,  Wyola, LodgeGrass, Hardin MT and  WY. neighbors,, Parkman, Sheridan,WY .   I will be glad post a surname for you.  I also do free look  ups for MT First Families, Volume 1,2,3 also Big Horn County Heritage books when I am home. Check out Big Horn County Museum in Hardin,the staff are  friendly and they  know the families in the area.  Question?.e-mail JoAnn