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SEPTEMBER 2009 PROGRAM

 

Tuesday, September 8^th, 2009 at the Missoula Public Library, large meeting room, 7:00 pm.

 

 

“The Natives of Montana Archives Project”

by Miranda McCarvel

 

 

Miranda McCarvel  is a graduate student in the Linguistics Program in the Anthropology Department at the University of Montana.  She specializes in morphophonology, Blackfoot, and Jersey, and is currently writing her thesis on allomorphic variation in Jersey.  She was born and raised in Great Falls, Montana.  She is an amateur genealogist and her ancestry includes Norwegian, Jersey, English, Irish, and Russian German.

The Natives of Montana Archives Project (NOMAP) began in June 2008.  The purpose of this project is to obtain copies of all documents pertaining to Native Americans who have historically used or currently reside in the area now known as Montana.  The sources for these documents are currently the National Archives and Records Administration (NARA), the Smithsonian Institute’s Anthropological Archives, and the Library of Congress, all located in Washington, DC.  In June 2008 a team of five University of Montana students, lead by Professor David Beck, went to DC to locate and review what resources were available for this project.  This summer, two graduate students, Miranda McCarvel and Wilena Old Person, along with Professor Beck, spent the month of June digitalizing records in the NARA.  Eventually this project will create a researcher’s database housing close to or more than a million documents in digital form.  Miranda will talk about her research in DC along with the history of the project and some of the interesting documents found in some of these collections. 

 

 

 

Please visit these other Missoula County Links:

The Society of Montana Pioneers: Missoula County

• A transcription of the Missoula County listings in The Society of Montana Pioneers Volume 1 Register.

USGenWeb Project: Missoula County

• Post queries about your ancestors. Find out more about Missoula County genealogy, geography, history.

Missoula County Official Web Site

         Here you will find information about Missoula County, including current property information. If you enter an address you can see the names of current owners of the property.

The University of Montana Home Page

Mansfield Library, University of Montana

Missoula Public Library

       Follow the Genealogy Research link for information about genealogical research at the Missoula Public Library. In Missoula County Resources you will find info on the Burial Records for Granite, Lake, Lincoln, Mineral, Missoula, Ravalli and Sanders Counties, Newspaper Vital Record Indexes and City Directory collections of the Missoula Public Library.

Missoula Family History Center:

The Missoula Family History Center is located at 3001 Bancroft St., Missoula. Phone: 406-543-6148 during Library Hours to check on computer availabliity. This Library is currently only open on Tuesdays from 9:00 am-4:00 pm & 6:30-8:30 pm. Starting Tuesday, Sept. 15, 2009, the FHL will resume hours on Tuesday and Thursday 9:00 am –4:00 pm and 6:30–8:30 pm. It will still be closed on Saturdays until further notice.

Other Links:

FamilyHistoryPlace.net - Genealogy Societies, Articles, and Books for Everyone. Over 1000 genealogy societies listed, a library of articles, and a wide selection of genealogy books.

 

 

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