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Missoula County Genealogical Publications for Sale
Western Montana Genealogical Society Publications
Cemetery Indexes
"Index to the ... Burials of Missoula County, Montana"
- v. 1 - Missoula City Cemetery (18,250 records) Price: $20.00
- v. 2 - Other Missoula County cemeteries (12,278 records) Price: $16.00
This is the key to the files located at the Missoula Public Library. Each individual buried in Missoula County has a "Bio Sheet" listing the following items: Name, Sex, Age at death, Birth date, Birth place, Residence, Occupation, Military record, Father's name, Mother's name, Spouse's name, Marriage date, Marriage place, Date of death, Place of death, Cause of death, Burial date, Town of burial, Cemetery with location, Name of mortuary, Death certificate number (if there is one), Newspaper citations, Fraternal organizations, On stone with ... , Other Information. The cemetery cataloging project is not complete, but does use multiple sources for verification. Each year the index is supplemented with new information which is not for sale at this time.
Newspaper Indexes
All newspapers indexed will have a combination of the following event codes listed: Adoptions, Birth notices, Special birthdays, Death notices, Divorce notices, Generation photographs (in later papers), Institutionalized persons, Marriage notices (and related events), Missing in action (during war years), Persons reported missing, Naturalization notices (Declaration and/or final papers), Legal name change, and Prisoner of war (during war years).
"Pre-1900 Index of Vital Records of Missoula Area Newspapers"
- An index to eleven Missoula area newspapers that were published between 1870-1899. 11,682 records are listed in this volume. Price: $20.00
"Index to the Vital Records listed in the Daily Missoulian" An index to the daily newspaper of Missoula County since 1894.
- 1900-1904 (6,893 citations) Price: $12.00
- 1905-1909 (10, 701 citations) Price: $20.00
- 1910-1914 (13,386 citations) Price: $22.00
"Western Montana Genealogical Society Bulletin"
- The "Bulletin" was published from Winter 1981 to Spring 1984. Partial records for western Montana census, Missoula County residents, 1890 Wright & Woodward's City Directory, a variety of voter registers, marriage records, church records, post office information, small cemeteries, and an article on Missoula are maps. An index for these issues is being done and will be available soon. See the Table of Contents to find out what kinds of information are available in each issue.
- There are twelve issues. Back issues of the Bulletin are no longer available.
Publications by Paulette K. Parpart
"Index to ... Baptisms, Marriages, Deaths and Confirmations ... from 1866 and in Hellgate and Frenchtown"
- This index to the records of Microfilm roll no. 356 at the Montana Historical Society is for the Catholic Church records started by Father Anthony Ravalli and continued by his successors until 1907. The death records for 1898 were not listed on the microfilm. There are 1,208 names listed.
"Montana Data Index, 2nd Edition"
- This volume is a reference guide to historical and genealogical resources in Montana. Types of items indexed are 1) newspaper news and vital records, 2) Local government records, 3) Census, 4) Cemetery records, 5) Military records, 6) Indexes to local histories. Each entry includes the location where the record can be found, official name of the record, time period the item covers, a description of the item, the format in which the index is organized, research information (costs for doing research, cost of the item if it is for sale, etc.), and an address for inquiries.
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