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Yellowstone Genealogy Forum Cemetery Records Main Index

Monday, February 13, 2006 (Updated Links)

 

 

 

Welcome to the Yellowstone County, Montana Cemetery reference page and index. Here you will find links to the detailed cemetery records and their locations that are available in Yellowstone County. Click on the referenced topics, and you will be directed to the link for that address. 

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The Forum also performed extensive research in Carbon County, and those cemetery record details are included. The Forum also supports fieldwork performed at other cemetery locations in the United States, and from time-to-time those records are added to the site. Currently we have some burial listing extractions from Harper’s Ferry, Liberty County, and neighboring towns, most of which were originally in Yellowstone County.

 

General Information

Yellowstone County has 28 registered cemeteries, and numerous unlisted private ones [1995]. Burial information from many of these ‘unlisted’ cemeteries has been extracted, but their locations have not been identified so as to protect the current landowners’ wishes. The listing below identifies the types or records available, their location, and if the details are available on line. If “lookups” are needed, when the source material is only in hard-copy, a link will be provided to identify where to email for information; and if research costs are applicable. The Forum maintains an extensive listing of various obituaries, as well as an index for many others in the region. The linkages to this information are provided herein.

Cemeteries shown in RED are basically inactive or abandoned.

Yellowstone County Cemetery Information

There are several ways to check ancestral burials in Yellowstone County. Additionally, there are several active and inactive cemeteries within Yellowstone County. A description of these grave locations is available in the YGF Cemetery Site.

Listings of Obituary postings from the Carbon County area, generated when the Yellowstone Genealogy Forum created a master file for the cemetery records in the 1980’s, is tabulated in a separate listing for reference to the newspaper or other sources. There are about 200 pages of listings for these source records. Most of the files can be obtained from the Carbon County Genealogy Society sources.

Mountview Cemetery, the main Billings city cemetery, has provided their list of burials through the mid-1990s and we have placed them in the MTGenWeb Project Archives for your free use. The files are segregated alphabetically, and displayed in TEXT format. Information is updated annually, and is readily available at the Parmly Library, YGF GenRoom, or the Cemetery in ‘hard copy’. For pictures of the cemetery, and tombstone date transcriptions, refer to the Yellowstone Genealogy Forum site. Many of the other cemeteries within the area, extending about 100 miles around Yellowstone County have had their records transcribed, and most all of the tombstone inscriptions have been recorded. These are not in numerical order; but if interested, the Webmaster will do limited lookups in the master files.

For active and past burials in either Smith Terrace Gardens Memorial Estates or Sunset Memorial Gardens, (not listed in the books), the addresses are provided below. A courteous letter sent with a self-addressed stamped envelope should get good results from these cemetery offices.

Smith Terrace Gardens Memorial Estates
304 34th Street West
Billings, MT 59102

Sunset Memorial Gardens
1721 Central Avenue
Billings, MT 59102

Holy Cross Cemetery [Note: The Calvary Cemetery in Billings was closed for further burials in 1956, but information is available at same phone location.]
Billings, MT 59102  (406-259-3389)

Yellowstone Valley Memorial Park
3605 Grand Avenue
Billings, MT 59102

 

 

 

Notes:

1)     Cemetery Book: There are three volumes to the set. The extraction information from Volumes I and II is not available “on line”, excepting for a few cemeteries. These are listed below by BLUE linkages to the site. Purchase information is available along with additional details about the cemetery and its records. See Order form for Volume I or II. Lookups are recommended before purchase. Refer to the information linkage about the limited lookup research available.

2)     Onsite Information: The extraction details are offered online. The type of record format is noted in the Comments column, along with the data link.

3)     Major Town: These towns are considered to be close to the site. Refer to the details available within the appropriate link for the precise location. For all cemeteries listed as “Cemetery Book I or II”, use the “Cemetery Book” link above. [Please note: The “off-site links” are not under control of this site and may change without notice. Please contact the Webmaster for corrections.]

 

Major Town	County	Cemetery Name	Primary Religion	Record Type	Comment
Broadview	Yellowstone	Antelope Valley (e.g., 21 Mile, or Hoskin’s Basin)	Lutheran-Family	Cemetery Book Vol I	Small private cemetery
Broadview	Stillwater	Assumption	Catholic & Church	Cemetery Book Vol I	Small private cemetery
Broadview	Yellowstone	Broadview	Not Applicable	Cemetery Book Vol I	Town Cemetery [Alexander – Zwickel]
Castle Butte	Yellowstone	Castle Butte	Not Applicable	Cemetery Book Vol I	Town Cemetery [9 names]
Comanche	Yellowstone	Comanche [e.g., Helm]	Methodist	Cemetery Book Vol I	Town Cemetery [23 names]
Custer	Yellowstone	Custer	Not Applicable	Cemetery Book Vol I	Town Cemetery [Barnes – Yankoski]. Additional details at Joyce Obland’s Custer Cemetery site. Follow Links.
Huntley	Yellowstone	Huntley	Not Applicable	Cemetery Book Vol I	Town Cemetery [Almer – Zapata] Huntley Cemetery
Junction	Yellowstone	Junction City (Abandoned Townsite)	Not Applicable	Cemetery Book Vol I	About 30 persons buried here. Email webmaster for information. Junction Cemetery.
Laurel	Yellowstone	Laurel	Not Applicable	Cemetery Book Vol I	Town Cemetery [Abshire – Zundel]
Laurel	Yellowstone	Laurel Catholic (e.g., St. Anthony)	Catholic	Cemetery Book Vol I	Catholic Church [Allard – Zent]
Junction	Yellowstone	Boothill (e.g., Junction City)	Not Applicable	Cemetery Book Vol I	Old Town [Gidley & 24 Unmarked]
Shepherd	Yellowstone	Peace Evangelical	Evangelical	Cemetery Book Vol I	Church [Albrecht – Zuelch]
Ballantine	Yellowstone	Pleasant View	Not Applicable	Cemetery Book Vol I	Town Cemetery [Akin – Zub]
Shepherd	Yellowstone	Scandia	Not Applicable	Cemetery Book Vol I	Town Cemetery. Scandia Cemetery
Shepherd	Yellowstone	Shepherd	Not Applicable	Cemetery Book Vol I	Town Cemetery [Allen – Zwaanstra]
Shepherd	Yellowstone	Emmanuel Lutheran Church	Lutheran	Cemetery Book Vol I	Dutch Cemetery
Shepherd	Yellowstone	Emmanuel Evangelical Church	Evangelical	Cemetery Book Vol I	Church Cemetery
Shepherd	Yellowstone	Scandinavian	Lutheran	Cemetery Book Vol I	Church Cemetery
Billings	Yellowstone	Beth Aaron	Jewish	Cemetery Book Vol II	Church
Billings	Yellowstone	Boothill	Not Applicable	Cemetery Book Vol II	Partial Listing (See below for all)
Billings	Yellowstone	Calvary	Catholic	Cemetery Book Vol II	Closed. See Holy Cross Cemetery. Contact St. Patrick’s Church [(406-259-3389)] Some graves moved to new cemetery.
Private Land	Treasure	Rancher	Family		Family Cemetery
Custer	Yellowstone	Chapman	Family		Family
Billings	Yellowstone	Holy Cross	Catholic	Cemetery Book Vol II	Continuation of Calvary Cemetery
Hysham	Treasure	Myers	Family		Family
Roundup	Musselshell	Hawk Creek	Family		Family
Big Horn	Yellowstone	Fort Pease	Fort Personnel		Fort Personnel
Huntley	Yellowstone	Robinson	Family	Cemetery Book Vol II
Huntley	Yellowstone	Sage Creek	Family
Billings	Yellowstone	Kelly’s Grave	Yellowstone Kelly		Private – Monument
Billings	Yellowstone	Mountview (Old and New)	Not Applicable	Cemetery Book II and III & MTGenWeb Project Archives	Town, sorted alphabetically by surname. Date of burial listed. Refer to hardcopy for grave location.
Billings	Yellowstone	Mountview Headstone Images & Lists	Transcribed by Local School	Listed on site	Listing of inscriptions about 50% complete
Billings	Yellowstone	O’Donnell (Old Part of Mountview)	Not Applicable	Cemetery Book II & IIII	Town (Listed with Mountview) See above.
Billings	Yellowstone	Riverside (Funeral Home listed)	Not Applicable	Cemetery Book Vol II	Called “Old County Cemetery”. Riverside Cemetery.
Billings	Yellowstone	Sunset Memorial Gardens	Not Applicable	Contact 406-656-6350	Local Residents
Billings	Yellowstone	(Smith) Terrace Gardens	Not Applicable	Contact 406-245-6427	Local Residents
Billings	Yellowstone	Yellowstone Valley Memorial Park	Not Applicable	Contact Cemetery	Local Residents
Bowler	Carbon	Bowler	Not Applicable	Carbon County Book	Local Residents
Red Lodge	Carbon	Bear Creek Cemetery	Not Applicable	Bear Creek Book	Local Residents
Billings Heights	Yellowstone	Warfield	Family	Cemetery Book Vol II	Family Members
Billings	Yellowstone	Boothill	Detailed Listings	Boothill Cemetery Listing and Comments (Compiled from numerous original sources) Short bios noted where available.	Coulson & Local Residents. Additional detail is available Joyce Obland's Cemetery Site
All Towns	Carbon	All Carbon County Cemeteries (1)	Not Applicable	Website Listing	See online data listing for location

(1) Carbon County Cemeteries are listed for the local area towns. These are: 

Bearcreek, 

Belfry,                 

Betz & Skinner,

Bostic or Mountain View,             

Bowler,                 

Bridger,

Carbonado,                           

Castagne or Deuel,      

Chance,

Clear Creek or Robinson,             

Cow Creek,              

Deuel or Castagne,   

Fromberg or Gebo,   

John Henry,   

Joliet, 

Luther or Tony,   

Mountain View or Bostic,   

Pleasant Valley or Tony,   

Red Lodge,  

Roberts, 

Robinson or Clear Creek,  

Rockvale,   

Ruckman or Tony,   

Saint Olaf,   

Sunrise or Whittington,   

Tolman,   

Tony or Ruckman or Luther or Pleasant Valley,   

Whittington or Sunrise.

Tombstone Transcription Information

Mountview Cemetery inscription details are extracted by K-12 Middle School Class – Patricia North, Teacher 2000

Corky Knebel extracted Carbon County inscription details for several of the tombstones.

 

Obituary Postings and Other Listings

Obituary files are stored in the Gen-Room; microfilm registers are available within the Library. Card Index files for obituaries from 1955 through 1969 are sorted, and list birth, death, marriage, spouse, parents and children. Subsequent years contain the obituary notice published in local newspapers. These are stored in two separate locations, and are clearly marked. Added are 1994 through Current date.

Cemetery Records for Mountview, Yellowstone County Cemeteries, Carbon County and Harpers Ferry Cemetery in West Virginia, are available or placed on line. The collection of Carbon County records stored on 3x5 cards, contain information about the person, burial location, and other information as available.

Cemetery Records for Liberty County are available.

On-Line Cemetery Records for Montana, Wyoming and other States are being placed on the web for researchers use. This site complements the other available sites, and contains many of the above listed cemeteries. Be sure to check here.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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