Montana, Cascade County Records - FamilySearch Historical Records
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Record Type | County Records |
Collection years | 1880-2009 |
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Cascade County Clerk, Montana |
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What is in This Collection?[edit | edit source]
The collection consists of county record collections from the following record custodians. History Museum in Great Falls:
- Probate
- Voter register
- Naturalization and immigration records
Great Falls Genealogy Society:
- Probate case files, # 535-3165, 1903-1926
- Court orders for dependent children, 1903-1937
- Old age applications
- Naturalization records, pre 1945
County Clerk's Office:
- Deeds from 1880-1941 and index to 1995.
This collection covers the years 1880 to 2009.
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To Browse This Collection[edit | edit source]
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What Can These Records Tell Me?[edit | edit source]
The following information may be found in these records:
Birth
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Death
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Marriage
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Naturalization
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Court orders
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Military
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Collection Content[edit | edit source]
Sample Images[edit | edit source]
Coverage Table[edit | edit source]
Record | Types of Records | Years |
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Cemetery | Calvary and Mt. Olivet cemeteries | 1880s-1980s |
Cemetery | Hillcrest Lawn Memorial Association | 1880s-1980s |
Cemetery | Indigent burials | 1996-2009 |
Cemetery | Old and New Highland cemetery | 1880s-1980s |
Cemetery | Small cemeteries and miscellaneous burials | 1880s-1980s |
Census | Cascade county card index | 1910 |
Census | Census card index | 1910 |
Census | Census Cascade county card index | 1910 |
Census | Census of Hill | 1956 |
Census | City of Great Falls Municipal census | 1913 |
Census | Official census of the City of Great Falls | 1896-1913 |
County Court | Court orders for dependent children | 1916-1937 |
Elections | Voter registration cards | 1937-1960 |
Genealogy | Card index to family | undated |
Genealogy | Card index to pedigree charts | 1500s-2000s |
Land and property | Deeds (Meagher County) | 1880-1891 |
Land and property | Deeds | 1887-1940 |
Land and property | Index of separate property of married women | 1895-1914 |
Land and property | Lot book | 1887-1995 |
Land and property | Quitclaim deeds | 1887-1906 |
Land and property | Separate property of married women and sole traders | 1895-1914 |
Land and property | Tax deed land sold under contract | 1931-1936 |
Land and property | Townsite deeds | 1887-1901 |
Military | Military roll of Cascade County | 1896-1911 |
Naturalization | Certificate of naturalization | 1907-1925 |
Naturalization | Citizenship petitions granted lists | 1930-1961 |
Naturalization | Citizenship | 1890-1906 |
Naturalization | Declaration of intention | 1888-1941 |
Naturalization | Index to citzenship/intentions | 1888-1906 |
Naturalization | Index to declaration of intention | undated |
Naturalization | Index to declarations | 1888-1906 |
Naturalization | Index to intent/petitions/citizenship | 1907-1965 |
Naturalization | Naturalization record | 1888-1889 |
Naturalization | Naturalization record-citizenship | 1898-1902 |
Naturalization | Petition for naturalization | 1907-1966 |
Naturalization | Petition for naturalization, granting petitions | 1962-1966 |
Naturalization | Repatriations | 1937-1955 |
Obituaries | Index to Obituaries | 1880-2002 |
Obituaries | Obituaries | 1917-1944 |
Pensions | Index to old age pension applications | 1923-1935 |
Pensions | Old age pension applications | 1923-1935 |
Probate | Index estate & probate; abstract of wills | 1903-1978 |
Probate | Index to probate register | 1890-1940 |
Probate | Index to wills | 1895-1930 |
Probate | Probate case files | 1903-1940 |
Probate | Probate records | 1886-1952 |
Probate | Record of wills | 1901-1930 |
Public | Montana indentification card index | 1958-1978 |
School | School census records | 1896-1955 |
School | School census summaries | 1907 |
Tax | County poll tax index | 1891-1898 |
Tax | Tax lists Great Falls | 1889-1895 |
Vital | Birth Index | 1893-1917 |
Vital | Birth index, Delayed births; Great Falls birth register | 1885-1917 |
Vital | Certificates of Birth | 1918-1920 |
Vital | Declaration of marriage | 1915-1964 |
Vital | Great Falls Tribune vital records | 1952-1999 |
Vital | Index to births and deaths | 1895-1907 |
Vital | Index to births and deaths | 1895-1907 |
Vital | Index to births | 1893-1933 |
Vital | Marriage license record | 1950-1967 |
Vital | Marriage licenses | 1964-1967 |
Vital | Register of births and deaths | 1895-1907 |
Vital | Register of births | 1893-1933 |
Voter | District | 1884-1910 |
Voter | Precinct | 1892-1934 |
Voter | Precinct map, poll books | 1907-1908 |
Voter | Precincts | undated |
Voter | School District | 1894-1911 |
Voter | School District Precinct | 1903-1911 |
Voter | School District Wards | 1892-1910 |
Voter | Ward | 1912 |
How Do I Search This Collection?[edit | edit source]
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- The name of your ancestor
- The age of your ancestor
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- The type of event such as marriage or naturalization
- The approximate date of the event
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How Do I Analyze the Results?[edit | edit source]
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What Do I Do Next?[edit | edit source]
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I Found the Person I Was Looking For, What Now?[edit | edit source]
- Use the age to calculate the birth date to find vital records such as birth, christening, marriage, and death
- Use the probate date as a substitute for the death date
- Use the name of the undertaker, mortuary, or cemetery to find funeral and cemetery records
- Use the parents' birth places to find former residences and to establish a migration pattern for the family
- Use the occupations to find employment or military records
- Use the information to find the family in census records
I Can’t Find the Person I’m Looking For, What Now?[edit | edit source]
- Try viewing the original record to see if there were errors in the transcription of the name, age, residence, etc. Remember that there may be more than one person in the records with the same name
- Collect entries for every person who has the same surname. This list can help you identify possible relations that can be verified by records
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- Remember that sometimes individuals went by nicknames or alternated between using first and middle names
Research Helps[edit | edit source]
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