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=== Adoption Records === | === Adoption Records === | ||
open / closed/ state statutes | open / closed/ state statutes | ||
== Marriage Records == | == Marriage Records == | ||
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== Tips == | == Tips == | ||
*Information listed on vital records is given by an informant. Learn the relationship of the informant to the subject(s) of the record. The closer the relationship of the informant to the subject(s) and whether or not the informant was present at the time of the event can help determine the accuracy of the information found on the record. | *Information listed on vital records is given by an informant. Learn the relationship of the informant to the subject(s) of the record. The closer the relationship of the informant to the subject(s) and whether or not the informant was present at the time of the event can help determine the accuracy of the information found on the record. | ||
*If you are unable to locate vital records recorded by governments, search for church records of christening, marriage, death or burial. A family Bible may have been used to record births. marriages and deaths. | *If you are unable to locate vital records recorded by governments, search for church records of christening, marriage, death or burial. A family Bible may have been used to record births. marriages and deaths. | ||
*Privacy laws may restrict your access to some vital records. Copies of some vital recores recoreded in the last 100 years may be unavailable to anyone except a direct relative. | *Privacy laws may restrict your access to some vital records. Copies of some vital recores recoreded in the last 100 years may be unavailable to anyone except a direct relative. | ||
*Search for Vital records in the Family History Library Catalog by using a '''Place Search''' and then choosing '''Vital Records'''. Search for '''Montana''' to locate record filed by the State and then search the '''name of the county''' to locate records kept by the county. | *Search for Vital records in the Family History Library Catalog by using a '''Place Search''' and then choosing '''Vital Records'''. Search for '''Montana''' to locate record filed by the State and then search the '''name of the county''' to locate records kept by the county. | ||
== Archives, Libraries and Societies == | == Archives, Libraries and Societies == | ||
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=== Inventory of Vital Records === | === Inventory of Vital Records === | ||
More information about the history and availability of vital records is in ''Guide to the Public Vital Statistics in Montana'' <ref>(Bozeman, Montana: Historical Records Survey, 1941; Family History Library [http://www.familysearch.org/eng/library/fhlcatalog/supermainframeset.asp?display=titledetails&titleno=197151&disp=Guide+to+public+vital+statistics+in+Mont%20%20&columns=*,0,0 book 978.6 V2h; film 1036403 item 7; fiche 6046712]). </ref> | More information about the history and availability of vital records is in ''Guide to the Public Vital Statistics in Montana'' <ref>(Bozeman, Montana: Historical Records Survey, 1941; Family History Library [http://www.familysearch.org/eng/library/fhlcatalog/supermainframeset.asp?display=titledetails&amp;titleno=197151&amp;disp=Guide+to+public+vital+statistics+in+Mont%20%20&amp;columns=*,0,0 book 978.6 V2h; film 1036403 item 7; fiche 6046712]). </ref> | ||
== Web Sites == | == Web Sites == | ||
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*[http://home.att.net/~wee-monster/deathrecords.html Death Records] | *[http://home.att.net/~wee-monster/deathrecords.html Death Records] | ||
== References == | == References == | ||
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[[Category:Montana]] [[Category:Record_Types_of_the_United_States]] [[Category:United_States_Vital_Records]] | [[Category:Montana]] [[Category:Record_Types_of_the_United_States]] [[Category:United_States_Vital_Records]] | ||