Montana Archives and Libraries: Difference between revisions

The following archives, libraries, and societies have major collections or services helpful to Montana genealogical researchers.  

P.O. Box 210201<br>225 North Roberts Street <br>Helena, MT 59620-1201<br>Telephone: 406-444-2694 <br>Fax: 406-444-2696 <br>Email: [mailto:mhslibrary@mt.gov mhslibrary@mt.gov]<br>Internet: [http://mhs.mt.gov/ http://mhs.mt.gov/] &nbsp;  

The Montana Historical Society houses both the Montana Historical Society Library and the Montana State Archives. The library collects printed and manuscript sources, including histories and reference materials. The archives primarily collects government documents.  

P.O. Box 5313<br>120 South Last Chance Gulch<br>Helena, MT 59604<br>Telephone 406-447-1690 Ext9<br>Internet: [http://montanamsgs.org/ http://montanamsgs.org/]  

The [http://mtscprod.msl.mt.gov/uhtbin/cgisirsi/Gla4Jt1JUq/MT-GEN/185850019/60/1180/X Montana Genealogical Society Library] is part of the online Montana Shared Library.<br>  

'''National Archives at Denver'''<br>17101 Huron Street<br>Broomfield, CO 80023<br>Telephone: 303-604-4740<br>Fax: 303-407-5707<br>Internet: [http://www.archives.gov/denver/ National Archives at Denver]&nbsp;{{See|National Archives at Denver}}  

Mansfield Library <br>32 Campus Drive<br>Missoula, MT 59812-9936<br>Telephone: 406-243-6866<br>Fax: 406-243-4067<br>Internet: [http://www.lib.umt.edu/ http://www.lib.umt.edu/] &nbsp;  

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Renne Library <br>P.O. Box 173320 <br>Bozeman, MT 59717-3320 <br>Telephone: 406-994-3119 <br>Fax: 406-994-2851 <br>Internet: [http://www.lib.montana.edu/ http://www.lib.montana.edu/] &nbsp;  

To learn more about the history and record-keeping systems of Montana counties, use the 16 inventories of county archives produced by the Historical Records Survey around 1940. The Family History Library has copies of most of these inventories.  

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You can find computerized research tips and information about ancestors from Montana in a variety of sources at local, state, national, and international levels. The list of sources is growing rapidly. Most of the information is available at no cost.  

:FamilySearch is a collection of computer files containing several million names. FamilySearch is a good place to begin your research. Some of the records come from compiled sources; some have been automated from original sources.

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