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=== Online Resources ===
=== Online Resources ===


*'''1795-1925''' - {{RecordSearch|2185145|United States Passport Applications, 1795-1925}} at [https://familysearch.org/search FamilySearch] index and images  
*'''1795-1925''' - {{RecordSearch|2185145|United States Passport Applications, 1795-1925}} at FamilySearch  - [[United States, Passport Applications - FamilySearch Historical Records|How to Use this Collection]]; index and images  
*'''1880-2009''' - {{RecordSearch|1926700|Montana, Cascade County Records, 1880-2009}} at [https://familysearch.org/search FamilySearch] index and images
*'''1880-2009''' - {{RecordSearch|1926700|Montana, Cascade County Records, 1880-2009}} at FamilySearch  - [[Montana, Cascade County Records - FamilySearch Historical Records|How to Use this Collection]]; index and images
*'''1865-2009''' - {{RecordSearch|2029197|Montana, Granite County Records, 1865-2009}} at [https://familysearch.org/search FamilySearch] index and imagess
*'''1865-2009''' - {{RecordSearch|2029197|Montana, Granite County Records, 1865-2009}} at FamilySearch  - [[Montana, Granite County Records - FamilySearch Historical Records|How to Use this Collection]]; index and images
*'''1868-1999''' - {{RecordSearch|2173973|Montana Naturalization Records, 1868-1999}} at [https://familysearch.org/search FamilySearch] index and images
*'''1868-1999''' - {{RecordSearch|2173973|Montana Naturalization Records, 1868-1999}} at FamilySearch  - [[Montana Naturalization Records - FamilySearch Historical Records|How to Use this Collection]]; index and images
*'''1887-2012''' - {{RecordSearch|2110919|Montana, Judith Basin County Records, 1887-2012}} at [https://familysearch.org/search FamilySearch] index and images
*'''1887-2012''' - {{RecordSearch|2110919|Montana, Judith Basin County Records, 1887-2012}} at FamilySearch  - [[Montana, Judith Basin County Records - FamilySearch Historical Records|How to Use this Collection]]; index and images
*'''1910-2012''' - {{RecordSearch|2127321|Montana, Pondera County Records, 1910-2012}} at [https://familysearch.org/search FamilySearch] index and images
*'''1910-2012''' - {{RecordSearch|2127321|Montana, Pondera County Records, 1910-2012}} at FamilySearch  - [[Montana, Pondera County Records - FamilySearch Historical Records|How to Use this Collection]]; index and images
*'''1866-2010''' - {{RecordSearch|2109937|Montana, Sanders County Records, 1866-2010}} at [https://familysearch.org/search FamilySearch] index and images
*'''1866-2010''' - {{RecordSearch|2109937|Montana, Sanders County Records, 1866-2010}} at FamilySearch  - [[Montana, Sanders County Records - FamilySearch Historical Records|How to Use this Collection]]; index and images
*'''1881-2012''' - {{RecordSearch|2170641|Montana, Teton County Records, 1881-2012}} at [https://familysearch.org/search FamilySearch] index and images
*'''1881-2012''' - {{RecordSearch|2170641|Montana, Teton County Records, 1881-2012}} at FamilySearch  - [[Montana, Teton County Records - FamilySearch Historical Records|How to Use this Collection]]; index and images
*'''1913-1960''' - {{RecordSearch|2138517|Montana, Toole County Records, 1913-1960}} at [https://familysearch.org/search FamilySearch] index and images
*'''1913-1960''' - {{RecordSearch|2138517|Montana, Toole County Records, 1913-1960}} at FamilySearch  - [[Montana, Toole County Records - FamilySearch Historical Records|How to Use this Collection]]; index and images
*[http://search.ancestry.com/search/db.aspx?dbid=1629 U.S. Naturalization Record Indexes, 1791-1992, Montana] - ($) Index only
*[http://search.ancestry.com/search/db.aspx?dbid=1629 U.S. Naturalization Record Indexes, 1791-1992, Montana] - ($) Index only
*[http://montanamsgs.org/norskenaturalization.html Norske i Montana Naturalization] - Index, incomplete for all counties
*[http://montanamsgs.org/norskenaturalization.html Norske i Montana Naturalization] - Index, incomplete for all counties
*{{RecordSearch|2091705|Montana, County Naturalizations, 1856-1979}} - Images only, incomplete for all counties
*'''1856-1979''' {{RecordSearch|2091705|Montana, County Naturalizations, 1856-1979}} at FamilySearch  - [[Montana, County Naturalizations - FamilySearch Historical Records|How to Use this Collection]]; images
*[http://search.ancestry.com/search/db.aspx?dbid=61420 Montana, County Naturalization Records, 1867-1970] - ($), Index and images
*[http://search.ancestry.com/search/db.aspx?dbid=61420 Montana, County Naturalization Records, 1867-1970] - ($), Index and images
*[http://search.ancestry.com/search/db.aspx?dbid=61204 Montana, Federal Naturalization Records, 1880-1920] - Index and images, ($).
*[http://search.ancestry.com/search/db.aspx?dbid=61204 Montana, Federal Naturalization Records, 1880-1920] - Index and images, ($).
*[https://www.ancestry.com/search/collections/panatoriginals/ Selected U.S. Naturalization Records - U.S. District Courts for the State of Montana, 1891-1929] - ($)
*[https://www.ancestry.com/search/collections/panatoriginals/ Selected U.S. Naturalization Records - U.S. District Courts for the State of Montana, 1891-1929] - ($)
*{{RecordSearch|1858291|United States Index to Naturalizations of World War I Soldiers, 1918}} at [https://www.familysearch.org/search FamilySearch] — Index
*'''1918''' {{RecordSearch|1858291|United States Index to Naturalizations of World War I Soldiers, 1918}} at FamilySearch  - [[United States, Index to Naturalizations of World War I Soldiers - FamilySearch Historical Records|How to Use this Collection]]; index




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*[[Montana, Granite County Records - FamilySearch Historical Records|Montana, Granite County Records - FamilySearch Historical Records]] - Images only
*[[Montana, Granite County Records - FamilySearch Historical Records|Montana, Granite County Records - FamilySearch Historical Records]] - Images only
*[[Montana, Flathead County Records - FamilySearch Historical Records]] - Images only
*[[Montana, Flathead County Records - FamilySearch Historical Records]] - Images only
*{{RecordSearch|2228169|Montana, Meagher County Records, 1866-2012}} at [https://familysearch.org/search FamilySearch] index and images
*'''1866-2012''' {{RecordSearch|2228169|Montana, Meagher County Records, 1866-2012}} at FamilySearch  - [[Montana, Meagher County Records - FamilySearch Historical Records|How to Use this Collection]]; index and images
*[[Montana, Rosebud County Records - FamilySearch Historical Records]] - Images only
*[[Montana, Rosebud County Records - FamilySearch Historical Records]] - Images only



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Online Resources[edit | edit source]


County Naturalization Records by FamilySearch

Availability[edit | edit source]

Naturalization records have generally been filed in the county and district courts of Montana. You can write to the clerk of the court and request a search of indexes to certificates of arrival, petitions, declarations, and final naturalization papers.

The Family History Library has copies of some Montana naturalizations. The National Archives—Pacific Alaska Region (Seattle)has documents for:

  • The four territorial district courts (1868-89). (Indexes on Family History Library film 1490886 items 1-8.)
  • U.S. district courts in Butte (1894-1929), Great Falls (1924-26), Helena (1892-1929). (Family History Library films 1492066 items 1-4 and 1490886 items 11-27.)
  • The U.S. Circuit Court (1891-98). (Family History Library films 1490886 items 9-10 and 1492068 items 1-20.)

Post-1906 Records[edit | edit source]

In 1906 the Immigration and Naturalization Service (now United States Citizenship and Immigration Services) was created, forms were standardized and duplicate copies of naturalization records were sent to the INS. You can access these records through the Genealogy Program at www.uscis.gov.  

References[edit | edit source]

  • Montana Research Outline. Salt Lake City, Utah: Intellectual Reserve, Inc., Family History Department, 1998, 2001. (NOTE: All of the information from the original research outline has been imported into this Wiki site and is being updated as time permits.)