Montana Census

United States U.S. Census Montana Census

Tips

If at first you don't find a name, try again under another spelling.
Photocopy each ancestor's census. Identify where you found it.
Look for an ancestor in every census during her or his lifetime.
On the family group record show each person's census listings.
Study others in the same household, neighbors, and anyone with the similar names nearby on the census in community context.

For a list of the exact date of each federal census, click here.

Online Montana indexes and images

Federal population schedules

Microfilm images

**Federal Census Microfilms Available from the Family History Library**
1940 N/A	1900 and Soundex
1930	1880 and Soundex
1920 and Soundex	1870
1910	1860

**Federal Census Microfilms Available from the National Archives**
1940 N/A	1910 T624
1930 T626	1900 T623 and Soundex T1056
1920 T625 and Soundex M1572	1880 T9 and Soundex T759
	1870 M593

Indexes: fiche, film, or book

For a list of microform and book indexes for the population schedules of Montana, click here

Federal non-population schedules

Online indexes and images

Online Federal Non-Population Schedules for Montana
		Free	Free at Some Libraries (usually with library card)			Pay
Year	Type	Record Search	Heritage Quest	Ancestry FHL	Ancestry Library	Ancestry Home
1890	Veterans	-	-	Link	Link	Link
1880	Mortality	-	-	Link	Link	Link
1870	Mortality	-	-	Link	Link	Link
1860	Mortality	-	-	Link	Link	Link

Microfilm images

Indian census rolls, Rocky Boy, 1919-1939	Indian census rolls, Flathead, 1886-1939
Indian census rolls, Ft. Shaw School, 1910	Indian census rolls, Ft. Belknap, 1885-1939
Census rolls, 1909-1948	Indian census rolls, Ft. Peck, 1885-1939
Indian census rolls, Great Sioux, 1892	Nonpopulation, 1870-1880
Indian census rolls, Crow, 1891-1940	Mortality, agricuture, industry schedules, 1870-80
Indian census rolls, Blackfeet, 1890-1939

Indexes: fiche, film, or book

For a list of microform and book indexes for the non-population schedules of Montana, click here.

State, territorial, and colonial censuses

List of Early Settlers: A List of All Persons (Except Indians) Who Were in What Is Now Montana During the Winter of 1862-1863, compiled by the Montana Historical Society. It is found in:

Contributions to the Historical Society of Montana . . . , 1: 293-308, Second Edition. (Helena: Rocky Mountain Publishing Company, 1902; Family History Library film 1000177 item 2).

Existing and lost censuses

For a list of available and missing Montana censuses, click here.

Why use a census?

A well-indexed census is one of the easiest ways to locate where an ancestor's family lived and when they lived there. You can also use censuses to follow the changes in a family over time, and identify neighbors. These and other clues provided by censuses are important because they help find additional kinds of records about the family.

More about censuses

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Sources and footnotes

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