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Online Montana indexes and images
| Online Federal and State Population Schedules of Montana | |||||||||||
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Internet Archive[2] | Misc. | Heritage Quest[3] | Fold3[4] | Ancestry FHL[5] | Ancestry Library[5] | Ancestry Home[5] | Archives[6] | Family Link[7] | ||
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Federal population schedules
Microfilm images
| 1940 N/A | 1900 and Soundex |
| 1930 | 1880 and Soundex |
| 1920 and Soundex | 1870 |
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| 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 | ||||||||||
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| 1890 | Veterans | - | - | Link | Link | Link | ||||
| 1880 | Mortality | - | - | Link | Link | Link | ||||
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Microfilm images
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
Montana took a few censuses in the years between the federal censuses. The dates are listed below. State census records may have columns that were different or more unusual than those found on federal censuses. The responses and years of coverage may give additional information on the family.
- 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
Click here for additional details about how to use censuses, such as:
Sources and footnotes
- ↑ FamilySearch, a free online service of the Family History Library, including free images of many federal censuses, including an index of the 1880 federal census of the United States; connected with 1880 census images provided by Ancestry.com, a subscription site.
- ↑ Internet Archive, a free online service includes free images of most of the federal censuses.
- ↑ HeritageQuest has arranged with many subscribing public libraries in the United States to allow users free access on home computers by means of their personal library card numbers. HeritageQuest provides images of all surviving 1790 to 1930 federal censuses, and indexes to many but not all of them.
- ↑ Fold3, formerly known as Footnote.com, a subscription site partnering with the National Archives and includes some federal censuses. Free access is available at many public libraries.
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 5.2 Ancestry.com, a subscription site that provides online indexes and images to all surviving federal and many state census records, among other sources. They have three online editions: (1) an FHL edition free only at the Family History Library and a few Family History Centers, (2) a slightly smaller Library edition free only at some public libraries, and (3) a Home edition subscription service for individuals.
- ↑ Archives.com, a subscription site that provides online indexes and images to all surviving federal census records, among other sources.
- ↑ FamilyLink.com, a subscription site that provides online images (and some indexes) to all surviving federal and many state census records, among other sources.
- ↑ See the Montana table of Existing and Lost censuses.
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