Montana, Granite County Records, 1865-2009

What is in This Collection?

This collection contains images and an index of probate, land and property, naturalization, divorce and vital records from the County Clerk's Office in Philipsburg, Montana. Granite County was founded in 1893 from sections of Deer Lodge and Missoula Counties. Early records are housed in Butte, Silver Bow County (1865-1867) or in Anaconda, Deer Lodge County(1868-1896). Today the Granite County seat is in Philipsburg. This collection is being published as images become available.

The probate courts (1864-1889) had jurisdiction over adoptions, marriages, probates, civil suits and criminal matters. After 1889 jurisdiction was transferred to the district courts. These records can be located in the office of the county clerk.

Birth and death registers were required to be kept and filed in the county beginning in 1895 though there are some earlier records. By 1905 these records were required to be registered on a state level but this law wasn't fully complied with until about 1915. Certified copies of birth and death records can be obtained from The Department of Health and Environmental Science in Helena. Marriage and divorce records are available from the clerk of district court in Granite county. They were registered on a state level beginning in July 1943.

Land and naturalization records are kept in the county and district courts with no name index available before 1908. The earliest land records are at the National Archives in Denver, Colorado.

Additional records and/or images may be added to this collection in the future.

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What Can These Records Tell Me?

The following information may be found in these records:

• Name of the primary individual
• Age
• Event date
• Event place
• Parents' names including mother's maiden name
• Parents' age, birth place and residence
• Occupations
• Names of heirs, such as spouse, children, other relatives, or friends
• Name of the executor, administrator, or guardian
• Names of witnesses
• Dates the documents were written and recorded (used to approximate event dates since a will was usually written near the time of death)
• Description and value of personal property or land owned by the deceased
• Address or residence

Collection Content

Sample Images

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  Register of Births 1898

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  Marriage Record 1873

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  Register of Deaths 1898-1899

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  Declaration of Intent 1906

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  Petition for Naturalization 1909

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  Oath of Allegience 1912

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  Deed 1893

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  Civil Court Action 1903