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P.O. Box 4210
Helena, MT 59604
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Different Type of Montana Marriage Records
When you start digging into genealogy you'll learn that in the world of looking up ancestry information, marriage records are some of the most important documents you find. Why are they so important, and what, exactly, can you find on marriage records? First, let's discuss what marriage records are.
Before 1200 AD, a couple was not required to have any sort of specific documentation to prove they were married. If the couple wanted to get married, they simply did so. The church, however, realized that it was impossible to accurately tell whether couples had been actually married without any documentation, so it instituted banns, a publicly read declaration that informed entire congregations for weeks before a marriage was to take place of the impending nuptials. This practice was to ensure that the couple getting married was free to do so. In the 1400's, marriage licenses were officially instituted.
Types of Records
There are three different types of marriage records. First is a marriage license. A marriage license is what needs to be obtained by a couple before being wed. A wedding ceremony is not considered legal if there is not marriage license. The license is returned to the clerk in the district or town where the marriage was performed for filing purposes. If you're married in Montana, your Montana marriage license will need to be returned to the clerk in that Montana town or city after it is filled out during the wedding ceremony.
Next is a marriage register. A marriage register is the recorded information taken from the completed license delivered to the clerk. The register has simple information, including the name of the couple, the date and place where the marriage took place, and the name of the person who officiated the ceremony.
Third is the marriage certificate. The marriage certificate is the physical piece of evidence the couple will have that proves that they were married. This is what you'll find when you're looking for Montana marriage records. These certificates have a lot of information, including the name of the couple's parents, the location and date of the wedding, and, of course, information about the new couple as well.
Finding What You Need
If you're searching for Montana marriage records to help you fill in your family tree, then you should definitely locate as many marriage records as possible because of the vast wealth of information available on them. Many times people are able to fill in huge gaps that are missing from their ancestral tree simply from the information that they get on these records. Keep in mind that it may be necessary to look for a few different names; if you can't find the record under one name you'll likely find it under another.
One last important note: remember that a marriage license is not the same as a Montana marriage record; when you're searching, you won't be looking for a marriage license, but rather marriage records.
Anaconda-Deer Lodge County
Beaverhead County
Other Records:
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Beaverhead County, Montana Census, 1910 -Ancestry.com
Big Horn County
Shaw, Irene - Anderson, George December 29, 1907
Blaine County
Billings Gazette Online Vitals
Broadwater County
Carbon County
Chaffin, Edwin O. - Lewis, Alva, December 1903
Simpson Marriages
Carter County
Cascade County
Laurence, Robert E. - Largent, Ella, December 25, 1895
Jacques, Louis - Schoultz, Adeline R., December 1900
Chouteau County
Custer County
Daniels County
Dawson County
Dawson Co Montana Marriages 1882 - 1919
Deer Lodge County
Griffin, Julia E. - Cherry, Robert E., December 1903
Harold Buerman - Marie Haffey, April 3, 1938
Hill, Annie - Bills, John, August 1903
Patrick Francis Haffey -Dorothy Mary Munro, May 29, 1937
Fallon County
Fergus County
Peter A. Skelton & Ida Bechard, Nov 2, 1915
Washburn, J. B. - Cunningham, Kate, January 1, 1896
Flathead County
Deaths, Divorces, Marriages 1893-1899
Divorce Index; "The Daily Inter Lake"; Kalispell, MT; 01 Jan 2000 through 31 Dec 2000
Divorce Index; "The Daily Inter Lake"; Kalispell, MT; 01 Jan 2001 through 31 Dec 2001
Marriage Licenses and Divorces - "The Daily Inter Lake", Kalispell, MT:
29 May 1998 - 30 December 1998
1 Jan 1999 - 31 Dec 1999
Misc. Marriages, Kalispell, MT, 1890 TO 1996, Groom Index:
A-F
G-L
M-R
S-Z
Marriage Licenses, 2000 "Daily Inter Lake"
Marriages 2000 "Daily Inter Lake", by Bride
Marriages 2000 "Daily Inter Lake", by Groom
Marriages 2001 "Daily Inter Lake", by Bride
Marriages 2001 "Daily Inter Lake", by Groom
Gallatin County
Brandenburg, Addie J. - Walrath, Andrew J. June 1900
Orton, Viola - Williams, Alvin E. October 16, 1907
Garfield County
Glacier County
Clyde Curtis Cavitt - Edith Hull 25 August 1920
Clyde Dale Joy - Bertha Beck 23 August 1913
Collins Anderson -Mary Tryphena Martin 8 Jan 1900
Edward Joseph Butler - Annie L. Allison 1 Oct 1916
William Douglas - Florence Steele 1 November 1898
Methodist Ministers serving the Blackfeet Reservation area, Glacier Countyy
Golden Valley County
Granite County
Hill County
Jefferson County
Judith Basin County
Lake County
Lewis and Clark County
Liberty County
Liberty County Marriage Applications
Grooms Surnames L - ZBrides
Surnames A - KLincoln County
Madison County
McCone County
Meagher County
Mineral County
Missoula County
Other Records:
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Missoula and Ravalli County, Montana Cemeteries -Ancestry.com
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Missoula, Montana City Directory, 1890 -Ancestry.com
Musselshell County
Park County
Petroleum County
Phillips County
Pondera County
Powder River County
Powell County
Prairie County
Ravalli County
Other Records:
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Missoula and Ravalli County, Montana Cemeteries -Ancestry.com
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Stevensville, Ravalli County, Montana Cemeteries -Ancestry.com
Richland County
Roosevelt County
Rosebud County
Sanders County
District Clerk of Court
1111 Main St./PO Box 519
Thompson Falls, MT 59873
(406) 827-6962
Sheridan County
Silver Bow County
Other Records:
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Butte, Silver Bow County, Montana, Directory, 1902 -Ancestry.com
Stillwater County
Stillwater County Vital Records from newspapers
Stillwater County Democrat 1914
Stillwater County Democrat 1915
Stillwater County Democrat 1916
Stillwater Enterprise, Absarokee 1928-30
Sweet Grass County
Sweet Grass County Weddings, 1895-1949. The database is located in the Montana GenWeb Archives
Abstraction/ transcription of vital records - birth, marriage, divorce, death
Big Timber Pionee Marriagesr Aug. 1891-1892
Yellowstone Leader Sept. 1899-1900
Teton County
Toole County
Treasure County
Valley County
Valley County Gazette, July 1894 to December 1895
The Glasgow Record, March 1895 to October 1896
The Valley County Gazette, January to December 1896
The Valley County Gazette, January to December 1897
The Valley County Gazette, January to November 1898
The Valley County Gazette, January to December 1899
The North Montana Review, May through December 1899
Wheatland County
Wheatland County District Court Clerk
201 A Ave. NW, Harlowton, MT 59036
Phone (406) 632-4892
Wibaux
Yellowstone County
Craves, Nettie M. - Zimmerman, Joseph March 1896Cunningham, Kate - Washburn, J. B. January 1, 1896
Goss, Ruth E. - Kennison, Will R. November 1908Guid, Ella - Pickens, Samuel Jay 1908
Mills, Ella E. - Sanford, Fred I. December 31, 1895Yellowstone County Marriages 1882-1887
Misc. / Statewide
Other Records:
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Montana Census, 1870-90 -Ancestry.com
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Montana Death Index, 1989-98 -Ancestry.com