GENEALOGICAL
RESOURCES
AVAILABLE AT THE GREAT FALLS
GENEALOGY SOCIETY
LIBRARY
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CHECK THE LIBRARY CARD CATALOG
for materials located in the library.
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1. Genealogies:
Researchers have published genealogies available to
them.
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2. Local
Histories: Both county and community histories
from around Montana are an excellent source. Limited histories
from other states are available as well.
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3. Biographical
Works: Biographical encyclopedias and
directories aid the genealogist.
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4.
Directories: City and county
directories
often provide helpful data. The collection
holds assorted 1887-1959 directories and 1961-1994
for
Great Falls, and numerous volumes for other Montana cities and
communities.
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5. Ship Passenger
Lists: A multi-volume Passenger &
Immigration Lists Index
gives hundreds of thousands of
names and
dates of immigrants to our North America
ports
during the 17th, 18th and 19th centuries.
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Coroner's Records: The
Cascade Co. Records held by the library are 1893-1908,
1918-1926, 1943-1948.
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Cemetery Transcriptions:
Cemetery listings for Cascade, Teton and Chouteau Counties
were compiled by the society and are available through 1978.
Beyond that see Obituary File.
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Probate Records: These
1903 - 1929 and 1965 - 1978 Cascade Co files are available
upon request. One day wait necessary if only one librarian is
on duty.
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| Obituary Files: Indexed
obituaries extracted from the Great Falls Tribune are
on file for 1978 to the present. Includes some from other
Montana newspapers.
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| Charts and
Forms: Available for sale from the librarian
on duty. A few society generated books are also sold at the
library.
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