Cemetery records and cemeteries, in general, are a very large part of our family history and is a significant pursuit for many genealogists. Sometimes, the information on a headstone is the only information available for certain ancestors.
What can you find in these records? How about birth, marriage, and death information and clues to military service, religion, and organization memberships? Location of the burial plot, tombstone inscriptions, cemetery maps, sexton registers, and headstone photos are also generally available.
Here are a few good primers on the benefits of searching cemetery records:
- FamilySearch – United States Cemeteries
- A Gravesite Can Reveal Remarkable Details About Your Ancestor IF You Can Find It: Here’s How
- Rootsweb – Cemetery Records
Note: Some of the links listed take you to a FamilySearch Collection of digital images. Near the bottom of the page under Film/Digital Notes is the name of each sub-collection. If there is a camera icon at the right of the name (in the Format column) then the collections’ images are browsable. If there is a camera with a key icon, it is only available at a Family History Center or affiliated library. If there is a film reel icon, then it is only available in microfilm format, not digital. To take full advantage, please make sure that you are logged in to FamilySearch. The results may be different if you are signed in, rather than not.
Below are links to cemetery, burial, and interment records as well as indexes and tombstone inscriptions that are available for free online.
(Updated February 2023)
Montana Cemetery Records
General U.S.
- African American Cemeteries.com
- Billion Graves Index
- Find A Grave Index
- Names in Stone Cemetery Maps
- United States, Cemetery Abstracts, 1949-1969
- US GenWeb Tombstone Transcription Project
- Veteran’s Nationwide Gravesite Locator
Montana
- Anaconda, Mount Carmel Cemetery – Billion Graves
- Baker, Bonnievale Cemetery – Billion Graves
- Beaverhead County Cemeteries – Find a Grave
- Beaverhead County, Cemeteries
- Beaverhead County, Cemeteries and Records
- Beaverhead County, Dillon, Mountain View Cemetery, Cemetery Record
- Big Horn Cemeteries – Interment.net
- Big Horn County Cemeteries – Find a Grave
- Big Horn County, Cemeteries
- Big Horn County, Cemeteries and Records
- Billings, Mountview Cemetery – Billion Graves
- Billings, Sunset Memorial Cemetery – Billion Graves
- Blaine Cemeteries – Interment.net
- Blaine County Cemeteries – Find a Grave
- Blaine County, Cemeteries
- Blaine County, Cemeteries and Records
- Bozeman, Sunset Hills Cemetery – Billion Graves
- Bozeman, Sunset Hills Cemetery, Burial Search
- Bridger, Bridger Cemetery – Billion Graves
- Broadus, Valley View Cemetery – Billion Graves
- Broadwater Cemeteries – Interment.net
- Broadwater County Cemeteries – Find a Grave
- Broadwater County, Cemeteries
- Broadwater County, Cemeteries and Records
- Butte, Holy Cross Cemetery – Billion Graves
- Butte, Mount Moriah Cemetery – Billion Graves
- Butte, Mountain View cemetery – Billion Graves
- Butte, Saint Patrick Cemetery – Billion Graves
- Carbon County Cemeteries – Find a Grave
- Carbon County, Cemeteries
- Carbon County, Cemeteries and Records
- Carbon County, Cemetery Records
- Carbon County, Rockvale Cemetery
- Carter County Cemeteries – Find a Grave
- Carter County, Cemeteries
- Carter County, Cemeteries and Records
- Carter County, Cemetery Records
- Cascade Cemeteries – Interment.net
- Cascade County Cemeteries – Find a Grave
- Cascade County Records, 1880-2009
- Cascade County, Burials
- Cascade County, Cemeteries
- Cascade County, Cemeteries and Records
- Cascade County, Cemetery Records
- Cascade County, Cemetery Records, ca. 1880s-1980s
- Cascade County, Indigent Burials
- Choteau, Choteau Cemetery – Billion Graves
- Chouteau County Cemeteries – Find a Grave
- Chouteau County Records,1876-2011
- Chouteau County, Cemeteries
- Chouteau County, Cemeteries and Records
- Columbia Falls, Woodlawn Cemetery – Billion Graves
- Corvallis, Corvallis Cemetery – Billion Graves
- Crow Agency, Custer National Cemetary – Billion Graves
- Custer Cemeteries – Interment.net
- Custer County Cemeteries – Find a Grave
- Custer County, Cemeteries
- Custer County, Cemeteries and Records
- Daniels County Cemeteries – Find a Grave
- Daniels County, Cemeteries
- Daniels County, Cemeteries and Records
- Dawson County Cemeteries – Find a Grave
- Dawson County, Cemeteries
- Dawson County, Cemeteries and Records
- Dawson County, Cemetery Records
- Deer Lodge County Cemeteries – Find a Grave
- Deer Lodge County, Anaconda Cemetery Records, 1878-2005
- Deer Lodge County, Cemeteries
- Deer Lodge County, Cemeteries and Records
- Dillon, Mountain View Cemetery – Billion Graves
- East Helena Cemetery
- Ekalaka, Independent Order of Odd Fellows Cemetery – Billion Graves
- Eureka, Tobacco Valley Cemetery – Billion Graves
- Fallon County Cemeteries – Find a Grave
- Fallon County, Cemeteries
- Fallon County, Cemeteries and Records
- Fergus Cemeteries – Interment.net
- Fergus County Cemeteries – Find a Grave
- Fergus County, Cemeteries
- Fergus County, Cemeteries and Records
- Fergus County, Cemetery Records
- Flathead County Cemeteries – Find a Grave
- Flathead County Records, 1871-2007
- Flathead County, Cemeteries
- Flathead County, Cemeteries and Records
- Flathead County, Cemetery Records
- Flathead County, Demersville Cemetery Record book, 1897-1950
- Forestvale Cemetery Burial Index
- Fort Benton, Riverside Cemetery – Billion Graves
- Fort Benton, Riverside Cemetery Records
- Gallatin County Cemeteries – Find a Grave
- Gallatin County, Cemeteries
- Gallatin County, Cemeteries and Records
- Gallatin County, Cemetery Records
- Gallatin County, Old tombstone Records
- Garfield Cemeteries – Interment.net
- Garfield County Cemeteries – Find a Grave
- Garfield County, Cemeteries
- Garfield County, Cemeteries and Records
- Glacier County Cemeteries – Find a Grave
- Glacier County, Cemeteries
- Glacier County, Cemeteries and Records
- Glasgow, Glasgow Highland Cemetery – Billion Graves
- Glendive, Dawson County Cemetery – Billion Graves
- Glendive, Dawson Memorial Cemetery – Billion Graves
- Golden Valley County Cemeteries – Find a Grave
- Golden Valley County, Cemeteries
- Golden Valley County, Cemeteries and Records
- Golden Valley County, Cemetery Records
- Granite County Cemeteries – Find a Grave
- Granite County, Cemeteries
- Granite County, Cemeteries and Records
- Great Falls, Calvary Cemetery – Billion Graves
- Great Falls, Highland Cemetery (Old and New) – Billion Graves
- Great Falls, Mount Olivet Cemetery – Billion Graves
- Great Falls, Sun River Cemetery – Billion Graves
- Hamilton, Riverview Cemetery – Billion Graves
- Hamilton, Riverview Cemetery, Interments
- Helena Valley West Central, ForestVale Cemetery – Billion Graves
- Helena Valley West Central, Sunset Memorial Cemetery – Billion Graves
- Helena, Montana State Veterans Cemetery – Billion Graves
- Helena, Resurrection Cemetery – Billion Graves
- Helena, Benton Ave. Cemetery, Record of Burials, 1870-1886
- Helena, Benton Avenue Cemetery
- Helena, Church of the Sacred Heart, Record of Interments
- Helena, Forestvale Cemetery Book
- Helena, Resurrection Cemetery
- Hill County Cemeteries – Find a Grave
- Hill County, Cemeteries
- Hill County, Cemeteries and Records
- Jefferson Cemeteries – Interment.net
- Jefferson County Cemeteries – Find a Grave
- Jefferson County, Cemeteries
- Jefferson County, Cemeteries and Records
- Judith Basin County Cemeteries – Find a Grave
- Judith Basin County, Cemeteries
- Judith Basin County, Cemeteries and Records
- Judith Gap Cemetery
- Kalispell, Conrad Memorial Cemetery – Billion Graves
- Lake Cemeteries – Interment.net
- Lake County Cemeteries – Find a Grave
- Lake County, Cemeteries
- Lake County, Cemeteries and Records
- Laurel, Laurel Cemetery – Billion Graves
- Lewis & Clark County, Sunset Memorial Cemetery
- Lewis and Clark Cemeteries – Interment.net
- Lewis and Clark County Cemeteries – Find a Grave
- Lewis and Clark County, Cemeteries
- Lewis and Clark County, Cemeteries and Records
- Lewis and Clark County, Burials in Poor Farm Cemetery, 1890-1898
- Liberty County Cemeteries – Find a Grave
- Liberty County, Cemeteries
- Liberty County, Cemeteries and Records
- Liberty County, Cemetery Records
- Lincoln County Cemeteries – Find a Grave
- Lincoln County, Cemeteries
- Lincoln County, Cemeteries and Records
- Lincoln County, Cemetery Records
- Madison Cemeteries – Interment.net
- Madison County Cemeteries – Find a Grave
- Madison County, Cemeteries
- Madison County, Cemeteries and Records
- Madison County, Cemetery and Grave Records
- Madison County, Cemetery Records
- Madison County, Valley View Cemetery Records, 1800’s-1900’s
- Madison County, Virginia City and Nevada City, Cemetery headstone listings, 1800’s-1900’s
- Madison County, Virginia City, Hillside Cemetery Record, 1800’s-1900’s
- McCone County Cemeteries – Find a Grave
- McCone County, Cemeteries
- McCone County, Cemeteries and Records
- Meagher Cemeteries – Interment.net
- Meagher County Cemeteries – Find a Grave
- Meagher County Records, 1866-2012
- Meagher County, Cemeteries
- Meagher County, Cemeteries and Records
- Miles City, Calvary Cemetery – Billion Graves
- Miles City, Custer County Cemetery – Billion Graves
- Mineral County Cemeteries – Find a Grave
- Mineral County, Cemeteries
- Mineral County, Cemeteries and Records
- Mineral County, Cemetery Index, 1893-2010
- Missoula Cemeteries – Interment.net
- Missoula County Cemeteries – Find a Grave
- Missoula County, Cemeteries
- Missoula County, Cemeteries and Records
- Missoula County, Cemetery Records
- Missoula County, Carlton Cemetery
- Missoula, Interment Registry & Memorial List
- Missoula, Western Montana State Veterans Cemetery – Billion Graves
- Musselshell Cemeteries – Interment.net
- Musselshell County Cemeteries – Find a Grave
- Musselshell County, Cemeteries
- Musselshell County, Cemeteries and Records
- Park Cemeteries – Interment.net
- Park County Cemeteries – Find a Grave
- Park County, Cemeteries
- Park County, Cemeteries and Records
- Park County, Cemetery Records
- Park County, Cemetery Records
- Petroleum County Cemeteries – Find a Grave
- Petroleum County, Cemeteries
- Petroleum County, Cemeteries and Records
- Petroleum County, Cemetery Records
- Phillips County Cemeteries – Find a Grave
- Phillips County, Cemeteries
- Phillips County, Cemeteries and Records
- Plentywood, Plentywood Cemetery – Billion Graves
- Polson, Lakeview Cemetery – Billion Graves
- Pondera County Cemeteries – Find a Grave
- Pondera County, Cemeteries
- Pondera County, Cemeteries and Records
- Poplar, Poplar Cemetery – Billion Graves
- Powder River Cemeteries – Interment.net
- Powder River County Cemeteries – Find a Grave
- Powder River County, Cemeteries
- Powder River County, Cemeteries and Records
- Powder River County, Cemetery Records
- Powell County Cemeteries – Find a Grave
- Powell County, Cemeteries
- Powell County, Cemeteries and Records
- Prairie County Cemeteries – Find a Grave
- Prairie County, Cemeteries
- Prairie County, Cemeteries and Records
- Ravalli Cemeteries – Interment.net
- Ravalli County Cemeteries – Find a Grave
- Ravalli County, Cemeteries
- Ravalli County, Cemeteries and Records
- Richland County Cemeteries – Find a Grave
- Richland County, Cemeteries
- Richland County, Cemeteries and Records
- Richland County, Cemetery Records
- Ronan, Ronan Cemetery – Billion Graves
- Roosevelt County Cemeteries – Find a Grave
- Roosevelt County, Cemeteries
- Roosevelt County, Cemeteries and Records
- Roosevelt County, Cemetery Records
- Rosebud Cemeteries – Interment.net
- Rosebud County Cemeteries – Find a Grave
- Rosebud County, Cemeteries
- Rosebud County, Cemeteries and Records
- Sanders Cemeteries – Interment.net
- Sanders County Cemeteries – Find a Grave
- Sanders County Records, 1866-2010
- Sanders County, Cemeteries
- Sanders County, Cemeteries and Records
- Scobey, Scobey Cemetery – Billion Graves
- Shelby, Toole County, Mountain View Cemetery, Burial Records, 1944-1978
- Sheridan County Cemeteries – Find a Grave
- Sheridan County, Cemeteries
- Sheridan County, Cemeteries and Records
- Sidney, Sidney Cemetery – Billion Graves
- Silver Bow County Cemeteries – Find a Grave
- Silver Bow County, Cemetery Indexes, 1880-2003
- Silver Bow County, Cemetery Index
- Silverbow County, Cemeteries
- Silverbow County, Cemeteries and Records
- Stillwater County Cemeteries – Find a Grave
- Stillwater County, Cemeteries
- Stillwater County, Cemeteries and Records
- Stillwater County, Cemetery Records
- Sweet Grass Cemeteries – Interment.net
- Sweet Grass County Cemeteries – Find a Grave
- Sweet Grass County, Cemeteries
- Sweet Grass County, Cemeteries and Records
- Sweet Grass County, Cemetery Records
- Terry, Prairie County Cemetery – Billion Graves
- Teton County Cemeteries – Find a Grave
- Teton County, Cemeteries
- Teton County, Cemeteries and Records
- Toole County Cemeteries – Find a Grave
- Toole County, Cemeteries
- Toole County, Cemeteries and Records
- Townsend, Deep Creek Cemetery – Billion Graves
- Treasure Cemeteries – Interment.net
- Treasure County Cemeteries – Find a Grave
- Treasure County, Cemeteries
- Treasure County, Cemeteries and Records
- Valley County Cemeteries – Find a Grave
- Valley County, Cemeteries
- Valley County, Cemeteries and Records
- Wheatland County Cemeteries – Find a Grave
- Wheatland County, Cemeteries
- Wheatland County, Cemeteries and Records
- White Sulphur Springs, Mayn Cemetery – Billion Graves
- White Sulphur Springs, Mayn Cemetery Records, 1866-2012
- Whitefish, Whitefish Cemetery – Billion Graves
- Wibaux County Cemeteries – Find a Grave
- Wibaux County, Cemeteries
- Wibaux County, Cemeteries and Records
- Wibaux County, Cemetery Records
- Wolf Point, Greenwood Cemetery – Billion Graves
- Yellowstone Cemeteries – Interment.net
- Yellowstone County Cemeteries – Find a Grave
- Yellowstone County, Cemeteries
- Yellowstone County, Cemeteries and Records
- Yellowstone County, Cemetery Records
Good Luck and Happy Hunting!
For other Free Montana Links, click on the category of interest:
Newspapers
Yearbooks
Births
Marriages
Deaths
BMD Records
Alumni Records
Cemetery Records
Church Records
Coroner Records
Criminal Records
Directories
Divorce Records
Immigration Records
Military Records
Mortuary Records
Naturalizations
Obituaries
Photos
Probate and Wills
School Records
Tax Records
Voter Records
For other Free Montana Links, click on the category of interest:
Newspapers
Yearbooks
Births
Marriages
Deaths
BMD Records
Alumni Records
Cemetery Records
Church Records
Coroner Records
Criminal Records
Directories
Divorce Records
Immigration Records
Military Records
Mortuary Records
Naturalizations
Obituaries
Photos
Probate and Wills
School Records
Tax Records
Voter Records
