One of the main goals for genealogists is finding marriage information about their ancestors.
Over the past few decades, thanks to volunteers, librarians and archivists, a great number of indexes to marriage collections have been provided for free online. These searchable indexes provide specific marriage license, bond, and certificate information, and sometimes scanned images of the actual marriage documents themselves. These free online collections have hundreds of millions of records in them in total.
There are a great number of online and offline collections that may include marriage information that are not included in the lists below. These different types can be found in 22 Ways to Find Ancestors Marriage Information.
The lists below are specific marriage indexes and record collections that are available for free online for the state of Montana.
Note 1: Many of the links listed below take you to a FamilySearch Collection of digital images. In many cases there is a link to the digital collection in the middle of the page, but also 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. Please also note that I have listed below only databases that are accessible digitally from your computer (or tablet/phone)
Note 2: I have included links to Free Ancestry records and indexes. You do not need a subscription, but do need an Ancestry account. Without a subscription, you can view indexes. If there is an image associated with a record, in most cases you will need a subscription, but the index does include very usable information.
(Updated November 2021; recently added links are in BOLD):
- Beaverhead County Marriages
- Beaverhead County Vital Records, 1862-2009
- Big Horn County Records, 1908-1960
- Big Horn County Vital Records, 1884-2011
- Big Horn County, Marriage Records, 1913-1996
- Billings Gazette Vital Records Indexes
- Broadwater County Marriages
- Carbon County, Marriages
- Cascade County Birth, Marriage, and Death Indexes
- Cascade County Vital Records, 1880-2009
- Cascade County, Great Falls Tribune Vital Records, 1900-1999
- Cascade County, Marriage Records, 1950-1967
- Cascade, Deer Lodge and Yellowstone Counties Marriages
- Chouteau County Vital Records,1876-2011
- Daniels County, Marriage Records, 1801-1960
- Dawson County Marriages 1882-1919
- Fallon County Vital Records Indexes
- Fergus County, Marriages
- Flathead County Deaths and Marriages Indexes
- Flathead County Newspaper Vital Records
- Flathead County Records, 1871-2007
- Flathead County, Marriage Records, 1893-1951; Index, 1838-1969
- Gallatin County, Marriages
- Glacier County, Marriage Records, 1919-1983
- Granite County Vital Records, 1865-2009
- Granite County, Marriage Records, 1893-1950; Index, 1893-1928, 1893-1950
- Jefferson County Births, Marriages and Deaths and Indexes, 1895-2003
- Jefferson County Vital Records Indexes
- Judith Basin County Vital Records, 1887-2012
- Judith Basin County, Marriage Records
- Lake County Vital Records, 1857-2010
- Lake County, Marriage Records, 1923-1993
- Lewis and Clark County Marriage Records, 1865-1959 ; Index, 1865-1975
- Liberty County Marriage Applications
- Lincoln County Marriages 1893-1935
- Madison County, Marriage and Birth newspaper clippings, 1800’s-1900’s
- Madison County, Marriage Record, 1864-1887
- Meagher County Vital Records, 1866-2012
- Miscellaneous BMD Records by County
- Missoula County Vital Records Index
- Montana Marriages, 1889-1947
- Montana, County Marriages, 1865-1950
- Norske Montana Marriages
- Park County Marriage Records, 1887-1954 ; Index 1887-1994
- Pondera County Vital Records, 1910-2012
- Pondera County, Marriage Records, 1919-1965
- Powell County Marriage Records, 1901-1950
- Ravalli County, Marriage Indexes
- Rosebud County Vital Records, 1878-2011
- Rosebud County, Marriage Record, 1957-1960; Index, 1917-1960
- Sanders County Marriages
- Sanders County Vital Records, 1866-2010
- Sanders County, Marriage Records, 1906-1950
- Sanders County, Marriage Records, 1906-1960
- Sheridan County, Marriage Records, 1952-1960
- Stillwater County Marriages
- Sweet Grass County Marriages 1895-1949
- Sweet Grass County Newspaper Vitals Announcements
- Sweet Grass County Records, 1887-2011
- Sweet Grass County Vital Records, 1887-2011
- Teton County Records, 1881-2012
- Teton County Vital Records, 1881-2012
- Teton County, Marriage Records, 1892-1985
- Toole County Records, 1913-1960
- Toole County Vital Records, 1913-1960
- Toole County, Marriage Records, 1913-2012
- United States Marriages, 1733-1990
- United States, Freedmen’s Bureau Marriages, 1861-1872
- Vital Records Index (Gallatin Co, MT)
- Vital Records Index (Gallatin Co, MT)
- Western Marriage Index
- Wibaux County Birth, Marriage, and Death Indexes
- Yellowstone County Marriages 1882-1887
- Yellowstone County Records, 1881-2011
- Yellowstone County Vital Records, 1881-2011
- Yellowstone County, Marriage Records, 1952-1959
- Yellowstone County, Marriages
Good Luck and Happy Hunting!
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