Welcome to Sweet Grass County, Montana

 

 

 

The Yellowstone Leader Vitals, Sept. 1899-Dec. 1902.

Big Timber Pioneer Vitals, 1891-1895

1895 Tax list for Sweet Grass
County.

County History and Resources including census, SGHS graduates, newspaper tidbits, weddings and obituaries.

Crazy Mountain Museum - a great source of information. 27 May 2009.

Montana Resources: Adjacent counties, GenWeb archives, GenWeb photo archives; Montana State Historical Society and Montana newspapers.

Stillwater and Sweet Grass Photo Album of settlers and residents from an earlier time.

 

 

 

The road home is different for every traveler.

As fall turns to winter and the days shorten,

We pause to think of that road
And other roads our ancestors have taken.

Seasons greetings and peaceful blessings.
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explore this website... there may even be a surprise or two.
And thanks for stopping by.

This site is hosted by Joan Shurtliff. If
you have questions, comments or suggestions, please
feel free to contact me.

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County History and Resources

History, geography and place names

Resources around the county including the courthouse, city hall, churches, library and cemeteries.

Crazy Mountain Museum - a great source of information, with a knowledgable staff and a master index of individuals referenced in the archives.

Biography indexes, Pioneer Memories, Vols. 1 & 2 and Tri-County Atlas

, History of the Yellowstone Valley index. This 669 page volume was published by Western Historical Publishing Co., Spokane, WA. For lookups contact Mike Hoines. Click on the back arrow to return to the Sweet Grass County index page.

, Madson Memorial Dedication booklet, 16 October 1938, Absarokee, MT. Jorgen Elesius Madson was a pioneer Lutheran minister. In 1895, he served churches at Melville and Castle. In 1901, he became pastor at Absarokee, MT and retired from there in 1924.

Vital records - births, marriages, divorces and deaths - from Sweet Grass County newspapers. Full stories are available at the Crazy Mountain Museum or on microfilm from the Montana State Historical Society/Library.The files from the Yellowstone Leader are located in the Montana GenWeb Archives while the Big Timber Pioneer files are part of the Sweet Grass County web site.

Sweet Grass County Weddings, 1895-1949. The database is located in the Montana GenWeb Archives.

Sweet Grass County Obituaries and Queries. Post an obituary or query or check obituaries from the Big Timber Pioneer October, 1998 - December, 2007. This information is located on RootsWeb.

Big Timber Pioneer Obituaries, 2008.

Big Timber Pioneer Obituaries, 2009. 16 December 2009.

Index to obituaries late 1940's-1970's... and a history scrapbook at the Crazy Mountain Museum.

·         Scrapbook obituary index, Vol. 1

·         Scrapbook obituary index, Vol. 2

·         Scrapbook obituary index, Vol. 3

·         History and biography scrapbook

Kent Cemetery. The file is located in the Montana GenWeb Archives.

Melville Cemetery. The file is in the Interment.net web site.

Montana Death List 1954-2002, compliments of the Montana State Genealogical Society.

1880 Census for the State of Montana

1900 Census of Sweet Grass County - Big Timber, Melville and Stillwater Townships. This is a RootsWeb/Ancestry.com searchable database. Information includes name, age, census year, state, county, township, relationship, marital status, birthplace, father's birthplace, mother's birthplace and occupation.

Sweet Grass County High School Graduates, 1909-2004. This is a RootsWeb/Ancestry.com searchable database. Information includes name and year of graduation. The class of 1919 was not found and the class of 1921 is a partial listing. Thanks go to Bev Josephson for her help.

Sweet Grass County High School Graduates, 2005-2009

Army Enlistees from Sweet Grass County. Contributed by Joy Fisher.

Big Timber Volunteer Fire Department members 1904-2004. This is a RootsWeb/Ancestry.com searchable database. Information includes name and years of service to the BTVFD. Compiled by John Becken and published in the "Big Timber Pioneer", October 8-14, 2004. Transcribed by Joan Shurtliff and proofread by Dan Shurtliff. Used with permission.

Tidbits and Tales from the Big Timber Pioneer: 1/1930 - 5/1930. Volumes 1 and 17-20 are on the Sweet Grass County web site. Volumes 2-16 are in the Montana GenWeb Archives.

Sweet Grass Chamber of Commerce

Lookups, Researchers, and Surnames

Montana Resources

Meet people. Learn about the computer. Share your knowledge about Montana. Have fun. Be a U.S. GenWeb volunteer. Contact Montana State Coordinator Karen De Groote-Johnson.

This site is maintained by USGenWeb volunteer Joan Shurtliff, CG, and was last updated 16 December 2009. Montana GenWeb logos used with permission. Photo images from the Library of Congress, National Archives prints and photographs collections with original photos by Joan Shurtliff. Map from the Montana Natural Resource Information Service and Tiger Map from U.S. Census Bureau. Crazy Mountains photo by Randy Parthe. Crazy Mountain Museum photographs contributed by Mary Hathaway. Copyright © 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009 by Joan E. Shurtliff. All rights reserved.
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