Online Montana Death Indexes, Records & Obituaries

Online Montana Death Indexes and Obituaries

Montana State Deaths, 1907-2018 (at Ancestry/requires payment) includes digitized images of the death certificates for some entries; coverage varies by county

Montana Death Registry Index, circa 1880s-2002 browsable by decade (coverage is spotty for the early years)

Montana Obituaries Archive (recent) (you can obtain copies of individual obituaries online for a fee) includes...
- Billings Gazette (10/2/2009-Current)
- Bozeman Daily Chronicle (2004-Current)
- Helena Independent Record (10/2/2009-Current)
- Missoula Missoulian (10/2/2009-Current)
- Missoula NewWest (9/12/2006-Current)
- And others

Montana Death Records Indexes, Obituaries and Cemeteries - County Listings

Montana County Genealogy Records from FamilySearch (these are free with registration)
- Montana Genealogy Records for Various Counties from FamilySearch For Beaverhead, Big Horn, Cascade, Chouteau, Flathead, Granite, Judith Basin, Lake, Meagher, Pondera, Rosebud, Sanders, Sweet Grass, Teton, Toole, and Yellowstone Counties; some of these have death certificates or probate records and other items of genealogical interest; some of the records have not yet been indexed.
- Montana: County Births and Deaths, 1840-2004 from FamilySearch Includes registers and certificates from Broadwater, Deer Lodge, Jefferson, Lewis and Clark, Powell and Silver Bow counties. Coverage varies by county.

Billings - see Yellowstone County below
Butte - see Silver Bow County below
Cascade County: Great Falls Genealogy Society Indexes includes cemetery burials, coroner's records and more
Deer Lodge County: Anaconda, Cemetery Records, 1878-2005 from FamilySearch
Gallatin County...
- Gallatin County Genealogical Society Databases includes indexes for wills, funeral home records, vital records and other items
  - Gallatin County, Montana Obituaries Index, 1980-1991 PDF document
- Gallatin County: Sunset Hills Cemetery Interactive Map Burials Search in Bozeman, Montana
Great Falls - see Cascade County above
Lewis and Clark County: Genealogy Indexes includes indexes for East Helena Cemetery burials, East Helena obituaries, probate records, and other items
Mineral County, Montana Death Index
Mineral County Obituaries, 1870-2010 from FamilySearch
Missoula County: Missoula City Cemetery Burials (PDF files)
Missoula County Public Library Vital Records Index from Newspapers also has a newspaper index, 1978 to recent
Ravalli County: Riverview Cemetery Interments in Hamilton, Montana
Silver Bow County, Cemetery Indexes, 1880-2003 from FamilySearch
Yellowstone County...
- Yellowstone County: Vital Statistics from Early Billings Gazettes, 1882-1902 includes notations of births, deaths and other records; also has Billings Gazette indexes from 1930-1939
- Yellowstone County Gravesite Locator includes the following cemeteries: Boothill, Castle Butte, Custer, Mountview, Riverside, Scandia and Yellowstone County Veterans Cemetery

Also... Montana Genealogy Records at Ancestry (requires payment)
includes census records, cemetery burials, military records, vital records and more

Ordering Montana Vital Records

Where to Write for Vital Records - Montana (fees and restrictions may apply)

Online Montana Death Records & Indexes

A Genealogy Records Guide