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Cascade County, Montana

Societies and Family History Resources ∣ County Courthouse and Government Records ∣ County Genealogy Links

Cascade County was created on September 12, 1887 from Chouteau County and Meagher County.

Currently the Cascade County Seat is located in Great Falls additionally, the county government website is http://www.co.cascade.mt.us/

Areas surrounding Cascade County are Teton County, Chouteau County, Judith Basin County, Meagher County, Lewis and Clark County

Cascade County includes Federal Census Schedules to guide in exploring your family tree. Federal Population Schedules are present for 1890 (fragment), 1900, 1910, 1920, 1930, 1940.

Cascade Co. Union Veterans Schedules can be acquired for 1890. There are free online and printable census forms to aid with your research.

Cascade County Society and Family History Resources

A list of Cascade County Historical  and Genealogical Societies, Forums, Message Boards, Libraries, Archives.

Cascade County Courthouse and Government Records

Researchers frequently fail to notice the value of Cascade County court, probate, and land documents as a source of ancestry and genealogy information and facts. Hidden away in Montana courthouses and archives just about everywhere are the ambitions and frustrations of many Montana men and women.

The odds are excellent that your potential forefathers have left a in-depth document of at least a few factors of their lives in the Cascade County court records. Even if your forebears is not discussed in a Court case, consider all of the other methods which could have lead to him or her to appear in court records.

Cascade County Links

The following are web links to Family history and genealogy, Records and Resources relating to Cascade County. A lot of these genealogy links fall into 3 categories: Business Sites, Private Sites or Organization Sites. Some have free access some call for a payment. This is merely a directory that has been collected or submitted. I do not recommend or promote one genealogy site above another. Feel free to furnish your own favorite Cascade County genealogy or family history related sites.

Cascade Co. MT Books, Newspapers & Publications

Cascade Co. MT Birth, Marriage & Death Records

  • Montana Vital Records Research Guide
  • Cascade County Records, 1880-2009 (familysearch.org) County record collections from the following record custodians. History Museum in Great Falls: Probate, voter registers, naturalization and immigration records. Great Falls Genealogy Society: Probate case files, # 535-3165, 1903-1926; court orders for dependent children, 1903-1937; old age applications, naturalization records, pre 1945. County Clerk’s Office: Deeds from 1880-1941 and index to 1995.
  • Social Security Death Index (search.ancestry.com)

Cascade Co. MT Court, Probate Land and Tax Records

Cascade Co. MT Census Records

Cascade Co. MT Cemeteries & Church Records

Cascade Co. MT Family Websites, Pictures & Histories

Cascade Co. MT General and History Websites

Cascade Co. MT Maps, Atlases & Gazetteers

Cascade Co. MT Military Records