GENEALOGICAL RESOURCES AVAILABLE FOR RESEARCH

IN-LIBRARY USE ONLY:

• Leeson, History of Montana (1885)
   

• Miller, History of Montana (1894)
   

• Progressive Men of Montana
   

• Sanders, History of Montana (1913)
   

• Stout, Montana, Its Story and Biography
   

• Society of Montana Pioneers
   

• Look Out West! "Here Comes Robert Dempsey" 1848-1908 Hope Mommer
   

• Conrad Kohrs; An Autobiography
   

• Historic Resource Study....Kohrs & Bielenberg Home Ranch, Grant Kohrs
   

• Ranch Nat'l. Historic Site, John Albright
   

• Forty Years On The Frontier/Granville Stuart
   

• History of Garrison/Alfred E. Gerdts
   

• Gold Creek Bonanza/Bert Hanson
   

• Profile of Early Ovando, 1878-1900 / Hazel Jacobsen
   

• Pioneers of the Blackfoot Valley / Ovando School, 1952
   

• Deer Lodge...In the Beginning / W. T. Beaumont
   

• Historical Sketch of Deer Lodge City, Montana - Commemorating
   

• 100 Years of Progress
   

• The History of the Deer Lodge Valley to 1870 / Va. Speck
   

• Our Neighborhood: Newsy & Nosey / Avon Get Together Club 1949
   

• Our Neighborhood (Avon) / Avon Get Together Club 1977
   

• Collection of Powell County High School Year Books
   

• Very Close To Trouble: The Memoirs of Johnny Grant / Ed. by Lyndel Meikle
   

• "Deer Lodge On Parade" / Video (made from 1939 promotional film reel)
   

• Miscellaneous vertical files
   

• Contributions to the Historical Society of Montana - Vols. 1-10
   

• Montana, The Land and the People / Robert George Raymer, 1930
   

• A History of Montana / Merrill G. Burlingame & K. Ross Toole, 1957
   

• History of Montana / M. A. Leeson, 1739-1885
   

• The Saga of the Morrisites / C. LeRoy Anderson

NEWSPAPERS:

• Montana Post - published Virginia City, Montana Territory - 1864-1869, Microfilm
   

• New Northwest - published in Deer Lodge, MT - Hard copy 1869-1885, Microfilm 1869-1896 (covered all of western Montana)
   

• Silver State/Silver State Post -published Deer Lodge, MT - Hard copy 1890-present.
   

• Powell County Post -1917-1918, 1920-1923 Hard Copy
   

• Powell County Call - 1905-1907 - Microfilm and Hard copy
   

• Powell County Record (Elliston), (1902-1905) microfilm
   

CIRCULATING...

• Where It All Began - Powell County history.
   

• Our Neighborhood - history of Avon & Blackfoot City
   

Powell County Genealogical Society
912 Missouri Avenue
Deer Lodge, MT 59722

Genealogical resources available - will do lookups:

1870 Census Index for Montana Territory

1880 Census Index for Montana Territory

1910 Census Index for Powell County, Montana

Marriage Records - Deer Lodge County 1865-1880

Marriages-Powell County 1901-1990

BDM-Extracts from New Northwest 1869-1890

1890 Voter Register

Where It All Began - Powell County history.

1917-World War I Registration for Draft-810 Powell County men.

Contact person:


Megan Thompson
meganthompson@q.com

Maintained by
Suzanne Andrews
MTGenWeb County Coordinator
for Butte-Silver Bow County, MT
Co-coordinator for Powell County, MT
Updated 06/29/08