Cascade County - MTGenWeb

Cascade County Contact Information

The full addresses for County Resources are below. Also addresses for other Vital Record Sources: Funeral Homes, Cemeteries, and Newspapers.

Birth, Death, and Land records are at the Cascade County Clerk & Recorder-Records Division
Marriage records - March 20, 1887 - April 15, 1967 are at the Great Falls Genealogy Society library
Immigration and naturalization records are at the Cascade County Historical Society Archives
Voter registration records 1889-1910 are at the Cascade County Historical Society Archives
Voter registration records 1911 - June 1, 1937 were destroyed. See missing Voter Registration on this site.
Voter registration records 1937 - 1969 are at the Great Falls Genealogy Society library
Newspapers available to researchers working at the Cascade County Historical Society Archives
- Great Falls Tribune: Jan 1893 - Dec 1953 bound volumes
- Great Falls Tribune: Jun 30, 1888 - Jun 1961 bound volumes
Newspapers available to researchers at the Great Falls Genealogy Society library
- Great Falls Tribune: Jun 1904 - Dec 1952 bound volumes
- Great Falls Leader: Jan 1906 - Oct 1954 bound volumes
Newspapers available to researchers that can be viewed and photocopied at the Great Falls Public Library on the 2nd floor
- Great Falls Tribune: May 14, 1885 microfilmed
- Great Falls Leader: Nov 1954 - Sep 1969 microfilmed
School censuses are on file at the Cascade County Superintendent of Schools; other school records for Districts #1 - #97 are available for researchers at the Great Falls Genealogy Society library
Cascade County cemetery registry through 1982 is on this site and available in a variety of books at the Great Falls Genealogy Society library
High school and many Montana college annuals / year books are at the Great Falls Public Library's Montana Room
Great Falls city directories are at the Great Falls Genealogy Society library or at the Great Falls Public Library's Montana Room
Probate records are recorded with the County Clerk of Court. Some are at the the Cascade County Historical Society Archives and some are at the Great Falls Geneology Society library
Local history books can be viewed at the Great Falls Genealogy Society library or at the Great Falls Public Library's Montana Room
Montana population census records can be accessed at the library or Great Falls Genealogy Society, or the Great Falls Public Library's Reference Desk on the 2nd Floor
1910 population census index for Cascade County; 1900 and 1920 Soundexes for Montana are available at the Great Falls Genealogy Society library

Resource Addresses
Clerk of District Court 415 2nd Ave. N Great Falls, MT 59401-2536 Telephone: (406) 454-6780	Clerk&Recorder-Records 121 4th Street N. Suite 1B-1 Great Falls, MT 59401 Telephone: (406) 454-6718	Superintendent of Schools 121 4th Street N. Suite 1A Great Falls, MT 59401 Telephone: (406) 454-6776
Great Falls Public Library Reference Desk -2nd Floor 301 2nd Ave North Great Falls, Mt Telephone: (406) 453-0348	Great Falls Public Library Montana Room - 3rd Floor 301 2nd Ave North Great Falls, Mt Telephone: (406) 453-0348	Cascade County Historical Society Museum & Gift Shop The History Museum 422 2nd Street S. Great Falls, MT 59405 Telephone: (406) 452-3462
Cascade County Historical Society Archives 422 2nd Street S. Great Falls, MT 59405 Telephone: (406) 452-3462	Providence Archive 4800 37th Avenue SW Seattle, WA 98126 Telephone: (206) 923-4010 or 923-4011 Inquiries must include name(s); date(s) in attendance (If known or general time period); any other information that could be helpful.	Great Falls Genealogy Society 301 2nd Ave North Great Falls, MT 59405 Telephone: (406) 727-3922

A special thank you is in order to Rev. Larry Spicer, a friend
and colleague, who took time from a busy schedule to
review the above work while it was in progress and
offered valued advice and encouragement.

Other Vital Record Sources

Bureau of Records and Statistics
State Department of Health and Environmental Sciences
P.O. Box 200901
Helena, MT 59620

They currently have Birth and Death records from 1907, and marriage and divorce records from July 1943. Call (406) 444-4228 for costs.

Family History Library
They have copies of marriage indexes and licenses up to 1950
on microfilm, loanable through your local Family History Center

Funeral Homes
Chapel of the Chimes Funeral Home 1219 13th Ave S Great Falls. Mt Telephone: 406-452-3131		Croxford and Sons Funeral Home 1307 Central Ave Great Falls, Mt. Telephone: 406-453-0315
O'Conner Funeral Home 2425 8th Ave N Great Falls, Mt Telephone: 406-453-7257		Schnider Funeral Home 1510 13th Street S. Great Falls, MT 59405 Telephone: 406-727-1368
Cemeteries Cemeteries associated with Great Falls were placed outside the city boundaries because of a city ordinance.
Calvary Cemetery 2010 33rd Ave S. (Note-this is street address only- mailing address is Mount Olivet) Great Falls, MT 59405 Telephone: 406-453-8251		Highland Cemetery Old & New Sections 2010 33rd Ave S. Great Falls, MT Telephone: 406-454-3731
Hillcrest Lawn Memorial Assn 1410 13th Street S. P. O. Box 2434 Great Falls, MT 59403		Mount Olivet 2101 26th Street S. - location P. O. Box 1399 - mail Great Falls, MT 59403 Telephone: 406-453-8251
Note: Calvary and Highland cemeteries are accessed through the same entrance. Calvary is due south of the Highland cemeteries.
Newspapers
Great Falls Tribune 205 River Drive South Great Falls. Mt 59405 Telephone: (406) 791-1444 Mt 1-800-438-6600	Cascade Courier 100 1 N Cascade Mt. Telephone: (406) 468-9231	The Consumer Press 3601 1st Ave S Great Falls, Mt. Telephone: (406) 761-2406

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Last Updated July 6, 2014

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Many thanks to Paul Scott Ingels as the original and pioneering author of this website and A. John Birkholz, the most recent past coordinator.

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