Silver Bow County

Montana


Butte-Silver Bow 
Genealogy Society
 

The Butte-Silver Bow 
Public Archives
 


Butte-Silver Bow County Coordinator
Suzanne Andrews 




MTGenWeb State Coordinator
Karen De Groote



 

  


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Potter's Field
  Known burials listed for Potter's Field
  Silver Bow County Poor Farm 


Butte's Famous Characters

 


The Mayors of Butte - 1879-1979

 



 

First Mayor 
Henry R. Jacobs 
1879-1880

 

First Burial in New Holy Cross Cemetery
From The Anaconda Standard, 
June 4, 1912 – Page 8



Other newspaper articles of interest

Patrolman George H. Pace Took Risky Chance

A Midnight Horror-Officer Fred A. Parlin 
Shot in Cold Blood
   
Submitted by Darren Conn 

Judge Jeremiah J. Lynch

 Butte's new history center to note
anniversary of union leader's brutal death

by Renata Birkenbuel, The Montana Standard

 1920's violence revisited: Butte history, massacre featured in Irish radio documentary   
by
Mike Smith , The Montana Standard

Women's Suffrage--"Excerpt of a Speech on Woman's Suffrage - Delivered Febreary. 1, 1913  at Butte, Montana"

Fortune Tellers of Butte
 

Welcome to
Butte-Silver Bow County, Montana
Genealogy Website

Updated 15 Mar 2024

 


 


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Potter's Field 
(Also known as Poor Farm Cemetery)

Please note: There are no headstones in this cemetery.

  Silver Bow County Poor Farm
 

What's New??

  Grand Army of the Republic (G.A.R.)
Includes Civil War Veterans who may or may not have been GA.R. Members


ABOUT BUTTE

Butte got its beginning in the late 1800s as a mining town in the valley near Silver Bow Creek. Butte sits high in the Rocky Mountains near the Continental Divide.  Gold and silver were mined at first, but with the invention of electricity, copper soon came in demand.  The Butte hills were rich in copper making Butte known as “the Richest Hill on Earth.”  

The population soared to over a hundred thousand people at one time.   Workers came from many countries including but not limited to Ireland, England, Wales, Scotland, Finland, Austria, Serbia, Italy, China, Croatia, Montenegro, Mexico, and Canada, as well as areas all over the United States.  Butte is so rich in its history that people come here just to see where their ancestors lived so long ago.


Prior to 1881, Butte was part of Deer Lodge County. For that reason, some Butte records before that time are housed in the Anaconda-Deer Lodge County Courthouse, Anaconda, Montana.   At one time I was told that there may be some Butte records stored in the Powell County Courthouse or in the W.K. Kohrs Memorial Library in Deer Lodge, Montana; however, I haven't been able to verify if this is fact or not. 

In 1977, the city of Butte and Silver Bow County combined governments to form Butte-Silver Bow. In 1980, under the guidance of the Butte Historical Society, Butte-Silver Bow established the Butte-Silver Bow Public Archives. All existing records of both bodies have been gathered and are preserved in the Archives. They are now available for research.

Also see:  Butte History and "Lost Butte"

 

 

Butte's Famous Characters 


 

  If you have a resource for Butte-Silver Bow County and 
are willing to help do lookups, please send me an email.

 
 


Special Stories

These stories are special because
they are personal and have roots in Butte, MT

 

 

The Butte-Silver Bow Public Archives 
 
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  There's more.....



Research Resources

Cemeteries, Memorials
 & Funeral Homes

Butte & 
Other Montana Links 
of Interest

 

RootsWeb Message Boards

Birth/Death/Marriage Records

Butte-Silver Bow Archives

Butte-Silver Bow Mailing List

Catholic Churches

Counties Surrounding Silver Bow County

Lookups

Montana State Hospital

Researchers for hire

Silver Bow County Political Graveyard  
(Off site-Use back button to return)

Silver Bow County PHOTO ARCHIVES 
(Off site-Use back button to return)

MTGenWeb Archives for Silver Bow County  (Off site-Use back button to return)

 

Miscellaneous

The Ultimate Beginner’s 
Guide to Genealogy

 

CEMETERIES

If you wish a look up for any of these cemeteries, 
you may email me with "Cemetery Lookup"
 in the subject line.

B'nai Israel Cemetery
   Find-a-grave

Holy Cross Cemetery
   Holy Cross Babyland
   Find-a-grave

Mount Moriah Cemetery
   Find-a-grave

Mountain View Cemetery
   Soldier's Monument
   Find-a-grave

Potter's Field
  
Find-a-grave.com
 
Known burials listed for Potter's Field

St. John's Episcopal Church Columbarium
   Find-a-grave

St. Patrick's Cemetery
   Find-a-grave

Sunset Memorial Park
   Find-a-grave


MEMORIALS

Granite Mountain Memorial

MT Law Officer's Memorial


FUNERAL HOMES

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Butte Chamber of Commerce

Butte America

Butte Public Library

Mainstreet Uptown Butte

Montana Historical Society-Helena

Montana 0nline Resources


Montana State Genealogical Society

Pit Watch

 

 



Suzanne Andrews
suzanneboggsandrews@outlook.com
 MTGenWeb County Coordinator
 for Butte-Silver Bow County, MT
 Updated 15 Mar 2024

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