WIBAUX COUNTY, MONTANA
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Wibaux County MT Genealogical Resources

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This site is a project of MTGenWeb and USGenWeb and is maintained by volunteer MTGenWeb Wibaux County Coordinator, Jim Petermann. We are grateful for the assistance and cooperation of the Wibaux County Museum, the Wibaux Historical Society, and volunteers Marlene Welliever and Elaine Cecil among many others. Thanks to everyone who contributes material, stories and resources!

We welcome all queries and questions, and we try to answer all email within 24 hours.  Please remember that the County Coordinator does not live in Wibaux County and so cannot do on-site research.  If we can't answer your question from the resources in our possession, we do our best to locate the best source to refer your query.

IMPORTANT - PLEASE READ: Copyright issues are very important to us. We must observe strict policies in order to keep our site which is provided free through the USGenWeb and MTGenWeb projects. You may request copies of reasonable numbers of items for personal use and research. You MAY NOT request copies of all items available to build a collection or for fishing expeditions. To honor such a request would put our existence in jeopardy, not to mention place a burden on hard-working volunteers, and we won't do that.


The definitive Wibaux County history book, Trails Along Beaver Creek by Irene Jones is available again in a limited printing. Paperback, with a new, detailed index.

The indispensible sourcebook for the Wibaux genealogy researcher. While they last, $20.00 plus $3.00 shipping and handling.

The Wibaux Pioneer-Gazette
P. O. Box 218
Wibaux, MT 59353


Thanks to the hard work of Elaine Cecil, we are able to offer:

Index to the Wibaux Pioneer-Gazette from 1907 through Feb of 1914. JPEGs of articles available - contact Elaine Cecil with inquiries. Put "WIBAUX" in subject line of your email.

stphillip2.jpg (387769 bytes)Index to St. Philip's Catholic Church 75th Anniversary Book - 30 June 1985. Out of print. JPEGs of family pictures available - contact Elaine Cecil with inquiries. Put "WIBAUX" in subject line of your email.

Pictures of St. Philip's Cemetery headstones. See St Philip's Cemetery database (PDF file).  JPEGs available - - contact Elaine Cecil with inquiries. Put "WIBAUX" in subject line of your email.

Click HERE to visit Elaine's web site containing complete transcriptions of Wibaux County cemeteries!

Elaine will answer all emails but she travels and may not get back to you immediately. Patience, please.

Elaine has also sent a copy of this St. Philip's Pioneers plaque from the church building. Click on the thumbnail to view.


John Dobrowski and his 1925 Rumly Oil Pull tractor

Lookups: We're happy to do look-ups for anyone with a connection to Wibaux County. Just click on the icon to send e-mail with your question. We'll respond within 48 hours. Please remember that the site owner is not physically located in Wibaux County, so we are NOT able to do look-ups that require actually visiting archives. Our main resources are  published books and family histories and the Internet, and email connections with other Wibaux folk. For official records searches your best strategy is to write the County Clerk in Wibaux, MT 59353.

 

Wibaux Newspapers on Microfilm: The Montana Historical Society has filmed almost all Montana newspapers. Research requests can be made to allow you access to these films at your local library through Interlibrary Loan:
http://mhs.mt.gov/research/library/interlibrary.asp

Wibaux County History
A short history of Wibaux County, Montana

Surnames of Wibaux County
View or Link to your Wibaux County Surnames here.

Stories
Stories contributed by our readers

Obituaries
Obituaries contributed by readers.

wibaux.jpg (8822 bytes)Cemetery Transcriptions
St Philip's Cemetery database is complete and is on line. (Thanks to Elaine Cecil!)
It's in PDF format, readable on any computer.
We are still looking for volunteers to transcribe the Wibaux Cemetery.

Photo Gallery
Historical and family photos shared by readers.

 
HELPFUL HINT REGARDING CENSUS RECORDS: Wibaux County had not been formed when the 1910 Federal Census was taken. Most of the County's residents were counted in Dawson County, in the "Wibaux School District."  Residents in the far south of the future Wibaux County were enumerated in the "Carlyle School District" of Custer County.


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