Project: Montana

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This project is part of the United States Project

Welcome to the Montana State Project!

The state of Montana was previously part of the Montana Territory and became the 41st state of the U.S. on November 8, 1889.

How to Join

It is not necessary that you be related to someone who lived in the state of Montana or live there yourself to join. Anyone with an interest is welcome! If you would like to participate, please do the following:

Are you interested in the Montana Project?

• Project Leaders: This sub-project needs a leader. If you are interested, please contact one of the Leaders of the United States Project
• Coordinators: This sub-project needs a coordinator. If you are interested, please contact one of the Leaders of the United States Project
• Answer our G2G welcome post to join the Montana project and get a badge.
• Add Montana to your followed tags.
• We use G2G and #united-states channel on the WikiTree Discord Server for communication.
• Check out our maintenance categories for our project needs, then jump in and start helping!
• Here is the Montana project's Suggestion List. Working on these is a great way to contribute.
• Montana Project Member List.
• Here is what our members are working on.

About

The purpose of this project is to coordinate all Montana-related projects and resources and combine that information into one place. Our goal is to create and develop profiles on WikiTree for those who lived in the state of Montana.

Counties

The following table will provide links to space pages for each county in Montana. If you would like to be a member of a county, send the project leader a private message, and you will be added to the trusted list. Currently, all counties need team leaders!

Task List

People

1. Add Montana-related profiles, checking for existing profiles to avoid duplication. If any duplicate profiles exist, request merges, starting with the oldest generation.
2. See the Montana State Maintenance Category "Needs" categories
   1. Needs GEDCOM Cleanup If profiles were loaded by GEDCOM, use WikiTree Styles and Standards to clean up residue and broken links.
   2. Needs Biography: Write comprehensive, well-sourced biographies.
   3. Needs Profiles Created: Profiles need to be linked to the greater WikiTree. Try to find the connection. Make sure profiles of all family members are correct and documented.
   4. Needs More Records: Search out original rather than derivative documentation and add sources.
      1. Unsourced Profiles
      2. Needs Birth Record
      3. Needs Marriage Record
      4. Needs Death Record
3. Add profiles for those who obtained land grants and homesteaded in Montana. See the Homesteaders Project
4. Help develop the Native Americans Project with information about Montana state tribes.
5. Add profiles for the men who died in World War I, serving from Montana in the Great War project and for the Roll of Honor project.
6. Register Cliff

Places

• Would you like to lead a county sub-project? these counties need a Team Leader
• If you're interested in coordinating a place study for somewhere in Montana, see the join post for the One Place Studies Project. Here are some ideas for studies:
  • National Register of Historic Places
  • Dams
  • Military forts
• Cemeteries in Montana need to be photographed and the categories added to profiles on WikiTree.
• Location categories for places in Montana need the CategoryInfoBox Location filled in with information. If you're interested in helping with this effort, contact project leadership to get you started.

Errors/Suggestions

1. Work on Montana's unconnected and unsourced profiles.
2. Work on Suggestions for profiles from Montana, as reported by the Data Doctors Project.

State Resources

Montana Genealogy Resources

• State Sources
  • General Sources
  • External Links
• County Sources

1. If you find a free online resource:
   1. Check to make sure a free-space page doesn't already exist.
   2. Create space page - see: Share Source on WikiTree
   3. Add internal link to new page to the correction section on Sources-Montana page
2. If you have any Montana state resources that you are willing to do lookups on, please add them to the Resources Page.
3. If you live in Montana, please consider adding Category: Montana Research Assistance to your Wikitree profile page.

Related

Categories

• Montana Category page
• Montana Projects page
• Montana, Cemeteries
• Montana Colleges & Universities
• Montana Governors
• Montana Homesteaders
• Montana Federally Recognized Native American Tribes
• Montana State Recognized Native American Tribes
• Montana, Politicians
• Montana Research Assistance
• Montana Genealogy Resources

Projects and Pages

• Homesteaders Project
• Native Americans Project
• US Governors Project
• Montana in the Great War
• United States in World War II
• Western Red Cedars Team for Big Annual Challenges

Templates

Project Box

... ... ... is a part of Montana history. Join: Montana Project Discuss: Montana

For profiles needing Project Protection only. Be sure to add the United States Project as manager of the profile: wtushistory@googlegroups.com

Profile Stickers

See: Montana Sticker for more details

... ... ... was a Montanan.

Deceased persons

... ... ... is a Montanan.

Living Persons

See: Nonmigrating Ancestory Sticker for more details

Native Montanan (born, married, and died in Roosevelt County)

This sticker has more flexibility

Sources

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