Petroleum County is looking for a new county coordinator.  If you would like to be a part of the MTGenWeb family, please contact the State Coordinator for details on how you can be a part of the project.  Thank you to Ann Kramlich for her many years of work in Petroleum county.  There is much data online here to give a new coordinator a great start!

Books, CD's, films, etc. -- that pertain to Petroleum County
Homestead Shacks over Buffalo Tracks, a History of Northeastern Fergus County Covers part of Petroleum County area. Permission was granted by the Roy Genealogy and History Committee to transcribe and post this history of Roy on the MtGenWeb Project site. Very good reading and many interesting family histories.
Pages of Time, A History of Petroleum County, Montana By the Petroleum County Public Library 
Surname Index for Homestead Shacks over Buffalo Tracks
Vigilantes of Montana
Boulden's Retire from Mosby Post Office  Plaque

Petroleum County Cemeteries Includes Photos. ATTN: Most of these cemeteries are on private property. Please obtain consent and make arrangements to visit the cemeteries before just showing up and driving through the landowners fields. Thank you!

Ashley Cemetery North East of Winnett on private property
Flatwillow Cemetery South of Winnett just off the highway.
Shay Cemetery East & North of Winnett
Wallview Cemetery South of Winnett near the Musselshell County Line.
Winnett Cemetery Across the highway north of Winnett.
Miscellaneous Cemeteries - Photos Petroleum County, some but not all small private cemeteries around the county.
Cemeteries -- USGS National Mapping Information

Petroleum County Historical Forts And Camps -- USGS National Mapping Information
US Internet Genealogy Society Military Links
Petroleum County Populated Places -- USGS National Mapping Information
Montana Genealogy Society
Montana Historical Society
Montana Native American's
Montana State Homepage
Surname Helper

Lookups --Volunteers that have offered to lookup information in books or on CD's they own.

Descriptions and subscribing information can be found by following the URL's linked to the list names below:
AMERICAN-RAILROADS
METIS
METISGEN
MONTANA
MT-CEMETERIES
MT-CENSUS-LOOKUP
MT-GHOSTTOWNS
MT-OLD-NEWS
MT-FERGUS
MT-PETROL
ORPHANAGES
PRE-1940_ADOPTION_GENEALOGY

Message Boards -- these may assist with your research
Petroleum County message board
Fergus County message board
Métis message board
Montana Unknowns message board

Montana First Families
Montana Photo Archives --Old and new photos submitted by MtGenWeb Volunteers and many very special friends of the MtGenWeb Project. Super photo history of Montana
Winnett High School Graduates

Neighboring Counties --Links to counties bordering Petroleum County
Fergus County
Garfield County
Musselshell County
Phillips County
Rosebud County

Post Offices --USGS National Mapping Information
Schools-- USGS National Mapping Information
Rootsweb

Petroleum County Community Library

P.O. Box 167
Winnett, Montana 59087
406-429-2451

Pages of time : a history of Petroleum County, Montana 
A-E  F-K  L-R  S-Z
Family History Files  A-E  F-K  L-R  S-Z
Files for Communities, Photos, Documents, Maps and much more

Lewistown (Fergus County) Public Library
701 W Main St,
Lewistown, Montana
59457-2501
Telephone: (406)-538-5212
E-mail

Central Montana Genealogy Society
You will find their link at the bottom of the Library Page,
located upstairs at the Library.

  Visitors since May 4, 2002 

updated 05/17/09