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1920 United States Federal Census

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Sample Forms
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You can fill out the form with information on your ancestor, or just use it to better read the column headings.

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The examples should help you read the text on the original images more easily.

Please choose a county in Montana:

Beaverhead Granite Prairie
Big Horn Hill Ravalli
Blaine Jefferson Richland
Broadwater Lewis and Clark Roosevelt
Carbon Liberty Rosebud
Carter Lincoln Sanders
Cascade Madison Sheridan
Chouteau McCone Silver Bow
Custer Meagher Stillwater
Dawson Mineral Sweet Grass
Deer Lodge Missoula Teton
Fallon Musselshell Toole
Fergus Park Treasure
Flathead Phillips Valley
Gallatin Pondera Wheatland
Garfield Powder River Wibaux
Glacier Powell Yellowstone

Census Records - Counties

After separating the census records into groups by state, the federal government subdivided these records into county groups. Searching for an ancestor on the county level provides a smaller region for research if you remain uncertain about the specific township where your ancestor resided. Researchers should also be aware of boundary line or jurisdictional changes through time. These changes may affect where an ancestor was enumerated on the census, so it remains important to search the counties surrounding the area where your ancestor lived.