This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/INB.2ACE/1445.1 Message Board Post: The only way you will find out is to contact the Missoula County Clerk & Recorder. Many births were not recorded in those years because they occured at home, and the laws were lax in requiring counties to obtain this information. Missoula County Clerk & Recorder Missoula County Courthouse 200 West Broadway Street Missoula, MT 59802-4292 Telephone: 406-523-4752 Missoula County Website: http://www.co.missoula.mt.us/ Records available: Birth from 1873; Death from 1895; Mortgage from 1869; Lease from 1897; Military Service from 1905. 1996 Fees: Birth: $5.00; Death: $3.00; Uncertified copies: N/A; Searches over a period of years: "N/A" - this notation may mean they don't do them, or that they don't charge for small searches. Good luck!