Spokane County, Washington Genealogy

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History
Abolished 19 January 1863 and merged with Stevens County. Recreated in 1879 from Stevens County.

Parent County

 * 1858--Spokane County was created 29 January 1858 from Walla Walla County. County seat: Spokane

Neighboring Counties
Lincoln | Pend Oreille | Stevens | Whitman | Benewah | Bonner | Kootenai

Census

 * 1860
 * 1870
 * 1880
 * 1890 Veterans
 * 1900
 * 1910
 * 1920
 * 1930

Church
LDS Ward and Branch Records


 * Dishman
 * Spokane
 * Spokane Central
 * Spokane N.

Military
World Ward I soldiers' miscellaneous lists for this county have been digitized at the Washington State Digital Archives.

Naturalization
Washington State Digital Archives has digitized various types of naturalization-related records, including declarations of intentions, delayed birth files, naturalization affidavits, notifications of application for admission to US citizenship, orders fixing naturalization terms, petitions and records, petitions, receipts for certificates of citizenship, record of final decrees of citizenship and record of petitions dockets. Depending on the county, records range from 1854-1988.

Vital Records

 * Washington State Digital Archives has a database of Spokane County Birth Records. This database contains the names of people who were born in Spokane County from 1890-1907 . The names were taken from the Spokane County Birth returns.


 * For FHL entries, 1890-1905,click here


 * Marriages from 9 Jan 1880 to 10 Dec 1910 are available on the Western States Marriage Index website.
 * Washington State Digital Archives has a database of Spokane County Death Records. This database contains names of people who died in Spokane County from 1888-1907. For FHL entries, 1891-1907, click here.


 * Washington Death Certificates 1907-1960 A free internet index to the 1907-1960 death certificates can be found at FamilySearch Record Search, no images are available. A transcribed death certificate may contain such information as name of the deceased, date and place of death, age, gender, birth date and birth place, mother’s maiden name and name of spouse, place of residence, occupation and certificate numbers.

Societies and Libraries
Spokane Public Library has a genealogy department. Their downtown office has a growing genealogy section. I will try to obtain a general list of the types of holdings they have.

Resources of the Spokane Public Library:


 * Obituaries - one source is from the Spokesman Review newspaper. You can now search for an name.  You will be given the name/date/newspaper/page number for the obituary.  You can then contact the library for an image of the actual obituary.  It seems that not all of the obituries are there yet on the name search, as I have some obituaries from the libary, which are not yet coming up in the name search.
 * Washington Death Index - the library has images of the Washington Death Index

Washington State Digital Archives has many genealogical resources. You type in your name which you would like to search. You can also enter the county, type of record you are searching, etc. One of the searches I've done are the marriage searches. Often times you will be able to download the actual marriage certificate. This website is very helpful.

Web Sites

 * Family History Library Catalog