Sanders County, Montana Genealogy

United States Montana  Sanders County

Guide to Sanders County, Montana ancestry, family history and genealogy birth records, marriage records, death records, census records, family history, and military records.

Historical Facts

 * Parent County: created 7 February 1905 from Missoula
 * County seat: Thompson Falls 
 * Neighboring Counties: Bonner County, Idaho | Flathead | Lake | Lincoln | Mineral | Missoula | Shoshone County, Idaho

Record Loss
There is no known history of courthouse disasters in this county.

Maps



 * See an interactive map of Sanders County cemeteries and modern-day townships. (Histopolis)

Newspapers

 * NewspaperArchive.com ($) has a collection of digitized Montana newspapers including Kalispell newspapers. This database is sometimes free at libraries.

Probate
Online Probate Records


 * 1831 – 1952 Montana Wills and Probate Records 1831-1952 at Ancestry.com — index and images $

Courthouse
County Clerk and Recorder has birth, marriage, divorce, probate, court and land records from 1906 and death records from 1907

Family History Centers

 * Plains Montana Family History Center

Birth

 * 1840–2004 -  at FamilySearch — index and images

Death

 * 1840–2004 -  at FamilySearch — index and images

Websites

 * USGenWeb Sanders County, Montana project. May have maps, name indexes, history or other information for this county.

Indian Reservation
A small piece of the Flathead Indian Reservation is in Sanders County. The major part of the reservation is in Lake County. Other small portions are also in Missoula and Flathead Counties.