Sanders County, Montana Genealogy

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

United States Montana  Sanders County

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

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.

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

Websites

 * USGenWeb project. May have maps, name indexes, history or other information for this county. Select the state, then the 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.