Lincoln County, Washington Genealogy

United States Washington  Lincoln County

Guide to Lincoln County Washington genealogy. Birth records, marriage records, death records, census records, family history, and military records.

Historical Facts

 * Parent County: created 24 November 1883 from Spokane
 * County Seat: Davenport
 * Neighboring Counties: Adams | Ferry | Grant | Okanogan | Spokane | Stevens | Whitman

Cemeteries

 * Odessa Cemetery, Odessa BillionGraves

Census

 * 1889
 * 1890 Veterans
 * 1900
 * 1910
 * 1920
 * 1930
 * 1940

Naturalization and Citizenship
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.

Courthouse
Lincoln County Courthouse 450 Logan Street; PO Box 369 Davenport, WA 99122 Ph. 509.725.1401 County Auditor has birth and death records 1891-1907, marriage and land records from 1891. County Clerk has divorce, probate and court records.

Family History Centers

 * Introduction to LDS Family History Centers
 * Davenport Washington Family History Center

Marriage

 * Marriages from 29 Jan 1884 to 30 Jan 1887 are listed on the Western States Marriage Index website.

Death

 * 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.

Websites

 * Lincoln County, Washington Genealogy and Family History (Linkpendium)
 * Lincoln County, Washington Genealogy and Family History (Linkpendium)