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

 * Benewah County, Idaho
 * Bonner County, Idaho
 * Kootenai County, Idaho
 * Lincoln
 * Pend Oreille
 * Stevens
 * Whitman

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

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.

Web Sites

 * Family History Library Catalog