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Welcome to
Kootenai County, Idaho
Genealogy and History
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My
name is Sandra Davis and as your Kootenai County host I try to post as
much data online as possible in order to make it freely available to
all. We gratefully accept contributions of raw data such as census
information, marriage/birth/death records, obituaries, county
histories, biographies, old newspaper items - anything that would help
someone build their family tree. Feel free to email me with your contributions as every little bit helps.
I regret that I am unable to do personal research.
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The Cataldo Mission |
Established December 22, 1864 by the Second
Territorial Legislature with Seneaquoteen, a trading post below
Lake Pend Oreille, as the county seat. Rathdrum replaced
Seneaquoteen as county seat in 1881
and Coeur d'Alene replaced
Rathdrum in 1908. Named for the Kutenai Indians who inhabited
the area when the white man arrived. The word "Kootenai" is
derived from the Kutenai word meaning "water people.".
Kootenai
County has a rich history, both in Native American and white settlers.
Some of the Native American tribes of the area were the Kutenai and
Coeur d'Alene. The Cataldo Mission (photo left) and Fort Sherman
are a part of Kootenai County's history. Cataldo Mission is the oldest
standing building in Idaho. The main
industries of the area were once Logging and Mining. |
Online Data
Submit Obituary Information
Obituaries
are one of the most important tools used by researchers in tracing
their family roots. Please consider contributing any obituary
information that you may have by submitting them here
and filling out the transmittal form.
Please include your
email address should we have any questions.
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Submit Cemetery Information
A
wonderful source of genealogical information that is very useful are
cemetery headstones. They provide key data such as dates of birth,
marriage information and dates of death. To submit headstone
information please click
here.
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