Welcome to Okanogan County Washington Genealogy and History part of the Genealogy Trails Family   Volunteers Dedicated to Free Genealogy Our goal is to help you track your ancestors through time by transcribing genealogical and historical data and placing it online for the free use of all researchers. This website is available for adoption! If you have a love for history, a desire to help others, and basic web-authoring skills, consider joining us! Get the details on our Volunteer Page. [A desire to transcribe data and knowledge of how to make a basic webpage is required.] If hosting isn't for you, we can use your help in other ways. More information can be found on the Volunteer Page. Check your attics! Dust off your family scrapbooks! We're looking for DATA for this site!!! If you are interested in adding your families' information this website, Email US. We'll be happy to help your families' obituaries, news items and other historical data find a home here at Washington Genealogy Trails, where it will remain free for all to view. We regret that we are unable to perform personal research for you. All data we come across is added to this site, so please keep checking back! County Information Okanogan County was formed out of Stevens County on February 2, 1888 In area, it is the largest county in the state. The county seat is at Okanogan, and its largest city is Omak. The first county seat was Ruby, Washington, which has now been a ghost town for more than 100 years. Census Recognized Communities Brewster * Conconully * Coulee Dam (partial) * Elmer City * Nespelem * Nespelem Community North Omak * Okanogan * Omak * Oroville * Pateros * Riverside * Tonasket * Twisp * Winthrop Other communities Aeneas * Azwell * Carlton * Ellisford (aka Ellisforde) * Havillah * Loomis * Malott * Mason City Mazama * Methow * Monse * Nighthawk * Rocky Butte * Synarep * Wauconda Ghost Towns Molson * Bodie * Bolster * Chesaw * Disautel * Ruby Online Data Biographies Birth Records Cemeteries Census Church Histories / Records County Records Death Records Family Bibles County History Marriage Records Military Records Miscellaneous Data Newspaper Gleanings Obituaries and Death Notices School Records Wills/Probate Records Website Updates: Mar 2013: bios CARPENTER, CLARK, MASON, MOORE, MACAULAY, HANCOCK, ALMQUIST, CHAMPNEYS, LEWIS; NICKELL, HALL, IVES, WRIGHT, MCDONALD, ARBOGAST, JOHNSON, SQUIRES, MULLER, CLOUD, CLERF, FULTON, LAWRENCE, VENTZKE, BARRON, RAGEN, SKEFFINGTON, ROUNDS, BLOCK, VAN BRUNT, PHILLIPS, ANGLIN, BOWN, MCFARLANE, HUNTLEY, STOFFERAN, COOPER, GRIFFIN, GARIGEN, JOYCE, WILLIAMS, KAHLOW, POGUE, MUNSON, MALOTT, MALONEY, KIPER; 1890 Veterans Census Feb 2013: DOYLE, HAGGERTY, MITCHELL obits; delayed birth registrations, marriage affidavit records; Wauconda community news; Chapter 1 of 1904 History Previous Updates SEARCH OUR SITES SUBMIT A TRANSCRIBED OBITUARY to US We also have mailing lists set up so that you can read about updates, discuss your families and connect with other researchers who are looking in the same area as you. Don't Miss Another Update! Join our Mailing Lists to be notified of website updates Our Pacific Mailing List covers California | Oregon | Washington | Alaska | Hawaii   Adjacent Counties Ferry County, WA – east Lincoln County, WA – southeast Grant County, WA – south Douglas County, WA – south Chelan County, WA – southwest Skagit County, WA – west Whatcom County, WA – west Visit WASHINGTON STATE PAGE Visit our National Site JOIN US! DEDICATED TO FREE GENEALOGY   Copyright © Genealogy Trails All data on this website is Copyright by Genealogy Trails with full rights reserved for original submitters. No data is to be copied to other websites