Welcome to Whitman County Washington Genealogy and History   Volunteers Dedicated to Free Genealogy This site is available for adoption! This website is part of the Genealogy Trails family.   Our Group's 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 site is available for adoption! Learn more about joining our group as host of this site and then contact us (Knowledge of how to make a basic webpage and a desire to transcribe data is required) Please consider sharing your research information so that we can continue to build websites that will remain a helpful resource for the researchers of Washington. If you have any comments, questions or data contributions, Contact Us WE REGRET THAT WE ARE UNABLE TO DO PERSONAL RESEARCH FOR YOU.  All data we come across will be added to this website, so please keep checking back. Whitman County was formed from Stevens County November 29, 1871. It is named after Marcus Whitman, a Presbyterian missionary who, with his wife Narcissa, was killed in 1847 by members of the Cayuse tribe. Colfax is the county seat. Cities, Towns and CDP's * Albion * Colfax * Colton * Endicott * Farmington * Garfield * La Crosse * Lamont * Malden * Oakesdale * Palouse * Pullman * Rosalia * St. John * Tekoa * Uniontown  Online Data Biographies Births Cemeteries Census Church Histories / Records County Records Death Records Family Bibles County History Marriages Military Miscellaneous Data Newspaper Data Obituaries School Records Wills/Probate Records Website Updates: Apr 2013: obit for HARRINGTON; marriage announcement for KENNEDY-HARRIS; marriage announcement for FRENCH-THOMAS Mar 2013: 1883 Pensioners; bio for ANGLIN Feb 2013: crime news for BLANTON Jan 2012: obit for BUYS Nov 2011: obit for MCCLURE July 2011: Sick List news item for BAHRS Previous Updates SEARCH OUR SITES Don't Miss Another Update! Join our Mailing Lists to be notified of website updates We 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. Our Pacific Mailing List covers California | Oregon | Washington | Alaska | Hawaii Surrounding Counties: * Spokane County - north * Benewah County, Idaho - northeast * Latah County, Idaho - east * Nez Perce County, Idaho - southeast * Asotin County - south/southeast * Garfield County - south * Columbia County - south * Franklin County - southwest * Adams County - west * Lincoln County - northwest   Visit our Washington State Site Remember to bookmark us and keep checking back for new additions to the sites.     Copyright © Genealogy Trails All data on this website is Copyright by Genealogy Trails with full rights reserved for original submitters.