Listed record inventories
Selected holdings and indexes for Kootenai County, checked against the repository descriptions linked below. Date spans may contain gaps; an index is not a complete set of original records.
Vital records
- Register of Births1907-1911
- Register of Deaths1907-1911
- Index to Marriage Record1881-1890
- Marriage Certificates1881-1890
- Marriage Register1907–1934; gaps; see film list
- Marriage Index1913-1928
- Marriage Record1887-1895
- Book of Marriages1895–1913; gaps; see film list
- Marriage Book1913-1915
- Marriage License Record1915–1927; gaps; see film list
- Record Index of Marriage Licenses (no cover image), A-L1895-1934
- Record Index of Marriage Licenses (no cover image), L-Z1895-1934
Naturalization records
- Record of Citizenship1881–1903; gaps; see film list
- Naturalization Record1903-1906
- Petion and Record1906–1920; gaps; see film list
- Certificate of Naturalization1907–1924; gaps; see film list
- Declaration of Intention1897-1906
- Record of Declaration of Intention1906–1933; gaps; see film list
- Miscellanous naturalization papers (loose)Various
- Naturalization cards A-Z1890-1939
- Declarations of Intention1882–1897; gaps; see film list
- Petition & Record of Naturalization1909–1929; gaps; see film list
Court records
- Judgment Docket v. 11882-1890
- Judgment Docket1891–1933; gaps; see film list
- Judgment Docket v. 31907-1915
- Judgment Book1882-1890
- Judgment Record1891–1929; gaps; see film list
- Index to Register of Actions1893–1948; gaps; see film list
- Register of Actions1886–1929; gaps; see film list
- District Court Record1881–1905; gaps; see film list
- District Court Journal1905–1926; gaps; see film list
- Transcript of Judgments1884-1885
- Index to Miscellaneous Record1887–1923; gaps; see film list
- Index Miscellaneous1923-1938
- Miscellaneous Record1885–1927; gaps; see film list
- Index, Power of Attorney1891-1988
- Power of Attorney1883–1945; gaps; see film list
Land records
- Index to Deeds1882-1887
- Index to Deeds, Grantee1887-1902
- Index to Deeds, Grantor1887-1902
- Patent Record1897–1905; gaps; see film list
- Deed Record1881–1901; gaps; see film list
- Warranty Deeds1882–1889; gaps; see film list
- Treasurer's Tax Deeds1897-1905
- Tax Deeds1894–1902; gaps; see film list
Military records
- Soldiers Discharge Record1917-1927
Probate records
- Probate Court Docket1907–1931; gaps; see film list
- Probate Court (journal)1893–1906; gaps; see film list
- Probate Court Journal1899–1949; gaps; see film list
- Register of Actions & Probate Register1897–1921; gaps; see film list
- Probate Register1920–1968; gaps; see film list
- Record of Claims Against an Estate1887-1907
- Claim Register1920–1948; gaps; see film list
- Record of Inventories and Appraisements1899-1909
- Inventory & Appraisement Record1908–1928; gaps; see film list
- Estates of Deceased, Public Administrator Record1889-1916
- Letters of Administration, Testamentary with Will Annexed1903-1909
- Letters of Administration, Testamentary with Will Attached1911–1943; gaps; see film list
- Administrators and Executors Record1887–1919; gaps; see film list
- Administrators and Executors Bonds1917–1936; gaps; see film list
- Wills Admitted to Probate Court1905-1917
- Record of Guardianship1899-1928
- Mothers Pension Record1913-1935
- Inheritance Tax Record1908-1911
- (Probate) Records1885-1905
School records
- School census district 1-581898
- School census district 1-641899
- School census district 1-721900
- School census district 1-741901
- School census district 1-801902
- School census district 1-891903
- School census district 1-951904
- School census district 1-1001905
- School census district 1-1061906
- School census district 1-1091907
- School census district 1-651908
- School census district 1-701909
- School census district 1-771910
See the repository's descriptions and search options
Repository access note: Selected Idaho State Archives county microfilm holdings, grouped by series description. Date envelopes combine listed film segments and may contain gaps. These are film holdings, not a claim of online images. Consult the linked inventory for roll, item, volume and exact dates. Historic Alturas County items were not reassigned to present-day counties.
Sources: the catalogs and repository descriptions linked on the entries above. Selected inventories do not establish complete coverage of every record type or online access to original documents. Read the repository access note for source dates and limitations.
Where to find the records
- Kootenai County official website
Hours, addresses and phone numbers for the county recorder and the district court, and any online record search the county offers.
- The county recorder
Deeds and other land records, and marriage licenses (the county clerk is also the recorder).
- The district court
Probate (wills and estates), divorces and civil and criminal cases.
- The Idaho State Archives
In Boise: county records, territorial records and the state's historical newspapers.
- Idaho State Archivesfree
The state archives in Boise, with county and territorial records, photographs and historical newspapers.
- FamilySearch Catalogfree
Search by place for "Idaho, Kootenai" to find filmed and digitized records, many viewable free online with a FamilySearch account.
Offices change their hours and access rules; call before you visit.
Boundaries and parent counties
Formed from: Land not yet in any county
Later formed partly from Kootenai County: Benewah County, Bonner County
Records stay with the county that created them. If your ancestor lived here before 1864, search the parent county. The Atlas of Historical County Boundaries shows each boundary change.
Research tip
Idaho began statewide registration of births and deaths in 1911. Before 1863 its land was part of Oregon and Washington territories (the east also of Nebraska and Dakota territories), and some early settlers in the southeast recorded events in Cache County, Utah, thinking they lived there.