online resources

The following resources are available online and free to the public:

• Bonner County digital newspapers, dating back to 1940
• ​Sanbourn fire insurance maps of Bonner County
• ​Idaho State Archives
• Idaho State Photo Archives
• Idaho Mythweavers
• Kalispel Tribe of Indians
• Kootenai Tribe of Idaho
• Spokane Library Special Collections Archives

Looking for resources to aid your family history research? Try the following resources:

• Family Search
• Roots Web
• Sandpoint Family History Center
• Ancestry.com
• National Archives

museum collection

The Bonner County History Museum houses, and continually adds to, an extensive collection of research and archival materials which are available for public research with assistance from museum staff. The collection includes:

• County Newspapers from 1892
• Maps
• A Reference Library
• Genealogical Materials
• Directories
• Oral Histories
• Government Documents
• Community Files
• School Files
• Library Volumes
• Home, Property & Homestead Documents
• and 60,000+ historical photographs of Bonner County.

The Museum welcomes donations of photographs and documents relating to the history of Bonner County. Photographs can also be digitally copied by museum staff and the original returned to the owner. Every donation adds to the historical record of northern Idaho and ensures that your family history in Bonner County will be preserved in perpetuity.