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Washington Genealogy Resources

  • Historic Newspapers in Washington. The project is beginning with Washington's first newspaper, "The Columbian" from Olympia. Additional newspapers will be brought online as they are scanned and indexed. Papers in the first phase of the project will be selected from the territorial period and will represent different geographic regions of the state. Ther goal is to put online historical newspapers from the state library's collection of more than 40,000 microfilm reels.

  • Vancouver Barracks Cemetery Index.

  • Washington Death Certificates, 1907-1960 – Name index of Washington statewide death certificates. FamilySearch.
     
  • Washington GenWeb Project.

  • Washington History: Genealogical Resources of the Washington State Archives and Washington State Library.
     
  • Washington Place Names. Tacoma Public Library.

  • Washington State Archives. Digital Archives. The Washington State Digital Archives is the nation's first archives dedicated specifically to the preservation of electronic records from both State and Local agencies that have permanent legal, fiscal or historical value.
     
  • Washington State Archives Historical Records Search.

  • Washington State County Marriages 1858-1950 - Name index and images of the marriage records for Lewis, Wahkiakum, Thurston and Pacific Counties. This collection of marriage records includes: Lewis County marriage returns, 1914-1948; Wahkiakum County marriage certificates, 1907-1939; Thurston County marriage certificates, 1927-1950; and Pacific County marriage certificates, 1878-1947. The records are arranged chronologically. From the Washington State Archives - 48,385 records on 42,746 images as of 26 March, 2010. FamilySearch.org.

  • Washington State Digital Archives.

  • Washington State Digital Collections.
     
  • Washington State Genealogical Society.
     
  • Washington State University Digital Collections. An ongoing project to digitize the WSU Historical Photograph Collections, numbering almost 250,000 images.
     
  • Washington Territorial and State Censuses. 1854, 1856, 1857, 1858, 1859, 1861, 1871, 1879, 1881, 1883, 1885, 1887 and 1889. 1987 Microfilm Series, 20 rolls, beginning with FHL film #FHL film #1841781. 2003 Microfilm Series, 35 rolls, beginning with Washington State Library film #929.3797 (no FHL film).
     
  • Washington Territorial Censuses and Indexes Online.
     
  • Western States Marriage Record Index.  For more than two decades, the BYU-Idaho (formerly known as Ricks College) Arthur Porter Special Collections area in Rexburg, Idaho has been extracting early marriage records from counties in the western part of the United States. Virtually all of the pre-1900 marriages are included in the index for Arizona , Idaho and Nevada . Many counties for those same states have been extracted into the 1930's and some, much later. A significant number of marriages from selected counties in California , western Colorado , Montana , Oregon , Utah , eastern Washington , and Wyoming are also included.