Washington State Genealogical Toolbox

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Washington Archives

Historical Society

State Gen. Society

Washington GenWeb

General Resources

View All Ancestry Databases for Washington

Washington Territory, 1876

The State of Washington

History of the Synod of Washington of the Presbyterian Church in the United States of America

Vital Records

Order Birth, Marriage & Death Certificates online!

Washington State Birth Index 1907-1919

Washington Death Index, 1940-1996

Washington Marriages, 1802-1902

Washington Census, 1850-1890

Newspapers

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Aberdeen - The Daily World Obituaries Anacortes American Obituaries Bainbridge Review Obituaries Bellevue - King County Journal Obituaries Bellingham Herald Obituaries Bremerton - The Sun Obituaries Camas - Washougal Post-Record Obituaries Centralia Chronicle Advertiser (Centralia, Washington) Centralia Chronicle Obituaries Ellensburg Daily Record Obituaries Everett Herald Obituaries Federal Way Mirror Obituaries Gig Harbor Peninsula Gateway Obituaries Gorge News Death Notices Grand Coulee Star Obituaries Islands Sounder - Search for obituaries using the search box Issaguah Press Historic Archives Kennewick Tri-City Herald Obituaries Kent - King County Journal Obituaries Langley South Whidbey Record Obituaries - Choose Obituaries upon entering Longview Daily News Obituaries Mercer Reporter Local Roundup Mount Vernon - Skagit Valley News Obituaries Oak Harbor Whidbey News Times - Choose Obituaries upon entering Olympian Obituaries Omak Chronicle Funeral Notices Port Angeles - Peninsula Daily News Obituaries Port Orchard Independent Obituaries - Choose Obituaries upon entering Poulsbo North Kitsap Herald Obituaries Pullman Daily News - Membership required San Juan Journal - Search for obituaries using the search box Seattle Times Obituaries Sequim Gazette Obituaries Silverdale Central Kitsap Reporter Obituaries Snoqualmie Valley Record Obituaries Spokane Spokesman Review Obituaries and Archives Stanwood / Camano News Obituaries Tacoma News Tribune Obituaries Tri City Herald (Pasco, Washington) Vancouver Columbian Obituaries Vashon / Maury Island Beachcomber Obituaries Walla Walla Union-Bulletin Death Notices Walla Walla Union Bulletin (Walla Walla, Washington) Wenatchee World News of Record - maintains extensive archives Whidbey News Times - Choose Obituaries upon entering White Salmon Enterprise Death Notices Yakima Herald Republic Death Notices   Paid Obituaries City & County Directories Seattle, Washington City Directories, 1888-1890 Spokane, Washington Directories, 1889-1893 Tacoma, Washington Directories, 1889-1891 City and County Records Tombstone inscriptions of Adams County, Washington Inventory of the County Archives of Washington. Inventory of the County Archives of Washington. Inventory of the County Archives of Washington. Inventory of the County Archives of Washington. Inventory of the County Archives of Washington. Inventory of the County Archives of Washington. Inventory of the County Archives of Washington. Inventory of the County Archives of Washington. Inventory of the County Archives of Washington. Puget Sound and Western Washington A Volume of Memoirs and Genealogy of Representative Citizens of the City of Seattle and County of King, Washington A Brief History of Shelton, Washington Early History of Thurston County, Washington Thurston County, Washington Census, 1900 An Illustrated History of Walla Walla County, State of Washington Tombstone Inscriptions of Walla Walla County, Washington. An Illustrated History of Whitman County, State of Washington A History of Winlock, Washington