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Archives and Libraries

The archives and libraries listed below offer services or have major collections of genealogical and historical records relating to Washington.

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National Archives at Seattle · Family History Library

Archives

• Washington State Archives
  1129 Washington Street S.E.
  Olympia, WA 98504
  Telephone: 360-586-1492
  Fax: 360-664-8814
  Mailing Address:
  P.O. Box 40238
  Olympia, WA 98504-40238
  Covers state governmental records.
  
  • Washington State Archives - Digital Archives, this site has more than 60 million searchable records online (7 million more than last year), including birth, marriage, death, census, cemetery and naturalization records.
  • Archives online collections

• Archives Southwest Regional Branch
  1129 Washington Street S.E.
  Olympia, WA 98504-0238
  Telephone: 360-753-1684
  Fax: 360-664-8814
  Mailing Address:
  P.O. Box 40238
  Olympia, WA 98504-0238
  Covers Clark, Cowlitz, Grays Harbor, Lewis, Mason, Pacific, Skamania, Thurston, and Wahkiakum Counties.

• Archives Central Regional Branch
  Bledsoe & Washington Archives Building
  400 E. University Way
  Mail Stop 7547
  Ellensburg, Washington 98926-7547
  Telephone: 509-963-2136
  Fax: 509-963-1753
  Mailing Address:
  400 E. University Way Mail Stop 7547
  Ellensburg, Washington 98926-7547
  Covers Benton, Chelan, Douglas, Franklin, Grant, Kittitas, Klickitat, Okanogan, and Yakima counties.

• Archives Eastern Regional Branch
  Eastern Washington Regional Archives
  960 Washington Street
  Cheney, Washington 99004
  Telephone: 509-235-7508
  Fax: 509-235-7505
  Covers Adams, Asotin, Columbia, Ferry, Garfield, Lincoln, Pend Oreille, Spokane, Stevens, Walla Walla, and Whitman counties.

• Archives Northwest Regional Branch
  Northwest Regional Branch Archives
  Western Washington University, MS-9123
  3000 Landerholm Circle SE, MS-N100
  Bellevue, WA 98007-6484
  Telephone: 360-650-3125
  Fax: 360-650-3323
  Covers Clallam, Island, Jefferson, San Juan, Skagit, Snohomish, and Whatcom counties.

• Archives Puget Sound Regional Branch
  Puget Sound Washington Regional Archives
  Pritchard-Fleming Building
  3000 Landerholm Circle SE, MS-N100
  Bellingham, WA 98225-9123
  Telephone: 425-564-3940
  Fax: 425-564-3945
  Covers King, Pierce, and Kitsap counties.

• National Archives at Seattle
  6125 Sand Point Way, N.E.
  Seattle, WA 98115-7999
  Telephone: 206-336-5115
  Fax: 206-336-5112

Libraries

• Washington State Historical Society Library
  Research Center
  315 North Stadium Way
  Tacoma, WA 98402
  Telephone: 253-798-5914
  Fax: 253-597-4186

• Washington State Library
  P.O. Box 42460
  Olympia, WA 98504-2460
  Telephone: 360-753-5590
  Fax: 360-586-7575
  

• Classics in Washington History, e-books full text
• Catalog: Select a topic from the Search In list. Add keywords, such as "Adams County." A great resource for Washington newspapers, digital collections, and more.
• Washington Rural Heritage, local history collections hosted by the Washington State Library.
  
  

• Seattle Public Library
  1000 Fourth Avenue
  Seattle, WA 98104
  Telephone: 206-386-4629
  Fax: 206-386-4632

• Suzzallo-Allen Library
  University of Washington
  P.O. Box 352900
  Seattle, WA 98195-2900
  Telephone: 206-543-9158
  Fax: 206-685-8049
  

A helpful catalog for this library is:

University of Washington (Seattle) Library,
The Dictionary Catalog of the Pacific Northwest Collection of the University of Washington (Seattle)
Libraries.
Six Volumes. (Boston, Massachusetts: G.K. Hall and Co., 1972.)
At various libraries (WorldCat); Family History Library book Q 979.7 A3w

• Washington State University Libraries Research
  PO Box 645610
  Pullman WA 99164-5610
  Telephone: 509-359-6200

• EWU Libraries - Cheney Campus
  816 F Street 100 Lib
  Cheney, WA 99004
  Telephone: 509-335-9671
  Fax: 509-359-6456
  

• Spokane Public Library Downtown Branch, Ned M. Barnes Northwest Room
  906 West Main Avenue
  Spokane, WA 99201
  Telephone: 509-444-5338
  

• Northwest Museum of Art and Culture
  2316 West First Avenue
  Spokane, WA 99201
  Telephone: 509-456-3931

• Heritage Quest Research Library
  1007 Main St.
  Sumner, WA 98390
  Telephone: 253-863-1806

Washington Online Records

Washington Online Genealogy Records

Links to online databases and indexes that may include vital records, biographies, cemeteries, censuses, histories, immigration records, land records, maps, military records, naturalizations, newspapers, obituaries, or probate records.

Guides

Two important guides to Washington records are:

• Genealogical Resources in Washington State: A Guide to Genealogical Records Held at Repositories, Government Agencies and Archives. Olympia, (Washington: Secretary of State, Division of Archives and Records Management, 1983.) at various libraries (WorldCat); Family History Library book 979.7 A3g

• Historical Records of Washington State: Records and Papers Held at Repositories. Olympia, Washington: Washington State Historical Records Advisory Board, 1981. At various libraries (WorldCat); (Family History Library book 979.7 A3hi; fiche 6051177