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The archives and libraries listed below offer services or have major collections of genealogical and historical records relating to Washington.
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Wiki Articles on Major Repositories in Washington[edit | edit source]
National Archives at Seattle · Family History Library
Archives[edit | edit source]
- 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[edit | edit source]
- 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[edit | edit source]
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[edit | edit source]
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
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