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•	Washington Census, 1850-90 U.S. Federal Census indexes (and other related census indexes) for Washington from 1850 to 1890.
•	Thurston County, Washington Census, 1900 Index of federal census records for residents of Thurston County, Washington in 1900
•	Seattle, Washington City Directories, 1888-90 Directory listing of some residents of Seattle, Washington between 1888 and 1890
•	Spokane, Washington Directories, 1889-93 Directories listing over 43,600 names for Spokane, Washington from 1889 to 1893
•	Tacoma, Washington Directories, 1889-91 Directories listing over 52,300 names for Tacoma, Washington from 1889 to 1891
•	Pacific Coast Directory, 1867 Pacific Coast Business Directory of 25,200 names for 1867
•	1930 United States Federal Census
•	Ancestry World Tree Millions of references to lineage linked individuals and families identifying research on given family lines.
•	PERiodical Source Index (PERSI) Index to articles written in over 5,000 genealogical publications
•	Social Security Death Index Social Security Administration Death Master File
•	American Civil War Soldiers Military records of individual Civil War soldiers
•	Slave Narratives Impressive collection of interviews of former slaves in the United States
•	Civil War Pension Index Index to and images of pension cards of Civil War veterans in the United States.

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Washington Genealogy Help

Vital records, as their name suggests, are connected with central life events: birth, marriage, and death. Maintained by civil authorities, these public records are prime sources of genealogical information. These records are critically important in genealogy research, often supplying details on family members well back into the nineteenth century.

There are many sources for birth, death and marriage events that are not in the Washington vital records office. Cemeteries, church records, newspapers, military records, immigration and naturalization records, as well as family records in letters and Bibles, are all places where evidence of vital events might be found. Once Washington vital records have been researched, and especially if none are available for the location and time period required, a good procedure would be to try to locate your Washington ancestors using Washington census records.

Every state has a division charged with the responsibility of maintaining and dispersing public information from its vital record holdings. Each state page on this website indicates the availability of birth records, marriage records, death records, and divorce records and the agencies responsible for maintaining them.

Washington Vital Records Information
(How to contact the Vital Records Department of Washington)

Event: Birth or death

Cost of copy: $13.00

Address:
Department of Health
Center for Health Statistics
P.O. Box 9709
Olympia, WA 98507-9709

Remarks: Must have exact information for births. State office has had records since July 1907. For King, Pierce, and Spokane counties copies may also be obtained from county health departments. County Auditor of county of birth has registered births prior to July 1907.

Check or money order should be made payable to Department of Health. To verify current fees, the telephone number is (360) 236-4300. Information on how to obtain certified copies is also available via the internet at Department of Health.

Event: Marriage (State)

Cost of copy: $13.00

Address:
Department of Health
Center for Health Statistics
P.O. Box 9709
Olympia, WA 98507-9709

Remarks: State office has had records since January 1968.

Event: Marriage (county)

Cost of copy: Varies

Address: See remarks

Remarks: County Auditor in county where license was issued.

Event: Divorce (State)

Cost of copy: $13.00

Address:
Department of Health
Center for Health Statistics
P.O. Box 9709
Olympia, WA 98507-9709

Remarks: State office has had records since January 1968.

Event: Divorce (county)

Cost of copy: Varies

Address: See remarks

Remarks: County Clerk in county where divorce was granted.