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Genealogy at the Washington State Library

Uncover Your Roots: Explore Your Family History at the Washington State Library.

Online Resources: Washington State

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Archives West

 

Black Heritage Society of Washington State

 

Chinese Exclusion Act Case Files

 

Chinese Exclusion Act Records at the National Archives at Seattle

 

Civil Rights & Labor History Consortium - Antiwar and Radical History Project

 

Civil Rights & Labor History Consortium - Communism in Washington State History and Memory Project

 

Civil Rights & Labor History Consortium - Great Depression in Washington State

 

Civil Rights & Labor History Consortium - Labor Press Project

 

Civil Rights & Labor History Consortium - Mapping Washington Labor and Civil Rights History

 

Civil Rights & Labor History Consortium - Racial Restrictive Covenants Project, Washington State

 

Civil Rights & Labor History Consortium - Strikes! Labor History Encyclopedia for the Pacific Northwest

 

Civil Rights & Labor History Consortium - Waterfront Workers History Project

 

Daughters of the Pioneers of Washington

 

Fiske Genealogical Library

 

Historical Records of Washington State: Records and Papers Held at Repositories (1981)

 

HistoryLink

The free online encyclopedia of Washington state history.

 

Jewish Genealogical Society of Washington State

 

Kinsey Brothers Photographs of the Lumber Industry and the Pacific Northwest, ca. 1890-1945

 

National Archives at Seattle

 

Northwest Digital Heritage

 

Pacific Lutheran University - Scandinavian Immigrant Experience Collection

 

Pioneer Association of the State of Washington

 

Tacoma Public Library - Washington Place Names Collection

 

Spokane, Portland, and Seattle Railroad Historical Society

 

Washington Territorial Timeline

 

University of Washington Libraries - Digital Collections

 

Washington Adoption Reunion Movement (WARM)

 

Washington Rural Heritage

 

Washington State Archives

 

Washington State Archives - Central Regional Branch

The Central Regional Branch provides archival and records management services to local government agencies throughout Benton, Chelan, Douglas, Franklin, Grant, Kittitas, Klickitat, Okanogan, and Yakima counties.

 

Washington State Archives - Digital Archives

 

Washington State Archives - Eastern Regional Branch

The Eastern Regional Branch provides archival and records management services to local government agencies throughout Adams, Asotin, Columbia, Ferry, Garfield, Lincoln, Pend Oreille, Spokane, Stevens, Walla Walla, and Whitman counties.

 

Washington State Archives - Puget Sound Regional Branch

The Puget Sound Regional Branch provides archival and records management services to local government agencies throughout King, Kitsap, and Pierce counties.

 

Washington State Archives - Northwest Regional Branch

The Northwest Regional Branch provides archival and records management services to local government agencies throughout Clallam, Island, Jefferson, San Juan, Skagit, Snohomish, and Whatcom counties.

 

Washington State Archives - Southwest Regional Branch

The Southwest Regional Branch provides archival and records management services to local government agencies throughout Clark, Cowlitz, Grays Harbor, Lewis, Mason, Pacific, Skamania, Thurston, and Wahkiakum counties.

 

Washington State Archives - World War I: Soldiers Remembered

 

Washington State Constitution

 

Washington State Genealogical Society

 

Washington State Genealogical Society - List of Local Genealogy Societies

 

Washington State Genealogical Society - List of Museums in Washington

 

Washington State Genealogical Society - Pioneer Pursuits Project

 

Washington State Historical Society

 

Washington State Legislature

 

Washington State Legislature - Floor Journals by Session

House Journals 1891-current; Senate Journals 1890-current.

 

Washington State Legislature - Legislative Manuals

1889-current.

 

Washington Women's History Consortium

 

Wing Luke Museum