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Lewis County Genealogy Research

Resources Available in the Library: Lewis County

1880 United States Census of Lewis County, Washington Territory

GEN 979.782 SMELTZE 1880

 

1883 Lewis County Washington Census

GEN 979.782 EIGHTEE 1883

 

The Children of Samuel Layton

GEN 929.2 LAYTON 2010

 

A History of St. Mary Catholic Church: Centralia, Washington, 1910-2011

GEN 979.782 VOSPER 1910-2011

 

Inventory of the County Archives of Washington. No. 21, Lewis County (Chehalis)

GEN 979.782 INVENTO 1940

 

Lewis Co. Washington Residents History

GEN OVERSIZ 979.782 LEWIS C 2013

 

Lewis County Birth Register, 1891-1906

GEN 979.782 LEWIS C 1891-1906

 

Lewis County Mortuary Records

GEN 979.782 LEWIS C

2 volumes. Volume 1: 1895 through 1910 for Fissel-Brown, Newell-Hoerling and Sticklin mortuaries; Volume 2: 1911 through 1920 for Fissell-Brown, Newell-Hoerling and Sticklin mortuaries.

 

Lewis County, Washington, 1871 Census

GEN 979.782 PATTON 1871

 

Lewis County, Washington, Death Records, 1891-1906

GEN 979.782 MCNEILL 1891-1906

 

Lewis County, Washington, Newspaper Abstracts

GEN 782 MCNEILL

5 volumes. Volume 1: 1884-1886; Volume 2: 1887-1889; Volume 3: 1890-1893; Volume 4: 1894-1896; Volume 5: 1897-1899.

 

Lewis County, Washington, Territorial Marriages, 1847-1889

GEN 979.782 GAGE 1847-1889

 

Sticklin Greenwood Cemetery, Centralia, WA

GEN OVERSIZ 979.782 STICKLI 2013

Biography of Arthur Stowell Cory and Johanna Kiehlbauch Cory, Reminiscences of Days Gone By [microform]

NW MICRO 979.782 CORY 1965

 

Diaries Kept at Claquato and Fayette, Lewis County, Washington, in the Years 1857, 1862, 1871-1875, 1877, 1879, 1881-1882, 1884-May, 1891: And, Lewis County Survey Notes, Donation Land Claims, Homestead Claims, and T 13N R 3W and T 14N R 3W, Made in 1855-1859, 1870-1871, 1873 [microform]

NW MICRO 979.782 STEARNS 1855

3 reels. Reel 1: Diaries, 1857-1875; Reel 2: Diaries, 1877-1887; Reel 3: Diaries, 1888-1891; Field notes, 1855-1873.

 

H.C. Shorey's Cash Book Kept at His General Merchandise Store in Newaukum, Washington, 1872-1873 [microform]

NW MICRO 979.782 SHOREY 1872

 

Journal of My Life, 1851-1928; and, Records and Reminiscences, 1876-1907 [microform]

NW MICRO 287.632 BROKAW 1876

 

Journal of Patterson Fletcher Luark, January, 1849-December, 1868: A Record of His Farm Life in Bond County, Illinois, His Trip Over the Oregon Trail to Cowlitz Landing, March 28-September 26, 1853, and His Experiences in Washington Territory in Thurston, Lewis, Chehalis and Pacific Counties [microform]

NW MICRO 979.795 LUARK 1849

 

Lewis County Records in the Office of the County Auditor, Chehalis, Washington, 1847-1949 [microform]

NW MICRO 979.782 LEWIS C 1847

2 reels. Reel 1: Lewis County Commissioners court records, 1847-1859; Land and property records and documents, 1856-1878; Book of levies, 1857-1863; Transcripts of judgments; Justice of the Peace records, kept by Judge John D. Clinger, 1859-1872; Tax book for the year 1859; Lewis County transcript of tax list returned by the Treasurer, November, 1868; Census of Lewis County, incomplete and no date, but probably 1853; Lewis County assessment roll, 1867; Medical register of Lewis County, Volume 1, 1881-1889; Dentists certificates, Volume 1, 1888-1893; Reel 2: Index to plats, Lewis County, Washington town additions, 1875-1947; Index to town plats, Lewis County, Wash. Terr., 1873-1899; Index to plats, Lewis County, Washington town plats, 1873-1949; Record of oaths certificates and bonds of county officers, Lewis County, W.T., Volume 1, 1869-1883, index by office held, pp. 332-347; Lewis County ancient records, donation land claim statements, 1850, and other loose papers; Marriage register, 1847-1879; Register of deaths in Lewis County, 1891-1906.

 

Official Historical Directory and General Information Pertaining to the Catholic Church [microform]

NW MICRO 282.7978 MOENS 1908

 

Register of Births [microform]

GEN MICRO 979.782 BIRTH 1891-1906

Lewis County Auditor register of births. Covers June 28, 1891-February 22, 1906.

 

Register of Deaths [microform]

GEN MICRO 979.782 DEATH 1891-1903

Lewis County Auditor register of deaths. Covers May 30, 1891-October 27, 1903.

 

The Saunders Family [microform]

NW MICRO 979.782 SAUNDER 1961?

1909 Lewis County, Washington: As Told in Writing and Pictures

NW OVERSIZ 979.782 NINETEE 1983

 

Alpha: The Classic Hills of Alpha Prairie, Washington

NW 979.782 KUCERA 2012

 

Baw Faw: A Historical Genealogy, 1850-1976

R 979.782 DAWLEY 1976

 

Before It's Gone: Old-Timers Tales

NW 979.782 SPARKMA 1998

 

The Big Cheeses of Toledo: 1985-2019

NW 305.2609 BIG CHE 2019

 

Brief History of Lewis County, State of Washington

RARE V 979.782 CHEHALI 1904

 

Cathlapotle and Its Inhabitants, 1792-1860

I 49.111:15

 

The Centralia Case: A Joint Report on the Armistice Day Tragedy at Centralia, Washington, November 11, 1919

NW 331.886 CENTRAL 1930

 

The Centralia Case: Three Views of the Armistice Day Tragedy at Centralia, Washington, November 11, 1919: The Centralia Conspiracy

NW 331.886 CENTRAL 1971

 

The Centralia Conspiracy

NW 331.886 CHAPLIN 1973

 

The Centralia Conspiracy

NW 331.886 CHAPLIN 1920?

Also available online at Project Gutenberg.

 

Century Review: First One Hundred Years of Lewis County

RARE 979.782 KENNICO 1945

 

Centralia, the First Fifty Years, 1845-1900

RARE 979.782 SMITH 1942

 

Centralia, the First Fifty Years, 1845-1900

NW 979.782 SMITH 1975

 

Centralia, the First Fifty Years, 1845-1900

NW 979.782 SMITH 1995

 

Centralia: The Hub City, Lewis County, Washington

RARE 979.782 CENTRAL 1909

 

Centralia, Tragedy and Trial

R 331.886 LAMPMAN 1920

Also available online at the Washington State Library and Hathi Trust.

 

Centralia's First Century, 1845-1955

NW 979.782 CITIZEN 1977

 

Chehalis

NW 979.782 ZANDER 2011

 

Chehalis, a "Can-Do" Community: A History of Industrial Development in Lewis County

NW 979.782 ZANDER 2014

 

The Chehalis Bee-Nugget Historical Souvenir Edition

RARE OVERSIZ 979.782 CHEHALI 1915

 

The Chehalis Bee-Nugget: Historical Souvenir Edition May 14, 1915, Illustrated and Republished

NW 979.782 ZANDER 2011

 

The Chehalis Story [DVD]

NW DVD 979.782 CHEHALI 200?

 

Cowlitz River Navigation with Respect to the Development of the Town of Toledo, Washington

NW OVERSIZ 979.782 KLETSCH 1943

 

The Early History of Toledo

NW 979.782 LASEKE 2015

 

Earthquakes & Forest Fires: As the People Told It in Western Lewis County, Washington

R 979.782 FEUCHTE 2007

 

Eight Men Buried Alive: The Centralia Case Calls to Every Decent Man and Woman in the State of Washington to Act Quickly

NW 331.886 EIGHT M 1924

Also available online through the Montana State University.

 

Eternal Vengeance: A History of the Centralia Massacre

NW OVERSIZ 331.886 IRISH 1989

 

Fashions of Lewis County

R 979.782 FASHION

 

The Flood of 2007: Disaster and Survival on the Chehalis River

NW 363.3493 FLOOD O 2008

 

From Homestead to Lakebed

NW 979.782 SPARKMA 1994

 

George Washington of Centralia: How the Pioneering Son of a Slave Crossed the Continent, Founded a Town, and Saved it During its Darkest Hours

NW 979.782 MITTGE 2022

 

Glimpses of Historic Centralia

NW 979.782 GLIMPSE 1986

 

Historic Downtown Chehalis, Chehalis, Washington: A Public Guide

NW 979.782 WEYENET 1992

 

Historical Geography of Onalaska Washington

NW OVERSIZ 911.7978 FINDLEY 201-?

 

Historical Resources Guide and Bibliography of Lewis, Mason, and Thurston Counties, Washington

R 069.0257 HISTORI

 

A History of Chehalis

NW 979.782 CHEHALI 1955?

 

The History of Lewis County, Washington

NW 979.782 HISTORY 1985

2 volumes.

 

A History of Pe Ell, Washington: And the Upper Chehalis River Valley

NW 979.782 GRAVES 2006

 

The History of the Catholic People on the Upper Cowlitz River

R 282.7978 RAY 1983

 

A History of the Chehalis Industrial Commission: A Community-Owned Not-For-Profit (501c3) Group of Friends

NW 979.782 ZANDER 2013

 

A History of Winlock, Washington

NW 979.782 WALL 1952

 

Hop Cultivation in Lewis County, Washington, 1888 to 1940: A Study in Land Use Determinants

NW 633.8209 LINGREE 1981

 

How to Identify and Retain the Historic Character of Your House: A Guide for the Residents of Chehalis, WA

NW 643.7 OCONNOR 1998

 

Illustrated Early History of Toledo

NW 979.782 LASEKE 201-?

 

Immigrants of the Independence Valley

NW 979.782 ERICKSO 2016

 

The Issues in the Centralia Murder Trial

RARE OVERSIZ 331.886 ISSUES 1920

 

J.A. Veness: The Timber Baron of Winlock: The Rise and Fall of the Timber Industry in Winlock, Washington

NW 338.4767 GALVIN 2002

 

John R. Jackson: Washington's First American Pioneer

R 979.7802 HANNON 1998

 

Laboring in Love: Angelo and Teresa Ciranny: From Italy to Tono to Centralia

NW 630.9797 ZOPOLOS 2007

 

The Land Called Lewis: A History of Lewis County, Washington

NW 979.782 CROWELL 2007

 

The Lewis County Historian: Quarterly Newsletter of the Lewis County Historical Society & Museum

v.26:no.1(2004:Feb)-(2022:Win.)

 

Lewis County, Southwestern Washington

RARE V OVERSIZ 917.9751 LEWIS C 1909

 

The Lincoln Creek Finns of Lewis County, Washington

R 979.004 FINNISH

Finnish-American Historical Society of the West, v.13:no.2(1982).

 

A Little History of Independence Valley, Washington

NW 979.782 DITCH 1976

 

A Love Story

NW 979.779 ROBERTS 2009

 

The Mary Borst Story

NW 979.782 BLUHM 1989

 

Memories From Family Albums of School District #206

NW 979.782 MOSSYRO 1976

 

Morton, 1889-1989 Centennial

NW 979.782 MORTON 1989

 

My River: A Memoir

NW 979.782 STEARNS 2008

 

Onalaska: From Kansas to Washington -- Via Wisconsin, Arkansas, Minnesota and Texas, 1886-1942

NW 979.782 KUCERA 2011

 

Our Hometowns: A Historical Photo Album of Greater Lewis County

NW 979.782 OUR HOM

3 volumes.

 

Out of a Wilderness

R 979.782 TOPORKE 1982

 

Packwood on the March; Report

NW 979.782 PACKWOO 1954

 

Pe Ell's Polish Pioneers

NW 979.782 KOWALSK 2007

 

Pennsylvania Avenue-West Side National Historic District, Chehalis, Washington: A Public Guide

NW 979.782 WEYENET 1992

 

Pioneer Musings

NW 979.782 BLAIR 2014

 

Pioneer Spirits: Investigating the Haunted Lewis County Historical Museum

NW 979.782 FRAZIER 2014

 

Postmarked Washington: Lewis and Cowlitz Counties

NW 383.4979 RAMSEY 1978

 

Prohibition, Prostitution and Presbyterian Pews: An Irreverent, Outrageous, Heartwarming Collection of Memories and Washington State History

NW 979.782 KENNICO 2017

 

Quilting Coloring: History of Lewis County

RARE 979.782 QUILTIN 1976

 

Riding the Upper Cowlitz Circuit: Fifty Years Ago, 1893-1896, With a Brief Account of Methodism in Lewis County

RARE OVERSIZ 287.6797 RULE 1945

 

Rural Democracy: Family Farmers and Politics in Western Washington, 1890-1925

NW 306.2097 WATKINS 1995

 

Saint Urban Church Community: Early Years

NW 929.2097 CHAMBER 2016

 

A Simple Song: Recollections From a Backwoods County

NW 979.782 MOHNEY 2008

 

South-Western Washington: Its Topography, Climate, Resources, Productions, Manufacturing Advantages, Wealth and Growth: With Illustrated Reviews of the Principal Cities and Towns, and Pen Sketches of Their Representative Business Men: Also, Biographical Sketches of Prominent State, County, and Municipal Officials, With Numerous Illustrations

RARE V 979.78 MILLER 1890

 

Souvenir of Centralia Wash.

RARE FOLIO 979.82 SOUVENI 1891

 

Stories from Riffe, Wash

NW 979.782 ROSE 2013

 

A Swedish Homestead Beside the National Park Highway at a Place Called Ethel

NW 979.782 SWEDISH 2019

 

Tales From Saturday's Child: A Collection of Columns by Gordon Aadland

NW 979.782 AADLAND 2014

 

Tales of a Country Doctor: 100 Years of Health Care in Lewis County

R 610.92 BEDE 1993

 

These Walls Talk: Lewis County's 1927 Historic Courthouse

NW 979.782 ZANDER 2014a

 

This Flood Happened

NW 363.3493 THIS FL 2008

 

The Toledo Community Story

NW 979.782 TOLEDO 1976

 

The Toledo Community Story, 1853-1953

R OVERSIZ 979.782 TOLEDO 1953?

 

The Toledo Community Story, 1800-2008

NW 979.782 TOLEDO 2008

 

The Toledo Community Story, 1800-2019

NW 979.782 TOLEDO 2019

 

The Town of Many Names, 1906 to 2006: Historical Look into the Past of Kraft, Little Falls, Sopenah, & Vader

NW 979.782 TOWN OF 2005?

 

The Trees Were So Thick There Was Nowhere to Look But Up!: Early Settlers of Morton and Mineral Washington

NW 979.782 SPARKMA 1989

 

Where the Big Bottom Begins

R 979.782 SPARKMA 1995

 

Winlock, Washington Territory

NW OVERSIZ 979.782 HALE 1948

 

Wobbly War: The Centralia Story

NW 331.886 MCCLELL 1987

 

The Wooden Bench: Inkwells, Slates, and Coping Saws

NW 979.782 TILLER 1991