Washington Secretary of State



Introduction to Genealogy

WEBSITES

Online Presentation – Washington State Genealogy

sos.library/libraries/projects/askwa/Ref22Archives.aspx

America’s Genealogy Bank ($) – available at the Washington State Library

/ ($) - available at the Washington State Library

Bureau of Land Management – Land Patents Database glorecords.

Genealogy Software Reviews

– online newspaper obituary archives

Libraries of Washington State sos.library/search_library.aspx

Obituary Daily Times rootsweb.~obituary/

Random Acts of Genealogical Kindness

US GenWeb – hosts county genealogy websites

Washington State Archives sos.archives/

Keyword Search for Archives Collections sos.archives/search.aspx

Washington State Digital Archives digitalarchives.

Death Certificate (partial) Transcriptions, July 1, 1907 – 1960 digitalarchives.TitleInfo.aspx?tid=472

Frontier Justice digitalarchives.Collections.aspx#RSID:13

Marriage Records digitalarchives.Collections.aspx#RSID:1

Washington Census Records digitalarchives.Collections.aspx#RSID:3

Washington State Genealogical Societies rootsweb.~wasgs/wsgssocs.htm

Washington State Historical Society

Washington State Library sos.library/

Cemetery and Obituary Links - sos.library/ObituaryResources.aspx

Genealogy sos.library/Genealogy.aspx

Genealogy Websites sos.library/genwebresources.aspx

Historic Newspapers Online sos.history/newspapers.aspx

Land Records sos.library/landrecords.aspx

Obituary Requests sos.library/Obituaries.aspx

Vital Records sos.library/VitalRecords.aspx

Territorial Censuses of WA (list) sos._assets/library/Territorial_Census.pdf

BOOKS

All available at the Washington State Library sos.library/catalog.aspx

Genealogy 101

Family history 101 : a beginner's guide to finding your ancestors / Marcia D. Yannizze Melnyk Cincinnati, OH : Family Tree Books, c2005.

The family tree guide book : everything you need to know to trace your genealogy across North America / the editors of Family Tree Magazine Cincinnati, Ohio : Betterway Books, c2002.

First steps in genealogy : a beginner's guide to researching your family history / Desmond Walls Allen Cincinnati, Ohio : Betterway Books, 1998.

Genealogy 101 : how to trace your family's history and heritage / Barbara Renick. Nashville : Rutledge Hill Press, c2003.

The genealogist's companion and sourcebook / Emily Anne Croom. 2nd ed. Cincinnati : Betterway Books, 2003.

The genealogy handbook : the complete guide to tracing your family tree / Ellen Galford Pleasantville, N.Y. : Reader's Digest, 2005.

Red book : American state, county & town sources / [edited by Alice Eichholz]. 3rd ed Provo, Utah : Ancestry, c2004.

The researcher's guide to American genealogy / Val D. Greenwood. 3rd ed Baltimore, MD : Genealogical Pub. Co., c2000.

The source : a guidebook to American genealogy / edited by Loretto Dennis Szucs & Sandra Hargreaves Luebking 3rd ed Provo, UT : Ancestry, 2006.

Unpuzzling your past : the best-selling basic guide to genealogy / Emily Anne Croom. 4th ed Cincinnati, Ohio : Betterway Books, c2001.

Census, Naturalization, Land and Other Records

The American census handbook / Thomas Jay Kemp. Wilmington, Del. : Scholarly Resources, 2001.

American naturalization records, 1790-1990 : what they are and how to use them / by John J. Newman 2nd ed Bountiful, Utah : Heritage Quest, c1998.

American passenger arrival records : a guide to the records of immigrants arriving at American ports by sail and steam / Michael Tepper Baltimore : Genealogical Pub. Co., 1993.

The beginner's guide to using tax lists / by Cornelius Carroll. Baltimore, Md. : Reprinted for Clearfield Co. by Genealogical Pub. Co., 2002, c1996.

Black genesis : a resource book for African-American genealogy / James M. Rose & Alice Eichholz 2nd ed Baltimore, MD : Genealogical Pub. Co., 2003.

The census book : a genealogist's guide to federal census facts, schedules, and indexes / William Dollarhide. Bountiful, Utah : Heritage Quest, 2000.

Discovering the history of your house and your neighborhood / Betsy J. Green. Santa Monica, CA : Santa Monica Press, c2002.

Estate inventories : how to use them / by Kenneth L. Smith Morgantown, Pa. : Masthof Press, c2000.

Family records of Washington pioneers / Daughters of the American Revolution. Washington State Society 1927-1986.

The hidden half of the family : a sourcebook for women's genealogy / Christina Kassabian Schaefer Baltimore, Md. : Genealogical Pub. Co., c1999.

Land & property research in the United States / by E. Wade Hone ; with Heritage Consulting and Services Salt Lake City, Utah : Ancestry, 1997.

Locating your roots : discover your ancestors using land records / Patricia Law Hatcher. Cincinnati, Ohio : Betterway Books, c2003.

Walking with your ancestors : a genealogist's guide to using maps and geography / Melinda Kashuba Cincinnati, OH : Family Tree Books, c2005.

Your guide to cemetery research / Sharon DeBartolo Carmack. Cincinnati, Ohio : Betterway Books, c2002.

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