Introduction to Genealogy
WEBSITES
Online Presentation – Washington State Genealogy
America’s Genealogy Bank ($) – available at the Washington State Library
Ancestry.com / AncestryLibrary.com ($)- available at the Washington State Library
Bureau of Land Management – Land Patents Database
Genealogy Software Reviews
Legacy.com – online newspaper obituary archives
Libraries of Washington State
Obituary Daily Times
Random Acts of Genealogical Kindness
US GenWeb – hosts county genealogy websites
Washington State Archives
Keyword Search for Archives Collections
Washington State Digital Archives
Death Certificate (partial) Transcriptions, July 1, 1907 – 1960
Frontier Justice
Marriage Records
Washington Census Records
Washington State Genealogical Societies
Washington State Historical Society
Washington State Library
Cemetery and Obituary Links -
Genealogy
Genealogy Websites
Historic Newspapers Online
Land Records
Obituary Requests
Vital Records
Territorial Censuses of WA (list)
BOOKS
All available at the Washington State Library
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.