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 [http://www.sos.wa.gov/archives/archives_state.aspx Washington State Archives]
-The State Records Collections provide an account of the public government in Washington State. They begin with the Washington Territory in 1853 and continue to the present.
+The State Records Collections provide records of the government of Washington State beginning with the Washington Territory in 1853 and continues to the present.
-The collection contains the papers of each&nbsp;governor, legislative records, court records,&nbsp;records from state agencies, "official records" of&nbsp;the state. Records from accounting, maps,&nbsp;natural resources, volunteer firemen, and more,&nbsp;including women's council. All the case files of&nbsp;the Washington Territorial District Court for&nbsp;1853 to 1889 including civil, criminal and&nbsp;probate records.
+The collection contains an array of documents from the governor, legislature, courts, state agencies, and the "official records" of&nbsp;the state. From accounting, maps, to natural resources including case files of&nbsp;the Washington Territorial District Court for&nbsp;1853 to 1889 which include civil, criminal and&nbsp;probate records.
+A state-wide guide to all of the manuscript collections in museums, libraries, universities, historical societies, churches, etc. in the state (the Washington State Archives collections were published in a separate volume, now up to date and searchable on-line).
-A state-wide guide to all of the manuscript collections in museums, libraries, universities, historical societies, churches, etc. in the state (the Washington State Archives collections were published in a separate volume, now up to date and searchable on-line). The data was published in a limited number of hard-copy volumes, and the data base was somehow not forgotten. It was migrated from Spindex to Gencat to Access, and now to PDF format. &nbsp;The information is arranged by city, then by repository, and then the collections for each repository are listed. Contact information for the repositories (as of 1981) is at the end of the guide.
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-Statewide Historical Records Guide (1981)
+[[Statewide Historical Records Guide (1981)|Statewide Historical Records Guide]] (1981)
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 There are five regional archive locations in the state. &nbsp;Each region has specific counties that it covers.
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 == Northwest Region  ==