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== Record Finder Table for Washington ==
This table can help you decide which records to search in Washington for your ancestors.  
The following Record Finder table assists researchers in determining record types that may list the information they are looking for.
=== Order of Records ===
The typically most reliable sources are listed at the top of the list. However, depending on the time period of the record and location, multiple records in the list may need to be searched to achieve the objective. Alternative records are listed as well in case traditional records do not provide the desired information.


== List of Topics ==
:1. In column 1 select a goal.
This Record Finder table links to the Washington topic Wiki pages, containing databases and other information about accessing the records.


===Vital Events ===
:2. In column 2 find the types of records most likely to have the information you need and click for details.
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:3. In column 3 find additional record types that may be useful.
 
:4. Then look on the [[Washington#Counties|county]] Wiki pages and the {{FHL|Washington|place|disp=FamilySearch Catalog}} for collections.
 
{{Tip|Records of previous research (Genealogy, Biography, History, Periodicals, and Societies) are useful for most goals, but are not listed unless they are especially helpful.}}
 
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|-
|-
| style="align:left; width:25%;" | '''Searching for:'''  
| align="left" | '''1. If You Need '''  
| style="align:left; width:35%;" | '''Best Records to Search:'''  
| align="left" | '''2. Look First In'''  
| style="align:left; width:35%;" | '''Alternative Records:'''
| align="left" | '''3. Then Search'''
|-
|-
| align="left" | Birth date and place
| align="left" | Age
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|  
| align="left" | [[Washington Census|Census]], [[Washington Vital Records|Vital Records]], [[Washington Cemeteries|Cemeteries]]  
*[[Washington Vital Records|Vital Records]]
| align="left" | [[Washington Military Records|Military Records]], [[Washington Taxation|Taxation]]
*[[Washington Church Records|Church Records]]
*[[Washington Cemeteries|Cemeteries]]
*[[Washington Newspapers|Newspapers]]
*[[Washington Obituaries|Obituaries]]
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|  
*[[Washington Bible Records|Bible Records]]
*[[Washington Census|Census]]
|-
|-
| align="left" | Marriage place and date  
| align="left" | Birth date  
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|  
| align="left" | [[Washington Vital Records|Vital Records]], [[Washington Church Records|Church Records]], [[Washington Bible Records|Bible Records]]  
*[[Washington Vital Records|Vital Records]]
| align="left" | [[Washington Cemeteries|Cemeteries]], [[Washington Obituaries|Obituaries]], [[Washington Census|Census]]
*[[Washington Church Records|Church Records]]
*[[Washington Census|Census]]
*[[Washington Newspapers|Newspapers]]
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|  
*[[Washington Bible Records|Bible Records]]
*[[Washington Cemeteries|Cemeteries]]
*[[Washington Military Records|Military Records]]
*[[Washington Probate Records|Probate Records]]
*[[Washington Naturalization and Citizenship|Naturalization and Citizenship]]<br>(after 1906)
*[[Washington Land and Property|Land and Property]]
|-
|-
| align="left" | Death date, place, and burial
| align="left" | Birthplace
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|  
| align="left" | [[Washington Vital Records|Vital Records]], [[Washington Church Records|Church Records]], [[Washington Census|Census]]  
*[[Washington Vital Records|Vital Records]]
| align="left" | [[Washington Newspapers|Newspapers]], [[Washington Obituaries|Obituaries]]
*[[Washington Church Records|Church Records]]
|-
*[[Washington Obituaries|Obituaries]]  
| align="left" | City or parish of foreign birth
*[[Washington Cemeteries|Cemeteries]]
| align="left" | [[Washington Church Records|Church Records]], [[Washington, United States Genealogy|Genealogy]], [[Washington Biography|Biography]], [[Washington Naturalization and Citizenship|Naturalization and Citizenship]], [[Washington Societies|Societies]]  
*[[Washington Newspapers|Newspapers]]
| align="left" | [[Washington Vital Records|Vital Records]], [[Washington Obituaries|Obituaries]], [[Washington History|History]], [[Washington Emigration and Immigration|Emigration and Immigration]]
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|  
*[[Washington Probate Records|Probate Records]]
*[[Washington Bible Records|Bible Records]]
*[[Washington Military Records|Military Records]]
|-
|}
 
===Maiden Names and Family Members===
{| width="65%" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="5" border="1"
|-
|-
| style="align:left; width:25%;" | '''Searching for:'''
| align="left" | Country of foreign birth
| style="align:left; width:35%;" | '''Best Records to Search:'''
| align="left" | [[Washington Emigration and Immigration|Emigration and Immigration]], [[Washington Census|Census]], [[Washington Naturalization and Citizenship|Naturalization and Citizenship]], [[Washington Church Records|Church Records]]
| style="align:left; width:35%;" | '''Alternative Records:'''
| align="left" | [[Washington Military Records|Military Records]], [[Washington Vital Records|Vital Records]], [[Washington Newspapers|Newspapers]], [[Washington Obituaries|Obituaries]]
|-
|-
| align="left" | Maiden name
| align="left" | County origins and boundaries
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|  
| align="left" | [[Washington History|History]], [[Washington Maps|Maps]], [[Washington Historical Geography|Historical Geography]]  
*[[Washington Vital Records|Vital Records]]
| align="left" | [[Washington Gazetteers|Gazetteers]]
*[[Washington Church Records|Church Records]]
*[[Washington Newspapers|Newspapers]]
*[[Washington Bible Records|Bible Records]]
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|  
*[[Washington Cemeteries|Cemeteries]]
*[[Washington Military Records|Military Records]]
*[[Washington Probate Records|Probate Records]]
*[[Washington Obituaries|Obituaries]]
|-
|-
| align="left" | Parents, children, spouses, and other family members
| align="left" | Death
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|  
| align="left" | [[Washington Vital Records|Vital Records]], [[Washington Cemeteries|Cemeteries]], [[Washington Probate Records|Probate Records]], [[Washington Church Records|Church Records]], [[Washington Obituaries|Obituaries]], [[Washington Societies|Societies]]  
*[[Washington Vital Records|Vital Records]]
| align="left" | [[Washington Newspapers|Newspapers]], [[Washington Bible Records|Bible Records]], [[Washington Military Records|Military Records]], [[Washington Town Records|Town Records]]
*[[Washington Church Records|Church Records]]
*[[Washington Census|Census]]
*[[Washington Probate Records|Probate Records]]
*[[Washington Obituaries|Obituaries]]
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|  
*[[Washington Bible Records|Bible Records]]  
*[[Washington Newspapers|Newspapers]]  
*[[Washington Emigration and Immigration|Emigration and Immigration]]  
|-
|-
| align="left" | Living relatives
| align="left" | Ethnicity
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|  
| align="left" | [[Washington Minorities|Minorities]], [[Indians of the Washington and Their Records|American Indians]], [[Washington Societies|Societies]]  
*[[Washington Directories|Directories]]
| align="left" | [[Washington Church Records|Church Records]], [[Washington Emigration and Immigration|Emigration and Immigration]], [[Washington Naturalization and Citizenship|Naturalization and Citizenship]], [[Washington Periodicals|Periodicals]]
*[[Washington Court Records|Court Records]]
*[[Washington Obituaries|Obituaries]]
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|  
*[[Washington Census|Census]]
*[[Washington Biography|Biography]]
*[[Washington Societies|Societies]]
*[[Washington Church Records|Church Records]]
*[[Washington Probate Records|Probate Records]]
|-
|}
 
=== Immigration and Country of Origin ===
{| width="65%" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="5" border="1"
|-
|-
| style="align:left; width:25%;" | '''Searching for:'''
| align="left" | Historical background
| style="align:left; width:35%;" | '''Best Records to Search:'''
| align="left" | [[Washington History|History]], [[Washington Periodicals|Periodicals]]
| style="align:left; width:35%;" | '''Alternative Records:'''
| align="left" | [[Washington Minorities|Minorities]]
|-
|-
| align="left" | Immigration date  
| align="left" | Immigration date  
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|  
| align="left" | [[Washington Emigration and Immigration|Emigration and Immigration]], [[Washington Naturalization and Citizenship|Naturalization and Citizenship]], [[Washington, United States Genealogy|Genealogy]], [[Washington Societies|Societies]]  
*[[Washington Emigration and Immigration|Emigration and Immigration]]
| align="left" | [[Washington Census|Census]], [[Washington Newspapers|Newspapers]], [[Washington Biography|Biography]]
*[[Washington Naturalization and Citizenship|Naturalization and Citizenship]]<br>(after 1906)
*[[Washington Societies|Societies]]  
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|  
*[[Washington Census|Census]]
*[[Washington Newspapers|Newspapers]]
*[[Washington Biography|Biography]]
|-
|-
| align="left" | City or Country of foreign birth
| align="left" | Living relatives (and adoptions)
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|  
| align="left" | [[Washington, United States Genealogy|Genealogy]], [[Washington Directories|Directories]], [[Washington Court Records|Court Records]], [[Washington Obituaries|Obituaries]], Internet, [[Adoption Research|Adoptions]]
*[[Washington Vital Records|Vital Records]]
| align="left" | [[Washington Census|Census]], [[Washington Biography|Biography]], [[Washington Societies|Societies]], [[Washington Church Records|Church Records]], [[Washington Probate Records|Probate Records]]
*[[Washington Church Records|Church Records]]
|-
*[[Washington Emigration and Immigration|Emigration and Immigration]]
| align="left" | Maiden name
*[[Washington Census|Census]]
| align="left" | [[Washington Vital Records|Vital Records]], [[Washington Church Records|Church Records]], [[Washington Newspapers|Newspapers]], [[Washington Bible Records|Bible Records]]  
*[[Washington Naturalization and Citizenship|Naturalization and Citizenship]]<br>(after 1906)
| align="left" | [[Washington Cemeteries|Cemeteries]], [[Washington Military Records|Military Records]], [[Washington Probate Records|Probate Records]], [[Washington Obituaries|Obituaries]]
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|  
|-
*[[Washington Newspapers|Newspapers]]
| align="left" | Marriage
*[[Washington Obituaries|Obituaries]]
| align="left" | [[Washington Vital Records|Vital Records]], [[Washington Church Records|Church Records]], [[Washington Census|Census]], [[Washington Newspapers|Newspapers]], [[Washington Bible Records|Bible Records]], [[Washington Town Records|Town Records]]  
*[[Washington Military Records|Military Records]]
| align="left" | [[Washington Cemeteries|Cemeteries]], [[Washington Military Records|Military Records]], [[Washington Probate Records|Probate Records]], [[Washington Naturalization and Citizenship|Naturalization and Citizenship]], [[Washington Land and Property|Land and Property]]
*[[Washington Biography|Biography]]
|-
*[[Washington Societies|Societies]]  
| align="left" | Occupation
|}
| align="left" | [[Washington Census|Census]], [[Washington Directories|Directories]], [[Washington Emigration and Immigration|Emigration and Immigration]]
 
| align="left" | [[Washington Newspapers|Newspapers]], [[Washington Court Records|Court Records]], [[Washington Biography|Biography]]
=== Residences and Locations ===
|-
{| width="65%" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="5" border="1"
| align="left" | Parents, children, and other family members
| align="left" | [[Washington Vital Records|Vital Records]], [[Washington Church Records|Church Records]], [[Washington Census|Census]], Phone Disc, [[Washington Probate Records|Probate Records]], [[Washington Obituaries|Obituaries]], [[Washington, United States Genealogy|Genealogy]]  
| align="left" | [[Washington Bible Records|Bible Records]], [[Washington Newspapers|Newspapers]], [[Washington Emigration and Immigration|Emigration and Immigration]], [[Adoption Research|Adoptions]]
|-
| align="left" | Physical description
| align="left" | [[Washington Military Records|Military Records]], [[Washington Biography|Biography]]
| align="left" | [[Washington Naturalization and Citizenship|Naturalization and Citizenship]], [[Washington Vital Records|Vital Records]], [[Washington Emigration and Immigration|Emigration and Immigration]], [[Washington, United States Genealogy|Genealogy]]
|-
|-
| style="align:left; width:25%;" | '''Searching for:'''
| align="left" | Place-finding aids
| style="align:left; width:35%;" | '''Best Records to Search:'''
| align="left" | [[Washington Gazetteers|Gazetteers]], [[Washington Maps|Maps]], [[Washington Historical Geography|Historical Geography]]
| style="align:left; width:35%;" | '''Alternative Records:'''
| align="left" | [[Washington History|History]], [[Washington Periodicals|Periodicals]]
|-
|-
| align="left" | Residence
| align="left" | Place (town) of residence when you know only the state
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|  
| align="left" | [[Washington Census|Census]] (indexed), [[Washington, United States Genealogy|Genealogy]], [[Washington Military Records|Military Records]], [[Washington Vital Records|Vital Records]], and other records with a statewide index, [[Soundex|Soundex]]  
*[[Washington Census|Census]]
| align="left" | [[Washington Biography|Biography]], [[Washington Probate Records|Probate Records]], [[Washington History|History]], [[Washington Directories|Directories]], [[Washington Societies|Societies]], [[Washington Taxation|Taxation]]
*[[Washington Land and Property|Land and Property]]
*[[Washington Vital Records|Vital Records]]
*[[Washington Directories|Directories]]  
*[[Washington Taxation|Taxation]]
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|  
*[[Washington Obituaries|Obituaries]]  
*[[Washington Probate Records|Probate Records]]
*[[Washington Military Records|Military Records]]
*[[Washington Biography|Biography]]
*[[Washington Societies|Societies]]
|}
 
=== Personal Details and Affiliations ===
{| width="65%" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="5" border="1"
|-
|-
| style="align:left; width:25%;" | '''Searching for:'''
| align="left" | Places family has lived
| style="align:left; width:35%;" | '''Best Records to Search:'''
| align="left" | [[Washington Census|Census]], [[Washington Land and Property|Land and Property]], [[Washington History|History]], [[Washington Directories|Directories]]
| style="align:left; width:35%;" | '''Alternative Records:'''
| align="left" | [[Washington Military Records|Military Records]], [[Washington Taxation|Taxation]], [[Washington Obituaries|Obituaries]]
|-
|-
| align="left" | Nationality or ethnicity
| align="left" | Previous research (compiled genealogy)
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|
| align="left" | [[Washington, United States Genealogy|Genealogy]], [[Washington Periodicals|Periodicals]], [[Washington Societies|Societies]]  
*[[Washington Census|Census]]
| align="left" | [[Washington History|History]], [[Washington Biography|Biography]]
*[[African American Record Finder]]
*[[African American Resources for Washington|African Americans]]
*[[Indigenous Peoples of Washington|Indigenous Peoples]]
*[[Washington Cultural Groups|Cultural Groups]]
*[[Washington Naturalization and Citizenship|Naturalization and Citizenship]]<br>(after 1906)
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|  
*[[Washington Church Records|Church Records]]
*[[Washington Emigration and Immigration|Emigration and Immigration]]
*[[Washington Periodicals|Periodicals]]
*[[Washington Societies|Societies]]
 
|-
|-
| align="left" | Occupation
| align="left" | Record-finding aids
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|  
| align="left" | [[Washington Archives and Libraries|Archives and Libraries]], [[Washington Societies|Societies]]  
*[[Washington Census|Census]]
| align="left" | [[Washington Periodicals|Periodicals]]
*[[Washington Directories|Directories]]
*[[Washington Emigration and Immigration|Emigration and Immigration]]
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|  
*[[Washington Newspapers|Newspapers]]
*[[Washington Court Records|Court Records]]
*[[Washington Biography|Biography]]
|-
|-
| align="left" | Religion  
| align="left" | Religion  
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|  
| align="left" | [[Washington Church Records|Church Records]], [[Washington History|History]], [[Washington Biography|Biography]]  
*[[Washington Church Records|Church Records]]
| align="left" | [[Washington Bible Records|Bible Records]], [[Washington Cemeteries|Cemeteries]], [[Washington, United States Genealogy|Genealogy]]
*[[Washington Biography|Biography]]  
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|  
*[[Washington Bible Records|Bible Records]]
*[[Washington Cemeteries|Cemeteries]]
|-
|-
| align="left" | Social activities  
| align="left" | Social activities  
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|  
| align="left" | [[Washington History|History]], [[Washington Biography|Biography]] [[Washington Newspapers|Newspapers]], [[Washington Societies|Societies]]  
*[[Washington Biography|Biography]]  
| align="left" | [[Washington Obituaries|Obituaries]], [[Washington Court Records|Court Records]], [[Washington Cemeteries|Cemeteries]], [[Washington Directories|Directories]]
*[[Washington Newspapers|Newspapers]]
*[[Washington Societies|Societies]]  
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|  
*[[Washington Obituaries|Obituaries]]
*[[Washington Court Records|Court Records]]
*[[Washington Cemeteries|Cemeteries]]
*[[Washington Directories|Directories]]
|-
| align="left" | Physical description
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|
*[[Washington Military Records|Military Records]]
*[[Washington Biography|Biography]]
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|
*[[Washington Naturalization and Citizenship|Naturalization and Citizenship]]<br>(after 1906)
*[[Washington Vital Records|Vital Records]]
*[[Washington Emigration and Immigration|Emigration and Immigration]]
|-
|}
|}


=== Adoption ===
[[Category:Record_Selection_Tables]] [[Category:Washington Research Strategies]]
For information about adoptees and their biological families, please refer to: [[United States Adoption Research|United States Adoption Research]].
 
[[Category:Record_Finder]] [[Category:Washington Research Strategies]]

Revision as of 21:17, 9 May 2017

Washington Wiki Topics
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Beginning Research
Record Types
Washington Background
Cultural Groups
Local Research Resources

This table can help you decide which records to search in Washington for your ancestors.

1. In column 1 select a goal.
2. In column 2 find the types of records most likely to have the information you need and click for details.
3. In column 3 find additional record types that may be useful.
4. Then look on the county Wiki pages and the FamilySearch Catalog for collections.
Tip: Records of previous research (Genealogy, Biography, History, Periodicals, and Societies) are useful for most goals, but are not listed unless they are especially helpful.
1. If You Need  2. Look First In 3. Then Search
Age Census, Vital Records, Cemeteries Military Records, Taxation
Birth date Vital Records, Church Records, Bible Records Cemeteries, Obituaries, Census
Birthplace Vital Records, Church Records, Census Newspapers, Obituaries
City or parish of foreign birth Church Records, Genealogy, Biography, Naturalization and Citizenship, Societies Vital Records, Obituaries, History, Emigration and Immigration
Country of foreign birth Emigration and Immigration, Census, Naturalization and Citizenship, Church Records Military Records, Vital Records, Newspapers, Obituaries
County origins and boundaries History, Maps, Historical Geography Gazetteers
Death Vital Records, Cemeteries, Probate Records, Church Records, Obituaries, Societies Newspapers, Bible Records, Military Records, Town Records
Ethnicity Minorities, American Indians, Societies Church Records, Emigration and Immigration, Naturalization and Citizenship, Periodicals
Historical background History, Periodicals Minorities
Immigration date Emigration and Immigration, Naturalization and Citizenship, Genealogy, Societies Census, Newspapers, Biography
Living relatives (and adoptions) Genealogy, Directories, Court Records, Obituaries, Internet, Adoptions Census, Biography, Societies, Church Records, Probate Records
Maiden name Vital Records, Church Records, Newspapers, Bible Records Cemeteries, Military Records, Probate Records, Obituaries
Marriage Vital Records, Church Records, Census, Newspapers, Bible Records, Town Records Cemeteries, Military Records, Probate Records, Naturalization and Citizenship, Land and Property
Occupation Census, Directories, Emigration and Immigration Newspapers, Court Records, Biography
Parents, children, and other family members Vital Records, Church Records, Census, Phone Disc, Probate Records, Obituaries, Genealogy Bible Records, Newspapers, Emigration and Immigration, Adoptions
Physical description Military Records, Biography Naturalization and Citizenship, Vital Records, Emigration and Immigration, Genealogy
Place-finding aids Gazetteers, Maps, Historical Geography History, Periodicals
Place (town) of residence when you know only the state Census (indexed), Genealogy, Military Records, Vital Records, and other records with a statewide index, Soundex Biography, Probate Records, History, Directories, Societies, Taxation
Places family has lived Census, Land and Property, History, Directories Military Records, Taxation, Obituaries
Previous research (compiled genealogy) Genealogy, Periodicals, Societies History, Biography
Record-finding aids Archives and Libraries, Societies Periodicals
Religion Church Records, History, Biography Bible Records, Cemeteries, Genealogy
Social activities History, Biography Newspapers, Societies Obituaries, Court Records, Cemeteries, Directories
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