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=== County Overview === | === County Overview === | ||
*'''County Seat:''' Port Orchard <ref name="Handybook">''The Handybook for Genealogists: United States of America'',10th ed. (Draper, UT:Everton Publishers, 2002).</ref>. For Courthouse, see [[{{PAGENAME}}#Archives.2C_Libraries.2C_etc.|Archives, libraries, etc.]] | |||
==== County Formation ==== | |||
Kitsap County, Washington was created 16 January 1847.<ref>The Evolution of Washington Counties by Newton Carl Abbott, Fred E. Carver, 1979. Published by the Yakima Valley Genealogical Society and Klickitat County Genealogical Society.</ref> | |||
{{Tip|Before 1888—and perhaps until the newly-formed county was fully operational—search records of the parent county(s).}} <br> | |||
*'''Parent Counties:''' created 16 Jan 1847 as Slaughter County from [[Jefferson County, Washington|Jefferson]] and [[King County, Washington|King]] Counties. Renamed 13 July 1857 from Slaughter County. | |||
===== Boundary Changes ===== | |||
[http://publications.newberry.org/ahcbp/documents/WA_Individual_County_Chronologies.htm#OKANOGAN Historical County Boundaries] from Newberry Library<ref>John H. Long, ''Atlas of Historical County Boundaries'' (Chicago: Newberry Library, 2006) [http://publications.newberry.org/ahcbp/ online].</ref><br><br> | |||
==== Neighboring Counties ==== | |||
*'''Neighboring Counties:''' [[Island County, Washington|Island]] | [[Jefferson County, Washington|Jefferson]] | [[King County, Washington|King]] | [[Mason County, Washington|Mason]] | [[Pierce County, Washington|Pierce]] | [[Snohomish County, Washington|Snohomish]] | |||
==== Dates of Major County Records ==== | |||
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| width="100%" bgcolor="#99d6ff" colspan="6" | '''* For earlier dates, try...''' '''[[Kitsap County, Washington#Church_Records|Church]] | [[Kitsap County, Washington#Obituaries|Obituaries]] | [[Kitsap County, Washington#Cemeteries|Cemeteries]]''' | | width="100%" bgcolor="#99d6ff" colspan="6" | '''* For earlier dates, try...''' '''[[Kitsap County, Washington#Church_Records|Church]] | [[Kitsap County, Washington#Obituaries|Obituaries]] | [[Kitsap County, Washington#Cemeteries|Cemeteries]]''' | ||
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==== Record Loss ==== | ==== Record Loss ==== | ||
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The types of records that follow are used for genealogy and family history. Most tell what you may learn and how to locate the records. Links to Internet sites usually go directly to {{PAGENAME}} entries with names, images, or information. | The types of records that follow are used for genealogy and family history. Most tell what you may learn and how to locate the records. Links to Internet sites usually go directly to {{PAGENAME}} entries with names, images, or information. | ||
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==== Ethnic, Political or Religious Groups ==== | ==== Ethnic, Political or Religious Groups ==== | ||
===== American Indian ===== | |||
===== Japanese ===== | ===== Japanese ===== | ||
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==== Periodicals ==== | ==== Periodicals ==== | ||
==== Poorhouses, Poor Law, etc. ==== | |||
==== Probate Records ==== | ==== Probate Records ==== | ||
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==== Public Records ==== | ==== Public Records ==== | ||
==== Taxation ==== | ==== Taxation ==== | ||