Kitsap County, Washington Genealogy

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County Courthouse

Kitsap County Courthouse
614 Division Street
Port Orchard, WA 98366
Phone 360.337.7164

County Auditor has birth records 1891-1907, death record
1892-1907 and marriage records from 1892; County Clerk
has divorce and court records from 1888, probate and
adoption records from 1861 and land rec from 1857

Quick History

13 July 1857: Renamed from Slaughter County.

Parent Counties

16 Jan 1847: Kitsap County was created as Slaughter County from Jefferson and King Counties. County seat: Port Orchard

Places / Localities

Neighboring Counties

Island | Jefferson | King | Mason | Pierce | Snohomish

Resources

Cemeteries

• K P Cemetery, Port Orchard BillionGraves
• Poulsbo Cemetery, Poulsbo BillionGraves

Census

• 1860
• 1870
• 1880
• 1890 Veterans
• 1900
• 1910
• 1920
• 1930

Church

LDS Ward and Branch Records

• Bremerton
• Port Orchard

Naturalization

Washington State Digital Archives has digitized various types of naturalization-related records, including declarations of intentions, delayed birth files, naturalization affidavits, notifications of application for admission to US citizenship, orders fixing naturalization terms, petitions and records, petitions, receipts for certificates of citizenship, record of final decrees of citizenship and record of petitions dockets. Depending on the county, records range from 1854-1988.

Newspapers

Port Orchard Independent

The Kitsap Sun

The Bainbridge Review

Societies and Libraries

Puget Sound Genealogical Society

P.O. Box 1931

Port Orchard, WA 98366-0805

(360)874-8813

www.pusogensoc.org

Family History Centers

• Introduction to LDS Family History Centers
• Bremerton Washington Family History Center
• Poulsbo Washington Family History Center

Web Sites

• Family History Library Catalog
• Kitsap County, Washington Genealogy and Family History (Linkpendium)