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The archives and libraries listed below offer services or have major collections of genealogical and historical records relating to Washington. | The archives and libraries listed below offer services or have major collections of genealogical and historical records relating to Washington. | ||
=== Archives === | === Archives === | ||
*'''[http://www.cwu.edu/~archives Washington State Archives]'''<br>1120 Washington Street S.E. <br>Olympia, WA 98504-0238 <br>Telephone: 360-586-1492 <br>Fax: 360-664-8814<br>Mailing Address: <br>P.O. Box 40238 <br>Olympia, WA 98504-0238 | *'''[http://www.cwu.edu/~archives Washington State Archives]'''<br>1120 Washington Street S.E. <br>Olympia, WA 98504-0238 <br>Telephone: 360-586-1492 <br>Fax: 360-664-8814<br>Mailing Address: <br>P.O. Box 40238 <br>Olympia, WA 98504-0238 | ||
*'''[http://www.digitalarchives.wa.gov/default.aspx Washington State Digital Archives]'''<br>The nation's first archives dedicated to the preservation of electronic records from both State and Local agencies that have permanent historical value. The web site was designed to provide simple, straight forward access to researchers. | *'''[http://www.digitalarchives.wa.gov/default.aspx Washington State Digital Archives]'''<br>The nation's first archives dedicated to the preservation of electronic records from both State and Local agencies that have permanent historical value. The web site was designed to provide simple, straight forward access to researchers. | ||
*'''[http://www.archives.gov/pacific-alaska/seattle/ National Archives—Pacific and | *'''[http://www.archives.gov/pacific-alaska/seattle/ National Archives—Pacific and Alaska Region (Seattle)]<br>'''6125 Sand Point Way, N.E. <br>Seattle, WA 98115-7999 <br>Telephone: 206-336-5115<br>Fax: 206-336-5112 | ||
=== Libraries === | === Libraries === | ||
*'''[http://www.washingtonhistory.org/wshs/ Washington State Historical Society Library]<br>'''Research Center <br>315 North Stadium Way <br>Tacoma, WA 98402 <br>Telephone: 253-798-5914 <br>Fax: 253-597-4186 | *'''[http://www.washingtonhistory.org/wshs/ Washington State Historical Society Library]<br>'''Research Center <br>315 North Stadium Way <br>Tacoma, WA 98402 <br>Telephone: 253-798-5914 <br>Fax: 253-597-4186 | ||
*'''[http://www.secstate.wa.gov/library/ Washington State Library]<br>'''P.O. Box 42460 <br>Olympia, WA 98504-2460 <br>Telephone: 360-753-5590 <br>Fax: 360-586-7575 <br>Internet: | *'''[http://www.secstate.wa.gov/library/ Washington State Library]<br>'''P.O. Box 42460 <br>Olympia, WA 98504-2460 <br>Telephone: 360-753-5590 <br>Fax: 360-586-7575 <br>Internet: | ||
*'''[http://www.spl.org/ Seattle Public Library]<br>'''1000 Fourth Avenue <br>Seattle, WA 98104 <br>Telephone: 206-386-4629 <br>Fax: 206-386-4632 | *'''[http://www.spl.org/ Seattle Public Library]<br>'''1000 Fourth Avenue <br>Seattle, WA 98104 <br>Telephone: 206-386-4629 <br>Fax: 206-386-4632 | ||
*'''[http://www.lib.washington.edu/about/hours/suz.html Suzzallo-Allen Library]<br>'''University of Washington <br>P.O. Box 352900 <br>Seattle, WA 98195-2900 <br>Telephone: 206-543-9158 <br>Fax: 206-685-8049<br>A helpful catalog for this library is:<br>University of Washington (Seattle) Library, ''The Dictionary Catalog of the Pacific Northwest Collection of the University of Washington (Seattle) Libraries.'' Six Volumes. (Boston, Massachusetts: G.K. Hall and Co., 1972.) {{WorldCat|842756|disp=At various libraries (WorldCat)}}; | *'''[http://www.lib.washington.edu/about/hours/suz.html Suzzallo-Allen Library]<br>'''University of Washington <br>P.O. Box 352900 <br>Seattle, WA 98195-2900 <br>Telephone: 206-543-9158 <br>Fax: 206-685-8049<br>A helpful catalog for this library is:<br>University of Washington (Seattle) Library, ''The Dictionary Catalog of the Pacific Northwest Collection of the University of Washington (Seattle) Libraries.'' Six Volumes. (Boston, Massachusetts: G.K. Hall and Co., 1972.) {{WorldCat|842756|disp=At various libraries (WorldCat)}}; {{FHL|87581|item|disp=Family History Library book Q 979.7 A3w}} | ||
=== Washington Digital Collections === | |||
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has <u>statewide</u> '''online''' database links which ''may'' include vital records, biographies, cemeteries, censuses, histories, immigration records, land records, maps, military records, naturalizations, newspapers, obituaries, or probate records. | |||
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*''Historical Records of Washington State: Records and Papers Held at Repositories''. Olympia, Washington: Washington State Historical Records Advisory Board, 1981. {{WorldCat|8667584|disp=At various libraries (WorldCat)}}; ({{FHL|77641|item|disp=Family History Library book 979.7 A3hi; fiche 6051177}} | *''Historical Records of Washington State: Records and Papers Held at Repositories''. Olympia, Washington: Washington State Historical Records Advisory Board, 1981. {{WorldCat|8667584|disp=At various libraries (WorldCat)}}; ({{FHL|77641|item|disp=Family History Library book 979.7 A3hi; fiche 6051177}} | ||
*To learn more about the history and record-keeping systems of Washington counties use the 15 inventories of the county archives produced by the Historical Records Survey around 1940. Copies of these inventories are at the Family History Library. To access these records, use the Place-names Search in the FHL catalog for: | *To learn more about the history and record-keeping systems of Washington counties use the 15 inventories of the county archives produced by the Historical Records Survey around 1940. Copies of these inventories are at the Family History Library. To access these records, use the Place-names Search in the FHL catalog for: | ||
:*WASHINGTON, [COUNTY] - Archives and Libraries | :*WASHINGTON, [COUNTY] - Archives and Libraries | ||