Kitsap County, Washington Genealogy
United States > Washington > Kitsap County
County Courthouse[edit | edit source]
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[1]
Quick History[edit | edit source]
13 July 1857: Renamed from Slaughter County.
Parent Counties[edit | edit source]
16 Jan 1847: Kitsap County was created as Slaughter County from Jefferson and King Counties. County seat: Port Orchard [2]
Boundary Changes[edit | edit source]
Record Loss[edit | edit source]
Places / Localities[edit | edit source]
Populated Places[edit | edit source]
Neighboring Counties[edit | edit source]
Island | Jefferson | King | Mason | Pierce | Snohomish
Resources[edit | edit source]
Cemeteries[edit | edit source]
- K P Cemetery, Port Orchard BillionGraves
- Poulsbo Cemetery, Poulsbo BillionGraves
Census[edit | edit source]
- 1860
- 1870
- 1880
- 1890 Veterans
- 1900
- 1910
- 1920
- 1930
Church[edit | edit source]
LDS Ward and Branch Records
- Bremerton
- Port Orchard
Court[edit | edit source]
Land[edit | edit source]
Local Histories[edit | edit source]
Maps[edit | edit source]
Military[edit | edit source]
Naturalization[edit | edit source]
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[edit | edit source]
Port Orchard Independent
The Sun
Probate[edit | edit source]
Taxation[edit | edit source]
Vital Records[edit | edit source]
Societies and Libraries[edit | edit source]
Puget Sound Genealogical Society
P.O. Box 1931
Port Orchard, WA 98366-0805
(360)874-8813
Family History Centers
[edit | edit source]
- Introduction to LDS Family History Centers
- Bremerton Washington Family History Center
- Poulsbo Washington Family History Center
Web Sites[edit | edit source]
References[edit | edit source]
- ↑ Handybook for Genealogists: United States of America, 10th ed. (Draper, Utah: Everton Pub., 2002), Kitsap County, Washington page 733, {WorldCat|50140092|disp=At various libraries (WorldCat)}}; FHL Book 973 D27e 2002.
- ↑ The Handybook for Genealogists: United States of America,10th ed. (Draper, UT:Everton Publishers, 2002).