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Affiliated Tribes of Northwest Indians

For Alaska, California, Idaho, Montana, Nevada, Oregon, Washington.

American Life Histories: Manuscripts from the Federal Writers' Project, 1936-1940 - Washington

From the Library of Congress.

Ancestry.com - Wills, Probates, Land, Tax & Criminal

Ancestry.com has searchable indexes; database results and some digitized images are available with a fee-based subscription.

Chinese Exclusion Act Case Files

The purpose of this blog is to showcase the variety of information found in the Chinese Exclusion Act case files and to give guidance on how to locate information in the files. The focus is the files at the National Archives-Seattle from Record Group 85 pertaining to Seattle, Port Townsend, and Sumas, Washington; and Portland, Oregon. Although these files are located in Seattle, the subject of the file may have lived anywhere in the United States.

Chinese Exclusion Act Records at the National Archives at Seattle

Chinook Indian Nation

Cowlitz Indian Tribe

Eastern Washington Biographical Sketches

Name indexes and biographical sketches from the books History of North Washington, an illustrated history of Stevens, Ferry, Okanogan and Chelan counties, 1904; and History of The Big Bend Country, an Illustrated History of the Big Bend Country, Embracing Lincoln, Douglas, Adams and Franklin Counties, State of Washington, 1904.

GEDCOM Index - Washington

Index of GEDCOM files found online, arranged by surname and given name.

Issaquah Historic Families

Legacy Project - HistoryMakers: Search

Washington State Governors, Lieutenant Governors, Secretaries of States, Treasurers, U.S. Senators and U.S. Representatives have been included. From the Washington Secretary of State.

MercerGirls.com

They Called Them the Mercer Girls. Washington Territory's Cargo of Brides.

Online County and Town Histories - Washington

This site provides over 3,000 links to free county and town histories published from 1850 to the early 1920s. These histories often contain detailed biographies of their citizens.

Our Family Tree - Washington Genealogy

Collection of family trees and resources for the state of Washington: Conrad, Faull, Siler, Howard, Boylan, Bowen, Sill, Ellis, Andrews, French

Pacific Northwest Historical Documents Database

From the University of Washington Libraries Digital Collection. The Pacific Northwest Historical Documents database is a collection of original, diaries, letters, reminiscences and political documents drawn from various sources within the Special Collections Division. These documents recount the early settlement of Washington and the establishment of homesteads and towns and describe the hardships faced by many of the early pioneers.

Puyallup Tribe of Indians

Suquamish Tribe

The Confederated Tribes of the Chehalis

The Confederated Tribes of the Chehalis Reservation

The Tribes of Washington