Washington State Archives, Digital Archives

If you are doing genealogical research in Washington State! It does not get any better than this! When doing a search, less is more!

If you are looking for a death certificate - be sure to use spelling variations - Don't just try Sam Smith... try Sam S... try Sam Smy etc. Sometimes a partial name search will turn up your person when a whole name search does not. Its the nature of old records to have things spelled in strange ways.