Tacoma-Pierce County Genealogical Society

Puget Sound Genealogy Resources

The following is a list of research libraries, institutions, museums and research groups in the greater Puget Sound area. This region is abundant with a large variety of research sources and we hope that this list will help you in planning a successful genealogical research trip to our area!

Tacoma-Pierce County Genealogical Society
PO Box 1952
Tacoma, Washington 98401
http://www.tpcgs.org

When sending inquiries to the society, please enclose a self-addressed, stamped, legal-sized no. 10 envelope. Please be sure to include your full mailing address.

Fiske Genealogical Foundation
1644 - 43rd Ave. E. (Madison Park)
Seattle, Washington 98122-3222
(206) 328-2716

Open Mon. and Sat., 10 am to 3 pm with expanded hours on Wednesday which include 10 am to 3 pm and 6 pm to 8 pm
There is a $5.00 usage fee for non-members.

Heritage Quest Genealogy Research Library
909 Main Street Suite 5
Sumner, Washington 98390
(253) 863-1806
E-mail: research@hqrl.com/

Open: Seven days a week (except legal holidays) from 11 am to 4 pm with extended hours on Wednesdays from 9 am to 9 pm. There is a $4 per day charge unless you are a member of the HQRL.

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Highline Community College
Building 25
Just west of 240th & Pacific Highway South
Des Moines, Washington 98198
(206) 878-3710

Jefferson County Genealogical Society Library
540 Water Street
Port Townsend WA 98368-5725
(360) 385-1003

Hours: Monday-Saturday 11 am - 4 pm
Sunday 1 pm - 4 pm
Closed Thanksgiving Day, Christmas Day, New Years Day, 3rd Saturday in May, weekdays during January and February.
There is a $2 fee for non-members.

Jefferson County Historical Society
540 Water Street
Port Townsend, WA 98368
(360) 385 1003
jchsmuseum@olympus.net

King County Archives & Records Management
1215 East Fir Street
Seattle, Washington 98122-5424
(206) 296-1538
E-mail: Archives@MetroKC.GOV

By appointment only. Hours 8:30 am - 4:30pm, Monday through Friday.
Copies are 15 cents per page

King County Law Library
W621 King County Courthouse
516 3rd Avenue
Seattle, Washington 98104
(206) 296-0940
(206) 205-0513 (FAX)

They have the first De-Cennial Digest

King County Library System

The Eastside Genealogical Society has its collection housed at:
Bellevue Regional Library
1111 110th Ave. NE
Bellevue, Washington 98004-4508
(425) 450-1760

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LDS Family History Centers:

Auburn:

Bellevue:

Bellingham:

Bremerton:

Chehalis:

Chimacum:

Elma:

Everett:

Federal Way:

Kirkland:

Lake Stevens:

Longview:

Maple Valley:

Mount Vernon:

Mountlake Terrace:

Olympia:

Port Angeles:

Puyallup Washington South Stake:

South Seattle (Tiffany Park) - Seattle Stake:

Seattle/North Shore :

Sumner FHC (Puyallup Stake):

Tacoma, 12th & Pearl:

Vancouver (Washington):

Vashon:

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Lemieux Library
Seattle University
900 Broadway (Broadway and Madison)
Seattle, Washington 98122
(206) 296-6228

This library has wonderful resources for advanced Irish research.

National Archives-Pacific Alaska Region (Seattle)
6125 Sand Point Way N.E.
Seattle, Washington 98115-7999
(206) 526-6501
E-mail: archives@seattle.nara.gov/

Hours: Monday through Friday, 7:45 am to 4 pm
1st and 2nd Tuesday of the month, 7:45am to 8 pm

Also see the online listing of the National Archives Microfilm Collection in Seattle.

Olympia Genealogical Society
P.O. Box 1313
Olympia, WA 98507-1313

Pierce County Library System
3005 112th St. E.
Tacoma, WA 98446-2215

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Poulsbo Branch - Kitsap Regional Library
700 NE Lincoln Rd.
Poulsbo, Washington 98370
(360) 779-2915

Hours: Mon. & Tues. 10 am to 8:30 pm, Wed. 1 pm to 8:30 pm, Thurs. 1 pm to 5:00 pm, Fri. & Sat. 10 am to 5:30 pm.

The library has a large collection of Scandinavian references.

Puget Sound Genealogical Society (PSGS)
PO Box 1931
Port Orchard, Washington 98366-0805

PSGS Library hours are Monday and Friday 10:00 am to 4:00 pm.
The library phone number is (360) 874-8813.

Puget Sound Regional Archives
3000 Landerholm Circle SE, MS-N100
Bellevue, Washington 98007-6484
(425) 564-3940
archives@bcc.ctc.edu

The archives has local governmental records for King, Kitsap and Pierce counties and records of state agency offices in the same region.
Open 9:00am-4:30pm, by appointment, Monday through Friday
**You MUST make an appointment

Roots Users Group of Washington State
Support group for The Master Genealogist software
Meetings are the 2nd Saturday of every month, from 9 am to 12 noon at:
Bellevue Firestation #9
12412 SE 69th Way
Bellevue, Washington

For more information, email:
Margaret DeForeest at mdefor@nwlink.com

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Scandinavian Immigrant Experience Collection - Robert A.L. Mortvedt Library
Pacific Lutheran University
Tacoma, Washington 98447
(253) 535-7586

This collection contains materials relating to Scandinavian immigrants who settled in the United States (particularly in the Pacific Northwest) and Canada. This includes a number of Norwegian bygdeboks and the Scandinavian portion of a major immigrant microfilm collection.

Seattle Genealogical Society
6200 Sand Point Way NE, #101
Seattle, Washington 98115

Mailing Address:
PO Box 75388
Seattle, WA 98125-0388
(206) 522-8658

Hours: Monday evenings, 6:30 pm to 9 pm and Tuesday through Saturday, 10 am to 3 pm.
There is a $4 fee for non-members.

Special interest groups:
The SGS Computer Interest Group is the oldest computer genealogy group in the US (established January 1981).

Seattle King County Historical Society
2700 24th E
Seattle, Washington 98112
(206) 324-1126

Seattle Pacific University Library
3307 Third Avenue West
Seattle, Washington 98119-1997
Telephone: (206) 281-2982

The university has the Religion Index searchable by subject on CD-ROM for listings of articles on religious subjects and groups.

Seattle Public Library
Central Library
1000 4th Avenue
Seattle, Washington 98104
(206) 386-4636

Main Library
Hours:
Monday through Wednesday, 10 am to 8 pm
Thursday through Saturday, 10 am to 6 pm
Sunday 1 pm - 5 pm

The Genealogy Department is located on Books Spiral 9.

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Seattle Public Schools Archives and Records Management Center
1330 N 90th St
Seattle, Washington 98103
(206) 252-0795
Fax (206) 252-0796
E-mail archives@seattleschools.org

RESEARCH BY APPOINTMENT ONLY.

Features of the archives include many historical items, such as:

• Photographs, 1870 - present
• High School Annuals/Yearbooks and Newspapers, 1891 - present
• News Clippings, 1927 - present
• Historical Artifacts, 1882 - present

South King County Genealogical Society
Their library is located at:
Auburn Public Library
9th and H SE
Auburn, Washington
(253) 931-3018

Suzzallo and Allen Libraries
University of Washington Campus
Seattle, Washington 98199
For hours open: (206) 543-0242, for information: (206) 543-0242

The University of Washington Suzzallo-Allen Library ought to be viewed as complementary to Seattle Public Library for genealogists. There may be as much material of genealogical value at the UW as at SPL, but the UW libraries are not organized for the benefit of genealogists. We need to learn to use the electronic catalog effectively. The UW has special collections of Pacific Northwest (including Alaska, BC, Yukon, Northwest Territories), Scandinavian, Jewish, Asian, and Women Studies. The UW has useful historical/genealogical periodicals for various parts of the US that are not found elsewhere in this region's libraries. The UW is the repository for the Swedish Emigrant Institute's collection of microfilm for Swedish-American churches of the Pacific Northwest. The UW exceeds the amount of material available in SPL for European genealogical research and contains many resources for the Eastern US that are not available at SPL. The religion collection is of special interest to genealogists. It is necessary to go to both Dewey Decimal floors and Library of Congress floors to find all of any subject. The older history and religion materials in particular have not been re-classified yet to Library of Congress.

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Tacoma Historical Society
PO Box 1865
Tacoma, WA 98401
(253) 472-3738

Tacoma Public Library
1102 S. Tacoma Way
Tacoma,Washington 98402
(253) 591-5666

Hours: Mon. through Thurs., 9 am to 9 pm, Fri. and Sat. 9 am to 6 pm. Closed Sundays.

The Genealogy Collection is in the Northwest Room.
Be sure to see the listing for the Topical Shelf List of the Genealogical Collection at the Tacoma Public Library, which is for sale through the TPCGS publications page

The Tacoma Public Library also has these databases online:

• Northwest History Databases
• Tacoma Obituary Database

University of Puget Sound - Collins Memorial Library
1500 North Warner
Tacoma, Washington 98416
Telephone: (253) 756-3100
Fax: (253) 756-3500

The university has the United Methodist archives for the Pacific Northwest Region.

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Washington State Archives
Main Branch: 1129 Washington State SE
Olympia, Washington, 98054

In addition, they have regional branches all over the state.

Washington Public Libraries Online

Washington State Historical Society Research Center
315 No. Stadium Way
Tacoma, Washington 98403
(253) 798-5914
Fax (253) 597-4186
Research Library Appointments: lweber@wshs.wa.gov

Hours: Tues., Wed., and Thurs., 12:30 pm - 4:30 pm.
All researchers are required to telephone in advance for appointments.

This Research Center is strong for Pierce County, but actually has materials on all counties in the state as it is a state organization. They have a very good card file index to their materials, photos, and maps. They have a collection of city directories as well.

Washington State Library
Mailing Address:
PO Box 42460
Olympia, Washington 98504-2460

Physical Address:
6880 Capitol Blvd
Tumwater, Washington

Telephone Numbers: General Reference Desk: 360-704-5221 or 360-704-5227
Microfilm/Genealogy Desk: 360-570-5574

Washington State Regional Archives - Bellingham Branch
Western Washington University Campus
Bellingham, Washington
(360) 650-3125

The archives has records for Snohomish, Skagit, Whatcom, Island, Clallam, and Jefferson counties and the San Juans.

WWU also has a fantastic Map Library and the director there is a lot of help!

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Museums of interest in the area:

• Gig Harbor Peninsula Historical Museum
  4218 Harborview Drive
  Gig Harbor, Washington 98335
  Hours: Tuesday - Saturday, 10 am - 4 pm
• Historical Museums - Washington Online Highways
• Klondike Gold Rush National Historical Park Seattle Unit
  Pioneer Square
  117 South Main Street
  Seattle, Washington 98104-2540
  (206) 553-7220
• Museum of History and Industry
  2700 24th Avenue East
  Seattle, Washington 98112
  (206) 324-1126
  Fax (206) 324-1346
  Hours: Open everyday from 10 am to 5 pm
• Nordic Heritage Museum
  3014 NW 67th Street
  Seattle, Washington 98117
  (206) 789-5707
  Tues-Sat 10-4, Sun 12-4
• Northwest Seaport Maritime Heritage Center
  1002 Valley St.
  Seattle, Washington 98109-4332
  (206) 623-9800
• Puget Sound & Snoqualmie Valley Railroad
  PO Box 459
  Snoqualmie, Washington 98065-0459
  (206) 746-4025
• Seattle King County Historical Society
  2700 24th E
  Seattle, Washington 98112
  (206) 324-1126
• Stillaguamish Valley Pioneer Museum
  20722 67th Ave NE
  Arlington, Washington 98223
  (360) 435-7289
• Suquamish Museum
  15838 Sandy Hook Rd.
  Suquamish, Washington
  (360) 598-3311
• Washington State Historical Society: Museums & Resource Centers
  Including information for:
  
  • Center For Columbia River History
  • Heritage Resource Center
  • Washington State Capital Museum
  • Washington State History Museum
  • WSHS Research Center
• Whatcom Museum
  121 Prospect St
  Bellingham, Washington 98226
  (360) 676-6981
• Wing Luke Asian Museum
  407 7th Ave. S
  Seattle, Washington 98104-2948
  (206) 623-5124

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Local online genealogical & historical resources:

• Kitsap County History
• PSRoots Mailing List
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• UW Genealogy and Family History Certificate Program
  From the University of Washington in Seattle
• WA History
• Washington State Genealogical Society
• The Washington USGenWeb Page
  • Clallam County
  • Clark County
  • Cowlitz County
  • Grays Harbor County
  • Jefferson County
  • King County
  • Kitsap County
  • Lewis County
  • Mason County
  • Pacific County
  • Pierce County
  • Skagit County
  • Snohomish County
  • Thurston County
  • Wahkiakum County
  • Whatcom County
• Whatcom County History Resource Guide
• Cyndi's List of Genealogy Sites on the Internet
  • Cyndi's List - Washington
  • Cyndi's List - Washington - Localities: Counties, Areas & Regions

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