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Guide to Island County Washington genealogy. Birth records, marriage records, death records, census records, family history, and military records.

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Island County, Washington
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Location in the state of Washington
Location of Washington in the U.S.
Facts
Founded	January 6, 1853
County Seat	Coupeville
Courthouse
Address	Island County Courthouse NE 6th & Main St; PO Box 5000 Coupeville, WA 98239-5000 Phone 360.679.7359 Island County Website

Historical Facts

• Parent County: created 6 January 1853 from Thurston County
• County seat: Coupeville ^[1]
• Neighboring Counties: Jefferson | Kitsap | San Juan | Skagit | Snohomish | Yakima

Boundary Changes

Record Loss

Resources

Bible Records

Biography

Cemeteries

In 1998 Ralph Seefeld and the Genealogical Society of South Whidbey Island (GSSWI) set out to record the inscriptions on all the gravestones in the cemeteries of Island County, Washington. These records are now available on the GSSWI website.

http://www.gsswi.org/cemetery/cemeteries.php

Census

• 1860
• 1870
• 1880
• 1889
• 1890 Veterans
• 1900
• 1910
• 1920
• 1930
• 1940

Church Records

Court Records

Directories

Emigration and Immigration

Ethnic, Political or Religious Groups

Japanese

World War II Files, 1942-1946

Public Welfare/Social Security Department, (Japanese Internment) Assistance Cases, Evacuee Referrals for Resettlement and Assistance, 1945-1946 from the Washington State Archives – Digital Archives

Gazetteers

Genealogy

History

Land and Property

Maps

Military

Naturalization and Citizenship

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

Obituaries

Ralph Seefeld, with the help of The Genealogical Society of South Whidbey Island has collected virtually all obituaries for Island County residents from local newspapers. These obituaries range from the 1890s through December 2010; however, there are gaps for The Island County Times in the early 1890’s and the South Whidbey Record before 1935 and during 1944. An index to the obituaries is now available on the GSSWI website.

http://www.gsswi.org/obits/searchObits.php

Periodicals

Probate

Public Records

Repositories

Courthouse

Island County Courthouse
NE 6th & Main St; PO Box 5000
Coupeville, WA 98239-5000
Phone 360.679.7359

County Auditor has birth and death records 1870-1907,
marriage records from 1855 land records from 1853.
County Clerk has divorce, probate and court records. ^[2]

Family History Centers

• Introduction to LDS Family History Centers
• Oak Harbor Family History Center

Libraries

Museums

Societies

• Genealogical Society of South Whidbey Island www.gsswi.org
• Island County Historical Society www.islandhistory.org

Taxation

Vital Records

Birth

Marriage

Death

Websites

• Family History Library Catalog
• Island County, Washington Genealogy and Family History (Linkpendium)

Places

Island County Washington Genealogy References

1. ↑ The Handybook for Genealogists: United States of America,10th ed. (Draper, UT:Everton Publishers, 2002).
2. ↑ Handybook for Genealogists: United States of America, 10th ed. (Draper, Utah: Everton Pub., 2002), Island County, Washington page 733, At various libraries (WorldCat); FHL Book 973 D27e 2002.

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