Yakima County, Washington Genealogy

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Parent County

 * 1865--Yakima County was created 21 January 1865 from Walla Walla. County seat: Yakima

Indian Reservation
The Yakama Indian Reservation is located primarily in Yakima County, with a small portion in Klickitat County.

Neighboring Counties
Benton | Grant | King | Kittitas | Klickitat | Lewis | Pierce | Skamania

Census

 * 1870
 * 1880
 * 1890 Veterans
 * 1900
 * 1910
 * 1920
 * 1930

Military
Some military records for this county have been digitized at the Washington State Digital Archives.

Newspapers
The Yakima Valley Genealogical Society has a massive collection of obituaries starting from 1860 on, from counties in and around Yakima. They are in the process of putting this collection online. For now, contact the Society at 509-248-1328. They have researchers who are willing to look things up from their collection.

Vital Records

 * Washington Death Certificates 1907-1960 A free internet index to the 1907-1960 death certificates can be found at FamilySearch Record Search, no images are available. A transcribed death certificate may contain such information as name of the deceased, date and place of death, age, gender, birth date and birth place, mother’s maiden name and name of spouse, place of residence, occupation and certificate numbers.

Family History Centers

 * Introduction to LDS Family History Centers

Web Sites

 * Yakima County, Washington Genealogy and Family History (Linkpendium)
 * Yakima County, Washington Genealogy and Family History (Linkpendium)