Whatcom County, Washington Genealogy

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County Courthouse

 * Whatcom County recorded documents online

Parent County

 * 1854--Whatcom County was created 9 March 1854 from Island County. County seat: Bellingham

Populated Places

 * Bellingham

Neighboring Counties
Okanogan | San Juan | Skagit

Cemeteries
Map of Whatcom County cemeteries (PDF)


 * Bayview Cemetery
 * Bethany Lutheran Cemetery (Bethania/Bethel)
 * Blaine Cemetery
 * Blaine Masonic Cemetery
 * Buchanan Cemetery
 * Case Cemetery
 * Congregation Beth Israel Cemetery
 * Enterprise Cemetery
 * Glacier Cemetery
 * Goshen Cemetery
 * Greenacres Cemetery
 * Greenwood Cemetery
 * Haynie Cemetery
 * Hillsdale Cemetery
 * Hopewell Cemetery
 * Immanuel Lutheran Cemetery
 * Jobe Cemetery
 * Kendall Cemetery
 * King Mountain Cemetery (Terrace Land Memorial Garden of Psalms)
 * Lakeside Cemetery
 * Lummi Tribal Cemetery
 * Lummi Island Cemetery
 * Lynden Cemetery
 * Lynden Jim Cemetery
 * Maple Falls Cemetery
 * Monumenta Cemetery
 * Mount Calvary Cemetery
 * Mount Hope Cemetery
 * Mountain View Cemetery
 * Nooksack Indian Cemetery
 * Old Maple Falls (Cannon) Cemetery
 * Perry Cemetery
 * Point Roberts Cemetery
 * Saint Anne's Cemeter
 * Saint Joseph (Clipper) Cemetery
 * Saint Peter's Catholic Cemetery
 * Saxon Cemetery
 * Semiahmoo Cemetery
 * Sumas Cemetery
 * Ten Mile Cemetery
 * Van Zandt Cemetery
 * Welcome (Kulshan) Cemetery
 * Wickershame Cemetery
 * Woodlawn Cemetery
 * Zion Lutheran Cemetery

Census

 * 1860
 * 1870
 * 1871
 * 1880
 * 1885
 * 1887
 * 1889
 * 1890 Veterans
 * 1900
 * 1910
 * 1920
 * 1930

Church Records
The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints

Directories

 * 1905-1906 Bellingham / Whatcom Directory (28,300K PDF)
 * 1915 Bellingham / Whatcom Directory (44,200K PDF)

Military
Mostly Civil War related
 * Some Whatcom County Military Records

Naturalization
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

 * Extractions From Old Whatcom County Newspapers

Vital Records

 * Washington State Digital Archives has a database of Whatcom County Birth Records. This database contains the names and birth records of people who were born or whose births were recorded in Whatcom County from 1891 to 1907. The names were transcribed and images scanned from the Whatcom County Birth Returns.


 * Washington State Digital Archives also has a database of Whatcom County Death Records containing the names and death records of people who died or whose deaths were recorded in Whatcom County from 1891 to 1907.
 * 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.

Societies and Libraries

 * Whatcom Genealogical Society

Web Sites

 * Whatcom GenWeb


 * Family History Library Catalog