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Washington
Statehood:	Nov. 11, 1889	Helpful Links	Living in WA Today	Population
Adams Co.	Asotin Co.	Benton Co.	Chelan Co.	Clark Co.
Clark Co.	Columbia Co.	Cowlitz Co.	Douglas Co.	Ferry Co.
Franklin Co.	Garfield Co.	Grant Co.	Grays Harbor Co.	Island Co.
Jefferson Co.	King Co.	Kitsap Co.	Kittitas Co.	Klickitat Co.
Lewis Co.	Lincoln Co.	Mason Co.	Okanogan Co.	Pacific Co.
Pend Oreille Co.	Pierce Co.	San Juan Co.	Skagit Co.	Skamania Co.
Snohomish Co.	Spokane Co.	Stevens Co.	Thurston Co.	Wahkiakum Co.
Walla Walla Co.	Whatcom Co.	Whitman Co.	Yakima Co.

Many people begin their genealogy research starting with the widely available U.S. census records. The U.S. began taking a census every 10 years starting in 1790. The records from 1790 to 1840 contain only the name of the head of the household and limited information about the other individuals in the residence. That changed in 1850 when the census began listing each member of the household individually. Look how Washington has grown! The following table details the population of the state from it's first census through 1940. The 1940 census is the last year currently available for genealogy use. The 1950 census won't be available until 2022. Information is shown for 1890, but that census was mostly lost due to a fire and mishandling in the 1920's and 1930's.
If the population figure below is underlined click on it to be taken to a free online version of the census
	NO		NO		NO		NO		NO		NO		1,201		11,594
	23,955		75,116		357,232		518,103		1,141,990		1,356,621		1,563,396		1,736,191

This is where you get to help out you're fellow researchers! If you know of a great Washington genealogy site, click below to send us an email with the url. Please provide a short description of whats on the site. We'll post it in the list below.
The links below are provided by your fellow researchers. They're ones they've found to be useful. DON'T FORGET TO USE THE LINKS TO FREE CENSUS RECORDS IN THE POPULATION TABLES ABOVE
BYU Idaho - Western States Marriages	Searchable Database
Washington, Death Certificates 1907-1960	LDS Searchable Database
Washington, County Marriages 1855-2008	LDS Searchable Database
State of Washington Vital Statistics	Official State of Washington Site

OTHER HELPFUL LINKS
If you know of a really useful non State or County specific website, click below to send us an email with the url. Please provide a short description of whats on the site. We'll post it in the list below.
Atlas of Historical County Boundaries	Interactive Research Tool
Ellis Island	Searchable Passenger Database
Find a Grave	Grave Registration and Search Website
New Link	Click the link to the left to send us a new website url

If you still have family living in Washington today, they may live in one of the larger cities of: Bellevue, Everett, Federal Way, Seattle, Spokane, Tacoma or Vancouver. Chances are their ancestors came from Germany, Ireland, England, Norway or Sweden. Their religion is likely one of the Christian denominations. They may work at one of the companies based in Washington, like Amazon.com, Costco, Microsoft, Tacoma General Hospital or Weyerhaeuser. Some of them may enjoy eating a Walla Walla Sweet or Dutch Babies. They probably root for the Seattle Mariners or Seahawks, Washington Huskies or the Washington State Cougars. You might find them hanging out at the coffee shop or visiting North Cascades National Park.

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