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This table can help you decide which records to search in Washington for your ancestors.

1. In column 1 select a goal.

2. In column 2 find the types of records most likely to have the information you need and click for details.

3. In column 3 find additional record types that may be useful.

4. Then look on the county Wiki pages and the FamilySearch Catalog for collections.

Names and Relationships

If You Need	Look First In	Then Search
Parents, children, spouses, and other family members	1.Vital Records 2.Church Records 3.Census 4.Probate Records 5.Obituaries 6.Genealogy	Bible Records Newspapers Emigration and Immigration Adoptions
Maiden name	1. Vital Records 2. Church Records 3. Newspapers 4. Bible Records	Cemeteries Military Records Probate Records Obituaries
Living relatives (and adoptions)	1. Genealogy 2. Directories 3. Court Records 4. Obituaries 5. Internet 6. Adoptions	Census Biography Societies Church Records Probate Records

Event Dates and Places

If You Need	Look First In	Then Search
Birth date	1. Vital Records 2.Church Records 3.Bible Records	Cemeteries Obituaries Census
Birthplace	1. Vital Records 2. Church Records 3. Census	Newspapers Obituaries
Country of foreign birth	1. Emigration and Immigration 2. Census 3. Naturalization and Citizenship 4. Church Records	Military Records Vital Records Newspapers Obituaries
City or parish of foreign birth	1. Church Records 2. Genealogy, Biography 3. Naturalization and Citizenship 4. Societies	Vital Records Obituaries History Emigration and Immigration
Marriage place and date	Vital Records, Church Records, Census, Newspapers, Bible Records	Cemeteries, Military Records, Probate Records, Naturalization and Citizenship, Land and Property
Places family has lived	Census, Land and Property, History, Directories	Military Records, Taxation, Obituaries
Place (town) of residence when you know only the state	Census (indexed), Genealogy, Military Records, Vital Records, and other records with a statewide index, Soundex	Biography, Probate Records, History, Directories, Societies, Taxation
Immigration date	Emigration and Immigration, Naturalization and Citizenship, Genealogy, Societies	Census, Newspapers, Biography
Death/burial	Vital Records, Cemeteries, Probate Records, Church Records, Obituaries, Societies	Newspapers, Bible Records, Military Records
Description and Identity
Previous research (compiled genealogy)	Genealogy, Periodicals, Societies	History, Biography
Age	Census, Vital Records, Cemeteries	Military Records, Taxation
Ethnicity	Minorities, American Indians, Societies	Church Records, Emigration and Immigration, Naturalization and Citizenship, Periodicals
Occupation	Census, Directories, Emigration and Immigration	Newspapers, Court Records, Biography
Religion	Church Records, History, Biography	Bible Records, Cemeteries, Genealogy
Social activities	History, Biography Newspapers, Societies	Obituaries, Court Records, Cemeteries, Directories
Physical description	Military Records, Biography	Naturalization and Citizenship, Vital Records, Emigration and Immigration, Genealogy
Reference Aids
Historical background	History, Periodicals	Minorities
County origins and boundary changes	History, Maps, Historical Geography	Gazetteers
Place-finding aids	Gazetteers, Maps, Historical Geography	History, Periodicals
Record-finding aids	Archives and Libraries, Societies	Periodicals