Grant County, Washington Genealogy

United States Washington Grant County

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

Quick start:


 * Census
 * Birth
 * Marriage
 * Death
 * Church

Historical Facts

 * Parent County: created 24 February 1909 from Douglas
 * County Seat:: Ephrata
 * Neighboring Counties: Adams | Benton | Douglas | Franklin | Kittitas | Lincoln | Okanogan | Yakima

Resources
The types of records that follow are used for genealogy and family history. Most tell what you may learn and how to locate the records. Links to Internet sites usually go directly to entries with names, images, or information.

Cemeteries
BillionGraves:


 * Guardian Angels Cemetery, Moses Lake
 * Pioneer Memorial Cemetery, Moses Lake
 * Royal Memorial Gardens, Royal City
 * Sunset Memorial Gardens, Warden

Census

 * 1910
 * 1920
 * 1930
 * 1940

Church Records
LDS Ward and Branch Records


 * Grand Coulee

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

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.

Courthouse
Grant County Courthouse 35 C Street NW PO Box 37 Ephrata, WA 98823-0037 Phone 509.754.2011 County Auditor has marriage and land records from 1909. County Clerk has divorce, probate and court records.

Family History Centers

 * Introduction to LDS Family History Centers
 * Ephrata Washington Family History Center
 * Moses Lake Washington Family History Center
 * Quincy Washington Family History Center

Death

 * 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.

Websites

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

Places
Coulee City

Ephrata

George

Grand Coulee

Mattawa

Moses Lake

Quincy

Royal City

Soap Lake

Warden