Kittitas County, Washington Genealogy

United States Washington  Kittitas County

County Courthouse
Kittitas County Courthouse 205 W 5th Avenue Ellensburg, WA 98926 Phone 509.962.7624 County Auditor has birth and death 1891-1907, marriage records from 1884 and land records from 1882. Coutny Clerk has divorce, probate and court records from 1890’s.

Parent County
1883--Kittitas County was created 24 November 1883 from Yakima County. County seat: Ellensburg

Neighboring Counties
Chelan | Douglas | Grant | King | Pierce | Yakima

Census

 * 1890 Veterans
 * 1900
 * 1910
 * 1920
 * 1930

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.

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

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