Jefferson County, Washington Genealogy

United States Washington  Jefferson County

County Courthouse
Jefferson County Courthouse 1820 Jefferson Street; PO Box 1220 Port Townsend, WA 98368-0920 Phone. 360.385.9125 County Clerk has divorce records from 1886, probate records from 1891 and court records from 1890. County Auditor has birth and death records 1891-1907 and marriage records from 1853.

Parent Counties
22 December 1852: Jefferson County was created from Thurston and Lewis Counties. County seat: Port Townsend

Neighboring Counties
Clallam | Grays Harbor | Island | Kitsap | Mason

Cemeteries
Washington State Digital Archives has an index to the Brinnon Cemetery located on Church Road in Jefferson County. The index includes burials from 1895 – 2003.

Census

 * 1860
 * 1870
 * 1871
 * 1875
 * 1877
 * 1878
 * 1879
 * 1880
 * 1881
 * 1883
 * 1885
 * 1887
 * 1889
 * 1890 Veterans
 * 1891
 * 1900
 * 1910
 * 1920
 * 1930

Military
Some military records for this county have been digitized at the Washington State Digital Archives.

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.

Family History Centers

 * Introduction to LDS Family History Centers
 * Port Townsend Washington Family History Center

Web Sites

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