Washington, Yakima County Cemetery Records - FamilySearch Historical Records

United States WashingtonYakima County

What is in the Collection?
The collection consists of cemetery records and local obituaries from Yakima County, Washington for the years 1900 to 1930. The first 10 pages of the collection provide valuable information about the contents and organization of the collection.

What Can this Collection Tell Me?
Cemetery records may contain any of the following:


 * Full name of deceased
 * Place of birth
 * Last residence
 * Age (Days, Months, Years)
 * Gender
 * Date of death
 * Cause of death
 * Date of interment (burial)
 * Place of interment, including section, lot and space of grave
 * Name of undertaker
 * Nearest relative or friend

How Do I Search the Collection?
To search the collection it is helpful to know:


 * The name of you ancestor.
 * The date of death.
 * The date of burial.

Compare the information on the image to what you already know about your ancestor to determine if it is the correct family or person. You may need to compare several images before you find your ancestor.

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What Do I Do Next?
Whenever possible, view the original records to verify the information and to find additional information that might not be reported. These pieces of information can lead you to additional records and family members.

I Found Who I was Looking for, What Now?

 * Use the information to obtain the actual death certificate.
 * Use the information to locate funeral home or obituary record.
 * Use the information to find other records such as birth, christening, marriage, census, land and probate records.
 * Use the information to find additional family members.
 * Repeat this process with additional family members found, to find more generations of the family.
 * Church Records often were kept years before government records were required and are a good source for finding ancestors before 1900.

I Can’t Find Who I’m Looking for, What Now?

 * Try viewing the original record to see if there were errors in the transcription of the name, age, residence, etc. Remember that there may be more than one person in the records with the same name.
 * Collect entries for every person who has the same surname. This list can help you identify possible relations that can be verified by records.
 * If you cannot locate your ancestor in the locality in which you believe they lived, then try searching records of a nearby locality in an area search.
 * Standard spelling of names typically did not exist during the periods our ancestors lived in. Try variations of your ancestor’s name while searching the index or browsing through images.
 * Remember that sometimes individuals went by nicknames or alternated between using first and middle names. Try searching for these names as well.
 * Search the indexes and records of Washington, United States Genealogy.
 * Search in the Washington Archives and Libraries.

Citing this Collection
Citing your sources makes it easy for others to find and evaluate the records you used. When you copy information from a record, list where you found that information. Here you can find citations already created for the entire collection and for each individual record or image.

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