Snohomish County, Washington Genealogy

United States Washington  Snohomish County

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

Historical Facts

 * Parent County: created 14 January 1861 from Island
 * County seat: Everett
 * Neighboring Counties: Chelan | Island | King | Kitsap | Skagit

Cemeteries

 * Everett


 * Lynnwood

Purdy &amp; Walters at Floral Hills; 409 Filbert Road; Lynnwood, WA 98036-4934; USA; Phone No: (425) 672-1800

Purdy and Walters at Floral Hills Cemetery is part of the Dignity Memorial® national network of funeral, cremation and cemetery service providers. Some obituaries are online at Making Everlasting Memories for those who paid for the service. Other than that, you should contact the cemetery directly for any inquiries.

Census

 * 1870
 * 1880
 * 1889
 * 1890 Veterans
 * 1900
 * 1910
 * 1920
 * 1930
 * 1940

The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints
LDS Ward and Branch Records


 * Everett

Lutheran
Snohomish County


 * Records of the Lutheran Church, Snohomish County, in Evangelical Lutheran Church in America database at Archives.com ($).

Swans Trail Lutheran Church, Everett


 * Records of Swans Trail Lutheran Church, Everett, in Evangelical Lutheran Church in America database at Archives.com ($).

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

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

Newspapers

 * Arlington Times - full-text digital issues in Google News Archive; covers 1945-2009

Courthouse
Snohomish County Courthouse, 3000 Rockefeller Ave MS 605; Everett, Washington 98201-4046; Phone. 425.388.358 County Auditor has birth and death records1891-1907 and marriage records from 1891. County clerk has divorce, probate records and court records.

Family History Centers

 * Introduction to LDS Family History Centers
 * Everett Washington Family History Center
 * Snohomish 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

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