Island County, Washington Genealogy

United States Washington  Island County

Historical Facts

 * Parent County: created 6 January 1853 from Thurston County
 * County seat: Coupeville
 * Neighboring Counties: Jefferson | Kitsap | San Juan | Skagit | Snohomish | Yakima

Cemeteries
In 1998 Ralph Seefeld and the Genealogical Society of South Whidbey Island (GSSWI) set out to record the inscriptions on all the gravestones in the cemeteries of Island County, Washington. These records are now available on the GSSWI website.

http://www.gsswi.org/cemetery/cemeteries.php

Census

 * 1860
 * 1870
 * 1880
 * 1889
 * 1890 Veterans
 * 1900
 * 1910
 * 1920
 * 1930
 * 1940

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.

Obituaries
Ralph Seefeld, with the help of The Genealogical Society of South Whidbey Island has collected virtually all obituaries for Island County residents from local newspapers. These obituaries range from the 1890s through December 2010; however, there are gaps for The Island County Times in the early 1890’s and the South Whidbey Record before 1935 and during 1944. An index to the obituaries is now available on the GSSWI website.

http://www.gsswi.org/obits/searchObits.php

Courthouse
Island County Courthouse NE 6th &amp; Main St; PO Box 5000 Coupeville, WA 98239-5000 Phone 360.679.7359 County Auditor has birth and death records 1870-1907, marriage records from 1855 land records from 1853. County Clerk has divorce, probate and court records.

Family History Centers

 * Introduction to LDS Family History Centers
 * Oak Harbor Family History Center

Societies

 * Genealogical Society of South Whidbey Island www.gsswi.org
 * Island County Historical Society www.islandhistory.org

Websites

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