San Juan County, Washington Genealogy

United States Washington  San Juan County



County Courthouse
San Juan County Courthouse 350 Court Street #7; Friday Harbor, WA 98250-1249 Phone: 360.378.2163 County Clerk has divorce, probate and court records; County Auditor has  birth recordsc 1892-1907, death records 1890-1907 and marriage records from 1878

Parent County
1873--San Juan County was created 31 October 1873 from Whatcom County. County seat: Friday Harbor

Neighboring Counties
Island | Skagit | Whatcom

Census

 * 1880
 * 1889
 * 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 State Digital Archives has a database of San Juan County Birth Records. This database contains the names of people who were born in San Juan County in June 1891 – August 1907. The names were taken from the San Juan County Register of Births.


 * Washington Death Certificates 1907-1960 A free internet index to the 1907-1960 death certificates can be found at FamilySearch Historical Records. 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

 * San Juan County, Washington Genealogy and Family History (Linkpendium)
 * San Juan County, Washington Genealogy and Family History (Linkpendium)