Lewis County, Washington Genealogy

United States Washington  Lewis County

Historical Facts

 * Parent County: organized 21 December 1845 as an original county in the Oregon Territory.
 * County seat: Chehalis
 * Neighboring Counties: Cowlitz | Grays Harbor | Pacific | Pierce | Skamania | Thurston | Wahkiakum | Yakima

Census

 * 1849 Territorial Transcription and Index (part of Oregon Census)
 * 1850
 * 1860
 * 1870
 * 1871
 * 1880
 * 1883
 * 1890 Veterans
 * 1900
 * 1910
 * 1920
 * 1930
 * 1940

Church Records
LDS Ward and Branch Records


 * Chehalis

Courthouse
Lewis County Courthouse 351 NW North Street Chehalis, WA 98532 Phone 360.740.2704

County Auditor has birth and death records 1891-1907 and marriage records from 1850. County Clerk has divorce, probate and court records from 1870’s.

Family History Centers

 * Introduction to LDS Family History Centers
 * Centralia Washington Family History Center
 * Morton 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

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