Pierce County, Washington Genealogy

United States Washington  Pierce County

County Courthouse
Pierce County Courthouse 930 Tacoma Ave South Tacoma, WA 98402 Phone: 253.798.7455 County Auditor has marriage and land records. County Clerk has divorce, probate and court records from 1890 and adoptions records.

Parent County
1852--Pierce County was created 22 December 1852 from Thurston County. County seat: Tacoma

Populated Places
Tacoma

Puyallup

Sumner

Orting

Lakewood

Edgewood

Fort Lewis

Neighboring Counties
King | Kitsap | Kittitas | Lewis | Mason | Thurston | Yakima

Cemeteries

 * Sumner Cemetery, Sumner BillionGraves

Census

 * 1860
 * 1870
 * 1878
 * 1879
 * 1880
 * 1889
 * 1890 Veterans
 * 1900
 * 1910
 * 1920
 * 1930

Church
LDS Ward and Branch Records


 * Lincoln (Tacoma)
 * Tacoma 6
 * Tacoma Central

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

Newspapers
The News Tribune (Tacoma)

Puyallup Herald (formerly Pierce County Herald)

Obituaries
Tacoma Obituary Index contains more than 350,000 entries. File is complete from 1984 to the present day.

Vital Records

 * 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.

Family History Centers

 * Introduction to LDS Family History Centers
 * Puyallup Washington Family History Center

Web Sites

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