Skagit County, Washington Genealogy

United States Washington  Skagit County

Historical Facts

 * Parent County: created 28 November 1883 from Whatcom
 * County Seat: Mount Vernon
 * Neighboring Counties: Chelan | Island | Okanogan | San Juan | Snohomish | Whatcom

Census

 * 1887
 * 1889
 * 1890 Veterans
 * 1892
 * 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.

Courthouse
Skagit County Courthouse; 700 South 2nd St; PO Box 837 Mount Vernon, WA 98273 Phone. 360.336.9440 County Auditor has birth and death records 1891-1907, marriage records from 1884 and land records from 1872. County Clerk has divorce, probate county records from 1870.

Family History Centers

 * Introduction to LDS Family History Centers
 * Mount Vernon 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.

Web Sites

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