Cowlitz County, Washington Genealogy

United States Washington  Cowlitz County

Historical Facts

 * Parent County: created 21 April 1854 from Lewis
 * County Seat:: Kelso
 * Neighboring Counties: Clark | Lewis | Skamania | Wahkiakum | Columbia County, Oregon

Cemeteries

 * Whittle and Hubbard Cemetery, Castle Rock BillionGraves

Census

 * 1860
 * 1870
 * 1880
 * 1883
 * 1885
 * 1890 Veterans
 * 1900
 * 1910
 * 1920
 * 1930
 * 1940

Church Records
LDS Ward and Branch Records


 * Kelso

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
Cowlitz County Courthouse 207 4th Ave North Kelso, WA 98626-1798 Phone 360.577.3016 County Auditor has marriage record from 1867, death record 1891-1907 and land records. County Clerk has divorce, probate and court records from 1874, naturalization and adoption records from 1869.

Family History Centers

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

Marriage

 * Marriages from 9 Nov 1854 to 18 Sep 1887 are available on the Western States Marriage Index website.

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

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