Actually Washington is beginning a really great job of digitizing their archives, below are the website. http://www.digitalarchives.wa.gov/ http://www.secstate.wa.gov/archives/ http://www.secstate.wa.gov/history/search.aspx http://www.rootsweb.com/~wasgs/wsgsproj.htm Cowlitz County: http://www.rootsweb.com/~walcolgs/cowlitz.htm I have a few others available if you are interested but they are pretty easy to find on a search. Since you are in Seattle you also have the Fiske Library and the National Archives which I understand are very close to each other, I hope to get up there some day to check it out. Jan Buker Castle Rock, WA ----- Original Message ----- From: <doriswaggoner@juno.com> To: <ILROOTS-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Saturday, July 02, 2005 1:36 PM Subject: Re: [ILROOTS] Vital Records Available > > I have just started doing research on my ancestors in Washington State. > You can buy records, for $17 each, all certified. But you have to already > know the date and place of the event. There is nothing at all like IRAD, > where you can do a search and winnow things down to find what you want. > There are a few free sites where volunteers have posted their records--for > instance, one rural county has three years of a death index for 1903-1906, > before the state began requiring their collection. But Googling for the > death index brings up nothing but Ancestry and some of these piecemeal > efforts. I was so spoiled when I was researching my Illinois ancestors > and was able to find all kinds of data available free on IRAD. Sometimes > I could even get the papers free from the lists or a kind volunteer who > would go to a courthouse and look things up. Yes, a lot more is needed. > But I was shocked to find that in my own state there is no official index > AT ALL! > > Doris Waggoner > Seattle, Washington > > > > -- "Don Kelly" <donkelly@grovenet.net> wrote: > Thank you Krystal. > > And the drive to put genealogical records on line free for researchers > marches on. > > Now back to finding my IL ancestors who left scant footprints. > > Don Kelly for NC. to keep USGenWeb moving. > To learn more: > > Q&A Page > http://election.temp-site.us/ > > Campaign Page: > http://www.rootsweb.com/~cootero/Kelly/vote4me.htm > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: <vital_tree@yahoo.com> > To: <ILROOTS-L@rootsweb.com> > Sent: Friday, July 01, 2005 11:45 PM > Subject: [ILROOTS] Vital Records Available > > >> This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. >> >> Classification: Query >> >> Message Board URL: >> >> http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/Fh.2ADI/5936 >> >> Message Board Post: >> >> Hi, I have recently started a website where people can donated the vital >> records they have so others can view, download and print them for FREE. >> >> There are records avalible for this surname/location if anyone would like >> to view them or if anyone has any documents to submits for others. >> >> The more people who donate what they have, the better the odds are of >> finding a record you need for FREE. >> >> Thank you - Krystal Wilson - Vital Tree >> http://clik.to/vitaltree >> >> >> ==== ILROOTS Mailing List ==== >> Illinois State Archives on-line data bases (marriage, death, military, >> land records, etc.) can be accessed at: >> http://www.sos.state.il.us/departments/archives/databases.html >> >> ============================== >> New! Family Tree Maker 2005. Build your tree and search for your >> ancestors >> at the same time. Share your tree with family and friends. Learn more: >> http://landing.ancestry.com/familytreemaker/2005/tour.aspx?sourceid=14599&targetid=5429 >> > > > ==== ILROOTS Mailing List ==== > Instructions for UNSUBSCRIBING or changing your mode of subscription can > be found at: http://www.rootsweb.com/~illinois/Illinoismailinglist3.html > > ============================== > New! Family Tree Maker 2005. Build your tree and search for your ancestors > at the same time. Share your tree with family and friends. Learn more: > http://landing.ancestry.com/familytreemaker/2005/tour.aspx?sourceid=14599&targetid=5429 > > > ==== ILROOTS Mailing List ==== > Illinois State Archives on-line data bases (marriage, death, military, > land records, etc.) can be accessed at: > http://www.sos.state.il.us/departments/archives/databases.html > > ============================== > Search the US Census Collection. Over 140 million records added in the > last 12 months. Largest online collection in the world. Learn more: > http://www.ancestry.com/s13965/rd.ashx >