Online Washington Death Indexes, Records & Obituaries

Online Washington (State) Death Indexes and Obituaries

Washington Death Index 1940-1996 (requires payment) part of an Ancestry subscription, which also includes the next 2 items...
Washington Deaths 1891-1907 for various counties (requires payment)
Washington Birth Records 1889-1929 (requires payment) coverage may vary by county

Washington Death Certificates Index 1907-1960 from the Washington State Digital Archives (free)
Washington Deaths 1907-1960 from FamilySearch (free) includes text summaries with some information from the death certificates

Washington Obituaries Archive - Recent (you can obtain copies of individual obituaries online for a fee) includes the Bellevue Reporter (7/13/2008-Current); Bellingham Herald (9/4/1999-Current); Everett Daily Herald (8/16/2005-Current); Federal Way Mirror (1/30/2011-Current); King County Journal (Bellevue, WA) - (1/8/2003-1/20/2007); Seattle Post-Intelligencer (1/1/1986-Current); Seattle Times (1/6/1985-Current); Spokane Spokesman-Review (7/3/1994-Current); Tacoma News Tribune (1/1/1992-Current); Vancouver Columbian (5/27/1994-Current); and others

Jewish Genealogical Society of Washington State Cemetery Project

Adams County Obituaries 1898-1964
Benton County: Tri-City Herald Obituaries Index 2000-recent Kennewick, Pasco (Franklin County) and Richland, Washington
Clallam County Obituary Index starts with 1916 (40,000 listings) from the North Olympic Library System
Clallam County Obituary Directory
Clark County...
- Clark County Cemeteries
- Clark County: for Vancouver Columbian Obituaries (5/27/1994-Current), see the Washington Obituaries Archive link above
- Clark County Auditor Document Index includes some death records
Cowlitz County Genealogy Indexes includes indexes for cemeteries, probate records and wills
Ferry County Register of Deaths 1899-1911
Grays Harbor County: City of Hoquiam Cemetery Burials click on "Interment Records" when you get there
Jefferson County: Brinnon Cemetery Index 1895-2003
Jefferson County Obituaries Index c.1889-c.2008
King County...
- Seattle Post-Intelligencer Obituaries 1986-Current; and Seattle Times Obituaries 1/6/1985-Current (you can obtain copies of individual obituaries online for a fee)
- King County: Archdiocese of Seattle Cemeteries Search Engine (Burials in Catholic Cemeteries) includes the following Cemeteries: Calvary (Seattle), Gethsemane (Federal Way), Holyrood (Shoreline), and St. Patrick (Kent); you must register before making a search
- King County: East Side Journal Index 1918-1975 includes obituaries (for communities east of Seattle)
- King County: Herzl Memorial Park Headstone Images Jewish cemetery in Shoreline, Washington, north of Seattle
Lincoln County Death Registers 1891-1907 and Death Index 1907-1928, 1937-1948 & 1967-1996
Lincoln County Cemetery Obituaries (assorted)
Pierce County: Tacoma Obituary Index 1984-present (also includes some listings from 1930-1983)
Seattle - see the King County section above
Skagit County Databases includes death index 1891-1908, Union Cemetery records (in Sedro Woolley) & a Pioneer Book (the Pioneer Book lists early residents who died between 1926 and 1955)
Skagit County Death Certificates 1907-1908
Spokane County...
- Spokane County Death Index 1891-1907 (not yet complete)
- Spokane County Death Returns 1888-1907 & City of Spokane Falls Burial Permits 1887-1890
- Spokane Public Library Obituaries Index for the Spokane Spokesman Review and the Spokane Daily Chronicle
Thurston County: Masonic Memorial Park Cemetery Burials (in Tumwater, Washington)
Walla Walla County: City of Walla Walla Burial Search - for Mountain View Cemetery
Walla Walla County Death Index 1903-1907
Wenatchee Area Obituary Index 1880-2009 also has cemetery indexes (for Chelan, Douglas & Grant Counties), and a funeral home index
Whatcom County: Bayview Cemetery Records (in Bellingham) not yet complete

Ordering Washington Death Certificates & Vital Records

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More Helpful Washington State Genealogy Records Indexes

State of Washington Historical Records Search - Digital Archives includes a Social Security Death Index for the State of Washington, Washington death index 1907-1960, and census mortality schedules (for 1860, 1870 & 1880), plus many census & naturalization records - free to search
Washington Genealogy Databases at Ancestry (requires payment)
includes census, military & vital records, plus newspapers & city directories

Online Washington Death Records & Indexes

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