Des Moines Genealogy (in King County, WA)

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NOTE: Additional records that apply to Des Moines are also found through the King County and Washington pages.


Des Moines Birth Records

1870-1935 Washington Birth Records (incomplete before 1891) Ancestry online

1907-1919 Washington Births Index Ancestry online

Washington, Birth Records, 1907-present Washington State Department of Health

Des Moines Census Records

1856, 1871, 1879, 1880, 1881, 1883, 1885, 1887, 1889, 1892 State Census of King County (included in Washington State and Territorial Censuses) Ancestry online

Federal Census of 1940, Des Moines, Washington LDS Genealogy online

U.S. Federal Census 1790-1950 Ancestry online

U.S. Federal Census 1790-1950 MyHeritage online

United States Federal Census, 1790-1950 Family Search online

Des Moines Death Records

1883-1960 Washington Deaths Ancestry online

1907-1960 Washington Death Certificates MyHeritage online

1907-1960 Washington Select Death Certificates Ancestry online

1940-2017 Washington Death Index Ancestry online

Obituaries, 1944-1956 FamilySearch Library

Washington, Death Records, 1907-present Washington State Department of Health

Des Moines Immigration Records

Indexes to Naturalization Records of King County Territorial and Superior Courts, 1864-1889 and 1906-1928 Ancestry online

King County Clerk, Naturalization Records, 1906-1928 Washington State Archives online

Des Moines Land Records

1850-1954 Washington County Land Records Ancestry online

Des Moines Marriage Records

1855-2008 Washington County Marriages MyHeritage online

1855-2008 Washington County Marriages Ancestry online

1865-2013 Washington Marriage Records Ancestry online

King County marriages, 1866-1883 (included in Washington, Compiled Marriage Index) Ancestry online

Marriage records of King County, Washington, 1853-1884 FamilySearch Library

Des Moines Newspapers and Obituaries

Obituaries, 1944-1956 FamilySearch Library

Waterland Blog 03/30/2014 to Current Genealogy Bank online

Des Moines Probate Records

1807-1997 Washington Wills and Probate Records Ancestry online

Washington, King County Probate Records, 1854-1927 Family Search online

Des Moines School Records

Mount Rainier High School - Tor Yearbook (Des Moines, WA), 1961, 1962, 1973, 1978, 1979, 1980, 1981 E Yearbook online

Mount Rainier High School yearbooks, 1961, 1971, 1972, 1973, 1974, 1975, 1976, 1978, 1979, 1980, 1981, 1984, 1985, 1986, 1988 (included in US School Yearbooks) Ancestry online

Mt Rainier High School yearbooks, 1961, 1962, 1964, 1965, 1966, 1968, 1969 (included in US School Yearbooks) Ancestry online

Mt. Rainier High School yearbook, 1961, 1962, 1964, 1965, 1966, 1967, 1968, 1969, 1970, 1971, 1972, 1973, 1974, 1975, 1976, 1978, 1979 (included in US Yearbooks collection) MyHeritage online

Mt. Rainier High School yearbook, 1961, 1962, 1964, 1965, 1966, 1967, 1968, 1969, 1970, 1971, 1972, 1973, 1974, 1975, 1976, 1978, 1979, 1980, 1986, 1988, 1992 Classmates online

Mt. Rainier High School yearbooks, 1970, 1992 (included in US School Yearbooks) Ancestry online


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