Olympia Genealogy (in Thurston County, WA)
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Olympia Birth Records
1870-1935 Washington Birth Records (incomplete before 1891) Ancestry 
1907-1919 Washington Births Index Ancestry
Birth & death register WorldCat
Birth & death register (Olympia, Thurston, Washington), 1892-1906 FamilySearch Library
Washington, Birth Records, 1907-present Washington State Department of Health
Olympia Cemetery Records
Cemetery records FamilySearch Library
Chief Leschi Cemetery Billion Graves
Delphi Pioneer Cemetery Find a Grave
Delphi Pioneer Cemetery Billion Graves
First Christian Church Columbarium Find a Grave
Forest Memorial Gardens Billion Graves
Forest Memorial Gardens Find a Grave
McLane Cemetery Find a Grave
Mima Prairie Pioneer Cemetery Billion Graves
Mount Tabor Cemetery Billion Graves
Saint Christophers Community Church Columbarium Find a Grave
Saint Johns Episcopal Church Columbarium Find a Grave
Westminster Presbyterian Church Columbarium Find a Grave
Olympia Census Records
Census records 1871-1983 (in Washington County Records collection) Ancestry
U.S. Federal Census 1790-1950 Ancestry
U.S. Federal Census 1790-1950 MyHeritage
United States Federal Census, 1790-1950 Family Search
Olympia Church Records
History of the United Churches, Olympia, Washington FamilySearch Library
Private registers, v.1-2, 1857-1908 FamilySearch Library
Record of members, 1929-1938 (Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. Olympia Branch (Washington)) FamilySearch Library
Record of members, 1938-1941; annual genealogical report, Form E, 1938- 1948 (Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. Olympia Ward (Washington)) FamilySearch Library
Olympia City Directories
Olympia (Washington) city directories FamilySearch Library
Olympia City Directory 1929 MyHeritage
Olympia and Thurston County Directories, R.L. Polk, 1902-1903, 1906, 1909 Washington State Archives
Olympia, WA 1872 City Directories Allen County Public Library
Olympia, WA 1887 City Directories Allen County Public Library
Olympia, WA 1902-1934 City Directories Allen County Public Library
Olympia, Washington, City Directory, 1902 (in U.S. City Directories collection) Ancestry
Olympia, Washington, City Directory, 1909 (in U.S. City Directories collection) Ancestry
Olympia, Washington, City Directory, 1911 (in U.S. City Directories collection) Ancestry
Olympia, Washington, City Directory, 1913 (in U.S. City Directories collection) Ancestry
Olympia, Washington, City Directory, 1915 (in U.S. City Directories collection) Ancestry
Olympia, Washington, City Directory, 1919 (in U.S. City Directories collection) Ancestry
Olympia, Washington, City Directory, 1921 (in U.S. City Directories collection) Ancestry
Olympia, Washington, City Directory, 1923 (in U.S. City Directories collection) Ancestry
Olympia, Washington, City Directory, 1925 (in U.S. City Directories collection) Ancestry
Olympia, Washington, City Directory, 1927 (in U.S. City Directories collection) Ancestry
Olympia, Washington, City Directory, 1929 (in U.S. City Directories collection) Ancestry
Olympia, Washington, City Directory, 1930 (in U.S. City Directories collection) Ancestry
Olympia, Washington, City Directory, 1932 (in U.S. City Directories collection) Ancestry
Olympia, Washington, City Directory, 1934 (in U.S. City Directories collection) Ancestry
Pacific Coast Directory, 1867 Ancestry
Olympia Court Records
Olympia Death Records
1883-1960 Washington Deaths Ancestry
1907-1960 Washington Death Certificates MyHeritage
1907-1960 Washington Select Death Certificates Ancestry
1940-2017 Washington Death Index Ancestry
Birth & death register WorldCat
Birth & death register (Olympia, Thurston, Washington), 1892-1906 FamilySearch Library
Olympia Funeral Records, 1901-1912 Washington State Archives
Pioneers of Washington scrapbook of obituaries with index, [1882-1918] WorldCat
Washington, Death Records, 1907-present Washington State Department of Health
Olympia Histories and Genealogies
Olympia Immigration Records
Indexes to Naturalization Records of the Thurston County Territorial and Superior Courts, 1850-1974 Ancestry
Thurston County Clerk, Naturalization Records, 1849-1853, 1906-1974 Washington State Archives
Olympia Land Records
1850-1954 Washington County Land Records Ancestry
General index grantee 1854-1919 (in Washington County Records collection) Ancestry
General index grantor 1854-1981 (in Washington County Records collection) Ancestry
Olympia Map Records
Bird's eye view map of the city of Olympia, East Olympia and Tumwater, Puget Sound, Washington Territory, 1879. Library of Congress
Map of Olympia, the capital on Puget Sound, Washington, 1903 Library of Congress
Olympia 1879 Bird's Eye View Map (in U.S. Historic Land Ownership and Reference Atlases) Ancestry
Sanborn Fire Insurance Map from Olympia, Thurston County, Washington, 1908 Library of Congress
Sanborn Fire Insurance Map from Olympia, Thurston County, Washington, 1924 Library of Congress
Sanborn Fire Insurance Map from Olympia, Thurston County, Washington, 1924-1947 Library of Congress
Sanborn Fire Insurance Map from Olympia, Thurston County, Washington, June 1884 Library of Congress
Sanborn Fire Insurance Map from Olympia, Thurston County, Washington, June 1896 Library of Congress
Sanborn Fire Insurance Map from Olympia, Thurston County, Washington, November 1888 Library of Congress
Sanborn Fire Insurance Map from Olympia, Thurston County, Washington, September 1891 Library of Congress
Olympia Marriage Records
1855-2008 Washington County Marriages MyHeritage
1855-2008 Washington County Marriages Ancestry
1865-2013 Washington Marriage Records Ancestry
Marriage affidavits 1866-1935 (in Washington County Records collection) Ancestry
Marriage applications 1860-1877 vol A (in Washington County Records collection) Ancestry
Marriage applications 1950-2013 (in Washington County Records collection) Ancestry
Marriage certificate index 1927-1947 (in Washington County Records collection) Ancestry
Marriage license index 1853-1981 (in Washington County Records collection) Ancestry
Marriage licenses 1853-1954 (in Washington County Records collection) Ancestry
Marriage records, 1891-1950 FamilySearch Library
Marriage returns 1917-1938 (in Washington County Records collection) Ancestry
Olympia Newspapers and Obituaries
Columbian 1852-1853 Newspapers.com
Daily Olympian 1927-1938 Newspapers.com
Daily Olympian 1927-1938 Newspapers.com
Daily Olympian 1938-1982 Newspapers.com
Daily Pacific Tribune 04/02/1872 to 04/10/1873 Genealogy Bank
Echo 09/24/1868 to 07/29/1876 Genealogy Bank
Echo, 1868-1877 Google News Archive
Morning Echo 08/22/1876 to 02/06/1877 Genealogy Bank
Morning Olympian 1923-1927 Newspapers.com
Olympia OR The Columbia 1852-1853 1852-1853 Fulton History
Olympia Transcript 01/09/1875 to 07/01/1876 Genealogy Bank
Olympia Tribune 1891-1892 Newspapers.com
Olympia Tribune, 9 October 1891 - 29 December 1892 Washington Digital Newspapers
Olympia WA Pioneer and Democrat 1854-1861 Fulton History
Olympia Weekly Capital, 1903-1904 Google News Archive
Olympia state capital, 1905-1905 Google News Archive
Olympia tribune. (Olympia, Wash.) (from Oct. 9, 1891 to Dec. 29, 1892) Chronicling America
Olympian 1980-2023 Newspapers.com
Pioneer And Democrat, 4 February 1854 - 31 May 1861 Washington Digital Newspapers
Pioneer and Democrat 02/05/1853 to 11/16/1860 Genealogy Bank
Pioneer and Democrat 1854-1861 Newspapers.com
Pioneer and Democrat, 1855-1861 Google News Archive
Pioneer and Democrat. (Olympia, Wash. Territory [Wash.]) (from Feb. 4, 1854 to May 31, 1861) Chronicling America
Pioneers of Washington scrapbook of obituaries with index, [1882-1918] WorldCat
Puget Sound Daily Courier 02/22/1873 to 12/19/1874 Genealogy Bank
Puget Sound Daily Courier, 1872-1874, 1877 Google News Archive
Puget Sound Weekly Courier, 1878-1880 Google News Archive
Sounds Newspaper: South Puget Sound Community College 10/18/2011 to 04/05/2018 Genealogy Bank
The Columbian, 11 September 1852 - 26 November 1853 Washington Digital Newspapers
The Columbian. (Olympia, O.T. [Wash.]) (from Sept. 11, 1852 to Nov. 26, 1853) Chronicling America
The Olympian newspaper index, 1993-2009 Washington State Library
Vidette, 1975-1976 Google News Archive
Washington Democrat, 1864-1865 Google News Archive
Washington Pioneer 1853-1854 Newspapers.com
Washington Pioneer, 3 December 1853 - 28 January 1854 Washington Digital Newspapers
Washington Standard 11/17/1860 to 09/23/1921 Genealogy Bank
Washington Standard 1860-1921 Newspapers.com
Washington Standard, 18 November 1860 - 23 September 1921 Washington Digital Newspapers
Washington pioneer. (Olympia [Wash.]) (from Dec. 3, 1853 to Jan. 28, 1854) Chronicling America
Washington standard (Olympia, Wash. Territory) (from Nov. 17, 1860 to Sept. 23, 1921) MyHeritage
Washington standard. (Olympia, Wash. Territory) (from Nov. 17, 1860 to Sept. 23, 1921) Chronicling America
Offline Newspapers for OlympiaAccording to the US Newspaper Directory, the following newspapers were printed, so there may be paper or microfilm copies available. For more information on how to locate offline newspapers, see our article on Locating Offline Newspapers. Agricultural Grange News [Microform]. (Olympia, Wash.) 1912-1927 Agricultural Grange News. (Olympia, Wash.) 1912-1927 Columbian [Microform]. (Olympia, Puget's Sound) 1852-1853 Columbian. (Olympia, O.T. [Wash.]) 1852-1853 Commercial Age. (Olympia, W.T. [Wash.]) 1869-1870 Daily Olympian [Microform]. (Olympia, Wash. Terr'y.) 1876-1877 Daily Olympian [Microform]. (Olympia, Wash.) 1895-1898 Daily Olympian [Microform]. (Olympia, Wash.) 1938-1982 Daily Olympian. (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1876-1877 Daily Olympian. (Olympia, Wash.) 1938-1982 Daily Pacific Tribune [Microform]. (Olympia, W.T.) 1869-1878 Daily Pacific Tribune. (Olympia, W.T. [Wash.) 1869-1878 Daily Tribune [Microform]. (Olympia, W.T.) 1867-1869 Echo a Temperance Journal. [Microform] (Olympia, W.T.) 1868-1877 Echo, a Temperance - Agricultural Journal. (Olympia, W.T. [Wash.]) 1874-1875 Echo, a Temperance Journal. (Olympia, W.T. [Wash.]) 1868-1874 Echo. (Olympia, W.T. [Wash.]) 1868-1877 Fair Words. (Olympia, W.T. [Wash.]) 1880-1880s Morning Echo. (Olympia [Wash.]) 1875-1877 Morning Olympian [Microform]. (Olympia, Wash.) 1891-1893 Morning Olympian-Tribune. (Olympia, Wash.) 1893-1894 Morning Olympian. (Olympia, Wash.) 1898-1927 Olympia Chronicle. (Olympia, Wash.) 1899-1929 Olympia Daily Standard. (Olympia, Wash.) 1921-1922 Olympia News 52. (Olympia, Wash.) 1982-1988 Olympia News. ([Olympia, Wash.) 1923-1982 Olympia Review [Microform]. (Olympia, Thurston County, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1890 Olympia Review. (Olympia, Thurston County, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1890 Olympia Transcript [Microform]. (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1867-1885 Olympia Transcript. (Olympia, Wash. Terr.) 1867-1885 Olympia Tribune [Microform]. (Olympia, Wash.) 1890-1893 Olympia Tribune. (Olympia, Wash.) 1890-1893 Olympia Weekly Capital [Microform]. (Olympia, Wash.) 1900s-1904 Olympian [Microform]. (Olympia, Wash.) 1980s-Current Olympian. (Olympia, Wash.) 1982-Current Overland Press [Microform]. (Olympia, W.T.) 1861-1864 Overland Press. (Olympia, W.T. [Wash.]) 1861-1864 Pacific Tribune [Microform]. (Olympia, W.T.) 1864-1868 Pacific Tribune. (Olympia, W.T. [Wash.]) 1864-1868 Palladium. (Olympia, Wash.) 1894-1897 Pioneer and Democrat [Microform]. (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1854-1861 Pioneer and Democrat. (Olympia, Wash. Territory [Wash.]) 1854-1861 Puget Sound Daily Courier [Microform]. (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1872-1874 Puget Sound Daily Courier. (Olympia, W.T. [Wash.]) 1872-1874 Puget Sound Weekly Courier [Microform]. (Olympia, Wash. Terr.) 1872-1885 Puget Sound Weekly Courier. (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1872-1880s Territorial Republican. (Olympia, Wash.) 1868-1869 Washington Democrat. (Olympia, W.T. [I.E. Wash.]) 1864-1865 Washington Pioneer [Microform]. (Olympia, Puget Sound, Wash. Territory) 1853-1854 Washington Pioneer. (Olympia [Wash.]) 1853-1854 Washington Standard. (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921 Washington State Grange News [Microform]. (Olympia, Wa) 1993-Current Washington State Grange News. (Olympia, Wa) 1993-Current Washington State Reclamation Journal. (Olympia, Wash.) 1945-1940s Weekly Capital [Microform]. (Olympia, Wash.) 1891-1901 Weekly Capital. (Olympia, Wash.) 1891-1901 Weekly Olympian. (Olympia, Wash.) 1894-1907 Weekly Pacific Tribune [Microform]. (Olympia, W.T.) 1868-1879 Weekly Pacific Tribune. (Olympia, Wash. Terr.) 1868-1879 |
Olympia Probate Records
1807-1997 Washington Wills and Probate Records Ancestry
Probate journal 1854-1951 (in Washington County Records collection) Ancestry
Wills 1876-1929 (in Washington County Records collection) Ancestry
Olympia School Records
Capital High School - Annual Yearbook (Olympia, WA), 1979, 1980, 1981 E Yearbook
Capital High School yearbook, 1981, 1982, 1983, 1985, 1986, 1987, 1988, 1991, 1992, 1994 Classmates
Northwest Christian High School yearbook, 1998, 1999 Classmates
Northwest Christian High School yearbook, 1998, 1999 (included in US School Yearbooks) Ancestry
Olympia High School W W Miller High School yearbooks, 1937, 1939 (included in US School Yearbooks) Ancestry
Olympia High School yearbook, 1921, 1924, 1930, 1932, 1934, 1935 (included in US School Yearbooks) Ancestry
Saint Martins Preparatory School yearbook, 1970 (included in US School Yearbooks) Ancestry
St Placid High School - Panorama Yearbook (Olympia, WA), 1964, 1980, 1981, 1982, 1983 E Yearbook
St Placid High School yearbooks, 1964, 1980, 1981, 1982, 1983 (included in US School Yearbooks) Ancestry
St. Placid High School yearbook, 1964 (included in US Yearbooks collection) MyHeritage
St. Placid High School yearbook, 1964, 1980, 1981, 1982, 1983 Classmates
West Black Hills High School yearbook, 1998, 2000, 2001 Classmates
West Black Hills High School yearbook, 1998, 2000, 2001 (included in US School Yearbooks) Ancestry
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