Tacoma Genealogy (in Pierce County, WA)
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Tacoma Birth Records
1870-1935 Washington Birth Records (incomplete before 1891) Ancestry 
1907-1919 Washington Births Index Ancestry
Birth records, Tacoma-Pierce County, Washington, 1887-1892 WorldCat
Washington, Birth Records, 1907-present Washington State Department of Health
Tacoma Cemetery Records
Byrd Cemetery Find a Grave
Calvary Cemetery Find a Grave
Calvary Cemetery Billion Graves
Calvary Cemetery (Catholic) : vol. 3, Pierce County cemetery records FamilySearch Library
Calvary Cemetery and Mausoleum Interment
Christ Episcopal Church Columbarium Find a Grave
Christ Episcopal Church Columbarium Billion Graves
Cushman Cemetery Billion Graves
Home of Peace Cemetery Association records, 1914-1993, Tacoma, Wash. Archive Grid
Interment and Sexton's records, Old Tacoma Cemetery, Tacoma, Washington, 1890-1922, 1927-1958 FamilySearch Library
Interment records, 1915-1957 FamilySearch Library
Mountain View Funeral Home, Tacoma, Pierce County, Washington : index to lot numbers of interments, 1915-1957 FamilySearch Library
Mountain View Memorial Park Genealogy Trails
New Tacoma Cemetery Find a Grave
New Tacoma Cemetery Billion Graves
New Tacoma Cemetery Genealogy Trails
Oakwood Cemetery WorldCat
Oakwood Cemetery, vol. 2 - Pierce County cemetery records FamilySearch Library
Oakwood Hill Cemetery Find a Grave
Oakwood Hill Cemetery Billion Graves
Oakwood Hill Cemetery, Tacoma, Pierce County, Washington. WorldCat
Old Pioneer Cemetery Find a Grave
Old Pioneer Cemetery (aka Rigney Catholic Cemetery; aka Pioneer Catholic Cemeter Billion Graves
Old Puyallup Indian Cemetery Find a Grave
Old Puyallup Indian Cemetery (aka Cushman Cemetery, Indian Mission Cemetery, Puy Billion Graves
Parkland Evangelical Lutheran Cemetery Find a Grave
Parkland Lutheran Cemetery Billion Graves
Pauper Cemetery Find a Grave
Pauper Cemetery (aka County Cemetery) Billion Graves
Records from the Tacoma Mausoleum and the Oakwood Cemetery, 1908-1957 FamilySearch Library
Saint Luke's Memorial Episcopal Church Columbarium Billion Graves
Saint Lukes Episcopal Columbarium Find a Grave
St. Matthew Parish Memorial Garden Find a Grave
Tacoma Cemetery Find a Grave
Tacoma Cemetery Billion Graves
Tacoma Cemetery Billion Graves
Tacoma Mausoleum Find a Grave
Tacoma Mausoleum Billion Graves
The Buckley-King mortuary records WorldCat
Trinity Lutheran Church Find a Grave
Tacoma Census Records
U.S. Federal Census 1790-1950 Ancestry
U.S. Federal Census 1790-1950 MyHeritage
United States Federal Census, 1790-1950 Family Search
Tacoma Church Records
A Tower and a fortress : a history of the First Presbyterian Church, Tacoma, Washington FamilySearch Library
Annual genealogical report, Form E, 1959 (Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. Tacoma 6th Ward (Washington)) FamilySearch Library
Christ church records (in U.S., Evangelical Lutheran Church in America Church Records collection) Ancestry
Church records, 1824-1940 (microform), Reorganized Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints Archive Grid
Church records, 1886-1907 (Reorganized Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints. Tacoma Branch (Tacoma, Washington)) FamilySearch Library
Ebenezer church records (in U.S., Evangelical Lutheran Church in America Church Records collection) Ancestry
Olympic View Friends Church records, 1981 FamilySearch Library
Parish register and history of St. Peter's Church and St. Luke's Church, Tacoma, Washington Territory, 1873-1888 FamilySearch Library
Record of members, 1926-1941; annual genealogical report, Form E, 1938- 1948 (Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. Tacoma Central Ward (Washington)) FamilySearch Library
St. Luke's Memorial : church with a moving past : 1878-1997, Tacoma, Washington FamilySearch Library
Tacoma First Friends Church records, 1906-1967, 1906-1967 FamilySearch Library
Tacoma City Directories (67)
Tacoma Court Records
Court records, 1890-1972, 1890-1972 FamilySearch Library
Tacoma 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
Death records of Pierce County, Washington, 1887-1907 FamilySearch Library
Extracted Pierce County, Washington death records, 1891-1907 in the Tacoma Researcher Magazine FamilySearch Library
Interment records, 1915-1957 FamilySearch Library
Mountain View Funeral Home, Tacoma, Pierce County, Washington : index to lot numbers of interments, 1915-1957 FamilySearch Library
Piper Funeral Home records : Tacoma, Washington. WorldCat
Piper Funeral Home records, Tacoma Washington FamilySearch Library
Tacoma, Washington, Obituary Index, 1939-2010 Ancestry
The Buckley-King mortuary records WorldCat
Washington, Death Records, 1907-present Washington State Department of Health
Tacoma Histories and Genealogies
A History of the Puget Sound Country : its Resources, its Commerce and its People Ancestry
History of Scandinavians in Tacoma and Pierce County with brief history of Tacoma and early settlement FamilySearch Library
History of Scandinavians in Tacoma and Pierce County with brief history of Tacoma and early settlement Genealogy Gophers
Proceedings of the M.W. Grand Lodge of Free and Accepted Masons of Washington FamilySearch Library
Tacoma Illustrated Ancestry
Tacoma and Vicinity Ancestry
Tacoma, its history and its builders : a half century of activity FamilySearch Library
Tacoma, the Western Terminus of the Northern Pacific Railroad Ancestry
Tacoma Immigration Records
Indexes to Naturalization Records of the Pierce County Territorial and Superior Courts, 1853-1923 Ancestry
Passenger lists of vessels arriving at Seattle from U. S. insular possessions, 1908-1917 : Port Townsend, Seattle, and Tacoma FamilySearch Library
Seattle and Tacoma, Washington, Passenger and Crew Lists of Airplane Departures, 1947-1957 Ancestry
Tacoma naturalization records, 1890-1957; indexes, 1854-1922 FamilySearch Library
Tacoma Land Records
1850-1954 Washington County Land Records Ancestry
Deeds 1883-1931 (in Washington County Records collection) Ancestry
General index grantee 1859-1988 (in Washington County Records collection) Ancestry
General index grantor 1859-1935 (in Washington County Records collection) Ancestry
General index grantor grantee 1888-1889 (in Washington County Records collection) Ancestry
Tacoma Map Records
City map of Tacoma, W.T., western terminus of N.P.R.R. Puget Sound 1885. Library of Congress
Map of Tacoma, 1890 Library of Congress
Map of Tacoma, Washington, 1893 Library of Congress
Sanborn Fire Insurance Map from Tacoma, Pierce County, Washington, 1888 Library of Congress
Sanborn Fire Insurance Map from Tacoma, Pierce County, Washington, 1896 Library of Congress
Sanborn Fire Insurance Map from Tacoma, Pierce County, Washington, 1896 Library of Congress
Sanborn Fire Insurance Map from Tacoma, Pierce County, Washington, 1912 Library of Congress
Sanborn Fire Insurance Map from Tacoma, Pierce County, Washington, 1950 Library of Congress
Sanborn Fire Insurance Map from Tacoma, Pierce County, Washington, September 1885 Library of Congress
View map of new Tacoma and Mount Rainier, Puget Sound, Washington Territory, 1878 Library of Congress
View map of the city of Tacoma, W.T., Puget-Sound, county seat of Pierce Cty. 1884. Library of Congress
Tacoma Marriage Records
1855-2008 Washington County Marriages MyHeritage
1855-2008 Washington County Marriages Ancestry
1865-2013 Washington Marriage Records Ancestry
Pierce County, Washington, Marriage Returns 1891-1950 Ancestry
Washington, Pierce County Marriage Returns, 1891-1938 Family Search
Tacoma Military Records
WWI Casualty list 1 from "Tacoma News Tribune" 5 Nov 1918 US Gen Web
WWI Casualty list 2 from "Tacoma News Tribune" 5 Nov 1918 US Gen Web
Tacoma Minority Records
History of Scandinavians in Tacoma and Pierce County with brief history of Tacoma and early settlement FamilySearch Library
History of Scandinavians in Tacoma and Pierce County with brief history of Tacoma and early settlement Genealogy Gophers
Tacoma Miscellaneous Records
U.S., Applications for Seaman's Protection Certificates, 1916-1940 (includes Tacoma, Washington) Ancestry
Tacoma Newspapers and Obituaries
Journal 05/04/1889 to 10/25/1890 Genealogy Bank
Morning News Tribune 1987-1993 Newspapers.com
News Tribune 1918-1922 Newspapers.com
News Tribune 1993-2023 Newspapers.com
Tacoma Commerce 05/15/1886 to 04/30/1887 Genealogy Bank
Tacoma Daily Index 11/08/2013 to Current Genealogy Bank
Tacoma Daily Ledger 1883-1937 Newspapers.com
Tacoma Daily News 1889-1897 Newspapers.com
Tacoma Daily News 1894-1913 Newspapers.com
Tacoma Daily News 1908-1918 Newspapers.com
Tacoma Evening News 1903-1903 Newspapers.com
Tacoma Headlines : An Account of Tacoma News and Newspapers from 1873 To1962 FamilySearch Library
Tacoma News Tribune 1922-1987 Newspapers.com
Tacoma Times 1903-1943 Newspapers.com
Tacoma Timesﾠ(1903-1918) Newspaper Archive
Tacoma Tribune 1918-1918 Newspapers.com
Tacoma times (Tacoma, Wash.) (from Dec. 21, 1903 to June 29, 1918) MyHeritage
Tacoma times 12/21/1903 to 06/29/1918 Genealogy Bank
Tacoma, Washington, Obituary Index, 1939-2010 Ancestry
The Evening Telegraph, 9 August 1886 - 15 January 1887 Washington Digital Newspapers
The Tacoma Times, 21 December 1903 - 29 June 1918 Washington Digital Newspapers
The Tacoma times. (Tacoma, Wash.) (from Dec. 21, 1903 to June 29, 1918) Chronicling America
Trail, The: University of Puget Sound 11/19/2016 to 10/05/2018 Genealogy Bank
Weekly Ledger 05/28/1880 to 11/05/1886 Genealogy Bank
Weekly Ledger, 1893-1893 Google News Archive
Weekly Pacific Tribune 04/02/1875 to 06/11/1875 Genealogy Bank
Offline Newspapers for TacomaAccording 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. Defender. (Tacoma, Wash.) 1949-1960 Every Sunday. (Tacoma, Wash.) 1889-1892 Every Sunday. (Tacoma, Wash.) 1889-1892 Forum [Microform]. (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1918 Forum [Microform]. (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1918 Forum. (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1918 Forum. (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1918 Journal. (Tacoma, Wash.) 1889-1890 Journal. (Tacoma, Wash.) 1889-1890 Lakewood Press. (Tacoma, Wash.) 1982-1987 Lakewood Suburban Times [Microform]. (Tacoma, Wash.) 1980-1981 Lakewood Suburban Times [Microform]. (Tacoma, Wash.) 1980-1981 Lakewood Suburban Times. (Tacoma, Wash.) 1980-1981 Lakewood Suburban Times. (Tacoma, Wash.) 1980-1981 Lewis-Mcchord Free Press [Microform]. (Tacoma, Wash.) 1970-1973 Lewis-Mcchord Free Press [Microform]. (Tacoma, Wash.) 1970-1973 Lewis-Mcchord Free Press. (Tacoma, Wash.) 1970-1973 Lewis-Mcchord Free Press. (Tacoma, Wash.) 1970-1973 Madigan Mountaineer. (Tacoma, Wash.) 1940s-Current Madigan Mountaineer. (Tacoma, Wash.) 1940s-Current Mcchord Defender. (Tacoma, Wash.) 1960-1961 Mcchord Defender. (Tacoma, Wash.) 1960-1961 Monthly Epworth Budget. (Tacoma, Wash.) 1879-1890s Monthly Epworth Budget. (Tacoma, Wash.) 1879-1890s Morning Globe. (Tacoma, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1889 Morning Globe. (Tacoma, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1889 Morning News Tribune [Microform]. (Tacoma, Wash.) 1987-1993 Morning News Tribune [Microform]. (Tacoma, Wash.) 1987-1993 Morning News Tribune. (Tacoma, Wash.) 1987-1993 New Lakewood Press. (Tacoma, Wash.) 1987-Current New Lakewood Press. (Tacoma, Wash.) 1987-Current News Tribune [Microform]. (Tacoma, Wash.) 1993-Current News Tribune [Microform]. (Tacoma, Wash.) 1993-Current News Tribune. (Tacoma, Wash.) 1918-1922 News Tribune. (Tacoma, Wash.) 1918-1922 News Tribune. (Tacoma, Wash.) 1993-Current News Tribune. (Tacoma, Wash.) 1993-Current Northwest Dispatch. (Tacoma, Wash.) 1982-Current Northwest Dispatch. (Tacoma, Wash.) 1982-Current Pacific Review. (Tacoma, Wash.) 1909-1917 Pacific Review. (Tacoma, Wash.) 1909-1917 Pierce County Parent. (Tacoma, Wash.) 1988-Current Pierce County Parent. (Tacoma, Wash.) 1988-Current Puget Sound Posten. (Tacoma, Wash.) 1907-1930s Puget Sound Posten. (Tacoma, Wash.) 1907-1930s Puget Sound Trail. (Tacoma, Wash.) 1911-Current Puget Sound Trail. (Tacoma, Wash.) 1911-Current Real Estate Journal. (Tacoma, Wash. Terr.) 1888-1889 Real Estate Journal. (Tacoma, Wash. Terr.) 1888-1889 Review. (Tacoma, Wash.) 1977-1978 Review. (Tacoma, Wash.) 1977-1978 Ryan's Weekly. (Tacoma, Wash.) 1920-1942 Ryan's Weekly. (Tacoma, Wash.) 1920-1942 Soundings. (Tacoma, Wash.) 1970-1971 Soundings. (Tacoma, Wash.) 1970-1971 South Tacoma Star. (South Tacoma, Wash.) 1926-1953 Spectator. (Tacoma, Wash.) 1901-1902 Spectator. (Tacoma, Wash.) 1901-1902 Suburban Times [Microform]. (Tacoma, Wn.) 1962-1980 Suburban Times [Microform]. (Tacoma, Wn.) 1962-1980 Suburban Times. (Tacoma, Wash.) 1962-1963 Suburban Times. (Tacoma, Wash.) 1962-1963 Suburban Times. (Tacoma, Wn. [Wash.]) 1962-1980 Sun. (Tacoma, Wash.) 1891-1900s Sun. (Tacoma, Wash.) 1891-1900s Sun. (Tacoma, Wash.) 1892-1901 Sun. (Tacoma, Wash.) 1892-1901 Tacoma Church Record. (Tacoma, Wash.) 1917-1924 Tacoma Church Record. (Tacoma, Wash.) 1917-1924 Tacoma Civil Service Bulletin. (Tacoma, Wash.) 1929-1970s Tacoma Civil Service Bulletin. (Tacoma, Wash.) 1929-1970s Tacoma Daily Ledger. (Tacoma, Wash.) 1883-1937 Tacoma Daily News [Microform]. (Tacoma, Wash. Territory) 1885-1886 Tacoma Daily News [Microform]. (Tacoma, Wash. Territory) 1885-1886 Tacoma Daily News [Microform]. (Tacoma, Wash. Territory) 1889-1890s Tacoma Daily News [Microform]. (Tacoma, Wash. Territory) 1889-1890s Tacoma Daily News. (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1918 Tacoma Daily News. (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1918 Tacoma Daily Tribune. (Tacoma, Wash.) 1908-1912 Tacoma Daily Tribune. (Tacoma, Wash.) 1908-1912 Tacoma Evening Call. (Tacoma, Wash.) 1891-1892 Tacoma Evening Call. (Tacoma, Wash.) 1891-1892 Tacoma Evening News [Microform]. (Tacoma, Wash.) 1890s-1903 Tacoma Evening News [Microform]. (Tacoma, Wash.) 1890s-1903 Tacoma Evening News. (Tacoma, Wash.) 1890s-1903 Tacoma Evening News. (Tacoma, Wash.) 1890s-1903 Tacoma Facts. (Tacoma, Wash.) 1970s-Current Tacoma Facts. (Tacoma, Wash.) 1970s-Current Tacoma Herald. (Tacoma, Wash.) 1891-1892 Tacoma Herald. (Tacoma, Wash.) 1891-1892 Tacoma Indian News. (Tacoma, Wash.) 1974-1980s Tacoma Indian News. (Tacoma, Wash.) 1974-1980s Tacoma Journal. (Tacoma, Wash.) 1921-1946 Tacoma Journal. (Tacoma, Wash.) 1921-1946 Tacoma Morning Globe. (Tacoma, Wash.) 1889-1892 Tacoma Morning Globe. (Tacoma, Wash.) 1889-1892 Tacoma Morning Union. (Tacoma, Wash.) 1893-1897 Tacoma Morning Union. (Tacoma, Wash.) 1893-1897 Tacoma New Herald. (Tacoma, Wash.) 1896-1930 Tacoma New Herald. (Tacoma, Wash.) 1896-1930 Tacoma News Tribune. (Tacoma, Wash.) 1922-1987 Tacoma News Tribune. (Tacoma, Wash.) 1922-1987 Tacoma News [Microform]. (Tacoma, Wash. Territory) 1886-1889 Tacoma News [Microform]. (Tacoma, Wash. Territory) 1886-1889 Tacoma Posten. (Tacoma, Wash.) 1905-1907 Tacoma Posten. (Tacoma, Wash.) 1905-1907 Tacoma Review. (Tacoma, Wash.) 1970-1977 Tacoma Review. (Tacoma, Wash.) 1970-1977 Tacoma Suburban Times [Microform]. (Tacoma, Wash.) 1981-1982 Tacoma Suburban Times [Microform]. (Tacoma, Wash.) 1981-1982 Tacoma Sunday Times. (Tacoma, Wash.) 1880s-1892 Tacoma Sunday Times. (Tacoma, Wash.) 1880s-1892 Tacoma Tidende. (Tacoma, Wash.) 1890-1895 Tacoma Tidende. (Tacoma, Wash.) 1890-1895 Tacoma Tidende. (Tacoma, Wn. [Wash.) 1899-1925 Tacoma Tidende. (Tacoma, Wn. [Wash.) 1899-1925 Tacoma Times [Microform]. (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949 Tacoma Times [Microform]. (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949 Tacoma Times. (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949 Tacoma Tribunen. (Tacoma, Wash.) 1890-1902 Tacoma Tribunen. (Tacoma, Wash.) 1890-1902 Tacoma Weekly Globe. (Tacoma, W.T. [Wash.]) 1887-1892 Tacoma Weekly Globe. (Tacoma, W.T. [Wash.]) 1887-1892 Tacoma Weekly News [Microform]. (Tacoma, Wash. Territory) 1885-1902 Tacoma Weekly News [Microform]. (Tacoma, Wash. Territory) 1885-1902 Tacoma World. (Tacoma, Wash.) 1887-1880s Tacoma World. (Tacoma, Wash.) 1887-1880s Tacomian. (Tacoma, Wash.) 1892-1893 Tacomian. (Tacoma, Wash.) 1892-1893 Times Journal. (Tacoma, Wash.) 1944-1970s Times Journal. (Tacoma, Wash.) 1944-1970s University Place Press. (Tacoma, Wash.) 1986-1988 Vestkysten. (Tacoma, Wash.) 1925-1931 Vestkysten. (Tacoma, Wash.) 1925-1931 Washington Territory Review. (Tacoma, Wash.) 1889-1890 Washington Territory Review. (Tacoma, Wash.) 1889-1890 Weekly Ledger. (Tacoma, Wash.) 1880-1915 West Coast Trade. (Tacoma, Wash.) 1889-1941 West Coast Trade. (Tacoma, Wash.) 1889-1941 West Coast and Puget Sound Lumberman. (Tacoma, Wash.) 1890s-1904 West Coast and Puget Sound Lumberman. (Tacoma, Wash.) 1890s-1904 West Tacoma Journal. (Tacoma, Wash.) 1946-1948 West Tacoma Journal. (Tacoma, Wash.) 1946-1948 Western Flyer [Microform]. (Tacoma, Wash.) 1972-1990 Western Flyer [Microform]. (Tacoma, Wash.) 1972-1990 Western Flyer. (Tacoma, Wash.) 1972-1990 What's Doing. (Tacoma, Wash.) 1914-1917 What's Doing. (Tacoma, Wash.) 1914-1917 |
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