Vancouver Genealogy (in Clark County, WA)

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Vancouver 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

Vancouver Cemetery Records

Brush Prairie Cemetery Billion Graves online

Clark County Poor Farm Cemetery Find a Grave online

Clark County, Washington, cemetery records FamilySearch Library

Evergreen Memorial Gardens Find a Grave online

Evergreen Memorial Gardens Billion Graves online

Evergreen Memorial Gardens Cemetery FamilySearch Library

Evergreen Memorial Gardens Cemetery. WorldCat

Fisher Cemetery Billion Graves online

Fishers Cemetery Find a Grave online

Fort Vancouver / St James Churchyard Find a Grave online

Fort Vancouver Military Cemetery Find a Grave online

Fourth Plain Cemetery Find a Grave online

Livingston Cemetery Billion Graves online

Manor Wilson Bridge Cemetery Find a Grave online

Manor Wilson Bridge Cemetery, Vancouver US Gen Web Archives online

Memory Memorial Park Billion Graves online

Memory Memorial Park Find a Grave online

Mother Joseph Catholic Cemetery Find a Grave online

Mother Joseph Catholic Cemetery Billion Graves online

Old City Cemetery Interment online

Old City Cemetery of Vancouver WorldCat

Old Vancouver City Cemetery Find a Grave online

Park Hill Cemetery Find a Grave online

Park Hill Cemetery Billion Graves online

Saint Johns Catholic Cemetery Find a Grave online

Saint Luke's Episcopal Church Columbarium Find a Grave online

Saint Paul Lutheran Church Memorial Wall Find a Grave online

Salmon Creek Methodist Cemetery Interment online

Sifton - Fourth Plain Cemetery Billion Graves online

St. John Lutheran Cemetery Interment online

The County Farm Cemetery, Clark County, Washington : also known as The Poor Farm Cemetery and Marble Mount Cemetery FamilySearch Library

U.S. Civil War, The Unpublished Roll of Honor: Soldiers Buried in Vancouver Barracks, Washington Ancestry online

Vancouver Barracks National Cemetery Billion Graves online

Vancouver Old City Cemetery Billion Graves online

Wilson Bridge Cemetery Billion Graves online

Vancouver Census Records

1860, 1871, 1883, 1885, 1887 State Census of Clark County (included in Washington State and Territorial Censuses) Ancestry online

Federal Census of 1940, Vancouver, 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

Vancouver Church Records

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Catholic Church records of the Pacific Northwest : Vancouver (v. 1-2) and Stellamaris Mission FamilySearch Library

Church records, 1879-1918 (Reorganized Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints. Vancouver Branch (Vancouver, Washington)) FamilySearch Library

Hamilton funeral records, 1917-1929 WorldCat

Knapp Mortuary funerals 1926-1940. (Vol. 2) WorldCat

Parish registers, 1836-1905 (Church of England in Canada. Christ Church Cathedral (Victoria, British Columbia)) FamilySearch Library

Records (microform) 1942-1973, Trinity Baptist Church (Vancouver, Wash.). Archive Grid

Records (microform) 1948-1971, Calvary Baptist Church (Vancouver, Wash.). Archive Grid

Records of the First Friends Church of Vancouver, 1929-1979 FamilySearch Library

Rosemere Friends Church records, 1940-1963, 1993 FamilySearch Library

Saint Luke's parish register : the diaries of Rev. John McCarty, 1853-1868, and Rev. Albert S. Nicholson, 1868-1886 FamilySearch Library

Vancouver City Directories

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Portland (Oregon) city directories FamilySearch Library

Vancouver (Clark County, Wash.) city directory : including Camas and Washougal, rural routes, also a buyers's guide and a complete classified business directory FamilySearch Library

Vancouver (Washington) city directories FamilySearch Library

Vancouver City Directory 1909 MyHeritage online

Vancouver City Directory 1918 MyHeritage online

Vancouver, WA 1886, 1889-1892 City Directories Allen County Public Library

Vancouver, WA 1907-1934 City Directories Allen County Public Library

Vancouver, Washington, City Directory, 1907 (in U.S. City Directories collection) Ancestry online

Vancouver, Washington, City Directory, 1909 (in U.S. City Directories collection) Ancestry online

Vancouver, Washington, City Directory, 1911 (in U.S. City Directories collection) Ancestry online

Vancouver, Washington, City Directory, 1912 (in U.S. City Directories collection) Ancestry online

Vancouver, Washington, City Directory, 1914 (in U.S. City Directories collection) Ancestry online

Vancouver, Washington, City Directory, 1916 (in U.S. City Directories collection) Ancestry online

Vancouver, Washington, City Directory, 1918 (in U.S. City Directories collection) Ancestry online

Vancouver, Washington, City Directory, 1921 (in U.S. City Directories collection) Ancestry online

Vancouver, Washington, City Directory, 1928 (in U.S. City Directories collection) Ancestry online

Vancouver, Washington, City Directory, 1931 (in U.S. City Directories collection) Ancestry online

Vancouver, Washington, City Directory, 1934 (in U.S. City Directories collection) Ancestry online

Vancouver Death Records

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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

Camas Funeral Home records, 1912-1943 FamilySearch Library

Hamilton funeral records, 1917-1929 WorldCat

Hamilton funeral records, 1917-1929 FamilySearch Library

Knapp Mortuary funerals WorldCat

Knapp Mortuary funerals 1926-1940. (Vol. 2) WorldCat

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

Vancouver Immigration Records

Clark County Clerk, Naturalization Records, 1909-1954 Washington State Archives online

Vancouver Land Records

1850-1954 Washington County Land Records Ancestry online

Deed index-direct 1850-1977 (in Washington County Records collection) Ancestry online

Deed index-reverse 1850-1977 (in Washington County Records collection) Ancestry online

Vancouver Map Records

Sanborn Fire Insurance Map from Vancouver, Clark County, Washington, 1907 Library of Congress online

Sanborn Fire Insurance Map from Vancouver, Clark County, Washington, 1911 Library of Congress online

Sanborn Fire Insurance Map from Vancouver, Clark County, Washington, February 1892 Library of Congress online

Sanborn Fire Insurance Map from Vancouver, Clark County, Washington, January 1888 Library of Congress online

Sanborn Fire Insurance Map from Vancouver, Clark County, Washington, July 1884 Library of Congress online

Sanborn Fire Insurance Map from Vancouver, Clark County, Washington, May 1890 Library of Congress online

Vancouver Marriage Records

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1855-2008 Washington County Marriages MyHeritage online

1865-2013 Washington Marriage Records Ancestry online

Marriage affidavits 1852-1939 (in Washington County Records collection) Ancestry online

Marriage applications 1939-2008 (in Washington County Records collection) Ancestry online

Marriage certificates 1889-1916 (in Washington County Records collection) Ancestry online

Marriage record index 1890-1978 (in Washington County Records collection) Ancestry online

Marriage records (Clark County, Washington), 1891-1950 FamilySearch Library

Marriage register 1891-1914 (in Washington County Records collection) Ancestry online

Marriage returns 1891-1909 (in Washington County Records collection) Ancestry online

Marriages 1852-1896 vol 1 (in Washington County Records collection) Ancestry online

Vancouver Military Records

104th Division (Training). FamilySearch Books online

U.S. Civil War, The Unpublished Roll of Honor: Soldiers Buried in Vancouver Barracks, Washington Ancestry online

Vancouver Newspapers and Obituaries

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Abstracts from the Vancouver Register : Vancouver, Washington Territory, 1865 To 1869 FamilySearch Library

Abstracts from the Vancouver register, Vancouver, Washington Territory, 1865 to 1869 WorldCat

Columbian 05/27/1994 to Current Genealogy Bank online

Columbian 1937-2011 Newspapers.com online

Daily Vancouver Columbian 1908-1908 Newspapers.com online

Evening Columbian 1920-1921 Newspapers.com online

The Vancouver Independent, 4 September 1875 - 27 March 1884 Washington Digital Newspapers online

The Vancouver Register, 7 October 1865 - 9 October 1869 Washington Digital Newspapers online

The Vancouver independent. (Vancouver, W.T. [Wash.]) (from Sept. 4, 1875 to March 27, 1884) Chronicling America online

Vancouver Business Journal 03/15/2002 to 04/11/2003 Genealogy Bank online

Vancouver Columbian 1890-1920 Newspapers.com online

Vancouver Daily Columbian 1908-1920 Newspapers.com online

Vancouver Evening Columbian 1921-1937 Newspapers.com online

Vancouver Independent 09/04/1875 to 03/27/1884 Genealogy Bank online

Vancouver Independent 1875-1884 Newspapers.com online

Vancouver Independent, 1876-1888 Washington State University online

Vancouver Independentᅠ(1875-1884) Newspaper Archive online

Vancouver Registerᅠ(1865-1869) Newspaper Archive online

Vancouver WA Vancouver Register 1862-1869 Fulton History online

Vancouver Weekly Columbian 1920-1921 Newspapers.com online

Vancouver independent (Vancouver, W.T. [Wash.]) (from Sept. 4, 1875 to March 27, 1884) MyHeritage online

Offline Newspapers for Vancouver

According 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.

Clark County Sun [Microform]. (Vancouver, Clarke County, Wash.) 1913-1940s

Clark County Sun. (Vancouver, Wash.) 1913-1940s

Clarke County Register. (Vancouver, W.T.) 1881-1889

Columbian. (Vancouver, Wash.) 1937-Current

Morning Sun. (Vancouver, Wash.) 1935-1936

Pacific Weekly Censor. (Vancouver, W.T.) 1881-1882

Vancouver Columbian. (Vancouver, Wash.) 1890-1920

Vancouver Daily Columbian [Microform]. (Vancouver, Wash.) 1908-1920

Vancouver Independent. (Vancouver, W.T. [Wash.]) 1875-1910

Vancouver Independent. Volume (Vancouver, Wash. Territory [I.E. Wash.]) 1875-1910

Vancouver Register. (Vancouver, Wash. Territory [Wash.]) 1865-1876

Vancouver Register. (Vancouver, Wash.) 1889-1899

Vancouver Telegraph [Microform]. (Vancouver, Wash. Territory [I.E. Wash.]) 1861-1862

Vancouver Telegraph. (Vancouver, Wash. Territory [I.E. Wash.]) 1861-1862

Vancouver Probate Records

1807-1997 Washington Wills and Probate Records Ancestry online

Probate index 1890-1979 (in Washington County Records collection) Ancestry online

Probate petitions for administration 1890-1915 vol 1 (in Washington County Records collection) Ancestry online

Wills 1890-1929 (in Washington County Records collection) Ancestry online

Vancouver School Records

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Clark College - Galapagon Yearbook (Vancouver, WA), 1961 E Yearbook online

Clark College 1958 Yearbook (A-L) US Gen Web online

Clark College 1958 Yearbook (M-Z) US Gen Web online

Clark College 1959 Yearbook (A-J) US Gen Web online

Clark College 1959 Yearbook (K-Z) US Gen Web online

Clark College Galapagon 1958-1959 Yearbook US Gen Web Archives online

Clark College yearbook, 1961 (included in US School Yearbooks) Ancestry online

Clark County Christian School yearbook, 1982 (included in US School Yearbooks) Ancestry online

Columbia Academy yearbook, 1946 (included in US School Yearbooks) Ancestry online

Columbia Adventist Academy yearbook, 1946 (included in US School Yearbooks) Ancestry online

Columbia River High School - Tyee Yearbook (Vancouver, WA), 1973, 1982 E Yearbook online

Columbia River High School yearbooks, 1965, 1966, 1971, 1972, 1973, 1977, 1978, 1979, 1980, 1981, 1982, 1984, 1992, 1997 (included in US School Yearbooks) Ancestry online

Evergreen High School - Log Yearbook (Vancouver, WA), 1955, 1958, 1960 E Yearbook online

Evergreen High School yearbook, 1948, 1949, 1950, 1952, 1954, 1955, 1956, 1958, 1960, 1965, 1967, 1971, 1972, 1977, 1980, 1984, 1985, 1986, 1990, 1993, 1995 (included in US School Yearbooks) Ancestry online

Fort Vancouver High School - Alki Yearbook (Vancouver, WA), 1951, 1958, 1967, 1972 E Yearbook online

Fort Vancouver High School yearbooks, 1956, 1957, 1958, 1960, 1967, 1972, 1976, 1978, 1983, 1984, 1985 (included in US School Yearbooks) Ancestry online

Ft Vancouver High School yearbooks, 1965, 1967, 1968 (included in US School Yearbooks) Ancestry online

Ft. Vancouver High School yearbooks, 1961, 1966, 1972, 1990 (included in US School Yearbooks) Ancestry online

Heritage High School yearbook, 2002, 2004, 2005 (included in US School Yearbooks) Ancestry online

Hudson Bay High School - Aquila Yearbook (Vancouver, WA), 1956, 1958, 1963, 1964, 1977, 1988 E Yearbook online

Hudson Bay High School yearbook, 1956, 1958, 1988 (included in US School Yearbooks) Ancestry online

Hudson's Bay High School yearbook, 1956, 1957, 1958, 1962, 1963, 1964, 1965, 1966, 1967, 1968, 1969, 1970, 1972, 1974, 1975, 1976, 1977, 1985, 1986, 1989, 1997 (included in US School Yearbooks) Ancestry online

LaCenter High School yearbook, 1973 (included in US School Yearbooks) Ancestry online

Lewis and Clark High School - Procedo Yearbook (Vancouver, WA), 1964 E Yearbook online

Lewis and Clark High School yearbook, 1964 (included in US School Yearbooks) Ancestry online

Meadows High School - Vespa Yearbook (Vancouver, WA), 1947, 1948 E Yearbook online

Meadows High School yearbook, 1947 (included in US School Yearbooks) Ancestry online

Mountain View High School yearbook, 1984, 1985, 1986, 1988 (included in US School Yearbooks) Ancestry online

Ogden Meadows High School yearbooks, 1947, 1948 (included in US School Yearbooks) Ancestry online

Vancouver High School - Alki Yearbook (Vancouver, WA), 1916, 1917, 1921, 1922, 1923, 1924, 1925, 1926, 1927, 1936, 1937, 1938, 1939, 1940, 1941, 1942, 1943, 1944, 1945, 1946, 1947, 1948, 1949, 1950, 1953, 1954, 1955 E Yearbook online

Vancouver High School 1955 Yearbook US Gen Web online

Vancouver High School Yearbook 1919-1920 US Gen Web online

Vancouver High School yearbooks, 1916, 1917, 1921, 1922, 1923, 1924, 1925, 1926, 1927, 1936, 1937, 1938, 1939, 1940, 1941, 1942, 1943, 1944, 1945, 1946, 1947, 1948, 1949, 1950, 1953, 1954, 1955, 1962, 1968 (included in US School Yearbooks) Ancestry online

Vancouver High School, 1919-1920, 1925, 1955 US Gen Web Archives online

Washington State School for the Deaf yearbooks, 1962, 1972, 1973 (included in US School Yearbooks) Ancestry online



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