Links to external websites

Learn more about your family history at the Genealogical Forum of Oregon! As the largest genealogical library in the Pacific Northwest, we offer access to more than 55,000 holdings, with records from around the globe and many popular subscription genealogy websites. Our website offers a host of resources including indexes, a robust calendar of educational opportunities, and our library catalog.

Guide to the genealogical resources available at the Washington State Library. Compiled by Dusty Gorman, formerly with the library.

Due to loss of funding, the Washington State Library in Tumwater was closed to the public starting July 1, 2025. For more information, see https://www.sos.wa.gov/library/about-state-library/available-library-services-starting-july-1-2025

Heritage Quest Research Library is a nonprofit genealogy library in Puyallup, Washington, managed and staffed entirely by volunteers. HQRL's collection includes foreign and state books, family histories, special subject titles, microfiche, and historic maps. HQRL houses a bookstore where you can purchase genealogy books, family tree forms/charts, software and supplies. They also offer beginning and specialty genealogy classes for a reasonable price in classroom and/or ZOOM settings.

The National Archives and Records Administration (NARA) is the nation's record keeper. Of all documents and materials created in the course of business conducted by the United States federal government, only 1%-3% are so important for legal or historical reasons that they are kept by us forever.

Those valuable records are preserved and are available to you, whether you want to see if they contain clues about your family’s history, need to prove a veteran’s military service, or are researching a historical topic that interests you.

Guide to Washington's newspapers compiled by Dusty Gorman, formerly of the Washington State Library.

TRL provides a wealth of free genealogy and history resources, including in-library access to Ancestry.com Library Edition, HeritageQuest Online, and various newspaper archives.

Downtown Olympia branch of the Timberland Regional Library.

Guide to Washington state genealogical resources available at the county level. Compiled by Dusty Gorman, formerly with the Washington State Library.