Source:Washington, United States. Death Certificates, 1907-Present

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Source Certificates of death, 1907–present
Author Washington (State). Department of Health
Coverage
Place Washington, United States
Year range 1907 -
Subject Vital records
Publication information
Type Government / Church records
Publisher Department of Health, 1959–1960; U.S. Public Health Service, s.a.; and Genealogical Society of Utah, 1995–1996
Place issued Filmed by
References / Cites Original certificates of death held by the Washington State Department of Health, Tumwater
Citation
Washington (State). Department of Health. Certificates of death, 1907–present. (Filmed by: Department of Health, 1959–1960; U.S. Public Health Service, s.a.; and Genealogical Society of Utah, 1995–1996).
Repositories
Washington State Dept. of HealthBirth, Death, Marriage and Divorce CertificatesFree website
Family History CenterFamilySearch Catalog (1907–1960; with indexes)Family history center

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Beginning in 1891, individual counties in the state of Washington were required by law to keep vital records. The State began collecting birth and death records from July 1, 1907, and marriage and divorce records from January 1, 1968.


FHL Film Numbers

Filmed for the Department of Health, 1959–1960
  • Record years 1907–1947: 196493–196779, 230246–230313
  • Indexes of deaths 1907–1959: 230399–230408
Filmed for the U.S. Public Health Service
  • Record years 1948–1952: 230314–230334, 230337–230341, 230343–230357, 230359, 230361, 230363–230398, 230993, 1760237–1760242
Filmed by the Genealogical Society of Utah, 1995–1996
  • Record years 1907–1960: between 1991521 and 2034081, not consecutively numbered

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