Inactive. Genealogy resources are available at the Chelan Public Library. 

The Research Center is open to the public, Tuesday - Friday, 10am - 4pm and the last Saturday of the month, 1pm - 4pm.  A catalog of all the holdings can be accessed from the website via LibraryThing.com.  Special collections include; Clallam County Collection (books and publications on local history), Pioneer files (3 generation genealogies of famiies present in Clallam Co before 1900), obituaries from the 1880's from numerous local newpaper publications, school census records 1918-1932, census of the Makah & Quileute (Native American) 1885-1899, cemetery records of all known cemeteries in Clallam Co, marriage returns 1891-1921, abstracts of wills and probates 1930-1965, Naval Lodge of Elks membership records from 1896, Puget Sound Co-op Colony records 1887-1904, high school yearbooks for Port Angeles, Sequim, Forks and Joyce, Clallam County directories and phone books. Service area:  Forks, Beaver, LaPush, Neah Bay, Seiku, Clallam Bay, Sappho, Joyce, Port Angeles, Carlsborg, Dungeness and Sequim.  It also includes four Indian Reservations: Makah, Quileute, Elwha and Jamestown.  

LCGS maintains a Genealogy Room in the Longview Public Library, 1600 Louisiana St., Longview, WA. Special collections include an online obituary index and resource guides for Cowlitz Co. and Wahkiakum Co., WA and Columbia Co, OR. Service area includes Castle Rock, Cathlamet, Cougar, Grays River, Kalama, Kelso, Longview, Ryderwood and Silver Lake.

Inactive. Previous serve area included: Beverly, Coulee City, Coulee Dam, Desert Aire, Ephrata, George, Grand Coulee, Hartline, Krupp, Levering, Mattawa, Moses Lake, Quincy, Royal City, Soap Lake, Trinidad and Warden. 

The Genealogical Society of South Whidbey Island dissolved as of 01 Sep 2024. The Ralph Seefeld Obituary Collection is housed here. 

The society operates a Research Center at 13692 Airport Cutoff Road (Hwy. 19), Port Townsend, WA.  Use of the Research Center is free for members. There is a small fee for non-members. JCGS has an extensive online index to all the databases at the JCGS Research Center accessible from their website.  Research services are available. Service area includes Gardiner, Port Townsend, Port Ludlow, Port Hadlock, Chimacum, Quilcene, Brinnon, Kalalock, Queets and Clearwater.  

The society provides genealogical resources for the Bellevue Regional Library.  A catalog of the resources is available on the King Co. Library website. They have a number of special interest groups, including Computer, Czech/Slovic, Family Tree Maker, German, Irish/Scots, Italian, Legacy Family Tree and The Master Genealogist. Service area (East of Greater Seattle) includes Bellevue, Woodinville, Bothell, Kirkland, Redmond, Newport Hills, Mercer Island, Renton, Issaquah, Carnation, Fall City, Duvall, Sammamish, Snoqualmie and North Bend.

​The library is located on Lake Washington on the south side of Madison Park, in the lower level of the Washington Pioneer Hall.  There is a fee for access to the Library. The library catalog can be access from their website.

The JGSWS library of Jewish resources is located in the LDS Factoria Building, 4200 124th Ave SE, Bellevue, WA 98006 (in Factoria, just off I-90 and I-405).  The catalog of their holdings can be accessed from their website. Special Projects: Indexing all of the Jewish cemeteries located in Washington State; indexing vital records (birth, bar/bat mitzvah, marriage, and death announcements that were printed in the Jewish Transcript and other Jewish newspapers during the past 80 years).

SGS holds major seminar programs twice a year as well as a full schedule of monthly classes, meetings, workshops, and Special Interest Groups. Most of the educational programs are accessible remotely. The SGS Library, located at the Good Shepherd Center, 4649 Sunnyside Ave N, Suite 302, Seattle, Washington, contains 5,000 volumes and has online databases (Ancestry.com, Fold3, and American Ancestors) available for use onsite. It is also an affiliate library for the Family History Library in Salt Lake City and FamilySearch.org. Research requests can be made through the SGS website. Service area includes the greater Seattle area and beyond.

The Swedish Finn Historical Society is associated with the Swedish Club. The society maintains a genealogical resource library and provides research services. Online databases are available on the website for members.  Special collections include DEE Database (Document Every Emigrant) with over 38,000 entries, digitalized "Leading Star" newspapers, Order of Runeberg Lodge records, 14,000 obituaries of Swedish Finn immigrants, Emmaus Lutheran Church records and a photo database with names.

BIGS's genealogical resources are available at the Bainbridge Island Public Library. Service area:  Bainbridge Island and the North Kitsap Peninsula; Poulsbo, Indianola, Port Gamble, Hansville and Kingston.   

PSGS maintains a Genealogy Center within the Sylvan Way Kitsap Regional Library.  A catalog of resources is available on the Kitsap Regional Library website. PSGS offers several special interest groups: Ancestry.com, DNA and Legacy Family Tree Software. Research services for Kitsap County are available. Special collections include: Germans from Russia Historical Society Census Books. Service area: Bremerton, East Bremerton, Silverdale, Belfair, Seabeck, Holly, Port Orchard and Gig Harbor. PSGS also includes two smaller chapters in Belfair and S. Kitsap.

Special collections include an online catalog of local resources. Although located in Oregon, this society serves the communities on the OR and WA sides of the Columbia River Gorge, including The Dalles, Hood River, Stevenson, Klickitat, White Salmon, Wishram and Maryhill.

OCGS provides research services. Service area includes; Aeneas, Brewster, Chesaw, Conconully, Havillah, Malott, Methow, Molson, Monse, Nighthawk, Okanogan, Omak, Oroville, Pateros, Tonasket, Twisp, Wauconda and Winthrop.  

Due to a October 28, 2022 fire, the library is currently closed. They are, however, conducting classes via Zoom. The library contains over 15,000 volumes and microfiche. They provide a bookstore which provides all genre of genealogical resources. The website includes an online catalog and other local resources.   

Special collections include an online index to Pierce County records published in the “Researcher” from 1969-2013, which includes records from bibles, cemeteries, census, churches, courts, funeral homes, land, military, naturalizations, probate abstracts, schools, Taxes, vital records, voter registration, WA pioneers and other misc. records. The website provides indexes of cemeteries, schools and veterans graves in Pierce Co.  The society offers look up’s from their indexes, research services and copies of obituaries for a fee.  A list of published local genealogical resources is available for sale on the website. Service area includes Tacoma, Ruston, University Place, Lakewood, DuPont, Roy, Parkland, Spanaway, Elk Plain, Sumner, Prairie Ridge, Carbonado, Buckley, LaGrande, New Reliance, Elbe, Ashford, Ohop, Kapowsin, Graham, South Hill, Puyallup, Bonney Lake, Orting and Fairfax.  

SVGS offers local research services. Their genealogy collection is held in the Burlington Public Library.  Books and records are reference only (unavailable for checkout or general library circulation).  An online catalog of resources is available on the SVGS website. Special collections include Skagit County histories; local family histories; local cemetery and funeral home records; and early census, territorial and vital records. Service area includes Anacortes, Burlington, Conway, LaConnor, Mt. Vernon, Sedro Wooley, Shelter Bay, Concrete and Marblemount.​

 

The Sno-Isle Genealogical Society maintains a research library at 19827 Poplar Way, Lynnwood, WA 98036. 

Special collections include 1907 - 1981 newspapers from the Edmonds Tribune Review, 1986 - 2000 obituaries for Snohomish and Island Counties (approximately 74,000), holdings catalog of 2,900 volumes  is available on the website. Service area includes South Snohomish County and the cities of  Mukilteo, Everett, Lynnwood, Edmonds, Mill Creek, Mountlake Terrace, Snohomish, Monroe, Index and Lake Stevens.​​​​​

"Stilly" maintains a library which is open to the public. Local genealogical publications are available at their online store on the website. Special collections include  Pennsylvania Archives Collection (72 books of Colonial and Early Americans), War of the Rebellion Series (159 books of Civil War, official records of the US and Confederate Armies and Navy), Arlington Times (newspaper on microfilm 1895-current), Arlington High School yearbooks, Everett/Snohomish Co. City Directories 1901-1990, Arlington Times obituaries 1895-1985, and the Everett Herald (Snohomish Co.) obituaries 1960-2006. Service area includes Northern Snohomish Co; Marysville, Robe, Silverton, Arlington, Oso, Darrington, Camano Island and Stanwood.

OGS provides a monthly newsletter with feature stories about local resources, tips and tricks for genealogy research, book reviews, member family stories and more. OGS also has special interest groups available to members that meet monthly covering topics including genealogy software, DNA, family history writing and more. The website also has a surname database and list of local repository of records. Monthly membership meetings feature an expert in genealogy. Service area includes Grand Mound, Lacey, Littlerock, Olympia, Rochester, Tenino, Tumwater and Yelm. 

The society maintains a library and provides research services. Members have access to online databases.

This organization is the local chapter of the Association of Professional Genealogists.  The website offers membership applications and contacts with professional genealogists. 

Whatcom Genealogical Society is a non-profit organization dedicated to the advancement of genealogical research and education. The society has
published local research focused on cemetery records and Civil War veterans with a connection to Whatcom County.  Local research assistance is available online by contacting their research aide. Other information may be found online at the Whatcom County GenWeb site.
Meetings are held monthly, except for January, July, August and December, at 2pm at the Pavilion in Pioneer Park, 2007 Cherry Street, Ferndale, WA.  Visitors are welcome to attend.

The WCGS operates a research library. The website contains an online list of the library holdings. Research services are available. Special collections include 1895 & 1910 plat map books with indexes, Whitman County families volumes 1-3, birth records 1875-1907, death registers 1891-1907, marriages 1872-1897 and probates 1869-1902. Service area includes Pullman, Colfax, Palouse, Revere, Colton, Endicott, Garfield, LaCrosse, Malden, Oakesdale, St. John and Steptoe.