Map courtesy of Mike Sweeney
My name is Alice Allen, and I will be your host in Clark Co. Formed in 1844, and originally named Vancouver County (changed to Clark in 1849), Clark County is the oldest county in Washington state, and is home to one of the oldest settlements in Washington -- Vancouver. Named for Captain George Vancouver,a British explorer who actually never explored the mighty Columbia River or saw the site of his namesake city, Ft. Vancouver was established in 1825 by Dr. John McLoughlin of the Hudson's Bay Company. As settlers pushed north out of Oregon to the land across the Columbia River, the Hudson's Bay Company eventually gave up its Fort and trading business in the area, and Vancouver--the city--was born.
This web site has been developed to assist the Clark County researcher who is looking for their family who lived here at one time. We offer links to many records to assist you, as well as transciptions of records. This web site is always looking for new materials to share with our fellow Clark County researchers. If you have anything that you would care to contribute for the betterment of this web page, please contact me. Of course, what you submit needs to be out of copyright, or you must have permission of the copyright holder before submitting this information. Be sure to check back to see what has been added since your last visit!
Copy this email address into your email template: dcaallen@pacifier.com
Contact the Washington State Coordinator, Mike Sweeney, if you are interested in adopting an available county in Washington, or to be put on a mailing list for future openings. His email is sweeney2@wolfenet.com. Copy this address to your email template.
| USGenWeb Archives for Clark County | Clark County Genealogical Society | Clark County Cemeteries and Obituaries |
| Clark Co. Biographies | Clark County's "Faces From the Wall" Clark Co. Soldiers who died in Viet Nam |
Vancouver's "Faces From the Wall Vancouver solders who died in Viet Nam |
| This Week in Clark County Abstracts from Clark Co. newspapers before 1927 |
Clark County Photo Page | Obituaries and Letters |
| The Columbian Newspaper |
Poor Farm Cemetery Index | Index for 1884 Clark County Maps |
| Livingston Cemetery | Obituary Indexes |
Diary of John Murray Mickey |
| Letters From John Murray Mickey | Columbia Memorial Mausoleum | 1888 Plat Map of Clarke County |
| Plat Map of Clarke County, ca 1915-1925 | Olney-Smith Descendants | Lewis River History |
As time permits, I will be reposting old queries from 1996 to 2009. Any queries after May 2009 can be found on one of the above links.
Clark County Published Resources and Lookup Volunteers
Following are links to sites in Washington State to help you with your research, both in Clark County as well as in other locations.
To subscribe, address your email to (or click on this link):
WACLARK-request@rootsweb.com
Type the word "subscribe" in both the subject line and body of your email (leave out the quotation marks) and send it on its way.
There's not a lot of traffic right now, but if you prefer, you can also subscribe in Digest mode, which will send you one email with all the day's emails combined.
To subscribe in Digest mode, address your email to (or click on this link):
WACLARK-D-request@rootsweb.com
Again, type the word "subscribe" in both subject and body of your email (without the quotation marks).
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Copyright 1996-2011 by Alice Allen. To contact me, copy this email address into your email template.
dcaallen@pacifier.com
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