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| Return to Grays Harbor County |
| Grays Harbor County Website County Clerk 102 W Broadway Suite 203 Montesano WA 98563 (360) 249-3842 |
| County Auditor 100 W Broadway Suite 2 Montesano, WA 98563 (360) 249-4232 |
| Washington marriages prior to 1938 had both a license and a separate document called a "return." The return was filled out at the time of the wedding and sent back to the court house. It gives the actual date of marriage, place, witnesses, and often listed birth dates and parents' names. If the marriage was prior to 1938, be sure to ask for both items. Beginning in 1938, marriages were recorded on a single document. Also keep in mind that marriage licenses issued by any Washington county was valid for a marriage performed in any other county in the state. |
| Beginning in July of 1907, Washington State began keeping both birth and death records, and in 1968 marriage and divorce records were also kept. |
| Certificate ordering instructions: Department of Health Center for Health Statistics PO Box 9709 Olympia, WA 98507-9709 (360) 236-4314 (ordering by phone) (360) 236-4300 (additional information) |
| Washington State Archives Washington State Archives Southwest Regional Branch 1129 Washington Street SE PO Box 40238 Olympia, WA 98504-0238 e-mail: lweaver@secstate.wa.gov |
| DIVORCE, PROBATE, & CIVIL COURT RECORDS |
| MARRIAGE AND LAND RECORDS |
| BIRTH AND DEATH RECORDS |
| GRAYS HARBOR COUNTY RECORDS |