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Welcome King County GenWebThis site will lead you to the best resources that I can provide for King County, Washington. There has been a long dry period for fresh information, but now that I have retired, I will be working more deligently and set you in the right direction with the best tools I can find.If you find something missing or incorrect, please let me know and I will try find it as quickly as possible. Now that I am retired, it should really happen. Return often to see new data and information. Celia Tomlin. Site updated 11 June 2009 A Very Brief History of King County, WashingtonThis county in western Washington is bounded on the west by Puget Sound; on the north by Snohomish County; on the east by the crest of the Cascades and on the south by Pierce County. Covering 2,136 square miles, it has diversified industries and the largest population of any county in the state. The county was established from a portion of Thurston County, by the Oregon Territorial Legislature on December 22, 1852. On March 5, 1853, the county began operations with so many offices and so few qualified citizens that some men held as many as six positions. It was named for William Rufus King of Alabama, vice president of the United States, 1853-57, in the Franklin Pierce Administration. Mr. King had served 29 years in the United States Senate and had been Minister to France. In 1985 the King County Council changed the name origin to honor Dr. Martin Luther King, the prominent civil rights leader of the 1960s. Geographic neighborsNext door counties, historical cities, towns and maps.
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IndexSearch this site.Queries and SurnamesNeed a place to find others searching your surnames?
Use this link to queries dating from 1996 and the link to Rootsweb Message Boards. Research Data on this Site1906 King County Marriages Digital CollectionsUniversity of Washington Digital ArchivesWashington State Digital Archives Washington State Library, Online Books and Pioneer Newspapers Museum of History & Industry--MOHAI HistoryLink.org Local RepositoriesLibraries, Archives, and SocietiesSeattle Public Library System King County Library System Renton Public Library Enumclaw Library Fiske Genealogy Library Seattle Genealogy Society South King County Genealogy Society Eastside Genealogy Society Jewish Genealogy Society of Washington State Washington State Library Western Washington State University Central Washington State University Eastern Washington State University Whitman College Univeristy of Washington Libraries Washington State University Libraries Washington State Archives |
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