Do you have family history or an interest in Washington State? Join us in the Washington State Project! [closed]

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The Washington Project covers the people, places, and events through time in the geographic region that we know today as Washington. See the Washington Project page for information on our scope of activity and some related projects.

If you would like to help improve profiles and other WikiTree content in Washington, please:

1. Answer this post. (Please post an answer, not a comment.) Tell us about your interests in Washington — and how you intend to contribute — and we will get you a US History badge.
2. Add washington_state to your followed tags.

Please be sure to check out our project page for links to the various related projects you might want to join. 

Thank you!

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I do have family from Washington state , and I am just looking for new information that I may not know already

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Hi Carmen, did you want to join the project? If you're looking for resources for Washington State, try these:
https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Project:Washington_State#State_Resources
If you'd like to join the project, click the Answer button above, and I'll get you set up.
Azure Rae

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I can't find the answer button, so I'm asking here. Can I join the Washingtion State Project? I live in Washington.

Answer 1

I'm interested. My direct family is the first branch to live in Washington, but the history of the region where I live is something that I find interesting and important.

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Great to have you join the project, Aubrey! Looks like you have the United States project badge, now, if you add washington to your followed tags, you'll be good to go!

Answer 2

My interest is only that I live in WA, and do occasionally add profiles for persons of interest.  

Our local (Jefferson Co.) genealogy/historical society has a wonderful little library, and I would gladly do some lookups in their books..  I think there is a book inventory on LibraryThing - will find a link and post it somewhere (my profile page?) for anyone wishing to make a research request.

Have added one of our small cemeteries to WikiTree, but doubt I will ever get to the rest of them.

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Great to have you join the project, Patricia! I've awarded the United States project badge. If you're on Discord the United States category will show up on soon.
https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Help:Discord

If you'd like to add a statement about being available for lookups, with a link to the inventory and your profile id link, to the Sources-Washington page, Jefferson County section, that would be great!
https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Space:Sources-Washington#Jefferson_County

Answer 3

I'm a third generation Washingtonian, born in Seattle. I currently reside in Pierce County. I can offer some research assistance. I also previously created profiles for Seattle's first woman mayor, Bertha Knight Landes, and Beriah Brown, an early Seattle pioneer, newspaperman, and lawyer. I will send you a PM.

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Great to have you join the project, Nancy! Looks like you have the United States project badge, now, if you add washington to your followed tags, you'll be good to go!
Thanks for adding those profiles! If you'd like to add the [[Category: Washington Research Assistance]] to your profile, that would be great!

Answer 4

As time allows I would like to help out.  On my paternal side I am a 4th generation Washingtonian, 3rd on my maternal side.

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Great to have you join the project, Tammie! I've awarded the United States project badge. If you're on Discord the United States category will show up on soon.
https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Help:Discord

Answer 5

I will help. My family has direct connections to the San Juan Islands and Victoria BC Canada. On Orcas Island Washington there is a museum that has my family's history and original log cabins.

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Great to have you join the project, Gary! I've awarded the United States project badge. If you add washington to your followed tags, you'll be good to go! If you're on Discord the United States category will show up on soon.

https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Help:Discord

Answer 6

I would be interested in helping out.  My Washington roots pre-date statehood.  Tagged and categorized.  :)

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Great to have you join the project, Scott! I've awarded the United States project badge. If you're on Discord the United States category will show up on soon.
https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Help:Discord

Answer 7

I'm interested! I have lots of ancestors who were born in Washington State. I'm actually working on adding them to Wiki Tree. The Gallaway, McStotts and Webley families.

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Great to have you join the project, Katrina! I've awarded the United States project badge. If you're on Discord the United States category will show up on soon.
https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Help:Discord

Answer 8

I too am interested.  I am a 3rd generation Washingtonian.  My maternal grandfather owned an small 80 acre island in Mason County called Reach Island, renamed Treasure Island until the early 1950’s  when developers purchased it from Grandpa.  I have always enjoyed researching and very interested in history of Pierce, Kitsap and Mason Counties and now have the time to be more involved. My mother grew up in Mason County, my father, my brother an I grew up in Kitsap County and I have lived in the Pierce County since the 1970’s

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Great to have you join the project, Patricia! I've awarded the United States project badge. If you add washington to your followed tags, you'll be good to go! If you're on Discord the United States category will show up on soon.

https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Help:Discord

Answer 9

I'm a 3rd generation Washingtonian on my mother's side of the family and am interested in this project.

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Great to have you join the project, Vicki! I've awarded the United States project badge. If you add washington to your followed tags, you'll be good to go! If you're on Discord the United States category will show up on soon.

https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Help:Discord

Answer 10

Two generations of my family lived in Neah Bay Washington.

I have many photos of my father and his sister from the school there, circa 1930. I’d love to share them.

Linda

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Great to have you join the project, Linda! I've awarded the United States project badge. If you add washington to your followed tags, you'll be good to go! If you're on Discord the United States category will show up on soon.

https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Help:Discord

Answer 11

I am interested and will contribute as time allows.  On the Fourth of July 1906 my maternal great-grandparents and their children relocated from South Dakota to Snohomish County, Washington.

I am distantly related to the 12 Hickok siblings from Bellingham, Whatcom Co., Washington who made newspapers all across the country simply because all their first names began with the letter "Z" (Zelum, Zatha, Zella, Zarnell Zalmond, Zorna, Zorin, Zelpha, Zerril, Zale, Zelbert, Zoland, and Zane (https://wikitree.com/wiki/Hickok-678).

Undoubtedly my favorite Washington relative is Roger Sherman Greene (https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Greene-7492) who was a captain, judge advocate, and chief engineer in the Civil War, associate justice and subsequently chief justice of the Supreme Court of Washington Territory, an ordained minister, a missionary to Shanghai, China, a Prohibition Party candidate for Congress and for Governor, one of 15 freeholders who drafted a new charter for the City of Seattle in 1890, president of Seattle General Hospital, president of The Boys and Girls Aid Society of the State of Washington, incorporator of the Seattle Humane Society, trustee and officer of the Rainier Power and Railway Co. and of the Seattle Trust Co., chairman of the Rivers and Harbors Commission, trustee of the Washington University State Historical Society, and member of the Sons of the American Revolution.  He was the minister at the wedding of each of his four children.  Probably what he is remembered most for is his single-handed attempt to stop the lynching of two individuals who had been broken out of jail by a mob.

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Great to have you join the project, Dennis! I've awarded the United States project badge. If you're on Discord the United States category will show up on soon.

https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Help:Discord

Answer 12

Hi Azure, I was raised in WA state and am putting together Civil War Veterans in Washington State. 

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Great to have you join the project, Patty! You have the United States Project badge. If you're on Discord the United States category will be on the left.
https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Help:Discord

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Hi, Patty.  I just saw your post and have added a gg...uncle (Jesse Fuqua Logsdon-1662) to your Civil War vets category.  He served in an Oregon regiment but left for Washington Territory after mustering out.

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Thank you Susan, I have also added your uncle to the WA Civil War page! :) BTW, what an awesome profile

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Thank you, Patty!

Answer 13

I would love to join this project. I have been in Washington State my entire life and my paternal line has several generations of people born and raised here. The history, especially in Snohomish and King county, has a special place in my heart. I have access to Snohomish County resources, such as local libraries and genealogical societies.

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Great to have you join the project, Kassandra! I've awarded the United States project badge. If you're on Discord the United States category will show up on soon.
https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Help:Discord
If you'd like to add the [[Category: Washington Research Assistance]] to your profile, that would be great!

Answer 14

Hi,

I'm really new to Wikitree. I'm not sure what I can contribute, but a lot of my family is from Washington. Some of my family arrived in the 1800's. At the very least, I'd like to introduce myself and say hello. This site has been very difficult to learn how to use. Joining this group might be a way for me to learn more about successfully using the site.

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Great to have you join the project, Paul! I've awarded the United States project badge. If you add washington to your followed tags, you'll be good to go! If you're on Discord the United States category will show up on soon.

https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Help:Discord

Joining projects is a great way to learn more about WikiTree and how to use it! Let me know if you have any questions!

Answer 15

I would be glad to be part of the Washington State Project.  I am a member and volunteer of the Clallam County Genealogical Society and can do look-ups.  My family has been in the state since 1900.  I was born in Clallam County, as was my mother; also other counties:  Pierce, Kitsap, Yakima, and Thurston.  Hope I can help-out!

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Great to have you join the project, Susan! I've awarded the United States project badge. Add washington to your followed tags, and you'll be good to go! 

If you're on Discord the United States category will show up on soon.

https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Help:Discord

If you'd like to add the [[Category: Washington Research Assistance]] to your profile, that would be great!

Answer 16

I'm a fifth generation Washingtonian.  I have a Washington Pioneer Certificate my mother obtained for each of us in our family.  My father was born in Oregon and moved to Lacey Washington as a child. My mother was born in Olympia Washington.  I was born in Olympia, Washington. I currently live in Arizona.

My Father's family immigrated from Germany in 1889 to Illinois and then to Whitman County, Washington in 1910. Also, his mother's side immigrated from Ukraine in 1885 to South Dakota and then to the Walla Walla area in 1910. They were dairy and wheat farmers.  Part of the family immigrated to Alberta Canada in the early 1900's and family from both sides of the border helped with the work on the wheat farms.

My mother's family immigrated from Ireland in the 1840's to Ohio/Iowa and then to Oregon and Washington in the late 1800's. Her father's side immigrated from Germany in the 1840's and then to Olympia Washington area in the late 1800's.

I'm not sure what your goals and specific needs are for your project, but I am willing to dive in and assist your efforts.

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Great to have you join the project, Carol! I've awarded the United States project badge. Add washington to your followed tags, and you'll be good to go! 

If you're on Discord the United States category will show up on soon.
https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Help:Discord

Here is the Washington project's Suggestion List. Working on these is a great way to contribute.

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Is there a suggestion list that is actually Washington State?  I have looked on several lists and found one Washington State suggestion out of about 100.

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Hi Scott,
Yeah, that has always been an issue because of so many states with a Washington county.

There is the Project Maintenance Category:
https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Category:Washington_Project_Maintenance_Categories

Answer 17

I have a great interest in Washington state genealogy as I was born and raised there. My paternal grandparents settled in Washington (from Arizona) in the 1940s when my father was a boy. My maternal grandfather and his parents left Missouri and settled in Washington in the 1920s. My maternal grandmother came from Michigan in the 1920s. My mother was born in Washington. I currently coordinate two Washington state counties for USGenWeb, among other states, and belong to the Wenatchee Area Genealogical Society.

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Great to have you join the project, Shannon! I've awarded the United States project badge.  

If you're on Discord the United States category will show up on soon.
https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Help:Discord

If you'd like to add the [[Category: Washington Research Assistance]] to your profile, that would be great!

Answer 18

Hi, I'm a 3rd generation Washingtonian on both sides and live in Pierce County.  Washington is a diverse state in both it's past and present, terrain and weather and I find it fascinating. I work on genealogy with a couple of local groups and currently doing research on a deceased local vet. If I can help I will.

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Great to have you join the project, Melody! I've awarded the United States project badge.  

If you're on Discord the United States category will show up on soon.
https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Help:Discord

If you'd like to add the [[Category: Washington Research Assistance]] to your profile, that would be great!

Answer 19

I was born in Anacortes, Skagit, Washington and lived there and in the Seattle area for 64 years, then moved to New York, and now, finally to Palm Springs, CA.

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Great to have you join the project, Ted! I've awarded the United States project badge. Add washington to your followed tags, and you'll be good to go! 

If you're on Discord the United States category will show up on soon.
https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Help:Discord

Answer 20

Paternal ancestors came to Fall City around 1907. I was born and raised in Coupeville, Whidbey Island. Parents lived there from 1957 to 1999. Would love to participate in this project and include Island County.

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Great to have you join the project, Timothy! I've awarded the United States project badge. Add washington to your followed tags, and you'll be good to go! 

If you're on Discord the United States category will show up on soon.
https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Help:Discord