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Puget Sound Regional Branch | WA Secretary of State Puget Sound Regional Branch OSOS Home Washington State Archives Explore Our Collection Branches Puget Sound Regional Branch View a listing of the Puget Sound Region Collections Hours/location/contact information Administrative Contacts Collections overview Records Management Services Collections Overview Local government records include those from county offices such as the Auditor, the Clerk, the Treasurer, the Board of Commissioners, and from municipalities, school districts, and other service districts. Collections at the Puget Sound Regional Archives include primary sources containing historical information on: Buildings Businesses Communities Economic Development Education Genealogy Land Use Local Government Policies and Actions Pioneers Ports Property ownership Social Issues Trade Transportation (Roads, Highways, Street Railways, Bus Systems) Information about King County Property Records Information about Genealogical sources (King, Kitsap, & Pierce) Records Management Services The Puget Sound Regional Branch acts as a regional resource in the area of public records and information management. These services include consultation, workshops, and the coordination of additional services. Consultation — Branch staff can provide consultation on a variety of records and information management topics, including the implementation of authorized records retention schedules, establishing a records management program, records destruction, files management, essential records protection, and disaster preparedness. Consultation occurs both by telephone and by scheduled on-site visits. Workshops — Branch staff also participate in workshops concentrating on various records management topics. Workshops typically are designed for specific client groups with similar records management concerns, and are intended to provide attendees with the basic tools for managing public records according to approved retention schedules. Workshops are offered both to statewide organizations and to individual local groups. Coordination of additional services — Branch staff can also assist local agencies in coordinating services not provided by the Regional Branch. This includes consultation in the areas of document imaging, conversion of CD-ROM to microfilm, document destruction, and off-site records storage. Contact the Puget Sound Regional Branch 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Closed 12 to 1 p.m. Monday through Friday (excluding state holidays) The Puget Sound Regional Branch is closed for in-person research Mondays and Tuesdays, although we welcome phone and email requests those days. The branch is open for in-person research Wednesdays through Fridays by appointment only. Please contact the branch to schedule a research appointment. Email: [email protected] Telephone: (425) 564-3940 Mailing Address: Puget Sound Regional Archives Pritchard-Fleming Building 3000 Landerholm Circle SE, MS-N100 Bellevue, WA 98007-6484 Fax: (425) 564-3945 Records Management Advice and Assistance: [email protected] Property Records and Research For King County Property To Find Information for the Following Dates: 1866-1937 Tax Assessment Rolls for these years are contained in large bulky volumes. The rolls contain only limited information: name, legal description, assessed value, and taxes paid. There are limited years available before 1900 and only every fifth year between 1900-1941. Call first and plan to visit the archives to access this information. 1937-1972 Old property record cards generally contain: the record of tax assessments, photographs of the buildings, description of construction, date of construction, small sketch of the exterior plan of buildings (including dimensions), segregation dates, numbers for land parcels, some ownership information, and some excise numbers. Occasionally, (for post-1937 construction) building permit numbers are included. The Puget Sound Regional Archives staff cannot retrieve real property records with just the property address Property record cards are accessed by tax parcel number or brief legal description (subdivision, block and lot). Tax parcel numbers can be obtained by calling the King County Assessor's office at 206/296-7300, or through a Real Property Finder at the following web pages: King County Property Research - Maps The cards DO NOT include: the name of the tax payer, every owner of the property, amount of taxes paid, purchase prices (although this is occasionally noted), detailed floor plans or blueprints, location of buildings on the property, architect or builders name, the reason for segregations, changes of zoning codes, or easements. For segregation information after 1972, and tax assessments for the 1973/1974 tax year and after, please contact the King County Tax Assessor's office. If the information is not on the computer, please ask the personnel there to look at the microfiche. Local Government Records Commonly Useful in Genealogical Research King County Territorial Census, 1856, 1871, 1879-1881, 1883, 1885, 1887, 1889, 1892 School District Census, 1896-1932 Seattle School District, 1912-1914 Registers of School Teachers and Officials,1890s-1950s Territorial District Court, 1853-1889 Probate Indexes, 1853-1977 Cause Files, 1853-1971 Marriage License Register, 1866-1917 Record of Marriages, 1888-1926 Recorded Marriage Certificates, 1913-1923 Index, 1889-1946 Register of Voters, 1916-1935 Ballard, 1891-1893 Seattle 2nd and 4th Wards, 1884-1940 Assessment Rolls, beginning in 1862 (incomplete)--after 1900 we have every fifth year, plus 1941 Property Record Cards, 1937-1972 General Recordings Index, 1853-1971 Articles of Incorporation, 1869-1971 Photographs from the Port of Seattle and METRO Birth Registers, 1891-the fall of 1907 on microfilm Death Registers, 1891-the fall of 1907 on microfilm Medical and Dental Registers, 1882-1910 Territorial Volunteers Muster Rolls, 1854-1856 Polk Directories, 1914-1915, 1919-1920, 1922, 1925, 1931, 1938-1940, 1948-1983 Kitsap County Territorial Census, 1857, 1860, 1871, 1883, 1885, 1887, 1889 School Census, 1870s-1890s Teacher Records, 1890-1976 School Election Poll Books, 1890-1936 Assessment Rolls, 1892-1893, 1913, 1920-1954 Marriage Records, 1892-1933, 1800s-1985 (with index) Chattel Mortgage Indexes, 1878-1967 Conditional Sales Indexes, 1893-1967 Miscellaneous Registers: Mining Claims, Business Licenses, Logging Marks, Medical Dental, Architects Naturalization Declarations and Petitions, 1911-1955 General Recordings Index, 1888-1977 Index to Divorces, 1910-1940s Miscellaneous Probate Journals, 1870s-1947 Record of Petitions, 1879-1939 Record of Wills, 1880-1955 Letters of Testamentary and Administration, 1879-1984 Mothers' Pension Appearance Dockets, 1913-1937 Certificates of Repatriation, 1940-1954 Pierce County Territorial Census, 1857, 1871, 1878, 1879, 1883, 1885, 1887, 1889, 1892 School Census Record of 8th grade graduates, 1901-1937 Tacoma, 1909-1936 Register of Teachers, 1919-1950 School Officials, 1906-1930 Tacoma School District Directories, 1902-1948 Territorial District Court Marriage Certificate Records, 1889-1929 Miscellaneous Recordings, 1886-1968 Indexes/Registers: Attorneys, Medical, Notaries, Jail, Articles of Incorporation Conditional Sales/Chattel Mortgage Indexes Coroner's Records with indexes Assessment Rolls, 1886-1888 (sampled) Record of Wills, 1890-1946 Letters of Administration and Testamentary, 1888-1946 Polk Directories, 1919, 1922-1928, 1930, 1933, 1935-1942, 1949, 1951, 1955-1963, 1965-1966, 1968-1970, 1972, 1974, 1976, 1983 Research & Copy Fee Schedule: There is no charge to request and to view these public archival documents; however, certain fees do exist for document copies, photographic reproductions, and for special research services by Archives staff. 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