Benton County Washington Genealogy

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Washington State Vital Records
Department of Health
Center for Health Services
PO Box 9709
Olympia, WA 98507-9709
Phone: (360) 753-5936
Fax: (360) 352-2586
Washington State Public Records Disclosure
Municipal Research & Services Center of Washington

Benton County Washington Vital Records
Benton County Auditor/Recorder
*Marriage Records
Prosser
PO Box 470
Prosser WA 99350
Phone: (509) 786-5620
Kennewick
5600-B West Canal Place A103
Kennewick WA 99336
Phone: (509) 736-2727
Richland
101 Wellsian Way Suite E
Richland WA 99352
Phone: (509) 943-3117
Benton County Health Department
800 West Canal Drive
Kennewick, WA 99336
Phone: (509) 586-0207 ext. 229
*Births January 1, 1936 to Present
*City of Richland deaths after July 1st, 1959
*Benton County & Franklin County after Jan 1, 1980
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Cemeteries of Benton County Washington
Interment.net
Benton County Washington Cemeteries
PoliticalGraveyard.com
Benton County Washington Cemetery Registration
USGenWeb Tombstone Transcription Project
Benton County Washington Cemeteries
USGS (GNIS) National Mapping Information

Benton County Washington Migrations
Migrations.org
Washington State Census & Naturalization
Records - Searchable Database
secstate.wa.gov
Passenger and Immigration Lists Index, 1500s-1900s
Updated annually, this database is an index to passengers who arrived in United States and Canadian ports from the 1500s through the 1900s. It contains listings of approximately 4,588,000 individuals and references thousands of different records compiled from everything from original passenger lists to personal diaries. For each individual listed, you may find the following information: name, age, year and place of arrival, and the source of the record.

Benton County, Washington World War II Casualties Army and Air Force
AccessGenealogy.com
U.S. Compiled Revolutionary War Military Service Records, 1775-1783
Ancestry.com
U.S. Military Discharge Documents
Ancestry.com
U.S. Military Reserves, 1778-1816
Ancestry.com
Military Records Collection
Ancestry.com
Washington Soldiers Home & Colony
SecState.wa.gov
[Search the 9,170 veterans who lived at the Washington Soldiers Home & Colony between 1890 - 1970. These names were taken from the Application for Admission. Additional information not found in database but included on the document is date of birth, occupation, marital status, number of children, nearest relative, residence, length of residence in Washington, and military record.]
Washington State Veterans Records
secstate.wa.gov/archives
Washington Veterans Home
SecState.wa.gov
[This database is an index to the veterans housed at the Veterans Home in Restil from 1910 to 1977. These names were taken from the Application for Admission. Additional information not found in database but included on the document is date of birth, occupation, marital status, number of children, nearest relative, residence, length of residence in Washington, and military record.]
USGenWeb Pensions Project
USGenWeb Archives

Color Landform Atlas: Washington State
Washington Digital Map Library
USGenWeb Archives Map Project
Washington State Department of Ecology
Water Rights Information
Washington State Property & Land, Mining & Water Right Records
secstate.wa.gov/archives
Family Maps™ Land Patent Maps
County by county, state by state maps for original settlers whose purchases are indexed in the U.S. Bureau of Land Management database

Seatco Prison at Bucoda
secstate.wa.gov
[ This database contains the prison register of more than 500 inmates housed in the Seatco Prison. The Prison operated from 1877 until 1888 when the new Territorial Penitentiary was built in Walla Walla.]
Washington Oaths of Office
secstate.wa.gov
[Search here for names of nearly 16,000 elected officials who took an oath of office between 1854 and 1978.]
Washington Physicians
secstate.wa.gov
[Search here for vital information of more than 9,000 licensed physicians who practiced in Washington between 1872 through 1938]
Washington Poorhouse History
poorhousestory.com
Washington School Records
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Washington State School Records
secstate.wa.gov/archives

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Benton County Washington Genealogy (Including: Benton City, Finley, Kennewick, Kiona, North Prosser, Patterson, Plymouth, Prosser, Richland, West Richland) Established: March 8, 1905 Parent County: Klickitat, Yakima County Seat: Prosser