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Genealogical Society of South Whidbey Island
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Island County Data

GSSWI provides data related to Island County, Washington, including maps, census, cemetery lists and death certificates.

Maps

Map of Whidbey Island from the Whidbey Island Visitors Guide
Tourism map of Whidbey Island

Census of Island County

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1870 Census
1871 Census
1883 Census
1885 Census

1887 Census
1889 Census
1890 Census
1892 Census

Cemetery Lists

In 1998 the Genealogical Society of South Whidbey Island set out to record the inscriptions on all of the gravestones in the cemeteries of Island County, Washington. The links below will open files with the index of names within each cemetery.

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To request complete cemetery listings, either in book form or as an email attachment, please visit our Publications page.

Bayview Cemetery
Bush Point (Farmer) Cemetery (one-page total file – no index available)
Camano Lutheran Cemetery
Camano Pioneer Cemetery
Clinton Cemetery
Double Bluff Cemetery (one-page total file – no index available)
Fircrest Cemetery
Langley Cemetery
Long Point Native American Cemetery (two-page total file – no index available)
Maple Leaf Cemetery – Oak Harbor
Mutiny Bay Cemetery (one-page total file – no index available)
Oak Harbor Pioneer Cemetery
St. Augustine Columbarium (two-page total file – no index available)
Snakelum Cemetery (one-page total file – no index available)
Sunnyside Cemetery

Island County Death Certificates, 1907-1952

The files below contain information extracted from microfilms of Island County death certificates by Archivist Ralph Seefeld of the Genealogical Society of South Whidbey Island.

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A-B
C-D
E-F
G-H

I-J
K-L
M-N
O-Q

R-S
T-U
V-Z

Island County Lookups

Some members of GSSWI will provide individual research on request. For details, please see our Services web page.

Island County Genweb

More information about Island County is available on the Island County Genweb website.

Reverend (Baptist) Fenwick Clarendon Wright about 1930, courtesy of Ann Wright
Reverend (Baptist) Fenwick Clarendon Wright about 1930