Online Washington Death Indexes, Records & Obituaries

Online Washington (State) Death Indexes

Washington Death Index 1940-1996 (requires payment) part of an Ancestry subscription, which also includes the next item...
Washington Deaths 1891-1907 for various counties (requires payment)

Washington Death Certificates Index 1907-1960 from the Washington State Digital Archives (free) scroll down to the search box when you get there
Washington Deaths 1907-1960 from FamilySearch Labs (free) includes text summaries with some information from the death certificates; this is currently being tested so there may be errors, missing data or occasional downtime

Washington Obituaries Archive - Recent (you can obtain copies of individual obituaries online for a small fee) includes the Bellingham Herald (9/4/1999-Current); King County Journal (Bellevue, WA) - (1/8/2003-1/20/2007); Seattle Post-Intelligencer (1/1/1986-Current); Seattle Times (1/6/1985-Current); Spokane Spokesman-Review (7/3/1994-Current); Tacoma News Tribune (1/1/1992-Current); Vancouver Columbian (5/27/1994-Current); and others

Jewish Genealogical Society of Washington State Cemetery Project

Benton County: Tri-City Herald Obituaries Index 2000-March 2009 Kennewick, Pasco (Franklin County) and Richland, Washington
Clallam County Obituary Index starts with 1916 (40,000 listings) from the North Olympic Library System
Clallam County Obituary Directory
Clark County Auditor Document Index includes some death records
Clark County Cemeteries
Ferry County Register of Deaths 1899-1911
Jefferson County: Brinnon Cemetery Index 1895-2003
Jefferson County Obituaries Index c.1889-c.2008
King County: Archdiocese of Seattle Cemeteries Search Engine (Burials in Catholic Cemeteries) includes the following Cemeteries: Holyrood, Calvary, Gethsemane & St. Patrick - you must register before making a search
King County: East Side Journal Index 1918-1975 includes obituaries (for communities east of Seattle)
Lincoln County Death Registers 1891-1907 and Death Index 1907-1928, 1937-1948 & 1967-1996
Lincoln County Cemetery Obituaries (assorted)
Pierce County: Tacoma Obituary Index 1984-present (also includes some listings from 1930-1983)
Skagit County Databases includes death index 1891-1908, Union Cemetery records (in Sedro Woolley) & a Pioneer Book (the Pioneer Book lists early residents who died between 1926 and 1955)
Skagit County Death Certificates 1907-1908
Spokane County...
- Spokane County Death Index 1891-1907 (not yet complete)
- Spokane County Death Returns 1888-1907 & City of Spokane Falls Burial Permits 1887-1890
- Spokane Spokesman Review Obituaries Index 2008-recent
Thurston County: Masonic Memorial Park Cemetery Burials (in Tumwater, Washington)
Walla Walla County: City of Walla Walla Burial Search - for Mountain View Cemetery
Walla Walla County Death Index 1903-1907
Wenatchee Area Obituary Index 1880-2008 also has cemetery indexes (for Chelan, Douglas & Grant Counties), and a funeral home index

Ordering Washington Death Certificates & Vital Records

Order Washington Birth or Death Records Online through Vitalchek for birth and death certificates from July 1, 1907 to 3 months ago; also marriage and divorce certificates from 1968 to 4 months ago (fees and restrictions apply)
Order Washington Vital Records by Mail same date ranges as above (fees and restrictions apply)

More Helpful Washington State Genealogy Records Indexes

State of Washington Historical Records Search - Digital Archives includes a Social Security Death Index for the State of Washington, Washington death index 1907-1960, and census mortality schedules (for 1860, 1870 & 1880), plus many census & naturalization records - free to search
Washington Genealogy Databases at Ancestry (requires payment)
includes census, military & vital records, plus newspapers & city directories

Online Washington Death Records & Indexes

A Genealogy Records Guide