Washington Minority Records online include African American records, Native American Records, Japanese American Records, and more. This is a preliminary list.
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Washington Minority Records Online at the federal level
US – African American – Discover Freedmen, at FS (searches FS Freedmen’s Bureau records), at FS
US – African American – United States Freedmen’s Bureau Miscellaneous Records,1865-1872, index links to images (misc, court, land, labor, medical, African American) NOT IN DISCOVER FREEDMEN DATABASE SEARCHES, at FS
US – African American – United States Freedmen’s Bureau, Records of Freedmen, 1865-1872, index & images (census, labor, immigration, slavery, birth, death, military, African American) NOT IN DISCOVER FREEDMEN DATABASE SEARCHES, at FS
US – African American – United States, Freedman’s Bank Records, 1865-1874, index & images (bank, business, family information, African American), at FS
US – African American – United States, Freedmen’s Bureau Marriages, 1861-1872, index & images, at FS
US – African American – United States, Freedmen’s Bureau Ration Records,1865-1872, index & images (African American, rations, relief, slavery, slave owners), at FS
US – African American – United States, Freedmen’s Bureau, Freedmen’s Court Records, 1865-1872, index & images (African American, court, military, school, misc), at FS
US – African American – United States, Freedmen’s Bureau, Land and Property Records, 1865-1872, index & images (African American, land, court), at FS
US – African American – United States, Freedmen’s Bureau, Records of Freedmen’s Complaints, 1865-1872, index & images (African American, legal), at FS
US – African American – United States, Freedmen’s Bureau, Records of the Superintendent of Education and of the Division of Education, 1865-1872, index & images (African American, school, legal), at FS
US – African American – US Freedmen’s Bureau Marriage Records, 1846-1867, at Anc$
US – African American – USGenWeb Project: African American Archives, at USGWA
US – African American – Great slave narratives, IA
US – African American – African American genealogy: a bibliography and guide to sources, at FS
US – African American – African American slave narratives Vol I, IA
US – African American – African American slave narratives Vol II, IA
US – African American – African American slave narratives Vol III, IA
US – African American – African, Americans and the Gettysburg campaign, IA
US – African American – Before the Mayflower : a history of the Negro in America, 1619, 1964, IA
US – African American – Black courage 1775, 1783: Documentation of Black participation in the American Revolution, IA
US – African American – Black genesis : a resource book for African, American genealogy, IA
US – African American – Black Indian genealogy research, IA
US – African American – Black slavery emancipation research in the Northern States, FS
US – African American – Compiled military service records of volunteer soldiers who served with the United States Colored Troops : 1st through 5th United States Colored Cavalry, 5th Massachusetts Cavalry (Colored), 6th United States Colored Cavalry : pamphlet describing M1817, IA
US – African American – Compiled military service records of volunteer Union Soldiers who served with the United States Colored Troops, infantry organizations, 14th through 19th, IA
US – African American – Finding a place called home : a guide to African, American genealogy and historical identity, IA
US – African American – Forgotten patriots : African American and American Indian patriots of the Revolutionary War : a guide to service, sources, and studies, DAR
US – African American – Free Negro owners of slaves in the United States in 1830, together with Absentee ownership of slaves in the United States in 1830, GB
US – African American – Generations past : a selected list of sources for Afro, American genealogical research, at FS
US – African American – History of the American negro and his institutions, at FS
US – African American – Judicial cases concerning American slavery and the Negro (Vol. 1. Cases from the courts of England, Virginia, West Virginia, and Kentucky), at FS
US – African American – Judicial cases concerning American slavery and the Negro (Vol. 2. Cases from the courts of North Carolina, South Carolina, and Tennessee), at FS
US – African American – Judicial cases concerning American slavery and the Negro (Vol. 3. Cases from the courts of Georgia, Florida, Alabama, Mississippi, and Louisiana), at FS
US – African American – Judicial cases concerning American slavery and the Negro (Vol. 4. Cases from the Courts of New England, the Middle States, and the District of Columbia), at FS
US – African American – Judicial cases concerning American slavery and the Negro (Vol. 5. Cases from the Courts of States North of the Ohio and west of the Mississippi Rivers, Canada and Jamaica), at FS
US – African American – List of Black servicemen compiled from the War Department collection of Revolutionary War records, at FS
US – African American – List of free black heads of families in the first census of the United States, 1790, at FS
US – African American – Memorials of Lieut. George H. Walcott, late of the 30th U.S. Colored Troops, HT
US – African American – Missing pages in American history : revealing the services of Negroes in the early wars in the United States of America, 1641, 1815, GB
US – African American – Negro population in the United States, 1790, 1915, HT
US – African American – Noted Negro women : their triumphs and activities, at FS
US – African American – Patriots of color: a peculiar beauty and merit : African Americans and Native Americans at Battle Road & Bunker Hill, HT
US – African American – Progress of a race, or, The remarkable advancement of the American Negro : from the bondage of slavery, ignorance, and poverty to the freedom of citizenship, intelligence, affluence, honor and trust, at FS
US – African American – Recollections of a colored troop, LOC
US – African American – Record of the services of the seventh regiment U.S. colored troups, at FS
US – African American – Reminiscences of my life in camp with the 33rd United States Colored Troops, late 1st S.C. Volunteers, GB
US – African American – Report to the Freedmen’s Inquiry Commission, 1864 : the refugees from slavery in Canada West, HT
US – African American – Services of colored Americans in the wars of 1776 and 1812, at FS
US – African American – Slavery in the courtroom: an annotated bibliography of American cases, HT
US – African American – The colored patriots of the American Revolution, GB
US – African American – The colored patriots of the American Revolution, with sketches of several distinguished colored persons : to which is added a brief survey of the condition and prospects of colored Americans, GB
US – African American – The Forty, Third Regiment United States Colored Troops, Gutenberg
US – African American – The National cyclopedia of the colored race, GB
US – African American – The negro as a soldier in the war of the rebellion, LOC
US – African American – The Negro soldier : a select compilation, at FS
US – African American – The underground rail road : a record of facts, authentic narratives, letters, &c. narrating the hardships hair, breadth escapes and death struggles of the slaves in their efforts for freedom, as related by themselves and others, or witnessed by the author, HathiTrust
US – African American – The Underground railroad from slavery to freedom, Gutenberg
US – African American – Two colored women with the American Expeditionary Forces, at FS
US – African American – Who’s who in colored America : an illustrated biographical directory of nolable living persons of African descent in the United States, at FS
US – Japanese American – United States, War Relocation Authority centers, final accountability rosters, 1942-1946, index & images
US – Japanese American – United States Japanese Americans Relocated During World War II, 1942-1946, index
US – Native American – United States, Native American Birth and Death Records, 1885-1940, index links to images
US – Native American – United States, Native American, Census Rolls, 1885-1940, index links to images
US – Native American – United States, Native American, Eastern Cherokee Enrollment Records, 1908-1910, index links to images
US – Native American – United States, Native American, Eastern Cherokee Indian Reservation Rolls, 1848-1970, index & images
Washington Minority Records Online at the state level
Washington – African American – Washington Obits, at AG
Washington – Minorities – Quarterly (Swedish Finn Historical Society)
Washington – Minorities – Scandinavians on the Pacific, Puget Sound
Washington – Minorities – United States, War Relocation Authority centers, final accountability rosters, 1945-1946
Washington – Minorities – Washington och dess svenska befolkning
Washington – Native American – Agency records, 1887-1947
Washington – Native American – Alleged frauds against certain Indian soldiers
Washington – Native American – Allotment and land records, 1883-1932
Washington – Native American – Annuity roll records, 1892-1948
Washington – Native American – Applications for enrollment and allotment of Washington Indians, 1911-1919 : Roblin report and roll of unenrolled Indians of Western Washington
Washington – Native American – Birth and death records, 1894-1948
Washington – Native American – Birth and death records, 1918-1935
Washington – Native American – Census lists, 1928-1942
Washington – Native American – Census records, 1880-1952
Washington – Native American – Census records, 1890-1929
Washington – Native American – Census records, 1919-1933
Washington – Native American – Civil information, 1864-1951
Washington – Native American – Enrollment records, 1887-1944
Washington – Native American – Enrollment records, 1917-1936
Washington – Native American – Family and individual history cards, late 1800’s – early 1900’s
Washington – Native American – Health and medical information, 1934-1946
Washington – Native American – Heirship and probate information, 1887-1952
Washington – Native American – Heirship records, 1911-1950
Washington – Native American – Heirship records, 1912-1948
Washington – Native American – Heirship records, 1923-1950
Washington – Native American – Indian census rolls, Colville, 1885-1939
Washington – Native American – Indian census rolls, Cushman, 1910-1920
Washington – Native American – Indian census rolls, Yakima, 1885-1939
Washington – Native American – Indian stories and legends of the Stillagumish, Sauks and allied tribes
Washington – Native American – Indian war muster rolls, 1855-1856
Washington – Native American – Indians census rolls, Nisqually and Skokomish, 1885-1887
Washington – Native American – Indians of the northwest [Washington, Oregon and Idaho]
Washington – Native American – Land records, 1887-1939
Washington – Native American – Land records, 1894-1920
Washington – Native American – Land records, 1903-1950
Washington – Native American – Lease records, 1902-1952
Washington – Native American – Miscellaneous records, 1881-1948
Washington – Native American – Miscellaneous records, 1883-1946
Washington – Native American – Miscellaneous records, 1902-1921
Washington – Native American – Miscellaneous records, 1925-1946
Washington – Native American – Muster rolls, Indian War 1855-1856, Washington
Washington – Native American – The Pacific northwest tribes missions collection of the Oregon province archives of the Society of Jesus, 1853-1960
Washington – Native American – Records concerning applications for adoption by the Quinaielt Indians, 1910-1919
Washington – Native American – Records of the Bureau of Indian Affairs, Applications for enrollment and allotment of Washington Indians, 1911-1919
Washington – Native American – Records of the Washington Superintendency of Indian Affairs, 1853-1874
Washington – Native American – Records relating to heirship, 1911-1940
Washington – Native American – Report upon the conditions and needs of the Indians of the northwest coast
Washington – Native American – The Salishan tribes of the western plateaus
Washington – Native American – School census records, 1891-1945
Washington – Native American – School records, 1890-1950
Washington – Native American – School records, 1901-1937
Washington – Native American – School records, 1902-1920
Washington – Native American – Special census of Indians, 1880
Washington – Native American – Student records, 1913-1949
Washington – Native American – Student records, 1916-1952
Washington – Native American – Tribal census information, 1877-1952
Washington – Native American – Vital statistics, 1897-1949
Washington – Native American – Vital statistics, 1912-1952
Washington – Native American – Vital statistics, births, marriages, deaths, 1895-1950
Washington – Native American – Vital statistics, births, marriages, divorces and deaths, 1909-1943
Washington – Native American – Washington Territory survey correspondence, 1854-1895, relating to donation land claims and Indian, lighthouse, and military reservations : NARA, RG 49, P2013
Washington – Native American – Washington, applications for enrollment and adoption of Washington Indians, 1911-1919
Washington – Native American – Yakima tribe land allotment act of 1887, 1887-1913
Washington – Native American – Colville tribe family group sheets
Washington – Native American – Family index cards, 1938-1950
Washington – Native American – Yakama tribe family group sheets
Washington – Native American – The history and culture of the Indians of Washington State – a curriculum guide : developed by the TTT Project and the Center for Indian Teacher Education, University of Washington, Seattle
Washington – Native American – Whitman Mission National Historic Site
Washington – Native American – Yellow Wolf : his own story
Washington – Native American – Washington, Native American, census records, 1880-1952
Washington – Native American – Rawhide press, 1958-1973
Washington – Swedish Americans – Name Indexes to Swedish Americans, at AC (CA, IL, IA, TX, WA)
Washington Minority Records Online at the local level
Clallam County – Native Races – A[lanson] W. Smith Collection, at FSPasco – Genealogy – Periodicals – Tri-city Genealogical Society Bulletin (Tri-City Genealogical Society, Richland, Washington), at FS
Coeur d’Alene – Native American – Birth and death records, 1918-1935 (birth, death)
Colville – Native American – Indian census rolls, Colville, 1885-1939 (census, birth, death, marriage, divorce)
Cushman – Native American – Indian census rolls, Cushman, 1910-1920(census, birth, death, marriage)
Grays Harbor County – Native Races – Quinault Indian Reservation and Vicinity in Chehalis and Jefferson Counties, Washington, at FS
Jefferson County – Native Races – Quinault Indian Reservation and Vicinity in Chehalis and Jefferson Counties, Washington, at FS
Northern Idaho Agency – Native American – Agency records, 1887-1947(census, medical, marriage, business, land)
Portland Area Office – Native American – Vital statistics, 1912-1952 (birth, marriage, death)
Taholah Agency – Native American – Birth and death records, 1894-1948(birth, death)
Taholah Agency – Native American – Miscellaneous records, 1883-1946 (marriage, divorce, school, employee, school)
Tulalip Agency – Native American – Vital statistics, 1897-1949 (birth, marriage, death)
Yakima – Native American – Indian census rolls, Yakima, 1885-1939 (census, birth, death)
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