Welcome to Cowlitz County Washington Genealogy and History Volunteers Dedicated to Free Genealogy This website is part of the Genealogy Trails family.   Our Group's goal is to help you track your ancestors through time by transcribing genealogical and historical data and placing it online for the free use of all researchers. This site is available for adoption! Learn more about joining our group as host of this site and then contact us (Knowledge of how to make a basic webpage and a desire to transcribe data is required) Please consider sharing your research information so that we can continue to build websites that will remain a helpful resource for the researchers of Washington. If you have any comments, questions or data contributions, Contact Us WE REGRET THAT WE ARE UNABLE TO DO PERSONAL RESEARCH FOR YOU.  All data we come across will be added to this website, so please keep checking back. The county seat is at Kelso, and its largest city is Longview. Its name derives from the Cowlitz Indians Founded April 21, 1854 Seat Kelso Largest city Longview Cities, Towns and CDP's * Castle Rock * Kalama * Kelso * Longview * Woodland Census-designated places * Longview Heights * West Longview * West Side Highway Other communities * Ariel * Carrolls * Cougar * Lexington * Olequa * Ryderwood * Silver Lake * Toutle * Yale Our Online Data Biographies Births Cemeteries Census Church Histories / Records County Records Death Records Family Bibles County History Marriage Records Military Records Miscellaneous Data Newspaper Data Obituaries School Records Wills/Probate Records Website Updates: Apr 2013: BOYCROFT death notice Mar 2013: obits for BIRD, CHRISTY, VAN NAME; 1883 Pensioners; Fire news for WICKSTROM and GIER; marriage licenses granted in July 1927; death notice for SWANSON Feb 2013: WAGNER birth record Previous Updates SEARCH OUR SITES We also have mailing lists set up so that you can read about updates, discuss your families and connect with other researchers who are looking in the same area as you. Don't Miss Another Update! Join our Mailing Lists to be notified of website updates Our Pacific Mailing List covers California | Oregon | Washington | Alaska | Hawaii Surrounding Counties: * Lewis County, Washington - north * Skamania County, Washington - east * Clark County, Washington - south * Columbia County, Oregon - southwest * Wahkiakum County, Washington - west Visit our Washington State Site Remember to bookmark us and keep checking back for new additions to the sites.     Copyright © Genealogy Trails All data on this website is Copyright by Genealogy Trails with full rights reserved for original submitters.