Welcome to Island County, Washington Genealogy and History A Part of the Genealogy Trails Group   Volunteers Dedicated to Free Genealogy Our 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 County Site is Available for Adoption! WANT TO HELP? This site is available for adoption! Learn more about joining our group as host of this site (Knowledge of how to make a basic webpage and a desire to transcribe data is required) Check your attics! Dust off your family scrapbooks! We're looking for DATA for this site!!! If you are interested in adding your families' information this website, email us. We'll be happy to help your families' obituaries, news items and other historical data find a home here at Washington Genealogy Trails, where it will remain free for all to view. WE REGRET THAT WE ARE UNABLE TO DO PERSONAL RESEARCH FOR YOU. ALL DATA IS ADDED TO THE SITE AS WE COME ACROSS IT. South Whidbey State Park Picture released into public domain and used under common license Island County was created out of Thurston County on December 22, 1852, by the legislature of Oregon Territory, and is the eighth-oldest county in Washington. It originally encompassed what are now Snohomish, Skagit, Whatcom, and San Juan Counties. Included in the county are two large islands, Whidbey and Camano, and seven smaller islands: Baby, Ben Ure, Deception, Kalamut, Minor, Smith, and Strawberry. The county seat is Coupeville, while its largest city is Oak Harbor.     Cities, Towns and CDP's Coupeville * Langley * Oak Harbor Census-designated places (CDPs) Ault Field (aka Naval Air Station Whidbey Island) Camano * Clinton * Freeland Our Online Data Biographies Birth Records Cemeteries Census Church Histories / Records County Records Death Records Family Bibles County History Marriages Military Miscellaneous Data Newspaper Data Obituaries School Records Wills/Probate Records Website Updates: March 2013: obits for CHASE, KINETH Feb 2013: 1883 pensioners on the roll Dec 2012: death notice of ALEXANDER Previous Updates SEARCH OUR SITES We 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 Snohomish County, Washington - east Kitsap County, Washington - southwest Jefferson County, Washington - west San Juan County, Washington - northwest Skagit County, Washington - north Remember to bookmark us and keep checking back for new additions to our sites. Visit our Washington State Site Visit our National Site Copyright © Genealogy Trails All data on this website is Copyright by Genealogy Trails with full rights reserved for original submitters. No data is to be copied to other websites