Research Request Form

The TCGS Researchers can check the resources listed below for you.

For multiple lookups or for checking resources in another location (Richland Library, Mid Columbia Library), we will do 2 hours of research and make up to 10 photocopies from those resources for a $20 non-refundable donation. Additional photocopies are 15 cents each.

If your request includes documents from multiple research locations, we will process your request by Search Location to make the most efficient use of your research dollars (our research locations are 20-25 minutes apart). We will start in our TCGS library and then use either the Richland Library or the Mid Columbia Library depending on the contents of your request.

Print this page and any other pages that include the sources you wish searched. For those lines that indicate multiple resources (e.g., the Polk Directories) be sure to check off the volumes you want us to check.

See the TCGS Researchers page for address and email address for any questions prior to sending your request.

Your Information
  
Name:    ______________________________________________________________________________
 
Address: ______________________________________________________________________________
  
City:    ___________________________________  State: _____  Zipcode: __________________ 

Phone:   (____)_____________________________  Email: __________________________________

   
  Name, include variations 

1.  ________________________________________  2.  __________________________________________________

3.  ________________________________________  4.  __________________________________________________
  
5.  ________________________________________  6.  __________________________________________________

Use the number preceding the name in the “To Check?” column below to specify which name(s) to search for in which source(s).

Cemeteries

To Check?	Book Title	Applies To	Notes	Dates	Search Location
___	Prosser Cemeteries, Benton County, WA, no date provided	Prosser	Includes White Bluff Cemetery, West Prosser (IOOF) cemetery, Horse Heaven Hills cemetery, undated	unknown	Mid Columbia Library
___	Sexton's Records Kennewick City Cemetery	Tri-Cities	Completed 1955	?-1955	TCGS Library
___	Tombstones of Franklin County WA by Jean Winters 1971	Franklin County	Includes City View, Columbia Memorial Gardens, Connell, Eltopia, Harder, Lakeview cemeteries. Includes a surname index covering all cemeteries.	?-1970	TCGS Library

City/County Directories and Telephone Books

To Check?	Book Title	Applies To	Notes	Dates	Search Location
___	Hanford Works, Telephone Directory, US Atomic Energy Commission, General Electric, Hanford Atomic Products Operation Mark those to check: ___ June 1955, ___ September 1957	Hanford Works	Business listing plus employee's building, phone	1955, 1957	Mid Columbia Library
___	Kennewick Plymouth General Telephone directory Mark those to check: ___ Sep 1962, ___ Nov 1966, ___ Oct 1968, ___ Oct 1969, ___ Sep 1970, ___ Sep 1971, ___ Sep 1972, ___ Sep 1973, ___ Sep 1974, ___ Sep 1975, ___ Sep 1976	Kennewick, Plymouth	Has Benton City, Richland, West Richland, Pasco in yellow pages but not in white pages	1962-1976	Mid Columbia Library
___	Polk Directory Mark those to be checked: ___ 1952-53, ___ 1954, ___ 1955, ___ 1956 (Richland Library only), ___ 1957, ___ 1958, ___ 1959 (Richland Library only), ___ 1960, ___ 1961, ___ 1962-63, ___ 1964, ___ 1965, ___ 1966, ___ 1967, ___ 1968, ___ 1969, ___ 1970, ___ 1971, ___ 1972, ___ 1973, ___ 1974, ___ 1975, ___ 1976, ___ 1971, ___ 1978 (also in TCGS library), ___ 19799, ___ 1980, ___ 1981, ___ 1982, ___ 1983-84, ___ 1985, ___ 1986, ___ 1987, ___ 1988 (also in TCGS library), ___ 1989, ___ 1991, ___ 1992, ___ 1993, ___ 1995, ___ 1996, ___ 1997, ___ 1998, ___ 1998-99, ___ 2000, ___ 2001, ___ 2003	Tri-Cities	Kennewick, Richland & Pasco statisitcal reviews, alphabetical resident includes wife's name, occupation, by street (helps you find neighbors) but not always available for each town, business by classification	1952-2003	Mid Columbia Library, Richland Library, 2 volumes also in TCGS Library
___	Richland and Hanford Works, Telephone Directory, US Atomic Energy Commission, General Electric, Hanford Atomic Products Operation Mark those to check: ___ July 1953, ___ July 1954, ___ Jan 1955, ___ Aug 1955, ___ May 1956, ___ May 1957	Richland	White & yellow pages & Hanford business listings	1953-1957	Mid Columbia Library
___	Rural Directory, Benton & Franklin Counties, Washington, 1977	Benton & Franklin Counties	Lists suburban and rural residents, if known lists land location and acreage. Provides maps of rural mail delivery routes.	1977	Mid Columbia Library
___	Telephone directory, Richland, May 1957	Richland	Has white & yellow pages	1957	TCGS Library
___	Telephone directory Mark those to check: ___ May 1958 (also at TCGS library), ___ May 1959, ___ May 1961, ___ Sep 1962 (TCGS library only), ___ Nov 1966 (TCGS library only), ___ Oct 1967 (TCGS library only), ___ Oct 1968 (TCGS library only), ___ 1973, ___ 1974, ___ 1977-78 (also TCGS library), ___ Sep 1978, ___ Sep 1979, ___ Sep 1980	Tri-Cities	Includes white & yellow pages for Kennewick, Pasco, Richland. Depending on issue amy include small towns in Benton & Franklin counties	1958-1980	Mid Columbia Library
___	Tri-City Classified Business Directory Mark those to check: ___ May 1957, ___ May 1958	Richland, Kennewick, Pasco	Richland, Kennewick & Pasco yellow pages only	1957-1958	Mid Columbia Library
___	Tri-City Classified Business Directory Mark those to check: ___ May 1957, ___ May 1958	Richland, Kennewick, Pasco	Richland, Kennewick & Pasco yellow pages only	1957, 1958	Mid Columbia Library
___	Walla Walla Residents and Business Registrations Mark those to check: ___ 1967, ___ 1979	Walla Walla	Includes Walla Walla, College Place, Lowden, Prescott, Touchet, Waitsburg, Dixie and Milton-Freewater people and businesses.	1967, 1979	TCGS Library

Histories

To Check?	Book Title	Applies To	Notes	Dates	Search Location
___	1890 Washington Veterans Census Index by Ronald Vern Jackson	Washington state			Mid Columbia Library
___	Kin-I-wak, Kenewick, Tehe, Kennewick by Martha Berry Parker -- describes Kennewick in chapters dealing with 1883 - 1888 (ch 1 ) to 1943 (ch 44)	Kennewick	Includes an extensive name index.	1883-1943	TCGS Library
___	Place Names of Washington	Washington	By WA State Historical Society, 1985	pub 1985	Richland Library
___	Tales of Richland, White Bluffs & Hanford 1805-1943	Richland	Includes fairly extensive index.	1805-1943	TCGS Library
___	They Claimed a Desert -- 1976 description of early days in Quincy Valley	Quincy	List of homesteads and fairly complete people name		TCGS Library

Newspapers

To Check?	Book Title	Applies To	Notes	Dates	Search Location
___	Newspapers available through the Mid Columbia Library	Benton and Franklin Counties	Use the Newspapers Available at Mid-Columbia Libraries page to access the papers and dates. We will check newspapers for a specific article (e.g., an obituary) given a date (at least month and year). For more extended research in newspapers check the Washington State Archives where you can purchase or interlibrary loan newspaper microfilm.	1885 - present	Mid Columbia Library
___	The Villager, Richland, WA	Richland	Newspaper of Richland during and after World War II. We will check newspapers for a specific article (e.g., an obituary) given a date (at least month and year)	1945-1950	Richland Library
___	Tri-City Herald	Tri-Cities plus surrounding area	Newspaper featuring obituaries from Tri-Cities and the surrounding area. Often former residents who lived in the area for a substantial time are also found. WARNING: Not every month is indexed. TCGS Researchers will search microfilm of unindexed months.	Jan 1950 - Aug 1974	Mid Columbia Library, Richland Library

Obituaries

To Check?	Book Title	Applies To	Notes	Dates	Search Location
___	Obituaries from the Kennewick Courier Reporter Mark those to be checked: ___ 1924-1929, ___ 1930-1940	Kennewick	Indexed	1924-1940	TCGS Library
___	Obituaries, Tri-City Herald, Jan 1, 2000 to present, indexed (search at Tri-City Herald Obituary Index. For obits between the latest date posted and the present, ask by name and date)	Tri-Cities plus	Fully indexed deaths, primarily in Tri-Cities, but some in Walla Walla, Sunnyside, Grandview, Prosser and Othello also reported. Plus obituaries sent to paper when person lived in area for a time.	2000 - present	TCGS Library

School Records

To Check?	Book Title	Applies To	Notes	Dates	Search Location
___	Columbian -- the Year Book of Columbia High School, Richland, WA Mark those to check: ___ 1954, ___ 1955, ___ 1995	Richland	Includes seniors, juniors, sophomores in alphabetic order. But book not indexed by person name.	1954, 1955, 1995	TCGS Library
___	Keewaydin, Associated Student Body of Kennewick High School, May 1921Year book	Kennewick	Includes seniors, juniors, sophomores, freshmen, clubs and alumni (1908-1920) including names, possibly maiden names and current locations (as of 1921).	1921	TCGS Library
___	Reunion John Ball School Columbia High School 1948 - 1955, held Aug 12-14, 1988	Richland	Memory book prepared from reunion from school in North Richland. Includes short memory statement (name, current address, years attended and "what have you been doing in the past 40 years" for those attending.	1948-1955	TCGS Library
___	The Associated Students of Seattle College present the 1946 Aegis	Seattle	Includes seniors, juniors, sophmores, freshmen in alphabetic order but remainder of book not indexed.	1946	TCGS Library

Vital Records or Records Pointing To Vital Records

___	Bruce Lee Memorial Chapel LLC, Pasco WA	Tri-Cities	Provides information to facilitate acccessing funeral home records	1954-2004	TCGS Library
___	Marriages from the Kennewick Courier Reporter Mark those to be checked: ___ 1907-1920, ___ 1921-1929	Kennewick	Indexed	1907-1929	TCGS Library
___	Mueller's "Chapel of the Falls", Funeral Home Records Index 9 Jun 1910 to 13 Apr 2001	Tri-Cities	May provide maiden name, provides book and page number for lookup in Funeral Home records. Not indexed by maiden name.	1910-2001	TCGS Library
___	Records of Yakima County, WA 1869 - 1907 and Benton County, WA 1905-1907 Probate Records	Benton County	Includes probate records, naturalization records, declaration of intention records. Records are alphabetical by name of decedent or person naturalized. Surname index provided for whole volume.	1905-1907	TCGS Library
___	Records of Yakima County, WA 1869-1907 and Benton County, WA 1905-1907 Birth Records	Benton County	Benton County is only 2 pages but has child's name, DOB, parent's names, ages and birthplace.	1905-1907	TCGS Library
___	Records of Yakima County, WA 1869-1907 and Benton County, WA 1905-1907 Death Records	Benton County	No deaths were recorded for Benton County in 1905-1907. Yakima County provides name, age, birth place, marital status, death date, burial place, father & mother. Benton County has no death index for 1905-1907, see other sources.	1905-1907	TCGS Library
___	Records of Yakima County, WA 1869-1907 and Benton County, WA 1905-1907 Marriage Records	Benton County	Benton County has 10-11 pages of names. Includes a joint Yakima and Benton County index by brides name (only name she was using at the time) and a complete surname index (includes every surname and variant spelling except officials mentioned in the marriage record).	1905-1907	TCGS Library

Sources you can search online

In addition TCGS has several sources which you can check for yourself using our Search page. Once you find an item of interest, use the section below to specify the name and we will copy that entry and send it to you.

Note that the Tri-City Herald obituaries listed in a previous section are also searchable from this Search page.

To Check?	Searchable Index	Specify entry to copy
___	General Electric Newsletter	Name: ____________________________________________________________ Name: ____________________________________________________________
___	Multi Generational Pictures from the Tri-City Herald	Name: ____________________________________________________________ Name: ____________________________________________________________
___	Aritcles & Pictures of Genealogical Interest from the Tri-City Herald	Name: ____________________________________________________________ Name: ____________________________________________________________
___	Anniversaries from the Tri-City Herald	Name: ____________________________________________________________ Name: ____________________________________________________________
___	1910 Franklin County WA Census	Name: ____________________________________________________________ Name: ____________________________________________________________
___	World War I Draft Registrations for Benton County WA	Name: ____________________________________________________________ Name: ____________________________________________________________
___	Index to the TCGS Bulletin 1961 - 2006	Title: ____________________________________________________________ Title: ____________________________________________________________
___	Surnames being researched by TCGS members	Surname: ____________________________________________________________ Surname: ____________________________________________________________

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