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For Lookups and photocopying from resources that are already indexed and are in our TCGS Library, we will do a lookup for a single name (including spelling variations) in a single resource plus up to 5 photocopies from that resource for a $3.00 non-refundable donation. Additional copies are 15 cents each.
You may request lookups in multiple resources or multiple names in a single resource by paying $3.00 for each name in each resource you wish checked. If you have several lookups you should consider whether 2 hours of research is more cost effective (see our Research page for details).
Print this page and any other pages that include the sources you wish searched. 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).
| To Check? | Book Title | Applies To | Notes | Dates | Search Location |
|   ___  | 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 |
| To Check? | Book Title | Applies To | Notes | Dates | Search Location |
|   ___  | Polk Directory Mark those to be checked: ___ 1978, ___ 1988 | 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 | 1978, 1988 | TCGS Library |
|   ___  | Telephone directory, Richland, May 1957 | Richland | Has white & yellow pages | 1957 | TCGS 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 |
| To Check? | Book Title | Applies To | Notes | Dates | Search Location |
| ___ | 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| To Check? | Book Title | Applies To | Notes | Dates | Search Location |
| ___ | 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 | Fully 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 |
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: ____________________________________________________________  |