Research & Services
Are you looking for ancestors who may have lived in Grays Harbor County or its predecessor Chehalis County? There are a number of ways to do that.Visit our society store to purchase cemetery books and more
Submit a query
Queries will be answered by one of our volunteer Society members.
There is a $10 minimum donation for each research request. Records are sent only upon receipt of payment. The fees collected
are used to help defray the costs of maintaining our Research Library and other Society programs. Submit your
query here. You will be contacted by one of our volunteers.
Visit the area
Few activities are more thrilling than standing where your ancestors walked, worshipped, or died. If you’re planning to visit the area, contact us. We have members who have lived their whole lives in the area and can help find buildings, streets, churches and cemeteries or make connections with other people who can help you with your search. We’ve also published a “Getting Started” guide to help you.
Use our research library
Consider visiting the Grays Harbor Genealogical Society’s 2,000+ volume genealogical
Research Library at the Aberdeen Museum of History, 111 Third Avenue, Aberdeen, Washington.
The library is open Tuesdays, Thursdays and Saturdays from 11:00 a.m. – 3:00 p.m., and is staffed by Society volunteers. There is no fee to
use the Research Library, although there is a small fee to make photocopies. A microfiche reader and wireless high-speed Internet are available,
as well as a one-of-kind Grays Harbor Obituary File, containing more than 57,000 local obituaries, death notices, and funeral records. We recommend
you call in advance to ensure staff are available: (360) 538-7079.
View our surname file
Like most genealogists, we believe everyone is related somehow. Therefore, with ancestors from every corner of the globe,
we maintain a Surname File to help find those connections. If you want more information about a name, please email us
at .
View the Surname File