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Old Town Tacoma 1871

 
  My name is  Bob Jenkins and I am the Pierce County
  Coordinator.
 

  We have many genealogical resources available here.

  We would appreciate any contributions you would like to  make to
  this   site.

 
  
  Use the box below to search for
  Pierce County Data


 Brief History:

 Pierce County is a county in the U.S. state of Washington.  The county seat and largest city is Tacoma.
 Formed out of Thurston County on December 22, 1852, by the legislature of Oregon Territory, it was
 named for U.S. President Franklin Pierce. Pierce County is in the Seattle metropolitan area (formally the
 Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA metropolitan statistical area).

 Pierce County is home to Mount Rainier, the tallest mountain and a volcano in the Cascade Range. Its
 most recent recorded eruption was between 1820 and 1854. There is no imminent risk of eruption, but
 geologists expect that the volcano will erupt again. If this should happen, parts of Pierce County and the
 Puyallup Valley would be at risk from lahars, lava, or pyroclastic flows. The Mount Rainier Volcano Lahar
 Warning System was established in 1998 to assist in the evacuation of the Puyallup River valley in case of
 eruption.




 Pierce county record images at familysearch.   These are not indexed but if you know the timeframe
 that relates to your ancestor you can browse through the images.  A  Lot of good info here.




Visit neighboring counties by clicking their link below
Mason Kitsap King  Yakima Lewis
Thurston





   State Coordinator: Mike Sweeney   
  Assistant State Coordintor: Colleen Pustola                




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