For further research in Clark County, WA, a hired researcher may be able to check other resources available locally, such as the following:
City directories
Telephone books (after 1948)
Old newspapers, obituaries
Court House records (land, probate, births and deaths prior to 1907, marriages and divorces prior to 1967)
County histories
Funeral homes
Cemetery records
Territorial censuses
Trail Breakers (periodical of Clark County Genealogical Society)
Washington death index (begins in 1907)
(Researchers may also provide research services in Portland, OR)
Clark County Genealogical Society
Where we always talk family. . .
Individuals for hire to do research
The following individuals have indicated that they are available to be hired to help you with your genealogical research. The society furnishes the list with contact information, and you are to make your own inquiries and decision as to which one to hire. They are in alphabetical order. The addresses are not "clickable," so you must copy and paste them in your email program. Also - remove the "at" and replace it with @.
Steve Aberle
Alice Allen
Diana Cruz
Susan LeBlanc
For research questions pertaining to Cowlitz County, you may wish to write to the following:
PO Box 472; Longview, WA 98632