Long Beach Peninsula Visitors Bureau, PO Box 562, Long Beach, WA 98631-0562. Phone 360-642-2400. Fax 360-642-8841.

Megler Washington State Visitor Information Center, PO Box 193, Ilwaco, WA 98642. Phone 360-777-8388.

Ocean Park Area Chamber of Commerce, PO Box 403, Ocean Park, WA 98640. Phone 360-665-4448.

Raymond Chamber of Commerce, 625 Heath, Raymond, WA 98577. Phone 360-942-5419.

South Bend Chamber of Commerce, PO Box 335, South Bend, WA 98586. Phone 360-875-5231.

Assessor: PO Box 86. Phone 360-875-9301, ext. 208. Fax 360-875-9402. Records generally not available for self service searching. Searches done by staff are done on a time-available basis and billed at $8.00 per hour, with an $8.00 minimum.

Auditor: PO Box 97. Phone 360-875-9309, ext. 313. Fax 360-875-9333.

Clerk: PO Box 67. Phone 360-875-9320, ext. 222. Fax 360-875-9321.

Treasurer: PO Box 98. Phone 360-875-9421. Fax 360-875-9402.

Pacific County Genealogical Society, PO Box 843, Ocean Park, WA 98640-0843. Membership available. The society’s genealogical collection is housed in the Ocean Park Timberland Library. Monthly society meetings are also held there.

South Pacific County Genealogical Society, PO Box 1024, Long Beach, WA 98631

Willapa Harbor Genealogical Society, Raymond Public Library, 507 Duryea St, Raymond, WA 98577

Ilwaco Heritage Foundation, 115 SE Lake St, PO Box 153, Ilwaco, WA 98624

Pacific County Historical Society, PO Box P, South Bend, WA 98586

Timberland Regional Library, 415 Airdustrial Way SW, Olympia, WA 98501-5799. Phone 360-943-5001. Fax 360-586-6838. The following are branches of this library system:

Pacific County Law Library, 300 Memorial Ave, South Bend, WA 98586. Phone 360-875-9327. Fax 360-875-9321.

Fort Columbia House Museum, (Fort Columbia State Park, Hwy 101, Chinook, WA 98614), PO Box 488, Ilwaco, WA 98624. Phone 360-642-3078.

Ilwaco Heritage Museum, 115 SE Lake St, Ilwaco, WA 98624. Phone 360-642-3446. Membership available. "The museum depicts frontier life in southwest Washington. Exhibits include Chinook Indian and pioneer artifacts and displays highlight the fishing, logging and cranberry industries." The museum’s Research Library’s resources include many local newspapers, index to all Pacific County newspapers 1889-1981, local history and genealogy periodicals, records of deaths prior to 1925, an indexed photo collection, vertical file of newspaper clippings and Ilwaco High School yearbooks.

Knappton Cove Heritage Center, Knappton, WA.

Lewis & Clark Interpretive Center, Fort Canby State Park, PO Box 488, Ilwaco, WA 98624

Pacific County Historical Museum, 1008 W Robert Bush Drive, PO Box P, South Bend, WA 98586. Phone 360-875-5224. Membership available. Genealogical resources available include: approximately 10,000 historic photographs, 1919-1944 Sanborn fire insurance maps for Raymond and South Bend, city and county directories and telephone books, local and Washington state reference collection, countywide cemetery records, census for 1860,1870, 1880, 1900 and 1910,school annuals and ledgers and payroll records.

Willapa Bay Interpretive Center, Nahcotta, WA. "Today, the oyster industry here is a shell of its former self, but a replica of an oyster station house successfully transports visitors back to the boom times. Known as the Willapa Bay Interpretive Center, the five-year old center offers walls covered with quotes, notes and anecdotes, along with a film about the oyster industry and Willapa Bay ecology."

Willie Keil's Grave, SR 6, 4.4 miles from Menlo.

Southwest Region (Clark, Cowlitz, Grays Harbor, Lewis, Mason, Pacific, Skamania, Thurston and Wahkiakum counties). 1120 Washington St. SE, PO Box 40238, Olympia, WA 98504-0238. Phone 360-753-1684. Fax 360-664-8814. Research Hours: 8:30 a.m. - 12:00 noon and 1:30 p.m. - 4:30 p.m.

Hazeltine, Jean. The historical and regional geography of the Willapa Bay area, Washington. South Bend Journal, 1956. **other editions available

Metsker, Charles Frederick. Metsker's atlas of Pacific County, Washington. Metsker Maps, 1950.

_______. Metsker's atlas of Pacific County Washington. Metsker Maps, 197?.

Metsker Maps. Metsker's atlas of Pacific County, Washington. Metsker Maps, 198?.

Weathers, Larry J. Place names of Pacific County. n.p., 1989.

Davis, Edgar. They remembered. [vol. 1-4]. E. and C. Davis, 1981-1994.

Felt, Margaret Elley. The story of a logger: Frank D. Hobi: he did it the hard way. Burke Publishing, 1984.

Holway, Susan Pakenen. Naselle voices : Finnish immigrants and their descendants of Pacific and Wahkiakum counties, Washington. S. Holway, 1992.

Welsh, John T. Pioneers : an address delivered August 10, 1930 at Bay Center, Washington. Willapa Harbor Pub. Co., 1931.

Williams, John G. (John Grouille). Johnny stories : scenes from my boyhood in old Ilwaco. Rosemary Folklore, 1987.

The Daily World, Aberdeen, Washington: eighty-four years serving coastal Washington, Monday, January 1, 1973 to Monday December 31, 1973. [Contains clippings of obituaries, birth and marriage announcements). The Daily World, 1973.

Feagans, Raymond J. The railroad that ran by the tide; Ilwaco Railroad & Navigation Co. of the State of Washington. Howell-North Books, 1972

Cemeteries and gravesites of Pacific County, Washington. Pacific County Genealogical Society, 198?.

Fern Hill Cemetery : Menlo, Pacific County, Washington. Pacific County Genealogical Society, 1989

Ilwaco Cemetery, Pacific County, Washington. Pacific County Genealogical Society, 1989.

Index to cemeteries of Pacific County Washington. Pacific County Genealogical Society, 1989.

Naselle to Grays River and Knappton to Nemah, Washington : cemetery records and genealogical notes. Yancy, 1978.

North county cemeteries, Pacific County, Washington. Pacific County Genealogical Society, 1989?

Oesting, Marie. Cemetery listing for Pacific County, Washington. Pacific Co. Genealogical Society, 1987.

_______. Oysterville cemetery sketches. M. Oesting, 1988.

Olsen, Mrs. Nels. Pacific County cemeteries and family burial plots: plus other interesting material. Filmed by the Genealogical Society of Utah, 1991.

Pacific County, Washington, cemeteries. [Covers Fern Hill Cemetery, Menlo, Washington; South Bend Cemetery, Odd Fellows Cemetery, South Bend, Washington; and Giesy Cemetery, Pacific County, Washingon.] Filmed by the Genealogical Society of Utah, 1991.

Pacific County cemeteries : a scrapbook. Pacific County Planning Dept., Officer of Historical Preservation, 1978.

Peninsula cemeteries, Pacific County, Washington. Pacific County Genealogical Society, 1988.

Smith Family Cemetery records, Raymond, Pacific County, Washington. Filmed by the Genealogical Society of Utah, 1991.

Ackerman, Dolores Dunn. Census, Washington Territory : Pacific County, 1887. Stack Enterprises, 1989.

Clemons, Charles H. History of Chehalis County first settlers, census 1860-1880 and Pacific County census 1860. C.H. Clemons?, 1980

Rolls of certain Indian tribes in Oregon and Washington. [Willapa Bay]. Ye Galleon, 1969.

Smeltzer, Jean Allyn. 1880 United States census of Pacific County, Washington Territory. n.p., 1973.

United States. Census Office. 8th census, 1860. Washington Territory volume 1 [population schedules]. Photographed in microfilm lab., Bureau of Census, n.d.

Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. Raymond Branch (Washington). Record of members, 1934-1950; annual genealogical report, Form E, 1938-1939. Filmed by the Genealogical Society of Utah, 1951-1954.

Holy Family [Catholic church in Frances]. n.p., 1992.

Reorganized Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints. Willapa Branch (Willapa, Washington). Church records, 1915-1971. Filmed by the Genealogical Society of Utah, 1994.

Polk's Lewis and Pacific Counties directory. R. L. Polk & Co., 1920-1921.

R. L. Polk & Co.'s Lewis and Pacific Counties directory. R. L. Polk & Co., 1914/15 – 1915/16)

Appelo, Carlton E. A chronicle of the early days of Knappton (Pacific County) Washington. Appelo, 1964.

_______. Frankfort on the Columbia (Pacific County) Washington. Appelo, 1965.

_______. Knappton : the first 50 years, Pacific County, Washington. Appelo, 1975. **other edition available

_______. A pioneer scrapbook of the Columbia River North-Shore communities : Wahkiakum and Pacific Counties, Washington, 1900-1985. C.E. Appelo, 1986.

Bilsland, William Joseph. An historical comparative analysis of the economies of Grays Harbor and Pacific Counties, Washington, to 1920. University of Oregon, 1966.

Cannery working in Pacific and Wahkiakum counties. [Sound recording]. Metrocenter YMCA, 1979.

Clemons, Charles H. History of Chehalis County first settlers, census 1860-1880 and Pacific County census 1860. C.H. Clemons?, 1980

Espy, Willard R. Oysterville : roads to grandpa's village . Crown Publishers, 1977. **other edition available

Gibbs, Jim. Paciific graveyard: a narrative of shipwrecks where the Columbia River meets the Pacific Ocean. Binford & Mort Pub., 1993. **other editions available

Haight, Lorrie. Smitty’s stories: adventures in Pacific County: interesting and amusing anecdotes of Smitty’s real life…while living in Pacific County, Washington. Floating Press, 1996.

Hussey, John. Chinook Point and the story of Fort Columbia. [Rev. ed.] State Parks and Recreation Commission, 1967. **other edition available

_______. A short history of Fort Canby, Washington. National Park Service, 1957.

Jacobsen, William . A short history of North Cove . W. Jacobsen?, 1989.

Jessett, Thomas E. (Thomas Edwin). "Clamshell railroad." America's westernmost line, 1888-1930. Murfin Pub. Co., 1967. **other edition available

_______. Ilwaco railroad, America's westernmost line, 1888-1930. n.p., 1957.

Johnson, George C A collection of historical addresses. The Tribune, 1947.

Williams, Lewis R. Chinook by the sea. Kilham Stationery and Printing Co., 1924.

McDonald, Lucile Saunders. Coast country; a history of southwest Washington. Binfords & Mort, 1966.

Nasel 1878 ... Naselle 1978 : the Naselle centennial book. Naselle Centennial Committee, 1978.

Olsen, Nels, Mrs. The Willapa country; history report. A recital of the historical background of the Raymond and Willapa Valley areas as it was compiled by the members of the History Committee of the Community Betterment Study Committee. Raymond Herald & Advertiser, 1965.

Pacific County and its resources. Pacific County Historical Society, 1979.

Ramsey, Guy Reed. Postmarked Washington: Pacific and Wahkiakum counties. Depot, 1987.

Reinikka, Merle A. Ilwaco's early Finns, Pacific County, Washington. Finnish American Historical Society of the West, 1992.

Williams, Lewis R. Our Pacific County. The Raymond Herald, 1930. **other editions available

The Daily World, Aberdeen, Washington: eighty-four years serving coastal Washington, Monday, January 1, 1973 to Monday December 31, 1973. [Contains clippings of obituaries, birth and marriage announcements). The Daily World, 1973.

Oesting, Marie. Index of 1220 deaths prior to 1925 from selected newspapers of Pacific County, Washington. M. Oesting, 1991.

Register of deaths, 1891-1917 : Pacific County, Washington. Pacific County Genealogical Society, 1988?

Pacific County and its resources. South Bend Journal, 1910?

Raymond Commercial Club (Raymond, Wash.). Raymond, Washington; Pacific County on Willapa harbor. The fastest growing city in the United States, eight years old, population 6,000. n.p., 1912.

Stout, J. L. Sea View, Pacific County, Washington Territory; the summer resort of the Pacific Northwest ... Pub. by J.L. Stout, 1888.

Washington salmon fisheries on the Columbia River. Washington Fishermen's Association, Ilwaco, Pacific County, Wash., 1893?

Tompkins, Bertha Allison. Frontier teacher; reminiscences, during her services as a teacher in the Nemah, Sunshine and South Bend schools, 1898-1901. n.p., 1960?

Clan digger. South Pacific County Genealogical Society, 1983- .

Ilwaco Heritage Foundation Newsletter. Ilwaco Heritage Foundation, dates unknown.

The Sou'wester. Pacific County Historical Society, Inc., 1966 - .

Tree climber. Willapa Harbor Genealogical Society, dates unknown.

The Daily World, Aberdeen, Washington: eighty-four years serving coastal Washington, Monday, January 1, 1973 to Monday December 31, 1973. [Contains clippings of obituaries, birth and marriage announcements). The Daily World, 1973.

Marriage applications, 1890-1939, Pacific County, Washington. Pacific County Genealogical Society, 1993.

Bailey, Robert. Newspaper index, Willapa Harbor herald : April 1, 1981, through April 13, 1994. Washington State Library, 1994.

The Daily World, Aberdeen, Washington: eighty-four years serving coastal Washington, Monday, January 1, 1973 to Monday December 31, 1973. [Contains clippings of obituaries, birth and marriage announcements). The Daily World, 1973.

_______. North Pacific County newspaper index, 1889-1981. R. Bailey, 1991.

Martin, Irene. A newspaper index and guide to genealogy in Wahkiakum County and Naselle area of Pacific County. I. Martin, 1996.

South Bend Journal supplement. [supplement to a 1900 South Bend Journal containing biographical sketches of numerous Pacific County citizens.] Filmed by the Genealogical Society of Utah, 1983.