Browse by Collection
Images
- General Electric Newsletter – Photos from the Newsletters published in 1963
- All Name Index to Images of America, Early Pasco – Photo Essay and History of Pasco (indexed by Susan Faulkner)
- All Name Index to – Images of America Kennewick Washington Photo Essay and History of Kennewick (indexed by Susan Faulkner)
- All Name Index to Images of America Richland Washington – Photo Essay and History of Richland (indexed by Linda Stephens)
- All Name Index to Historical Photography Studio Negative Collection
Newspapers
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Tri-City Herald: Obituaries & Death Notices – 2000-Recent
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Tri-City Herald: Multi-Generational Photos – 2004-Recent
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Tri-City Herald: Wedding Anniversaries – 2004-Recent
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Tri-City Herald: A Look Back: Pictures From Earlier Days – 2004-Recent
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Early Births (approx. 1903-1907) Reported in the Newspaper
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Early Marriages (approx. 1903-1907) Reported in the Newspaper
Government Records
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1910 Federal Census for Franklin County, Washington
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World War I Draft Registrations for Benton County, Washington
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Benton and Franklin School Census 1910-1933
Compiled Research
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Local Research Collection – short histories done by TCGS members for local families
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Index to Family Bibles or Histories provided by our members published in the TCGS Bulletin between 1961 and 2006.
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Check out our TCGS Bulletin Article Index – local historical information, additional compiled research (e.g. newspaper abstracts, high school annual class lists, etc.)
Compiled Records
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Cemetery records published in the TCGS Bulletin.
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Early birth and death records published in the TCGS Bulletin.
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Obituary abstracts for long-time area resident published in the TCGS Bulletin.
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Index to Family Histories that are available online at the Richland FHC (via the Tri-City Genealogical Society Research Collection)
Local History Indexes
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All Name Index to Kahlotus is Home (indexed by Susan Faulkner)
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All Name Index to Ainsworth: A Railroad Town (indexed by Susan Faulkner)
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All Name Index to Images of America: Early Pasco (Washington) (indexed by Susan Faulkner)
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All Name Index to Images of America: Kennewick (Washington) (indexed by Susan Faulkner)
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All Name Index to Images of America: Richland (Washington) (indexed by Linda Stephens)
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All Name & Article Indexes to Franklin Flyer, May 1968 – January 1977 (indexed by Susan Faulkner)
Want More Benton and Franklin County Records?
Here are some sites with other local records online. (Note these are not on our site and are not searchable from here.)
Images
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Hanford Site Photo Gallery: History, operation and cleanup of the Hanford site near Richland, WA. Use keywords Children, Hanford (last few pages are historical photos), People, School, Structures (historical buildings) and White Bluffs to location historical photos.
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Benton County, WA USGenWeb Site includes School Photographs, click here for names for searching.
- Tri-City Herald’s Historical Photo Collection:
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Washington Rural Heritage: Collections for Connell in Franklin County, Benton City and Prosser in Benton County and Grandview (near the eastern edge of Benton County). Potentially includes images, documents, video and/or audio. Date range for the whole collection is 1860s – 1999.
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Richland Flood of 1948 including memories from people who lived through it.
Cemeteries
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Find A Grave where you can choose which country, state and county to search
Newspapers
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Tri-City Herald Obituaries available through Legacy.com, recent obits for free; older ones for a fee
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Mid-Columbia Library’s Tri-City Herald Obituaries 1964-recent. Start at Mid Columbia’s Digital Resources page and look for the Tri-City Herald Obituaries entry.
Government Records
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Washington State Archives – Digital Archives birth, marriage, death, land, court, census, photos and many other record types
Need More Historical Information
- Richland History
- a short history
- a digital copy of “Home Blown, the history of the homes of Richland” published for Richland’s 35th anniversary
- a history of Richland street names including those created by the Manhattan Engineer District.
- Richland Police History.
- Life in Richland, the Richland Bombers – Alumni Links is a collection of all things Richland. Scroll down to the “Sites of Interest” block.
- Columbians, Cougars & Warriors — school yearbooks 1942-1971.
- Grade School class pictures — 8 schools covering the future graduating classes of 1949-1987.
- Funeral Notices — from Tri-Cities and elsewhere; organized by surname at high school graduation. Often include yearbook photos.
- The Gallery, Misc. Pictures … — old time pictures of Richland businesses & locations.
- Houses that Hanford Built — the alphabet homes of Richland.
- Manhattan Project National Historical Park — creation of the park.
- Hanford Historic B-Reactor Tour — video introduction to the Manhattan Project plus links to many other videos about Hanford.
- B Reactor Museum Association – history, photos, videos explaining the reactor construction, operation.