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Pacific Northwest Card File Search
The Pacific Northwest Card File appears to have been started in the early 1950s as a finding aid for biographical and historical information in the Washington State Library. Information was indexed from newspapers across the state as well as many published local histories, creating a very unique point of access.
Comprised of hundreds of thousands of cards, the drawers are divided into a Name File and a Subject File. Work began in late 2012, chiefly with WSL volunteer David Lane, on the Name File. We are now up to the surname "C" and will continue to update the online index as progress is made.
The Card File was closed in the early 1990s.
| Title | Subject | Subject Type | Publication | Citation Details | Citation Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ainsworth, SK pioneer passes away | Ainsworth, Clinton | Person | Port Orchard Independent | Month: 06 Day: 1 Year: 1961 | |
| Ainsworth, Elton E. | Ainsworth, Elton E. | Person | History of Seattle | v III p 12-13 | Year: 1916 |
| Big wheel on the river-- John Ainsworth left other Northwest steamboaters in his wake. | Ainsworth, John | Person | Daily Olympian | Totem, p. 3 | Month: 01 Day: 10 Year: 1982 |
| Ainsworth, May Gorst | Ainsworth, May Gorst | Person | Kitsap County History : a Story of Kitsap County a | book 5 p 48 | Year: 1977 |
| Mrs. Ainsworth, SK pioneer, dies in Oregon. | Ainsworth, Minnie Eva | Person | Bremerton Sun | Month: 02 Day: 3 Year: 1960 | |
| Kitsap County History: a story of Kitsap County and its pioneers | Ainsworth, Minnie Gorst | Person | Kitsap County History : a Story of Kitsap County a | book 5 p. 48 | Year: 1977 |
| Obituary | Airey, Loleta Elva | Person | Methow Valley News | Month: 01 Day: 25 Year: 1973 | |
| Obituary | Airey, Loleta R. | Person | Wenatchee World | Month: 01 Day: 25 Year: 1973 | |
| Obituary | Airey, Loleta Risley | Person | Omak Chronicle | Month: 01 Day: 25 Year: 1973 | |
| Obituary | Aisted, Grace | Person | Bellingham Herald | Month: 06 Day: 15 Year: 1983 | |
| Obituary | Aisted, Lorena Lola | Person | Yakima Herald-Republic | Month: 02 Day: 28 Year: 1991 | |
| Yakima woman awarded first pioneer certificate. | Aisted, Lorene | Person | Yakima Herald-Republic | Month: 04 Day: 28 Year: 1987 | |
| Aitchison, Willaim | Aitchison, Willaim | Person | Inland Empire | v4 p4 | Year: 1928 |
| Story of Enterprise. A romantic tale of early days in the Nooksack Valley. | Aitken, Henry | Person | Ferndale Record | part 2 of a series | Month: 04 Day: 28 Year: 1965 |
| It's no longer a man's game | Aitken, Margaret | Person | Seattle Post-Intelligencer | Northwest Today Mag pp 6-7 | Month: 03 Day: 25 Year: 1973 |
| 2 attorneys will be new county judges. | Aitken, Patricia | Person | Seattle Post-Intelligencer | p A - 12 | Month: 10 Day: 1 Year: 1982 |
| Victor M. Aitken, retired teacher | Aitken, Victor Marshall | Person | Seattle Times | p 8 | Month: 05 Day: 14 Year: 1966 |
| Wilsons in house of anniversaries | Aitkens, John | Person | Ferndale Record | p 14 | Month: 07 Day: 27 Year: 1966 |
| Harry T Ajax, Seattle Pioneer | Ajax, Harry T. | Person | Seattle Times | p 54 | Month: 05 Day: 12 Year: 1966 |
| Obituary | Ajax, Ivor L. | Person | Olympian | Month: 07 Day: 12 Year: 1986 | |
| Obit. | Ajax, P. O. | Person | Mount Vernon Daily Herald | p. 2 | Month: 06 Day: 28 Year: 1955 |
| Akehurst, Florellia Lucretia | Akehurst, Florellia Lucretia | Person | Memorials for Thurston County Pioneer and Historic | p 1 | Year: 1953 |
| Obituary | Akehurst, Willaim B. | Person | Daily Olympian | pg 10 | Month: 09 Day: 23 Year: 1969 |
| Quite a Party | Akehurst, William B. | Person | Seattle Times | p 19 | Month: 07 Day: 30 Year: 1967 |
| Pioneer resident of the Lakewood area | Aken, George | Person | Everett Herald | Month: 02 Day: 20 Year: 1970 | |
| Pioneer Resident of the Lakewood Area | Aken, George | Person | Marysville Globe | Month: 02 Day: 26 Year: 1970 | |
| Obituary | Aken, Richard | Person | Everett Herald | Month: 01 Day: 6 Year: 1981 | |
| Obituary | Aker, Anna J. | Person | Bellingham Herald | Month: 05 Day: 6 Year: 1975 | |
| Knute B. Aker, county pioneer, dies at age 100. | Aker, Knute B. | Person | Bellingham Herald | Month: 01 Day: 31 Year: 1965 | |
| At 99. Knute Aker may be oldest pioneer here. | Aker, Knute B. | Person | Bellingham Herald | Month: 07 Day: 14 Year: 1963 | |
| Pioneer plans party. Knute Aker to celebrate 100th birthdayon Monday | Aker, Knute B. | Person | Lynden Tribune | Month: 07 Day: 9 Year: 1964 | |
| Akerill, Annie | Akerill, Annie | Person | History of Klickitat County | Year: 1982 | |
| Obituary | Akerill, Bertha E. | Person | Chronicle (Elma, Wash.) | Month: 02 Day: 14 Year: 1973 | |
| Akerill, Parley | Akerill, Parley | Person | History of Klickitat County | p 108 | Year: 1982 |
| Services set for Mrs. Akerman | Akerman, Rose Gladys (Mrs.) | Person | Seattle Daily Times | p. 41 | Month: 09 Day: 3 Year: 1963 |
| Akers, Dewey | Akers, Dewey | Person | With the Colors from Whitman County 1917, 1918, 19 | p 135 | Year: 1920 |
| Funeral set for Mrs. Akers | Akers, Helen Rogers | Person | Bellingham Herald | Month: 10 Day: 23 Year: 1960 | |
| Obituary | Akers, Howard | Person | Seattle Times | Month: 10 Day: 5 Year: 1984 | |
| Akers, James H. (Mrs.) | Akers, James H. (Mrs.) | Person | Yakima Daily World | p 12 | Month: 02 Day: 13 Year: 1955 |
| Akers, James H. (Mrs.) | Akers, James H. (Mrs.) | Person | Yakima Daily World | p 12 | Month: 02 Day: 13 Year: 1955 |
| Services for Mrs Jack Akers, 63 | Akers, Peg | Person | Seattle Times | p24 | Month: 01 Day: 21 Year: 1969 |
| Services for Mrs Jack Akers, 63 | Akers, Peg | Person | Seattle Times | p 25 | Month: 01 Day: 20 Year: 1969 |
| Services for mrs Jack Akers, 63 | Akers, Peg | Person | Seattle Post-Intelligencer | Month: 01 Day: 21 Year: 1969 | |
| Biog. Sketch. | Akers, William N. | Person | South Bend Journal | Pacific Co. Ed., p. 9 | Year: 1900 |
| Obituary | Akin, Gerald E. | Person | Port Angeles Evening News | Month: 10 Day: 31 Year: 1973 | |
| Obituary` | Akin, Lydia H. | Person | Vancouver Evening Columbian | Month: 01 Day: 8 Year: 1968 | |
| Akles, Bertha A | Akles, Bertha A | Person | Everett Herald | Month: 02 Day: 25 Year: 1967 | |
| Obituary, Death calls Ballard pioneer | Alakangas, Gertrude | Person | Seattle Today, Ballard | Month: 05 Day: 1 Year: 1974 | |
| Alaways, Clarence B. | Alaways, Clarence B. | Person | With the Colors from Whatcom, Skagit and San Juan | book 1, p. 142-143 | Year: 1921 |
| Alaways, Onias D. | Alaways, Onias D. | Person | With the Colors from Whatcom, Skagit and San Juan | book 1, p. 142-143 | Year: 1921 |