See also our Bibliography, Many Voices, and other resource pages that include links to thousands of documents, photographs, and other resources for researching Olympia history
Olympia area Museums and Historical Groups
- Lacey Museum
- Olympia Heritage Commission
- Olympic Flight Museum
- Sound Sound Maritime Heritage Association (Harbor Days)
- Squaxin Island Tribe Museum
- South Sound Heritage Association (includes links to other area museums)
- Thurston County Historical Journal – link to on line copies of and index to this journal; OHS-BH members may pick current editions up at Bigelow House or annual meeting
- Tumwater Historical Association
Libraries
- The Evergreen State College Daniel J. Evans Library
- Timberland Regional Library
- South Puget Sound Community College Library
- Washington State Library
- Ask a Librarian service of the Washington State Library
- Tacoma Public Library Image Archive, thousands of images from our area searchable by topic
Archives
- Washington State Archives & SW Regional Archives Center in Olympia
- Evergreen State College Archives
- Nisqually Delta Association
- The Olympian searchable archive with Timberland or State Library card
- Washington State Digital Archives
- Washington State Archives
Genealogy
- Olympia Genealogical Society
- Thurston County Genealogy
- Washington State Genealogical Society
- Mygenealogist.com
- Ancestry.com, available by paid subscription
Area Tribes
Nisqually Indian Tribe home page
Squaxin Island Tribe home page
Chehalis Tribe home page
Other Links
- Washington Secretary of State Online History Resources
- Women’s History Consortium
- ThurstonTalk.com history pages
- Washington State Historical Society