Overlay historic maps of Snohomish County
Wonder who homesteaded your property? Where railroads ran? Where
your ancestors lived? Use our mapping system to compare everything
from homestead lines to modern aerial photographs! For more
information, click here.
Read About Granite Falls "Back in the Day"
Museum volunteers write a column for the Granite Falls Press (the town's
local newspaper) describing what Granite Falls was like "Back in the Day."
Click to travel back in time!
Look through even more research resources
Still can't find what you're looking for? We're here to help! To learn more
about other local museums in the area, access additional articles, read
research papers, and more, click here!
Special Projects
New Zealander Learns Family History
A gentleman wandered in one
afternoon and said, “My name is Parr
and I believe I may have had some
relatives in this area."
"I just flew in this morning from New
Zealand, and I’m on my way to visit my
cousin (also named Parr) in British
Columbia. The kind people in Everett [a
large town about 20 miles from Granite
Falls] did have evidence of one of the
matriarchs in our family dying there, but
they said she was buried in Granite
Falls."
"I decided to drive up here and see what
I could find, although my cousin said
he’d been here and I wouldn’t find
much in a small logging town.
Read more...
Trace Your Family's Land Holdings
A local fellow walked in one day and
asked, “Can you confirm that my
ancestors homesteaded the property
on which the Twin Cities Food plant now
sits in Stanwood, WA?”.
While it was clearly a matter of some
family pride, our search took a
surprising turn. By turning on the “cities
1910” layer, it was easy to find and zoom
in around the city of Stanwood.
Read more...
Granite Falls Historical Society uses "ArchiveInABox" to make our
collection accessible . . . anyone, anywhere, anytime!
Pictures . . . . . .(5000+ of the Granite Falls region)
Documents . . . . . . (2000+ of Granite Falls region)
History Texts . . . . . . . . (State, County, and Local)
High School Yearbooks . . . . . . . (1919 and newer)
Local Newspapers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (1922-1970s)
Local History Articles . . . (dozens of local topics)
"ArchiveInABox" (AIB)
www.archiveinabox.com
makes the entire collection
searchable using names &
keywords!