Digital Archives reaches 180 million records!





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The Washington State Digital Archives has been a source of pride for our office since opening in 2004. It’s the nation’s first archives dedicated specifically to preserving electronic records from state and local government agencies that have legal, fiscal or historical value.

The Digital Archives hit a major milestone last year when it received its 150 millionth record. Last Friday, the DA reached another milestone when it took in its 180 millionth document. The document is from Island County Superior Court Case Files, 1982-2015. It’s from a 2008 probate case. You can view it here.

At the rate it receives digitized records, the Digital Archives likely will hit the 200 million mark sometime early in 2017. This July alone, it’s received more than 777,000 records!

Besides holding millions of records, the Digital Archives possesses many fun, cool and classic photo collections from Washington’s past. It also has a wide variety of other collections to peruse, as well as genealogy resources.

The Digital Archives is located on the Eastern Washington University campus in Cheney, sharing a building with the Eastern branch of the State Archives.
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