Links

Links you may find helpful

General Information

www.ci.mercer-island.wa.us - Official City of Mercer Island page
www.mi-reporter.com - Mercer Island Reporter (the local paper)
www.misd.wednet.edu - Mercer Island School District
www.mercerislandchamber.org - Mercer Island Chamber of Commerce
www.eastkingcounty.org - East King County Visitors Convention and Visitors Bureau
seattlep-i.nwsource.com/neighbors/overmap.html - Puget Sound communities
www.potashnick.com/mercerisland - General Mercer Island statistics

Other Historical Societies

www.wshs.org - Washington State Historical Society
www.scn.org/arts/bellehist/frameset.html - Bellevue Historical Society
www.issaquahhistory.org - Issaquah Historical Society
www.historylink.org/khs/index.html - Kirkland Historical Society
www.jchsmuseum.org - Port Townsend Historical Society

History Links

www.historylink.org/welcome.htm - History Link (An encyclopedia of King County History)
seattletimes.nwsource.com/centennial/storyindex.html - Seattle Times Centennial Stories
seattlep-i.nwsource.com/neighbors/mercerisland - "Community Works Hard for its Privileged Lifestyle"("Seattle Post-Intelligencer," June 28, 1997)
www.bcc.ctc.edu/cpsha/books/books_kc.html - Local history publications for King County
www.ivygreen.ctc.edu/haulman/PNWHistory.htm - Pacific Northwest history resources

Libraries/Research Institutions

www.fiske.lib.wa.us - Fiske Genealogical Library
www.lib.washington.edu - University of Washington Library System
www.lib.washington.edu/Specialcoll - University of Washington Library Special Collections. Vast collection of resources for Pacific Northwest history.
www.kcls.org/index5to8.html - King County Library System (KCLS)
www.kcls.org/ill/libreq.html - Interlibrary Loan on-line request (KCLS)
www.spl.org - Seattle Public Library (Extensive collection of Seattle and King County history materials, including Mercer Island)

Washington State Library

www.washington.edu/uwired/outreach/cspn - Center for the Study of the Pacific Northwest
www.seattlehistory.org - History of Museum and Industry (King County/Seattle history)
www.lib.washington.edu/maps - University of Washington Map Collection

Genealogy Links

www.fiske.lib.wa.us – Fiske Genealogical Library
www.rootsweb.com/~wakcegs – Eastside Genealogical Society
www.metrokc.gov/recelec/archives/gen2.htm - Area Resources for Genealogical, Missing Persons & Adoption Records Research
www.spl.org/humanities/genealogy/genealogy.html – Genealogy collection at the Seattle Public Library

Newspapers and News Media

www.mi-reporter.com – Mercer Island Reporter
www.eastsidejournal.com – Eastside Journal (Bellevue, Kirkland, Redmond)
www.seattletimes – Seattle Times
www.seattlepi.nwsource.com – Seattle Post-Intelligencer
www.komotv.com -- Channel 4 news 
www.king5.com -- Channel 5 news
www.kirotv.com -- Channel 7 news