Oregon Genealogy

This page of our website provides links to Oregon genealogy databases and historical narratives about Oregon. These genealogical records may include, vital records (birth, marriage and divorce, death), ethnic records (Native American), court records (land, probate and wills, criminal and civil), church records (Bibles, baptisms, marriages, burials and histories), cemeteries, census records, military records directories and yearbooks.

Oregon Biographies

History of Union and Wallowa Counties, Oregon
Biographies from the manuscript depicting early Oregonians. Presently consisting of those for Union County only.
Baker County, Oregon, Gold Mining History
The manuscript we now provide gives the reader an overlook of the gold mining, principally in Baker County, Oregon, but also extending to the counties of Grant, Harney, Malheur and Union. Along with the history of gold mining in Baker County, Oregon, this manuscript also provides detailed articles on the specific mercantile interests tied into the gold trade in Eastern Oregon, as well as biographies of the miners and principal players of the era.
An Illustrated History of Baker, Grant, Malheur and Harney Counties Oregon
91 biographies and sketches have been taken from the manuscript “An Illustrated History of Baker, Grant, Malheur and Harney Counties Oregon.”
Men of Portland
Portland has a rich and colorful history. Many of the biographies will reflect that.

Oregon Cemeteries

Oregon Cemetery Records
- Baker County
  - Big Creek Cemetery, Baker County, Oregon
  - Big Flat Cemetery, Baker County, Oregon
  - Boyer Family Cemetery, Baker County, Oregon
  - Eagle Valley Cemetery, Richland, Baker County, Oregon
  - Fleetwood Family Cemetery, Baker County, Oregon
  - Goose Creek Cemetery, Baker County, Oregon
  - Hibbard Creek Cemetery, Baker County, Oregon
  - Wingville Cemetery, Baker County, Oregon
  - Wingville Cemetery, Baker County, Oregon (Second Transcription)
- Union County
  - Ackles Cemetery, Old
  - Galloway Cemetery, Union County, Oregon
  - Highland Cemetery – AKA Cricket Flat Cemetery
  - Indian Creek Cemetery
  - Meacham Cemetery
  - Mount Pleasant Cemetery – AKA Scott Cemetery
  - North Powder Cemetery, North Powder, Oregon
  - Pine Grove Cemetery
  - Starkey Cemetery
  - “The Park” Cemetery, Union County
  - Weaver Family Cemetery
  - Wright Cemetery – Lower Cove Road
  - Wright Cemetery – Medical Springs
  - Isolated Graves

Oregon Census Records

Oregon Census Records
- Oregon 1910 Census Map

Oregon Church Records

Baker County
- 1871-1887 St Francis de Sales Catholic baptisms
- 1862-1889 St Francis de Sales Catholic marriages
- 1872-1897 St Francis de Sales Catholic burials
Josephine County
- Churches of Christ & Christian Churches in the Pacific Northwest
Wasco County
- Early Churches & their beginnings
  - Part 1
    Congregational Society, Catholic Church, Baptist Society, Protestant Episcopal Church, Methodist Episcopal Church
  - Part 2
    First Baptist Church, Second Baptist Church, Calvary Baptist Church, St. Paul’s Episcopal Church, Presbyterian Church, Lutheran Church

Oregon Court Records

Hills to Oregon
This Personal Web Site is centered on the saga of one family, the Isaac Hill Family that came across the plains in 1852 to help “Tame the West,” in particular the Rogue River Valley of Southwestern Oregon.
Genealogy: Stitgen, Steele, Doane, Newman, Rapp
The Stitgen family comprises most of the book, and starts with Theodor and Barbare (Wollgrafs) Stutgen (the family would variously spell their name as Stutgen, Stuttgen, Stuettgen, and Stitgen.) Theodore Stitgen, grandson of Theodor Stutgen would immigrate to Richfield, Wisconsin about 1850 and eventually settled in Hillsboro, Oregon.
Portland Oregon Mug Book Copies
It was a practice for large police departments to keep copies of other area city mug books.

Oregon History

Baker County
- Baker County, Oregon, Gold Mining History
  The manuscript we now provide gives the reader an overlook of the gold mining, principally in Baker County, Oregon, but also extending to the counties of Grant, Harney, Malheur and Union. Along with the history of gold mining in Baker County, Oregon, this manuscript also provides detailed articles on the specific mercantile interests tied into the gold trade in Eastern Oregon, as well as biographies of the miners and principal players of the era.
- Thirty One Years in Baker County
  A complete history of this county from the time gold was discovered in Griffin’s Gulch in the year 1861, down to the present time, is more of a task than one would at first suppose. The public records are not a full history of the affairs of county government during the first years of its existence, some of the books having been lost. In the present work, accounts of events and dates of their occurrence have been taken from written documents whenever they could be obtained, and in other cases where no record could be consulted, conclusions had to be reached by summing up the testimony of the best witnesses to the fact.
- History of Baker County
  It is the purpose of this book to make a lasting historic record of Baker County; to interpret the controlling geology and geography; to interpret Baker County’s place in Oregon’s past and present; to recognize its industry; and to present a record of its people.
Hood River County
- History of Hood River County, Oregon 1852 – 1982
  Currently this database includes information from “History of Hood River County, Oregon 1852 – 1982 and 1852 – 1987,” “History of Early Pioneer Families of Hood River, Oregon,” families from the Hood River County portion of the 1860, 1870, 1880, and 1900 Wasco County, Oregon Census. It also includes the 1910 Hood River County, Oregon Census and part of the 1920 Hood River County, Oregon Census. There are currently 42,258 individuals in the database.
Jackson County
- Oregon School Register and Record Book, Dst. 56, County of Jackson, State of Oregon
  This volume includes attendance records for the years, 1889-1891 and 1895-1897 for Medford’s Roosevelt School (pictured in 1928 at the right). The indexes below include the pupil’s name, age in years and months, and the parent or guardian’s name. The full record includes date of entrance, the student’s daily record of attendance, absences, tardy times, subjects taken, and in some cases the grade earned.
- Evans Valley Pioneers Index
  JCGL collection includes a small book entitled, the Salt of the Earth: Pioneers of Evans Valley written by Gladys Boulter and Connie Weide. Their volunteers have recently prepared an online index to this volume.
- Eagle Point Area Pioneers
  The JCGL collection includes a book entitled, A Journey Back compiled by Barbara Hegne. It draws information from journals of 19th-century settlers in the Eagle Point area. The index to this volume is shown below. It comprises the name of the individual referenced and the page(s) on which the reference can be found. If the page is followed by “(P)”, there is a picture of the individual in the book.
- Early Pioneers in Jackson County
  volunteers at JCGL have compiled a volume of early pioneer records in Jackson County Oregon entitled, Pioneer People. These early records comprise DLC surveyer records, local censuses (1853-1859), hospital records (1855-1856), and militia muster rolls (1855-1856). The index is an alphabetized list combining the names from all four sources.
- William Hoffman Diary (1853-1865)
  William Hoffman travelled with his family from Covington, Indiana to Jacksonville, Oregon along the Oregon Trail. His 38-page diary describes their trip and his subsequent years as a resident of Jacksonville.
Multnomah County
- History of Portland, Oregon
  An extensive history or Portland Oregon up until 1882, including the leading men of the time in Portland Oregon in 1882.
  - Men of Portland
Umatilla County
- Umatilla County Officers 1863-1882
Union County
- History of Union and Wallowa Counties, Oregon
  Biographies from the manuscript depicting early Oregonians. Presently consisting of those for Union County only.
Wallowa County
- History of Union and Wallowa Counties, Oregon
  Biographies from the manuscript depicting early Oregonians. Presently consisting of those for Union County only
The Oregon Trail
Francis Parkman’s epic tale of the emigrants from every part of the country preparing for the journey to Oregon and California, but an unusual number of traders were making ready their wagons and outfits for Santa Fe. Many of the emigrants, especially of those bound for California, were persons of wealth and standing

Oregon History and Genealogy Societies

Oregon Land Records

U.S., Bureau of Land Management Tract Books, 1820-1908
3,907 land management tract books containing official records of the land status and transactions involving surveyed public lands arranged by state and then by township and range. These books indicate who obtained the land, and include a physical description of the tract and where the land is located. The type of transaction is also recorded such as cash entry, credit entry, homesteads, patents (deeds) granted by the Federal Government, and other conveyances of title such as Indian allotments, internal improvement grants (to states), military bounty land warrants, private land claims, railroad grants, school grants, and swamp grants. Additional items of information included in the tract books are as follows: number of acres, date of sale, purchase price, land office, entry number, final Certificate of Purchase number, and notes on relinquishments and conversions.
Arizona Land Patents online. Index.

Oregon Military Records

United States National Homes for Disabled Volunteer Soldiers, 1866-1938
This listing represents all of soldiers who were admitted to the disability home who had been born in Oregon.
Civil War Records
- Civil War Pensions Index Cards
  Each card gives the soldier’s name, unit, the application number, the certificate number and the state from which the soldier served. In some cases, the soldier’s rank, terms of service, date of death and place of death are given. The index cards refer to pension applications of veterans who served in the U.S. Army between 1861 and 1917. The majority of the records pertain to Civil War veterans, but they also include veterans of the Spanish-American War, the Philippine Insurrection, Indian wars, and World War I.
Indian Wars
- War with the Snake, Bannock and Paiute, Umatilla County, Oregon
Spanish War
- The official records of the Oregon volunteers in the Spanish War and Philippine Insurrection
World War I Records
- World War 1 Draft Registration Records
World War II Records
- World War 2 Casualties – Army, Air Force
- Oregon Navy, Marines, and Coast Guard World War II Casualty List

Oregon Native American Records

Oregon Newspapers

Oregon Obituaries

Oregon Vital Records

Oregon Vital Records
- Benton County
  - divorces, 1853-1920; and marriages, 1885-1929
- Clackamas County
  - divorces, 1852-1920
  - marriages, 1848-1893, 1910-1921
- Clatsop County
  - divorces, 1861-1869
  - marriages, 1848-1893, 1910-1921
- Curry County
  - divorces, 1866-1929
- Gilliam County
  - divorces, 1909-1924
- Grant County
  - divorces, 1872-1922
- Hood River County
  - divorces, 1890-1908
  - marriages, 1908-1947
- Lane County
  - divorces, 1855-1900
- Lincoln County
  - marriages, 1924-1947
- Linn County
  - marriages, 1850-1873
- Marion County
  - divorces, 1852-1921
- Polk County
  - divorces, 1854-1912
- Tillamook County
  - divorces, 1875-1909
- Umatilla County
  - divorces, 1863-1942
- Wasco County
  - divorces, 1859-1916
- Washington County
  - divorces, 1863-1942
- Yamhill County
  - divorces, 1857-1930
  - marriages, 1856-1875
- Western States Historical Marriage Records Index
  Over the past decade, the BYU-Idaho (formerly known as Ricks College) Family History Center has been extracting early marriage records from counties in the western part of the United States. Virtually all of the pre-1900 marriages are included in the index for Arizona, Idaho and Nevada. Many Idaho, Nevada and Utah counties have been extracted into the 1930’s and some, much later. A significant number of marriages from Wyoming, eastern Washington, eastern Oregon, western Colorado and selected counties in California are also included. For more details, see “List of Counties by State”.
- Rev James N Lester marriages & funerals, in PDF format, marriages & funerals in Roseburg in 1902/1903 performed by the Reverend.