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Formation dates, county coordinators, websites, etc.

Clickable County Map

BE SURE TO CHECK OUT OUR COUNTIES AVAILABLE FOR ADOPTION!

Not sure which Oregon county? Visit GNIS. Type the town name for "Feature Name" and pick "Oregon" as the state. Choose "Populated Place" and it will tell you which Oregon county you're looking for.

Wagon Train Rosters
Immigration Lists
Lewis and Clark
WPA Life Histories
Oregon Native American Links

Websites of Oregon Families
See if you tie in with these other Oregon Families!

Listing of Oregon Societies with Web Sites
Listing of snail mail addresses for Oregon Historical and Genealogical Societies

Indian Wars
Spanish American War
Civil War
Korean War
Viet Nam Conflict
WWI

Marvelous amount of information including searchable database, county records available, territorial government, 50th anniversary exhibits, Whitman Massacre, etc.

Census Records
Cemetery Records
Biographies
Wills, Deeds,
Pensions
Marriage Records

Where to find vital records
County Holdings
Years Available
Costs

Census Records OnLine

U.S. Census Bureau
Vital Statistics, Ancestry Breakdown, etc. by State and then County. Choose "Oregon" and then pick a county and table to view.

County Codes for Death Index

Oregon Pioneer Biographies - ORGenWeb
Denise Merritt's website of her Early Oregon Pioneers
Roxann Gess Smith's website of her Early Oregon Pioneers
The Oregon Pioneer Project on RootsWeb Sons & Daughters of Oregon Pioneers

Lookups Available
Historic Bridges
Mountain Men
Ghost Towns
Railroad Museums
Hudson's Bay Company
Fur Trappers
Other Oregon History Links

Mystery Photographs
See if you can identify them

Listing of Online Bookstores with Oregon and other States

Oregon Newspapers on Microfilm:

A list of old newspapers available on microfilm

Yearbooks for the Oregon Agricultural College vol 1-3. These include students from classes of 1907-1910. Index's available here. Volume 1, 1907 Volume 2, 1908 Volume 3, 1909 The books have been donated to OSU Library.

This is a page with county formation maps and links to other Oregon maps online

Oregon Mailing Lists:

Listing of all Oregon historical and genealogical mailing lists available

A county-by-county listing of Oregon cemeteries already transcribed and online plus other Oregon cemetery resources available for researchers

Site in the process of moving... stay tuned

Oregon's American History and Genealogy Project site

Online Searchable Death Indexes & Records
http://www.deathindexes.com/

A list of those trained to help you with your research

ORGenWeb Awards

Census Transcriptions
Census Images
Maps
Military Pensions
World GenWeb