Welcome I'm Jan Bony, coordinator for Harney County GenWeb. I do not live in Harney county so I am not able to provide look-up help, however I do have some people on the volunteer page who can help.
This site is going through an full facelift. If a link does not work, please contact me at the email listed below. I am updating some of the links so they may be off line while being worked on. Thank you
This is a collaborate
effort so please let me know if you have any suggestions, links or information
that you feel warrants placement on this site please contact me...
I hope you enjoy your visit here; thanks for stopping by AND please come again soon!
My email is jbony@ochoco.com
County History
Harney County has a land area of 10,141 square miles was formed in 1889 and was
named for William Shelby Harney who was appointed to the command of the
Department of Oregon of the United States Army in 1858 and was recalled in 1859,
for his summary seizure of San Juan Island, from the British. It was formed
from the southern part of Grant County so the area's history is much older. You
may even find that some of the records you need will still be in Grant County. More information on General W.S. Harney may be found at:
http://www.aztecclub.com/bios/harney.htm
USGenWeb Census Project
We encourage everyone to check out the enormous amount of US Census transcriptions located in the USGenWeb
Census Project's directories. There are many wonderful volunteer transcribers
working on various things so please keep checking back often. This is an
ambitious project and everyone is invited to join! There are many volunteer
opportunities available from transcribing to becoming a state coordinator. If
you would like more information, please check out their site at:
http://www.us-census.org/
http://www.us-census.org/
Neighboring Counties that may have information
Crook (NW), Deschutes (NW), Grant (N), Lake (S), Malheur (E)
Last updated 4/3/2012