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Places to find Oregon genealogy resources and records

Resources specific to the State are shown below. If you know which county or town your ancestors lived in, select the county under "Resources by County" to see county resources. From there you can also select the town or city to see resources for the locale. If you know the town but not the county, check the "Index of Towns" or use the "County Search Tool".  

Oregon - Established Feb 14, 1859 - State Capital: Salem

Oregon was acquired from Great Britain under the Oregon Treaty in 1846.

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320 free genealogy resources for researching family history and records in Oregon:

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Biographies (20) --- CLICK TO EXPAND ---
Cemetery Records (6) --- CLICK TO EXPAND ---
Census Records (14) --- CLICK TO EXPAND ---
Church Records (11) --- CLICK TO EXPAND ---
Immigration Records (11) --- CLICK TO EXPAND ---
African-American Collections
Chinese Heritage (National Archives)
Cornell Making of America Digital Library
Emigrants to Oregon
FindMyPast
Leonard Passenger Arrivals, Atlantic & Gulf Ports, 1820-1874
Markings on the Manifest's Left Margin
On the Trail of the Immigrant
Passengers and immigrants to America
The Great Migration - Colonial America
Where to find passenger lists
Local Histories (81) --- CLICK TO EXPAND ---
150 years of progress Portland Sesquicentennial booklet
1860 Columbia County, Oregon census
A short history of Oregon early discoveries, the Lewis and Clark exploration, settlement, government, Indian wars, progress
American Association for State and Local History
American Library Association (ALA)
An Illustrated history of Baker, Grant, Malheur and Harney Counties with a brief outline of the early history of the state of Oregon
An Illustrated history of Union and Wallowa Counties with a brief outline of the early history of the state of Oregon
An illustrated history of the state of Oregon containing a history of Oregon from the earliest period of its discovery to the present time, together with glimpses of its auspicious future, illustrations and full-page portraits
Archival and Manuscript Repositories in the United States
Archive.org
Biographical Review
By an Oregon pioneer fireside
Central Oregon
Chronicling America
Colonial families of the United States of America, Vol. VI
Coos County, Oregon
Cornell Making of America Digital Library
Donation Land Claim Act of 1850 (Oregon and Washington Territory)
Early Oregon jottings of personal recollections of a pioneer of 1850
Early Oregonian Archives
Emigrants to Oregon
FamilySearch
Genealogical material in Oregon donation land claims
Guide to the location of genealogical and historical data on Oregon pioneer families
Guide to the manuscript collections of the Oregon Historical Society
Historic Map Works
Historic sketches of Walla Walla, Whitman, Columbia and Garfield Counties, Washington Territory, and Umatilla County, Oregon
History of Benton County, Oregon including its geology, topography, soil and productions together with the early history of the Pacific Coast, incidents of pioneer life and biographical sketches of early and prominent citizens
History of Klamath County, Oregon its resources and its people, illustrated
History of Oregon
History of Portland, Oregon with illustrations and biographical sketches of prominent citizens and pioneers
History of Wasco County, Oregon
History of southern Oregon comprising Jackson, Josephine, Douglas, Curry and Coos Counties
History, Genealogy, and Archives: Databases and E-Resources
History, governmental organization and records system of Tillamook County, Oregon
History, governmental organization and records system of Tillamook County, Oregon
Illustrated history of Lane County, Oregon
Index to Oregon donation land claim files in the National Archives
Internet Public Library: History
JSTOR Journals and Books online
Legends of the land of lakes, or, History, traditions and mysteries, gleaned from years of experience among the pioneers, voyageurs and Indians
Library of Congress
Life on the Frontier for the Williams Family
Lincoln County, Oregon
Map of the United States in 1800
Medford, Oregon, Rogue River Valley
Members of the legislature of Oregon, 1843-1967
Men of Oregon a gallery of likenesses of representative men, together with brief sketches of their lives
Midwest Genealogy Center suggested links
Oregon County census for 1850
Oregon end of the trail
Oregon ghost towns and some historic communities with bibliography of historic sites, ghost towns, military sites
Oregon history and early literature a pictorial narrative of the Pacific Northwest
Oregon spectator index, 1846-1854
Oregon the struggle for possession
Oregon, Washington and Alaska gazetteer and business directory 1901-1902
Pioneer days of Oregon history
Pioneer families of the Oregon Territory, 1850
Pioneer history of Coos and Curry Counties, Or. heroic deeds and thrilling adventures of the early settlers
Portland, Oregon
Portland, Oregon A.D. 1999 and other sketches
Portland, Oregon, its history and builders in connection with the antecedent explorations, discoveries, and movements of the pioneers that selected the site for the great city of the Pacific
Portland, the Rose City pictorial and biographical
Quarterly of the Oregon Historical Society Vol 1-24
Ship registries and enrollments, Port of Marshfield, Oregon 1873-1941
Short history of the Little Nestucca River Valley and its early pioneers Tillamook County, Tillamook, Oregon
Southern Historical Association
Souvenir of the centennial anniversary of Washington's inauguration, April 30, 1789, as first president of the United States the birth of the American republic with the program of ceremonies
The Oregonian's handbook of the Pacific Northwest
The Resources of the state of Oregon a book of statistical information treating upon Oregon as a whole, and by counties
The Rose City of the world, Portland, Oregon
The State of Oregon, its resources and opportunities official pamphlet published for the information of homeseekers, settlers and investors
The mantle of Elias the story of Fathers Blanchet and Demers in early Oregon
The official records of the Oregon volunteers in the Spanish War and Philippine Insurrection
The old houses of Salem County
True experiences of Poor Si in eastern Oregon
United States census of Douglas County, Oregon, 1870
United States census of Jackson County, Oregon, 1860
Western History Association
Winning the Oregon country
Your Ancestors Magazine
Maps (12) --- CLICK TO EXPAND ---
Marriage Records (5) --- CLICK TO EXPAND ---
Military Records (30) --- CLICK TO EXPAND ---
Native American (6) --- CLICK TO EXPAND ---
Newspapers (11) --- CLICK TO EXPAND ---
Photos & Illustrations (8) --- CLICK TO EXPAND ---
Vital Records (7) --- CLICK TO EXPAND ---
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American History & Genealogy
A godchild of Washington a picture of the past
Abraham Lincoln, lawyer
American Ancestors Jewish Heritage Center
American Association for State and Local History
American Catholic Historical Society
American Historical Association
American Jewish Historical Society
American Studies Electronic Crossroads
Archival and Manuscript Repositories in the United States
Civil War Soldiers Index 1861-1865
Coastal Georgia Genealogical Society
Colonial Daughters of the Seventeenth Century
Cumberland County Affidavits and Estate Inventories of Revolutionary War Pension Applicants
Curt Teich Postcard Archives Digital Collection
Emigrants from Scotland to America, 1774-1775 copied from a loose bundle of Treasury papers in the Public Record Office, London, England
Facts about the Civil War
Famous Mayflower Descendants
Final Rolls of the Five Civilized Tribes in Indian Territory
Freedman's Bank Records, 1865-1871
FultonHistory online newspapers and postcards
Genealogy, A Journal of American Ancestry
Heads of families at the first census of the United States taken in the year 1790
Heads of families at the first census of the United States taken in the year 1790. Records of the state enumerations, 1782 to 1785
History Channel
History of Pike County, Illinois
History of Science Society
History, Genealogy, and Archives: Databases and E-Resources
Internet Public Library: History
Latin American Network Information Center
Linkpendium's State by State Search Engine
Lost amid the fogs sketches of life in Newfoundland, England's ancient colony
National Archives and Records Administration
National Endowment for the Humanities
Native American Genealogy Books for Sale
Omohundro Institute of Early American History and Culture
Organization of American Historians
Portraits of Native American Indians
Ray's Place - New England Genealogy and much more
Registers of the Huguenot Society of America
Society of American Archivists
Soldiers of the Civil War
Southern Historical Association
Souvenir of the centennial anniversary of Washington's inauguration, April 30, 1789, as first president of the United States the birth of the American republic with the program of ceremonies
The American Monthly Magazine
The narrative of Colonel David Fanning (A Tory in the Revolutionary war with Great Britain), giving an account of his adventures in North Carolina from 1775 to 1783
Twenty Years among our hostile Indians
U.S. Navy Personnel Research Guide
US Holocaust Memorial Museum
Veterans History Project
Western History Association
WorldConnect
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