Roxann Gess Smith's Independent Oregon History Website

Roots-L Oregon State Page

Oregon History and Genealogy Resources

Genealogical Resources on the Internet - Oregon

LOOKUPS

Make sure you give a big "Thank You!" to these volunteers!

NEW!!  Lookups from the Oregon Death Index (1903-1998)
and "Catholic Records of the Pacific Northwest, St Paul, Vols. I, II, III,"
compiled by Harriet Duncan Munnick (records covering about 1839-98). - Deborah Guinther

Lookups from "Our Proud Past" by Gail McCormick,
A Compiled History of the Families that settled
at the End of the Oregon Trail. Margaret Halverson

Lookups from COVERED WAGON WOMEN books
Tami Lookupstb@wowway.com

Lookups from "Oregon Geographic Names" - Heidi Graham

Lookups from the Oregon Death Index,
Donation Land Claims, and the
1850 Territorial Index - Imogene McConnell
NOTE: One request at a time, please, and NO family history research.

Stop by Random Acts of Genealogical Kindness,
a wonderful new group of volunteers! Here is their list of Oregon volunteers.

Lookups from "Oregon Biography Index"
and "Index to Genealogical Material in Oregon Provisional
Land Claims 1845-1849" - Judith Gustava Bling

Online Highways Travel Guide to Oregon

USGS Geographic Names Database - Oregon

Oregon Blue Book

The Political Graveyard - Oregon

Oregon Chronology of Events
Roxann Gess Smith

Oregon Governors
Roxann Gess Smith

CENSUS RECORDS

Please check individual Oregon Counties for additional links to census records

USGenWeb Census Project - Oregon

Census Records in the Oregon State Archives

Oregon Territory 1850 Census
Roxann Gess Smith

Oregon 1860 Census - Wasco County

Index to 1860 Census - Curry County

Index to 1860 Census - Yamhill County

1860, 1870, 1880 Yamhill County Census

1900 Federal Census for Wallowa County

Oregon Newspapers on Microfilm

Pioneer History - Churches of Christ & Christian Churches in the Pacific Northwest

Roster of Oregon Christian Churches 1846-1928 - Roxann Gess Smith

Ministers in Oregon up to 1928 - Roxann Gess Smith

Academic Libraries in Oregon

Interesting Places and Names in Oregon

Exploring Oregon's Past - LeRoy S. Parris

Books about Oregon

Historic Bridges in Oregon

Diaries, Narratives, and Letters of the Mountain Men
Library of Western Fur Trade Historical Source

Hudson's Bay Company Archives

National Railway Historical Society

U.S. Territorial Maps from 1775-1920

25 West Oregon Communities

Multnomah County Library - Online Oregon History

WPA Life Histories from Oregon

Ghost Towns in Oregon

University of Oregon Information System
Genealogy Resources

International Order of Oddfellows
with Family History Info

Listing of all 50 State Archives and Websites

GenWeb Finder,
by Census Online
How to find any USGenWeb county or state website

History of the Timber Industry in Oregon - Green Gold

Important Dates in Oregon History

Officers of the Territory and State of Oregon