Oregon Sites

• Oregon State Archives Division (Search) - Genealogical and historical information.
• Jackson County Genealogy Library - Lots of indexes by the Rogue Valley Genealogical Society.
• Marion County Pioneer Cemeteries - Pick a cemetery and search the database.
• Multnomah County Pioneer Cemeteries (Search) - Metro's Regional Parks and Greenspaces Department manages 14 pioneer cemeteries.
  • Friends of Lone Fir Cemetery
• Polk County Pioneer Cemeteries - Pick a cemetery and search the database.
• WWI Trivia
• Historic Oregon Newspapers - by the University of Oregon
• Oregon Newspaper Index - by the University of Oregon. This database contains 977,000+ entries featuring the Portland Oregonian (1852-1987), the Oregon Daily Emerald (1900-1979), and The Register Guard (1963-2004).

• Electronic Resources - Multnomah County Public Library.
• Oregon Blue Book - Almanac,   History,   Notable persons  
• Oregon Historical Society - Biographies,  History Project,  Library
• A place called Oregon - History and Genealogy
• Willamette Valley Genealogical Society - Part of the Oregon State Library site.
• The Volga Germans in Portland - Check links for History, Families, People, Stories, and more.
• Jewish Genealogical Society of Oregon - Good resource for Jewish and/or East European ancestors
• Oregon Trail - We found lots of good links

General Genealogy and Search Sites

Death Indexes	Indexes for deaths, obituaries, probate files, and burials - Joe Beine	Ore.	Wash.	Ida.
Vital Records	Maintained by the Center for Disease Control	Ore.	Wash.	Ida.
State Archives	Maintained by the Georgia Secretary of State	Ore.	Wash.	Ida.
State Libraries	Maintained by the Wisconsin Department of Public Instruction	Ore.	Wash.	Ida.
Public Libraries	Directory by state and city.	Ore.	Wash.	Ida.
Libweb	Lists over 8000 pages from libraries in 146 countries.	Ore.	Wash.	Ida.
US GenWeb	Links for all states and counties. County sites may include history, census, church, land, and archived files. Add your own information. Search queries and surnames.	Ore.	Wash.	Ida.
Cyndi's List	280,000 genealogy links.	Ore.	Wash.	Ida.
GenForum	Messages boards for surnames, regions, and other topics	Ore.	Wash.	Ida.
Quickfacts	US Census Bureau - population statistics	Ore.	Wash.	Ida.

• RootsWeb - Free data hosted by Ancestry.com
  • WorldConnect - Family trees.
  • SSDI - Social Security Death Index – History
  • Counties - Enter a city, find out which county it is in – where is Portland? Salem? Ashland? Oregon?
• Burials
  • Find A Grave
  • Interment.net
  • Cemetery Records - Search High & Low, Above & Below - article by Jeffrey A. Bockman
  • Also see Military burials
• Calculators - by SiriusGenealogy.com
  The problem with the gene pool is that there is no lifeguard
  • Birthdate calculator
  • Age calculator
• Using the U.S. Federal Census Mortality Schedules - by Dick Eastman
• Genealogy Myths - by Dick Eastman
• Presidents of the United States
• International
  • links at the British Interest Group
  • links at the Irish Interest Group
  • World GenWeb Project - Links to sites of various countries in the world with information helpful to genealogists.
  • National Archives Around the World

LDS Sites

These sites are provided by the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints (Mormons).

• familysearch.org - Record Search.
• Library Catalog - Search by place, surname, keyword, etc.
• Free classes online
• On-line books - at BYU.
• Family History Centers - find one near you.
• Family Search Internet Service - Search the Ancestral File, IGI, and website indexes.

Military

• National Archives - Military records
• Online Military Indexes & Records - by Joe Beine
• Medal of Honor
  • Congressional Medal of Honor Society - (Search)
  • Home of the Heroes – Oregon Washington Idaho
• West Point also on Wikipedia
• Burials
  • American Battle Monuments Commission (ABMC) - Veterans buried overseas.
    • Search - WWI - WWII - Korea - Other
  • Nationwide Veterans' Gravesite Locator - Search for veterans buried in the U.S.
  • Arlington National Cemetery
  • Honoring Our War Dead: The Evolution of the Government Policy on Headstones for Fallen Soldiers and Sailors - by the National Archives
• Revolutionary War
  • Patriot Index Lookup Service - Daughters of the American Revolution.
  • Sons of the American Revolution
  • Follow the Money – Tracking Revolutionary War Army Pension Payments - by the National Archives
  • Researching Your Revolutionary War Ancestor - by Connie Lenzen
• Civil War
  • Civil War at a Glance - NationalAtlas.gov
  • Civil War Soldiers and Sailors System - National Park Service
  • Sons of Union Veterans of the Civil War (Search)
  • Grand Army of the Republic
    • History - LoC, SUVCW
    • 52nd Encampment in Portland, Oregon, 1918
    • Theodore Augustus Penland - the last surviving member of the G.A.R. in Oregon - findagrave.com
  • Finding 1861–1869 Names of Residents & Civil War Soldiers - article by William Dollarhide
  • Genealogy notes - by the National Archives
  • The Civil War Home Page
• Spanish American War
  • Centennial website
  • Grave recording project – Oregon Washington Idaho
• Casualties
  • Korea      – National Archives – Oregon Washington Idaho
  • Vietnam – National Archives – Oregon Washington Idaho
  • Iraq &
    Afghanistan
    – Washington Post   – Oregon Washington Idaho

Land Records

• Public Land Survey System - Wikipedia
• Mapping a Donation Land Claim. WOW! (using the next two links: BLM and Earthpoint)
  • Bureau of Land Management - General Land Office Records
    - Search for land transfers from the Federal government to individuals.
  • Township and Range - Public Land Survey System on Google Earth by Earthpoint.us
• Those Elusive Early Americans: Public Lands and Claims in the American State Papers, 1789–1837
  - by the National Archives
• Using the Congressional Serial Set for Genealogical Research
  - by the National Archives

Maps, Gazetteers, etc

Geology.com	Ore.	Wash.	Ida.
Library of Congress	Ore.	Wash.	Ida.
Newberry Atlas of Counties	Ore.	Wash.	Ida.
Perry-Castañeda Library	Ore.	Wash.	Ida.

• Historical Maps Can Help – article by Jeffrey A. Bockman
• Oregon maps from Google – Historical
• Getty Thesaurus of Geographic Names® Online
• Geographic Names Information System – USGS
• Maps, driving directions, etc (Google, MapQuest)

Immigration

• CastleGarden.org (in One Step) - U.S. immigration from 1820–1913
• Ellis Island
  • Ellis Island On-Line (in One Step) - U.S. immigration from 1892–1924
  • Annie Moore, First Immigrant - by Megan Smolenyak
  • Ellis Island and Your Ancestors - by Dick Eastman
  • NPS spends $29M on Improvements - by Dick Eastman
• What Passenger Lists Are Online? - by Joe Beine
• Online Searchable Naturalization Indexes & Records - by Joe Beine
• In One Step databases - by Steve Morse - Where's Grandpa?
• Immigrant Ancestors Project - at BYU
• Immigrant Ships Transcribers Guild - Passenger lists
• National Archives - Passenger lists
• Genealogy notes - by the National Archives
• U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services - Genealogy

Quaker Research

• The Quaker Corner - A repository of resources for enhancing the research of your Quaker Heritage
• Quaker Information Center - Genealogical Searches
• A Quaker Page - Indexes Quaker-specific historical materials available

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