Oregon Sites

• Oregon State Archives Division (Search) - Genealogical and historical information.
• Jackson County Genealogy Library - Lots of online 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.
• 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 Historical Society - Biographies, History Project, Library
• A place called Oregon - History and Genealogy
• At the End of the Trail - Clackamas County, home to Oregon City, the first capital of Oregon Territory. As the site of some of the earliest settlements in Oregon, Clackamas is a fascinating area for historians and genealogists.
• The Applegate Trail was blazed by Lindsay and Jesse Applegate in 1846.
• Willamette Valley Genealogical Society - Part of the Oregon State Library site.
• Jewish Genealogical Society of Oregon - Good resource if you have Jewish or East European ancestors
• Holy Names Heritage Center - The Family History Project is an exciting opportunity for Pacific Northwest families to share their unique stories with future generations.

General Genealogy and Search Sites

• RootsWeb - Extensive resources for surnames, archived files, mailing lists, and other helpful topics.
  • WorldConnect - Family trees.
  • SSDI - Social Security Death Index – History – Died in the 1900s 1910s 1920s !@#$%&*
  • Counties - Enter a city, find out which county it is in. Where is Portland? Salem? Oregon?
• Burials
  • Find A Grave
  • Interment.net
  • Cemetery Records - Search High & Low, Above & Below - article by Jeffrey A. Bockman
  • Also see Military burials
• Genuki - Start here for genealogy in England, Ireland, Scotland, Wales, the Channel Islands, and the Isle of Man.
• FreeBMD - Transcription of Civil Registration indexes of births, marriages, and deaths in England and Wales.
• @ Home with Your Ancestors.com - British Genealogy, how-to e-book by Diane Marelli
• World GenWeb Project - Links to sites of various countries in the world with information helpful to genealogists.

LDS Sites

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

• Family Search Internet Service - Search the Ancestral File, IGI, and website indexes.
• Search.labs - Record Search, Pilot Site.
• Library Catalog - Search by place, surname, keyword, etc.
• Online books - at BYU.
• Family History Centers - find one near you.

Military

• National Archives - Military records
• Online Military Indexes & Records - Links to online military indexes and records for USA genealogy research. Also includes some links to sources in other countries (for World War I & II)
• Burials
  • Spanish American War - Grave recording project.
  • American Battle Monuments Commission - Search for veterans buried overseas.
  • Nationwide Veterans' Gravesite Locator - Search for veterans buried in the U.S.
  • 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 (Search)
  • 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 Soldiers and Sailors System - National Park Service
  • Sons of Union Veterans of the Civil War (Search)
  • Finding 1861–1869 Names of Residents & Civil War Soldiers - article by William Dollarhide
  • Genealogy notes - by the National Archives
  • The Civil War Home Page
• Korean   War casualties – National Archives – Oregon Washington Idaho
• Vietnam War casualties – National Archives – Oregon Washington Idaho
• Iraq & Afghanistan        – Washington Post   – Oregon Washington Idaho

Land Records

• Bureau of Land Management - General Land Office Records
  - Search for land transfers from the Federal government to individuals.
• Township-Range locator by Montana State University - convert township / range description to latitude and longitude for 17 western states (AR, AZ, CA, CO, ID, KS, MT, ND, NE, NM, NV, OK, OR, SD, UT, WA, and WY).
• 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

Immigration

• CastleGarden.org (in One Step) - U.S. immigration from 1820 - 1913
• Ellis Island On-Line (in One Step) - U.S. immigration from 1892 - 1924
• 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

Maps, Gazetteers, etc

• Historical Maps Can Help - article by Jeffrey A. Bockman
• Oregon maps from Google - Historical
• Geology.com – Oregon Washington Idaho
• Geographic Names Information System - USGS: Get information on a feature as well as the state and county it is located in, elevation, etc.
• Map collections - Library of Congress
• Maps, driving directions, etc (Google, MapQuest)

National Archives

Technical Assistance

• Download the Internet

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
• Southern Quaker Genealogy - A great resource if you have southern Quakers in your ancestry