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.
• 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
• Oregon Trail (map)
  • Oregon Trail Interpretive Center - BLM: Basic Facts,  FAQ,  History Bits
  • Idaho State University - by teachers Mike Trinklein and Steve Boettcher, creators of The Oregon Trail, the award-winning documentary film which aired nationally on PBS.
  • "On the Oregon Trail" - by Myra Vanderpool Gormley in genealogymagazine.com
  • 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.
  • Timeline - by Google
• A place called Oregon - History and Genealogy
• Willamette Valley Genealogical Society - Part of the Oregon State Library site.
• The Volga Germans in Portland - Be sure to check links for History, Families, People, Stories, and more.
• Jewish Genealogical Society of Oregon - Good resource for Jewish and/or East European ancestors

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
  • 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
• Using the U.S. Federal Census Mortality Schedules - by Dick Eastman
• Genealogy Myths - by Dick Eastman
• Presidents of the United States
• 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.
• Family Oddities - by futilitycloset.com

LDS Sites

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

• Search.labs - Record Search, Pilot Site.
• Library Catalog - Search by place, surname, keyword, etc.
• 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
• Congressional Medal of Honor - (Search)
• Atlases from West Point
• Burials
  • American Battle Monuments Commission (ABMC) - Search for veterans buried overseas.
  • 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 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
• Spanish American War
  • Centennial website
  • Grave recording project – Oregon Washington Idaho
• Korean War
  • Casualties – National Archives – Oregon Washington Idaho
  • Overseas Burials – ABMC
• Vietnam War
  • Casualties – National Archives – Oregon Washington Idaho
• World War I
  • Overseas Burials – ABMC
• World War II
  • Overseas Burials – ABMC

• Iraq & Afghanistan
  • Casualties – 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
  • 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
• 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
• Geographic Names Information System – USGS: Get information on a feature as well as the state and county it is located in, elevation, etc.
• Maps, driving directions, etc (Google, MapQuest)

National Archives

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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