My name is Martha and I will be your guide to all things "Clackamas County".
I do not live in Oregon,
but have family that lived in various parts of the State for many years.
l will do my best to answer questions and perhaps assist in locating that
missing piece of your 'Ancestral Pie'.
I can be contacted by email. Please use this link
Oregon City became the county seat for Clackamas County. The city was built on a portion of Dr. John McLoughlin's land claim. In 1844 Oregon City was incorporated by the Provisional Legislature, making it the first incorporated city west of the Rocky Mountains. This area was the terminus for water transportation on the Willamette River and had been a meeting place for Indians, hunters, trappers, and Hudson's Bay Company voyagers for years.
The first major overland immigration to Oregon City occurred in 1842. Three years later Samuel Barlow established an immigrant route that ran from The Dalles, around the south side of Mt. Hood, and into Oregon City. The Barlow Road funneled thousands of immigrants into Oregon City and Clackamas County during the 1840s. Oregon City rapidly became the primary urban center in Clackamas County and dominated social and political life in Oregon during the provisional government period. The removal of the territorial capital from Oregon City to Salem in 1852 shifted most of the political activity to Salem. The creation of Multnomah County in 1854, at the request of Portland residents, removed Oregon's principal commercial city from Clackamas County as well as the county's access to the Columbia River.
Prior to construction of a courthouse, county records were housed in several locations in Oregon City, including the former provisional state house. Two of the locations burned but the county records were saved. In 1884 a frame and concrete structure was built at a cost of $145,000. In 1935 the county records were moved temporarily to rented quarters while a new courthouse was built. Using construction grants available through the Works Progress Administration the current courthouse was completed in 1937.
Clackamas County elected government is composed of five commissioners, a district attorney, assessor, clerk, sheriff, surveyor, and treasurer.
Heavily timbered, the county's geoimagesal features include Mt. Hood and numerous rivers - the Willamette, Clackamas, Sandy, Pudding, Molalla, and Salmon. Since its creation, agriculture, timber, manufacturing, and commerce have been the county's principal activities. The population of Clackamas County has steadily increased from 1850. The 2011 population of 378,480 represented a significant increase over the 2000 population of 338,391 . And from the Wiki
More Map Resources I have access to the Library Edition of
'Historic Map Works'
Metsker's Maps, 1928 - Index ~ Metsker's Maps, 1937 - Index
Metsker Maps, 1951 - Index ~ Metsker Maps, 1966 - Index All the files can be found in this directory you might want to download them for further study.]
The indexes are for Plat Maps, which give the owner's names as well as Business locations
I am happy to do lookups and send pages of interest. Contact: Martha
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Trails West & Mining History
Overland Trail Oregon Trail
Oregon Mining Maps
'Ghost Towns in Oregon' ~ The Volcanoes of Oregon
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"The Family of George Wise & Sarah Tong"
Wise-Tong Pioneers of Clackamas, OR
by:
Arthur D Coleman, 1965 The TOC is here.The book may be downloaded from the FS Catalog
"The Centennial History of Oregon 1811 - 1912"
The S J Clark Publishing Company
Chicago, 1912
Clackamas Folk on this Linked Chart~ Read Online or Download
Miscellaneous Database Indexes: Oregon
~ Catagories ~
Books, Odds, Cemeteries, Funeral Homes, Coroner Records
Obituaries, Military Records,
Passenger Lists, Employment Records, Prison & Crime
Vital Records All of the Directories can be found here on my IceDrive
The Information was gleaned from Family Search
Military ~ Vital Records ~ Obituaries
Military Records
United States military records, 1824-1956: Family Search
Includes state summary of war casualties of each state, deaths in the World War, official registers, Navy and Marine Corps registers, National Guard registers, army registers, and etc.
Records contain: Name, Rank, Parents, Street Address
List below contains records for other States where I host Counties
Records for the States of & Film #s
California, 4218631 ~ Colorado, 4218641 ~ Michigan, 4218677
Minnesota, 4218681 ~ Missouri, 4218687 ~ Oregon, 4218720
Pennsylvania, 4218725 ~ Wisconsin, 4218725
For Access: Log into your FS Account, enter Film # in Fiche/Film Slot.
Explanation of the Records: Please Use This Link
Military Gleanings and Other Resources
Military Databases [Ice Drive] Please use this Link
From the States of:
Alabama, Arkansas. California, Delaware, Iowa, Minnesota, Missouri, Mississippi, Ohio, Oregon, Pennsylvania, South Dakota, Texas, Utah, Washington
Vital Records
B ~ M ~ D's
The 'obvious locations' for online vital record indexes and imaged documents will be included here as general links.
The created indexes are from Family Search
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Marriage Records
Family Search ~ Marriage Records for 'Oregon Neighboring
States': California
https://www.familysearch.org/search/collection/1949339
https://www.familysearch.org/search/collection/1674735
https://www.familysearch.org/search/collection/1804002
Washington
https://www.familysearch.org/search/collection/2761120
https://www.familysearch.org/search/collection/1534448 Sign
into your FS Account, then use the above links
The FS Catalog has a nice set of books for
Yamhill Co. Marriages:
1844 > 1862 ~ 1891 > 1895 ~ 1896 > 1900
1901 > 1906 ~ 1907 > 1912
Sign into your FS Acct, Search, Catalog, Books
Marriages: Databases [Ice Drive] Please use this Link
Alabama, Arkansas, Arizona, California, Canada
Iowa, Idaho, Illinois, Indiana, Kansas, Kentucky, Massachussetts, Michigan, Minnesota, Montana, New York City,
Ohio, Oregon, Pennsylvania, SLO, CA, Texas, Virginia, Wisconsin
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FYI
From LDS Film 857013 [Bottom of Image 83]
"Clackamas County deaths were not recorded until 1907.
1907 - 1915 - Deaths recorded in the County Clerk's Office
1915-1921 - Deaths recorded in the Health Office
111921 - Present - County Clerk's Office and State Health Office"
Gleanings: Family Search
FS Death Records: Databases [Ice Drive] Please use this Link
Alabama, Arkansas, California, Georgia, Hawaii, Iowa, Idabo, Illinois, Michigan, North Carolina, New Hampshire, New York City, Ohio, Oregon, Pennsylvania, South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas, Vermont, Wisconsin
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Funeral Home's, Coroner Records Family Search: Gleans
for example... CA, San Francisco County Records, 1824 - 1997
[Coroner Records-FS]
There were 467 obits found in the old Clackamas County Files.
They have been reformatted for easier searching.
Most of them have the name and date of the newspaper. A > E ~ F > K ~ L > R ~ S S > Z
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Family Search: Gleans
Obituaries: Databases [Ice Drive]
Obituaries from the States of:
Grants Pass, OR, Kaui, HI, Idaho, Illinois, Minnesota, Crawford, OH, Pennsylvania, Payson, AZ
Here is a series of booklets published in Wyoming:
1912 > 2006 in the FS Catalog:
"Tidbits from the Big Piney Examiner of Sublette Co., WY"
Compiler: Anna Lee Woffinden
Catagories:
Engagements, Marriages, Deaths, News Articles & Obituaries for Oregon.
Read Online or Download: Use this Link
Each Booklet has an index at the back
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Family Search ~ Cemeteries ~ Newspapers & Lookups
Family Search: Historical images
Records that are not available with the traditional FS Search
The Types of Information: Military, Cemetery, Deaths & DC's, Native American Census, Deaths & DC's, Divorces, Estate Records, Funeral Cards, Genealogical, Homestead, Land [Certificates, Sales, Patents], Obituaries Locations & Time Frame: Mollala, Lewis & Oregon City / 1844 - 1942
For Access: Log into your FS Account, Search, Catalog, and plug in the DGS Film number of interest
from the Charts in the 'Fiche-Film' slot. Use the chart linked here for the Film #Here is a link for 'Neighbors of Clackamas'
Vitals, etc - Hood River, Marion, Multnomah, Wasco, Washington & Yamhill Counties
NoNote: Draft Registrations & Federal Census Records were not included
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Cemeteries of Clackamas County
With the increased interest in documenting Cemeteries, it is in the best interest of all,
that old as well as new resources are recognized.
Cemeteries: Old Transcriptions done by the DAR
LDS Film: FS Catalog for Access to the images:
Use the Chart below for Film # and Image Ranges
LDS/FS Film - 8960096 / 857013
Clackamas Cemeteries. DAR
Volume I: Copied in 1936-1937 by Susannah Lee, Barlow Chapter, DAR
VoVolume II: Copied by Susannah Lee, Barlow Chapter, DAR This Linked Chart is for Film # 857013
Film 857034: Clackamas Cemetery: Images are Here
Above link will give you some idea of the type of information recorded
Cemetery Book & Oregon Burial Guide Cemeteries of Clackamas County
This little booklet was found in the FS Catalog Please use this Link
California Digital Newspapers This Site has a great collection of CA Newspapers,
but many of them have articles from other States including Oregon.
A search using 'Clackamas County, Oregon results with articles starting with 1840 - 1849 ~ Use this Link
RAOGK: Volunteers for Local Lookups
Lookups: Archival Newspapers: Subscription Sites
I have access to the following Databases
[Library Editions] ~ Newspapers.com ~ HeritageHub [Includes NewsBank]
Fold3 ~ Historic Map Works ~ Heritage Quest ~ My Heritage
Reports of Civil War [Union Army] Generals
Source: Gale Primary Sources [Online Library] ~ "Archives Unbound" Contact: Martha