Crook County, Oregon
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My name is Martha and I will be your host for "all things Crook".
I do not live in Oregon, but have roots deep in her soil.
I am an experienced online researcher and will do my best to answer questions and perhaps
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Table of Contents
History ~ Biographies ~ What's New ~ Maps ~ Queries ~ Lookups
Vital Records ~ Cemeteries ~ 'Old Crook County' Files ~ Obituaries
Military ~ BLM ~ Native Americans ~ Odds and Ends ~ Family Search: Historical Images
New Site "Oregon Outcroppings" - New Resources for Oregon Research [Off Site]

Vital Records ~ Cemeteries ~ 'Old Crook County' Files ~Obituaries 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 Family Search: Births, Marriages, Deaths Please use this Link for current requirements for availability of OR Vital Records FS Oregon Birth Records: 1860-1952 Searchable Index Oregon Deaths, 1842-1952 and Delayed Births, 1844-1914 B - M - D's, may also be recorded in Archival Newspapers: Lookups Chronicling America is Free, so is the Historic Oregon Newspaper Collection and Google Archived Newspapers Historic Oregon Newspapers Below are Indexes for Multiple Databases on FS The basic criteria for the Search is Born in Crook County Crook County Births: 1868 > 1929 Crook County Marriages Crook County Deaths Crook County Obituaries Family Search: "Collections" Oregon Neighboring States California ~ Idaho ~ Nevada ~ Washington [Scroll Down] Log into your FS Account, Access the Resourses Linked Above Family Search ~ Michigan Marriages This link is for folks born in Oregon and who married in Michigan: 1868 - 1925 [Available Info: Full Name, Place of Marriage, Residence, Place of Birth, Age, Occupation, Officiant, Witnesses] Sign into your FS Account, then use the above link. There is a FS Book on Early Crook County Marriages Crook County, Oregon, marriages, 1882-1890 aka: Oregon, Crook County marriages, 1882-1890 Statement of Responsibility: Transcribed by Marjorie Tracy [Author] Publication: Salem, Oregon : End of Trail Researchers, 1978 I have downloaded the book, it may be found here There are LDS Films for Marriage Records for Crook Co., 'Neighbors' Rememember that many times "Folks ran away to be married" Unfortunately they are in the 'Historical Image Section and, for the most part, are not indexed as searchable in the traditional FS Search. So... Here is a chart for both Marriage & Death Records and.. Crook Neighbors: Marriage & Death Records: FS Historical Images There are over 1000 Death Record Films for Grant County, Use this Link. There are 61 Marriage Record Films for Grant County, Use this Link. There are 230 Death Record Films for Harney: Please use this Link for the pdf Chart Please use this link for Crook County Neighbors: Marriage and Death Record Films There are Divorce Records for Oregon Family Search: Catalog ~ Please use this Link Death ~ Coroner ~ Burial Records There are Death Record Films in the FS Catalog. Unfortuantely they are only available at a FHL Center. Here is the Link for the list of Films. 1903-1970 Here is an index for Death Certificates Here is an index for Coroner Records Here is an index for Folks born in Crook County, but died elsewhere A huge collection of Death Certificates! This link is for the actual Images: Organized by Year The indexes for them have been reformatted for easier searching. The complete index is here Happy Hunting! Cemetery, Funeral Home and Burial Records I did not find any Cem info in the old Crook Files But, that said, there are DAR Cemetery Records in the FS Catalog: See Below Geneology Trails has a list of Cemeteries & Locations Please Use This Link for Gen Trails: Crook County Cemetery Name Changes: Source:  "Prineville Funeral Home, Index" [Dodge, Sharon B] 1992-1993 AF & AM ~ City Cemetery ~ IOOF Masonic ~ Old City ~ Prineville All Combined into Juniper Haven Cemetery, Prineville, OR Willow Creek > Grizzly Cemetery, Grizzly, OR Rim Rock > Grey Butte Cemetery, SE of Culver, OR Hale > IOOF, NE of Culver, OR Spring 1894 - 19 May 1942 The whole book can be downloaded from the FS Catalog Please use this link, after you log into your FS Account While it does not have the actual grave information, it does contain Names & Burial Locations Old Cemetery Records "Compiled by the Genealogy Committee of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints" Prineville Branch, Prineville, Oregon, 1966 See FS Catalog for Transcriptions using the Film Number: 873695.  Oregon Burial Site Guide Compiled by: Dean H Bryd Co-Compiled by Stanley R Clarke & Janice M Healy Binford & Mort Publishing, Portland Oregon, 2001 Permission to use on the ORGenWeb given by: Mr Stanley R Clarke. The Introduction and key can be found here.  Indexes Here Crook County Pages can be found here. [PDF's] USGW Archive Indexes. Find~A~Grave or use FS and Search all of F~A~G Billion Graves on FS or Interment.net Obituaries Obituaries from the Albany Democrat Herald: 1999 - 2023 Please Use this Link for the Index. [Available on Heritage Hub] "HeritageHub" [Includes NewsBank] February 1921 to December 2023 September 2024 Note: I will not be creating any more Obit Indexes: I have had no queries for them for a couple of years. But, that said, I will still do lookups on Heritage Hub Contact: Martha Obituary Indexes from the Legacy Collection of Jose Rivera Nieves  Here is the Index for all of Oregon Here is the Index for the United States Here is an index for Countries of the World Note: Many of the Obituaries might be found using Heritage Hub Digital Newspaper Collection which is available in many local Public Libraries. Check your local Library under 'Resources' - Access requires a Library Card Obituaries ~ Memorial Cards ~ Obits from Newspapers Memorial Cards & Newspaper Obits: Claypool, Betty ~ Dickman, Pat ~ Green, Bob ~ Green, Eileen Gardiner, Molly & Wood, Marj "Obituaries from the Old Crook County Files" A - L / M - Z [Reformatted for easier access] Here is the index for the above files Obituaries, Gleaned from Genealogy Bank, B: Oregon, Died in San Luis Obispo County Most of the obits listed on the this index can be found on Heritage Hub Lookups Newspapers Vital Records Books: Family Search Catalog Here is a series of booklets published in Wyoming: 1912 > 2006 "Tidbits from the Big Piney Examiner of Sublette Co., WY " Compiler: Anna Lee Woffinden Catagories: Engagements, Marriages, Deaths, News Articles & Obituaries for Oregon Download the booklets yourself from FS : Note: There are indexes at the back of each Booklet "Pahrump, Nevada Genealogical Society Obits 1970-2009: Published: 2010" Digital copies of obituaries for people with some connection to Pahrump, Nevada. Individuals may have lived and or died in many different states. There are indexes for each book which is a searchable pdf. Read Online or Download using this FS Link And a big thanks to both Jan & Rose for their diligent work making the Crook County portion of the ORGenWeb a great place to find that ''elusive family member'

 
"The Fine Print"
State Coordinator: Bob Jenkins
Assistant State Coordinator: Martha A Crosley Graham
Crook County Coordinator: Martha A Crosley Graham

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