History ~ Biography ~ Historic Maps ~ What's New ~ Lookups
Brief History: Sherman County: Wiki ~ Familypedia
Early History of Sherman County [Thanks Norma]
The Oregon History Project: Sherman County
The Oregon Encyclopedia: Sherman County
The Internet Archives has a nice assortment of books on Oregon History: A search gives these
Sherman County Neighbors:
Wasco ~ Gilliam and Shares a Corner with Wheeler
It also borders the Columbia River
The Cities of Sherman County: Biggs Junction ~ DeMoss Springs ~ Erskine ~ GrassValley ~ Harmony ~ Kent ~ Klondike
LocustGrove ~ McDonald ~ Monkland ~ Moro (countyseat) ~ Rufus ~ Rutledge ~ Wasco
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Biographies and Books
"What's New"
"Appleton's
Cyclopaedia of American Biography "
by Wilson, James
Grant, 1832-1914; Fiske, John, 1842-1901
Publication
date 1900
Appleton Review ~
Archive.org
[All Volumes]
New Oregon Resources
/ FS Catalog
Filmed Books: 1000368
"An Illustrated History of Central Oregon Wasco, Sherman, Gilliam, Wheeler,
Crook, Lake and Klamath Counties"
Western Historical Publishing Company
Spokane, Wash: 1905
Sherman County Biographies - Index ~ Read Online or Download
The nice folks at Genealogy Trails have transcribed bios: Please Use This Link
"History of the Great Northwest and it's Men of Progress"
Pub: The Minneapolis Journal - The Index is Here
Read Online or Download
"Oregon Native Son"
Publication with Bio's and Sketches
1899-1900 Index
The Books can be downloaded or I will send pages of interest.
There are a lot of 'Family Histories' in the
www.familysearch Book portion of the FS WebSite.
To access them: Log in, Search, Books.
Enter County of Choice, a list comes up.
To the left is a list of parameters:
There are 'levels of access' the ones marked
"Public" or Full Permission" can be read online or downloaded.
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Historic Maps
Oregon Base Map ~ Oregon Territory Map 1852
David Rumsey ~ Historic Map & Atlas Collection
Perry-Castaneda ~ Map Collection ~ Earthquake Fault Maps
"Oregon - Geo Hazards Viewer"
"MapGoose"
American Georgaphical Society Library
Digital Map Collection
Humboldt State University Map Collection
Sanborn Fire Insurance Maps for Oregon ~ Railroad Maps
And, of course, Google Earth ~ Bing Satellite Mapping
Historic Map
Works
Metsker Maps: Sherman Co., 1934 & 1980 Streets
Ogle Atlas: 1913 - Index & Illustrations - Files are Here
Individual Scans of Pages: Contact Martha
Trails West & Mining History
Overland Trail ~ Oregon Trail ~ Oregon Mining Maps
'Ghost Towns in Oregon' ~ Mining Camps and Historical Sites ~ The Volcanoes of Oregon
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"What's New"
Family Search "Collections"
Compiled Pages with
Clickable links to each Database
Cemeteries, Etc [Burial, Cemeteries, Coroner, Funeral Homes, Graves]
Church Records[ Baptism's, Catholic Church, Christenings, Church [General]]
Legal Documents and Resources [Court, Estate, Probate Records]
Migration - Naturalization - Travel[ Border Crossings, Migration, Naturalization, Passenger Lists, Passports]
Military [Bounty [Land], Military [Misc], Pensions, Soldiers, Veteran's, War[s]]
Odds and Ends [Applications, Homestead, Membership, Native Americans, Parish [Location & Church], Pioneers, Prison, Voting, Obituaries, Veteran & Soldier's Homes, Children's Home]
Vital Records [Birth, Marriage, Divorce, Death, Mortality Records]
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
USGenWeb® Archives Access: Tables of Contents
This Link is a searchable pdf file which contains all the links to the Archives.
Each link is fully functional and will access the section for your use.
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Resource Links:
Personal Sherman County Web Pages of Sherry Kaseberg:
Resources Include:
History ~ Newspapers ~ Military ~ Cemeteries ~ Obituaries and...
Please Use This Link
and...
Sherman County Historical Museum
Thank you Sherry!
Family Search Catalog
California, Sacramento County, Sacramento, Police Records :
Mug Books and Wanted Bulletins, 1860-1949
This collection contains a lot of interesting information.
Here is a pdf chart with Film Numbers.
For Access: Log into your FS Account, enter Film # in Fiche/Film Slot.
The Sac Gen Society created an index which can be downloaded or accessed here.
New Military Resource From the FS Catalog:
State Summary of War Casualties [CA], 1946 US Navy
[US Navy, Marines, Coast Guard]
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
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Lookups
At this point, I am the only one volunteering to do Lookups:
I have access to the Library Edition of My Heritage
Happy to do lookups. Contact: Martha
There are several Newspaper Databases:
Historical Newspapers [ send for list] , HeritageHub, Newspapers.com
America's Obituaries & Death Notices ]1980 > Current]
Kansas City Star, Chicago Tribune
Here is the Newspapers.com List of Newspaper Locations
Los Angeles [CA] Times ~ New York Times ~ Access World News
Happy to do lookups. Contact: Martha
California Digital Newspapers
This Site has a great collection of CA Newspapers,
and many of them have articles from other States including Oregon ~ Use this Link
More Free Digital Newspapers:
Chronicling America ~ Google Archive Newspapers ~ Purdue University
Wiki List of online Historic Newspapers ~ Archive.org ~ elephind.com ~ Nebraska Digi Newspapers
Utah Digi Newspapers ~ Historical Newspapers [by State]
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