Tillamook County, Oregon
This site is part of
The ORGenWeb and The USGenWeb®

Welcome: My name is Martha and I will be your host for "all things Tillamook".
I do not live in Oregon, but have roots deep in her soil.

I am an experienced online researcher and will try to answer questions and perhaps
help locate that missing piece of your 'Ancestral Pie'.
I can be contacted via email: Please use this Link


Table of Contents
History ~ Biography ~ Maps ~ What's New ~ Queries ~ Lookups
Vital Records ~ Cemeteries ~ Obituaries
Military ~ Native American's ~ Crime and Punishment ~ Family Search: Historical Images ~ Odds and Ends
New Site "Oregon Outcroppings" - New Resources for Oregon Research [Off Site]



Military ~ Native American's ~ Crime and Punishment ~ Family Search: Historical Images ~ Odds and Ends

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Year Book
by
Sons of the American Revolution. Oregon Society; Sons of the American Revolution. Oregon Society. Yearbook
Years: 1895, 1905
Please use this Link: Archive.org

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

Modern Wars and Casualty Lists

"Soldiers Of The Great War"
In three Volumes
Compiled by:
W M Haulsee, F G Howe, A C Doyle
Soldiers Record Publishing Association,
Washington, D C: Copyright, 1920

"Reports of Civil War [Union Army] Generals"

Soldiers & Sailors [Civil War]

Note: If you are curious why so many men died
on 17 June 1877 in Idaho.

Military Forts in Oregon
'Search the GAR' ~ 'Search the DAR' ~ 'Search the SAR'


Native American Resources
The Tillamook Tribes of Oregon

"Our Native Americans and their records of genealogical value"
3 Volumes
Kirkham, E Kay, Author, 1980
Everton Publishers, Logan Utah
The books can be downloaded here.

Indians of the northwest [Washington, Oregon and Idaho]
Digital Book, FS, Published: 1968 by BIA

BIA Agency Records, 1879-1951~ Digital Images, FS Library
The Confederated Tribes of Siletz Indians

Muster Rolls: Early Indian Wars of Oregon
Pub: 1894 / Francis Fuller Victor
Access through FS : Books

Native American Treaties, Northern Oregon
Central Oregon "Range Wars"
"The Modoc War" ~ Rogue River Wars
"The Yaquina Bay Oyster War"


Crime & Punishment

Because we never know where our Ancestors might be when they 'get into trouble with the law'
I have included Prison Information below that covers a wide territory.

Oregon Department of Corrections:  Database "Offender Search"

Alaska Department of Corrections [Wiki]
California Department of Corrections
Correctional Service: Canada
Idaho Department of Corrections

Missouri State Penitentiary: 1836 - 1931 [Search]
Online Explanation of the Prison & Records

Family Search Catalog: Missouri State Archives: LDS Films [Military]
Court Martial and Military Prison Records [Missouri]
Use this Link for the FS Catalog Collection of Military Prison Records

Prison & Correctional Institution Databases: Use this link for Chart



Family Search: Historical Images

FS Search adds new records on a regular basis.
These are records that have not been indexed by LDS Volunteers.

The chart linked here will be a decent guide. To access the Historical Images, log into your FS Account:
Click on Search, then at the top of the page: Historical Images:
Use the chart to find films of interest

Types of Information and Time Frame: 1844 - 1957
Biographies, Census, Church Histories, Directories, Occupations, Deeds, Marriages & Marriage Certificates,
Mortgage Records & Real Estate Records
Note: Draft Registrations & Federal Census Records are not included
Historical Images: Tillamook's Neighbors ~ Vital Records
Clatsop, Lincoln, Polk, Washington & Yamhill


Odds and Ends

The National Archives has a really nice set of digitized records that can be viewed and Downloaded
This Link may be used for access.


There were a lot of photos in a file found in the old

Tillamook stuff when I adopted the County.
They can be found here:Please use this Link. [Google Drive]

Other Interesting Data:
1880 Census Schedule of Defectives,
Dependent & Delinquent Classes
The above Census is really interesting and is on Ancestry
Here is an explanation on FS Wiki along with a a link for searching the database

Tillamook County Timeline
Oregon Digital State Archives
Historic Oregon Newspapers

Tillamook County Records: Land and Vital Records,
1854 > 1967



Probate Records: FS [Available at a FHC using their PC's]
US Homestead Records: 1863 > 1908

Oregon Donation Land Claims ~ Index
Index above is an Introduction
Oregon "Donation Plats", Willamette Meridian, N & E R1-T1
to S & W R10-T1 [Nara Series T1234, Roll 57]
LLDS Film # 1578392



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

Please see our ORGenWeb Copyright Disclaimer and other important information.
For information about adopting a Oregon County, an idea or comment, Please Contact Bob

Information contained on all of the pages within the County portion of the ORGenWeb Project
may be used for personal genealogical and historical purposes.
Please be considerate of copyright information and give credit where credit is due.
Donated data will remain with the County in the event of the resignation of the County Coordinator.
Any person donating information in the future retains the right to have it returned to them upon request

Site Updated: 14 August 2024
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