Wasco County, Oregon
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My name is Martha and I will be your host for "all things Wasco".
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 help locate
that missing piece of your 'Ancestral Pie'
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Our Thanks to Constance for her dedication and dilligence for Wasco County.
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Brief History: Wasco County:
Wiki New: Familypedia Wasco County Neighbors: Hood River | Clackamas | Marion Jefferson | Wheeler | Sherman The Cities of Wasco County Antelope ~ Bakeoven ~ Boyd ~ Celilo Criterion ~ Durfer ~ Matney ~ Maupin Mosier ~ Shaniko ~ The Dalles  Search Wasco County If you wish to post Genealogical or Historical Queries online, try the Ancestry Message Boards. Use this Link The Oregon History Project The Oregon Encyclopedia Maps Oregon Base Map ~ Oregon Territory Map 1852 David Rumsey ~ Historic Map & Atlas Collection Perry-Castaneda ~ Map Collection ~ Earthquake Fault Maps 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 I have access to the Library Edition of 'Historic Map Works' Metsker Maps: Wasco County: 1933 Atlas Title Page, Index & Pg 31- Files are Here Individual Scans of Pages: Contact Martha BLM Records for Wasco County There was a nice collection of files. They have been reformatted for easier viewing. Use the indexes, then access the BLM WebSite Trails West & Mining History Overland Trail ~ Oregon Trail Oregon Mining Maps ~ Stone Quarries and Beyond 'Ghost Towns in Oregon' The Volcanoes of Oregon Native American's 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 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" ~ Indian Wars "The Yaquina Bay Oyster War" "From the Old Wasco Files" "Looking Back" - News Articles ~ Early Church History Violet Orrie Guy - Obituary ~ Photos: Go Here Lookups: I did not find any lookup volunteers for Wasco County. If you have resources 'at home' or are willing to do local 'on the ground' research, please contact me: Martha RAOGK may have local Volunteers <<<New>>> I have access to Subscription Databases and Library Editions of: American Civil War: Letters & Diaries, American Civil War: Research Database American Indian History American Indian Movement & Native American Radicalism Fold3, Heritage Quest, Find My Past American Indian Correspondence African American Biographical Database American West [Western Expansion] American National Biography There are several Newspaper Databases: Historical Newspapers [send for list], America's GenealogyBank, Newspapers.com America's Obituaries & Death Notices [1980 > Current] Kansas City Star, Chicago Tribune Happy to do lookups. Contact: Martha |
Historical and Military Resources Biographies An Illustrated History of Central Oregon Wasco, Sherman, Gilliam, Wheeler, Crook, Lake and Klamath Counties Western Historical Publishing Company Spokane, Wash: 1905 I found a site on RW which has transcriptions for the Bio's for Wasco County. They are indexed and linked. or... 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. Biographies: Who's Who - On The Pacific Coast Original data: Harper, Franklin, editor. Los Angeles, California: Harper Publishing Co., 1913. Images reproduced courtesy of the California State Library [Ancestry] Index: POB, AK, MN, MO, PA, OR & WI. Read Online or Download Biographical Sketches: These were found on the film listed below: To View, Log in, Search, Catalog, Enter Film # in the 'Fiche/Film Slot' Use the Chart for Image # LDS Film # 8960118 There are a lot of 'Family Histories' in the 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. 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 Source: Gale Primary Sources [Online Library] "Archives Unbound" [Mid-Continent Library - Subscription Site] This file has a listing of the Information, Types, etc followed by an Index of the Generals. I am happy to do lookups, some of the information [Biographical of the Generals in the list] may be found by doing Google Searches, but it will not be the handwritten reports. Martha Other Military Databases Gleaned from Family Search and Ancestry Search Criteria: For the Data below: "Born in Oregon" Homes for Disabled Veterans, 1866 > 1938 Iowa, WWII Bonus Case Files for Beneficiaries, 1947-1959 [Anc] Iowa, Armed Forces Grave Registrations, 1835-1998 [FS] Pennsylvania, WWI Veterans Service & Compensation Files, 1917-19, 1934-48 [Anc] Pennsylvania, Veteran Compensation Application Files, WWII, 1950-1966 [Anc] Registers of Patients at Naval Hospitals, 1812 - 1934 [Anc] US, Registers of Deaths in the Regular Army, 1860-1889 U.S. Military and Naval Academies, Cadet Records & Applications, 1800-1908 [Anc] U.S., Lists of Merchant Seamen Lost in WWI, 1914-1919 [Anc] Washington, Soldier Home Records, 1891-1945 [FS] World War II, Prisoners of War, 1943 > 1946 [NH] Anc and more... Oregon, World War I, Veteran State Aid Applications, 1921-1938 And there are a lot more Military Databases from FS using the above link. 1890 Veteran's Schedule Military Forts in Oregon 'Search the GAR' ~ 'Search the DAR' ~ 'Search the SAR' and... Military Headstone Applications: Sherman & Wasco Co's Rogue River Wars State of Oregon: Military Records Historic Land Grants: Veterans / Canada Miscellaneous 'Odds' >>>New<<< Oregon Historic Sites: Searchable Database [Contains City & Street Names] But you can enter 'Church' and it will bring up all of them. There is all kinds of information about the buildings, etc. NNot just Historic ones, but almost building in the State of Oregon |
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Odds & Endsspan Cemeteries There was very little Cemetery data in the old Wasco County Files. I found one file for Dufur. Below is the information, the file is here IOOF [Star # Rebecca Community Cemetery] Located: A mile North of Dufur, Wasco, OR, West side of Hwy 197 The index was compiled from the OR Death Index, SSDI, Obits & Volunteer Contributions: It will not be updated, nor is it complete. 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 Clackamas County Pages can be found here. [PDF's] Oregon Gravestone Project Cemeteries Listed in the USGenWeb Archives Cemeteries recorded by the Tualatin Chapter of the DAR: 1969 LDS Film # 8960118 [Follow directions for access on Family Search] F~A~G : Born: Benton, Clackamas, Crook, Multnomah Sherman, Tillamook, Wasco, & Washington Counties F~A~G: Mexico / F~A~G: Canada F~A~G: Burial at Sea USGW Archive Indexes. Billion Graves or Use Family Search Find A Grave: Born in Oregon, Died, San Luis Obispo [Obit Lookups Available] Historic Cemeteries in Oregon Coroner & Funeral Home Records [San Francisco, CA Bay Area] CA, San Francisco County Records, 1824 - 1997 [Coroner Records-FS] San Francisco, CA Area Funeral Home Records, 1850 - 1931 [Anc] Note, some images and abstracts may be found here. Cemetery, Funeral Home & Coroner Records Gleans: Family Search / Ancestry Arizona, County Coroner Death Records, 1881-1971 Arizona, Maricopa, Mesa City Cemetery Records, 1885-1960 [FS] California, San Francisco County Records, 1824-1997 [Coroner Data] OR CA, SF County Records, 1824-1997 [Other States & Counties] California, San Francisco Area Funeral Home Records, 1835-1979 [FS] California Cemetery Transcriptions: 1860-1950 [FS] [Explanation] Oregon Church and Cemetery Records: 1840-1965 [Anc] U.S., Cemetery and Funeral Home Collection, 1847 2015 [Anc] The indexes above all have records for Oregon. and more... Miscellaneous Records Gleans: Family Search / Ancestry Indian Enrollments , Quaker Records, Post Master Assignments, Border Crossings [St Albans, VT], Homestead Records, BaseBall Questionaires, Prohibition Agents ,Pass Port Applications, Mortality Schedules, Voter Registrations CA State Hospital Records, Alaska Pioneers, Iowa Tax Assistance Oregon Biographical Cards, American Red Cross Nurses USGenWeb Archives Wasco County Records Lookups: Obits & Misc Vitals Please contact me with particulars. Family Search, Ancestry & Archival Newspapers Sherman & Wasco County Index Here is a List of Oregon Newspapers on NewsBank ...this just in... 'History Hub' ...and some Free Digital Newspapers: Purdue University ~ elephind.com More Interesting Resources 'Century Past' All sorts of stuff: Free Online Library The Internet Archives has a nice assortment of books on Oregon History: A search gives these Obituaries: Newspapers & Societies Family Search: Obituary Record Indexes Ancestry: Obituary Record Indexes Includes Information from the following: American German's from Russia, Napa, CA, Fresno, CA 'Clan Diggers', Oakland, Alameda Co., CA, Grants Pass, OR, Kaui, HI, Mildred Hooper Collection, IL, Idaho, Cook Co., IL, MI, MN, NH Crawford Co., OH, Pennsylvania, Payson, AZ & San Diego Co., CA and... Obituaries: Genealogy Bank: Born in Oregon, Residence: San Luis Obispo [Lookups] Obituaries: NewsBank: 1985 > 2020 Index is Here Lookups Available: Contact Martha |
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 both free and 'pay-per-view' sites and are identified as such. Lookups are available if you do not have subscriptions. I have access to the 'Library Edition' of My Heritage which has different info, Lookups available Family Search: Births, Marriages, Deaths B - M - D's can be found in Archival Newspapers: Lookups Chronicling America is Free, so is the Historic Oregon Newspaper Collection and Google Archived Newspapers California Digital Newspapers This Site has a great collection of CA Newspapers, but many of them have articles from other States including Oregon. Using "Wasco County, Oregon" gives this result Early Marriage Records of Clackamas & Wasco Co's, OR Tualatin Chapter: DAR "Early Marriages" Book A: Bride Index ~ Book A Family Search Vital Records: Film For Access: Sign into your FS Account, Search: Enter Film # from Chart, Use Image Numbers to View
>>>???<<< Obituaries: Gleans: Family Search / Ancestry Idaho Obituary Collection, 1868 - 2013 [Anc] Idaho Obituaries, 2 FS Databases [B: Clackamas & Washington Co's] San Diego, CA Union-Tribune, 1993 - 1994 [Anc] Obituaries, gleaned from Genealogy Bank, B: Oregon, Died in San Luis Obispo County Lookups Newspapers "Gleanings" The actual data can be found on Family Search & Ancestry All Sorts of Records: Use either FS or Ancestry Links above and check each directory: They are full of great database Indexes from a wide variety of States. Specific Records for Oregon: Multiple Databases <<<What's New>>> Obituaries & Death Records: Databases Odds Oregon Historical Archives Oregon Historical Newspapers / Library "How To" Ordering Vital Records in Oregon [ Contains Indexes] "The Espy File" Oregon State Hospital: Unclaimed Cremains US Presbyterian Church Records: 1701- 1970 and... 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. Here is the Index. Send for Scans or download the booklets yourself from FS >>>New<<< More from Family Search Catalog 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." The Linked Chart gives the years available and a clickable link. There are indexes and each book is searchable or available to download. The Chart can be found here |
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Family Search: Historical Images Go Here for Explanation Then come back and find Documents of Interest from the Charts Below and to the Right
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Historical Images: Vital Records Wasco's Neighbors Hood River, Clackamas, Marion, Jefferson Sherman & Wheeler |
<<<???>>> Note: If you just want to search the Historical Images and see what else might be available, log into your FS Account, then... Search, Images. Then if you want specific types of Resources, click on 'Show more Search Options', Select 'Life Event', a drop down menu pops, Select type of Resource |
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State Coordinator: Bob Jenkins
Assistant State Coordinator: Martha A Crosley Graham
Wasco County Coordinator: Martha A Crosley Graham
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Site Updated: 13 June 2022
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The ORGenWeb Administrative Team
State Coordinator: Bob Jenkins
Assistant State Coordinator: Martha A Crosley Graham
Wasco County Coordinator: Martha A Crosley Graham
Please see our ORGenWeb Copyright Disclaimer and other important information.
If in doubt about the copyright rules, please refer to
Understanding Copyright Links to web sites that are not part of the USGenWeb Project are provided for your
convenience and do not imply any endorsement of the web sites or their contents by The USGenWeb Project
External Links are provided as clues and possible resources.
Hosted By:
Site Updated: 13 June 2022
Online Continuously since 1997