Wasco County, Oregon
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My name is Martha and I am your host for "all things Wasco".
I do not live in Oregon, but have roots deep in her soil.
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History ~ Biography ~ Maps ~ What's
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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 |
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Vital
Records ~ Cemeteries ~ Funeral Records ~ 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 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, Marriage s, 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 Marriage s" Book A: Bride Index ~ Book A Family Search Vital Records: Film For Access: Sign into your FS Account, Search: Catalog, Enter Film # from Chart into the 'Fiche/Film/ slot, Use Image Numbers to View
FamilySearch has a nice collection of Databases for Oregon The Chart below has clickable links for all of the Oregon Records Cemeteries "What's New" Cemetery Records Copied by members of the L. D. S. Church in the United States Typed by members and the Genealogical Society Salt Lake City, Utah [Most of these were done in the 1950's and 1960's] Volume 25 has one Cemetery for Wasco County, Oregon Accepted Free Masonic Cemetery, The Dalles Please Use This Link The File is a searchable pdf 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 : Search Parameter: Born: Benton, Clackamas, Crook, Multnomah Sherman, Tillamook, Wasco, & Washington Counties for the following types of databases F~A~G: Burial at Sea F~A~G: Mexico / F~A~G: Canada 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, SanFrancisco County Records,1824-1997[Coroner Data]OR 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... Lookups for Vital Records in Archival Newspapers 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 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 Obituaries & Death Records: Databases Odds Oregon Historical Archives Oregon Historical Newspapers / Library "How To" Find OR Vital Records NEW "OR Health Authority" [Vital Records] "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, Marriage s, Deaths, News Articles & Obituaries for Oregon. Here is the Index. Send for Scans or download the booklets yourself from FS 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 Obituaries: Newspapers & Societies Family Search: Obituary Record Indexes [IceDrive] Ancestry: Obituary Record Indexes [IceDrive] Includes Information from the following Locational Databases American German's from Russia ~ Napa, CA ~ Fresno, CA 'Clan Diggers' [Now Defunct Gen Soc] ~ Oakland, Alameda Co., CA, Grants Pass, OR ~ Kaui, HI, ~ Mildred Hooper Collection, IL ~ Idaho [2 Databases] Cook Co., IL ~ MI ~ MN ~ NH ~ Crawford Co., OH ~ Pennsylvania ~ Payson, AZ ~ San Diego Co., CA [Tribune, 1993-1994] and... Obituaries: Genealogy Bank: Born in Oregon, Residence: San Luis Obispo [Lookups] |
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Military ~
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New Military Database
From the FS Catalog: MIlitary
Records
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 And this: LDS Film Civil War veterans who were residents of Oregon Collected by Spencer Leonard
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, DC : 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 This collection contains records for the States of: Iowa, Pennsylvania, Washington as well as Records for Naval Hospitals and Homes for Disabled Veterans Additional are Army Death Registers, Applications for Military Academies also: Lists of Merchant Seamen lost in WWI 1914-1919 and Prisoner of War files for WWII 1943-1946 [NH Database] Search Criteria: "Born in Oregon" and more... Oregon, World War I, Veteran State Aid Applications, 1921-1938 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 Native American Resources and Records 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" 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. Prison Records Missouri State Penitentiary: 1836 - 1931 [Search] Online Explanation of the Prison & Records FS: Documents & Records - Explanation & Image Charts How to Access the Records on Film LDS Films: 2407222 ~ 2406002 ~ 2405919 ~ 2405920 Use this link for Film 2406002 Family Search Catalog: Missouri State Archives Court Martial and Military Prison Records Military Prisoners & Court-Marital Records Prison Database Gleanings: Family Search / Ancestry Prison & Correctional Instutition Databases  Odds and Ends "From the Old Wasco Files" "Looking Back" - News Articles ~ Early Church History Violet Orrie Guy - Obituary ~ Photos: Go Here >>>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. Not just Historic ones, but almost any building in the State of Oregon 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 More 'Gleans' Miscellaneous Database Indexes: Search Criteria: Born in 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 both Family Search & Ancestry USGenWeb Archives: Wasco County Records ...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 |
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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 |
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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
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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: 11 November 2022
Online Continuously since 1997
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