Clackamas County, Oregon This Site is part of The ORGenWeb and The USGenWeb® My name is Martha and I will be your guide to all things "Clackamas County". I do not live in Oregon, but have family that lived in various parts of the State for many years. l will do my best to answer questions and perhaps assist in locating that  missing piece of your 'Ancestral Pie'. I can be contacted by email. Please use this link Table of contents  History ~ Maps ~ Biographies ~  Books ~ OR Pioneers ~  What's New ~ Odds and Ends Military ~ Vital Records ~ Obituaries Family Search ~ Cemeteries ~ Newspapers ~ Queries ~ Lookups New Site "Oregon Outcroppings" - New Resources for Oregon Research [Off Site] Military ~ Vital Records ~ Obituaries Military Records 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 Oregon in the Civil War ~ Oregon Military Units ~ Civil War Archive United States Civil War and Later Pension Index, 1861-1917 Military Headstones - Civil War Veterans & Military Headstone Applications [FS has Headstone Applications: Use this Link [1925-1949] The National Archives has CW Headstone Information: Use this Link 1890 Veteran's Schedule FS: Draft Registrations for both WWI & WWII "Soldiers of the Great War" ~ Oregon "Reports of Civil War [Union Army] Generals"   Search the DAR ~ Search the GAR ~ Search the SAR Soldiers & Sailors [Civil War]   State of Oregon: Military Records Historic Land Grants: Veterans / Canada  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 Family Search  Family Search: Births, Marriages, Deaths B - M - D's, are recorded in Archival Newspapers:/font Lookups Chronicling America ~ Google Archived Newspapers Historic Oregon Newspaper Collection ~ Historic Oregon Newspapers  Family Search: "Collections" Oregon Neighboring States California ~ Idaho ~ Nevada ~ Washington [Scroll Down] Log into your FS Account, Access the Resourses Linked Above Marriages: Born in Clackamas County, Married Elsewhere   [FS Mulitple Databases] Marriage records, 1850-1935 ; Marriage indexes, 1850-1920 (Clackamas Co., OR) [Above: Digitized Film Available at a local Family History Center] Early Marriage  Records of Clackamas & Wasco Co's, OR Tualatin Chapter: DAR "Early Marriages: 1848- 1865" - FS Book Marriage Records: FS Books Clackamas Co., OR, Marriage Index [Groom] V1 1851-1932 [FS Book] 1851-1932, Vol 2 ~  Vol 2. 1900-1912 Use This Link for more Clackamas County Books Vitals, Cemeteries, Transcribed Census, ''Legacy' The FS Catalog has a nice set of books for Yamhill Co. Marriages: 1844 > 1862 ~ 1891 > 1895 ~ 1896 > 1900 1901 > 1906 ~ 1907 > 1912 Sign into your FS Acct, Search, Catalog, BooksFamily 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. And lastly: All FS Marriage Databases: United States    Death Records Deaths: Born in Clackamas County, Died Elsewhere [FS Multiple Databases] California Death Index: 1940 > 1997 B: Oregon, D: San Luis Obispo Co., CA Lookups: Possible Obits from local Newspapers or Death Certificates FYI From LDS Film 857013 [Bottom of Image 83] "Clackamas County deaths were not recorded until 1907. 1907 - 1915 - Deaths recorded in the County Clerk's Office 1915-1921 - Deaths recorded in the Health Office 111921 - Present - County Clerk's Office and State Health Office"   Vital records for the Klamath, Modoc and Paiute Indians at Klamath Agency, Klamath, Oregon, 1930... [FS Films] And Lastly... Family Search Death Databases: United States   From the FS Catalog: Clackamas Divorces: Updated LDS Film 857034: 1846-1854 The Oregon Spectator There is one Page [35], Image 714: Please use this link. Here is the link for the Oregon Historical Newspapers There appear to be copies of The Oregon Spectator Oregon Divorces: Clackamas County: Index, 1910 - 1920 [FS Book] Obituaries Obituaries from the Albany Democrat Herald: 1999 - 2023 Please Use this Link for the Index. These Obits can be found on Heritage Hub which is available through local Public Libraries If you do not have access, I will send scans - Contact Martha Obituary Indexes from the Legacy Collection of Jose Rivera Nieves  There are Indexes for Clackamas County. Please use this link. 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: Heritage Hub January 1923 - 31 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 There were 467 obits found in the old Clackamas County Files. They have been reformatted for easier searching. Most of them have the name and date of the newspaper. A > E ~ F > K ~ L > R ~ S > Z Obituary Lookups: Place of Birth: Oregon ~ Place of Death: San Luis Obispo County, California Files from Genealogy Bank [Lookups done on Heritage Hub] Please use this link for the Index ~ Contact: Martha for Lookup   "Obituary Odds..." 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. Read Online or Download: Use this Link Each Booklet has an index at the back "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   'Found' in the old Clackamas Files: The data is from local Newspapers Birth, Marriage & Anniversaries "The Fine Print" State Coordinator: Bob Jenkins Assistant State Coordinator: Martha A Crosley Graham Clackamas 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: 24 September 2024 Online Continuously since 1997 ~ All Rights Reserved Contact the Webmaster Clackamas County, ORGenWeb ~ USGenWeb® Project ~ USGenWeb® Archives Hosted By: Back to Top