Washington County, Oregon

My name is Martha and I will be your guide to historical and genealogical resources for
Washington County, Oregon. I do not live in Oregon, I live on the Central Coast of California,
but have ancestors that graced the Oregon Territory.
I am an experienced online researcher and might be able to help you locate
that missing piece of your 'Ancestral Pie'. Contact: Martha

Military ~ Cemeteries ~ Obituaries ~ Crime and Punishment 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 Military Databases: Family Search All States: Please Use This Link "Soldiers Of The Great War" Vol 3 contains records for Oregon, There are nice pictures in this book. In three Volumes Compiled by: W M Haulsee, F G Howe, A C Doyle Soldiers Record Publishing Association, Washington, D C: Copyright, 1920 US Headstone Applications: Washington County Military Veterans, 1879-1903 1890 Veteran's Schedule [Use this link to search on FS]  ~ Vietnam Casualties, Washington State Search: DAR ~ GAR ~ SAR Reports of Civil War [Union Army] Generals New from Family Search 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. Cemetery Records >>>New<<< LDS Film #824258 - Item 3 Cemetery Records Washington County, Oregon [Small Cemetery located next to St Paul Lutheran Church on the Hillsboro Highway 1 mi from Six Corners near Sherwood] Images 802 - 818 Pleasant Hill Cemetery Records Sherwood, Washington County, Oregon Images 819-851 Note: It appears that the images for these records cannot be downloaded. If you wish to have copies, use your screen shot app. More Family Search Films Film: 2031845, Item 1 Russelville Cemetery - 6S/R2E/Sec 3 Images: 109-135 - Field Notes Images: 136-140 - News Clippings, Obituaries Cemetery Records; Miscellaneous 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 4 has Records for Firlawn Cemetery Volume 14 has Records for Winona Cemetery The Files are searchable pdf's Notes about the old Washington Cemetery Files. Over the years, Don and local Volunteers did a huge amount of work. The old Cem Files can be found here. Note: The Cem Files do not format well to pdf's. I have updated both header & footer. The data is static, it has not been changed, nor will it be updated. There is an index for the Milwaukie Cemetery dated 1957. LDS Film #857035 - access it here, scroll down, The index is found on images 429-483 Then use the image ranges below for the alpha letter of choice. Tualatin Plains Cemetery [DAR Records-LDS Film 862002] A - Do ~ Dor - Joh  ~ Joh - Ri, Ril - Y Here is a Surname Search Site for Washington Co., OR Cemeteries There are some Washington Co Cems recorded in the USGenWeb® Archives Please Use This Link There are 4 files for Bethany Cemetery Please Use This Link Online Cemetery Headstone Photos, and Miscellaneous Data: F~A~G ~ FS Search 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. The Indexes can be found here. ~ Washington County Pages can be found here. All pages are combined into a searchable pdf. 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  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 This tidbit from:  Dodd Newsletter, Vol 2, July 1981 Washington County, Oregon, Cemetery Records With Obituary Information. Contributed By Mrs. Leah Feldman. Banks Union Point Cemetery Davison, Hattie C. (Dodds) 1869-1944 (Obit In Hillsboro Argus 28 Apr 1944) M. 1888 Wilson C. Davison 1857-1922; 4 Children, 2 Deceased, Harry Of Banks And Miss Ida Of Home In 1922. She Was His Second Wife And Children May Be His. Obit Hillsboro Argus 23 Nov 1922. Dooley, Nora (Dodds) 1865-1939 M. 20 V. T 1886 Benjamin P. Dooley (1861-1927). His Obit H Obit Hillsboro Argus 4 Aug 1927. 7 Children, 2 D. Infancy. Charles, Mrs. Bertha Stribick, Marion, Mrs. William Steel And Jackson. Dodds, Charles T. 1867-1933 Dodds, John S. 1833-1887 Dodds, Melissa (Mary?) 1849-1937 Below is a list of Oregon Newspapers on Heritage Hub Oregon State Journal, 1864 - 1880, USA - OR - Eugene Oregonian, 1861 - 1987, USA - OR - Portland Oregonian, The (Portland, OR), 1988 - 2021, USA - OR - Portland Oregonian, The: Blogs (Portland, OR), 2005 - 2018, USA - OR - Portland Blog Oregonian, Web Edition Articles (Portland, OR), 2012 - 2021 Here is a series of booklets published in Wyoming: 1912 - 2006 ~ FS Catalog: "Tidbits from the Big Piney Examiner of Sublette Co., WY" Compiler: Anna Lee Woffinden Here is the Index. Download the booklets from FS [PDF's & Searchable] 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." There are indexes and each book is searchable or available to download. Please use this link for the FS Catalog Download of the booklets More Obituaries: Digital Archival Newspapers Here is a set of obits from the following Washington Co. Newspapers HeritageHub - 1923 - Dec 2023 Beaverton Valley Times Forest Grove Leader ~ Forest Grove News-Times Lookups: Contact: Martha Obits from the old WA Co, OR Files Finally: I live in San Luis Obispo County, California. This is an index of folks born in Oregon, but who might have died here. I will do obit lookups: Contact Martha 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 Instutition Databases: Use this link for Chart

Hosted By:

Back to Top