Resources

Oregon Specific Resources

State of Oregon Archival Records: https://sos.oregon.gov/archives/Pages/records.aspx

Oregon Historical Society's Research Library: Research and Library (ohs.org) 

Oregon Historic Newspapers: https://oregonnews.uoregon.edu/

The Genealogical Records Located in Oregon Counties

The Genealogical Records of Multnomah County: http://bit.ly/3KnvCNT

The Genealogical Records of Clackamas County: https://bit.ly/41a9A7e

The Genealogical Records of Washington County: https://bit.ly/3KlMB36

(See also "Publications and Presentations" page for links to genealogical records held in various Oregon Counties)

Genealogical Societies and Libraries in Oregon:

Genealogical Forum of Oregon: gfo.org. Oregon's largest genealogical society and library in the Pacific Northwest. The library catalog is searchable from the homepage. The library has over 600,000 digitized records and more than 54,000 holdings.

Clackamas County Family History Society: HOME | CCFHS (clackamasfamilyhistory.com) 

The Genealogical Society of Washington County, Oregon: GSWCO 

Oregon Genealogical Society: Welcome to the Oregon Genealogical Society website! (oregongs.org)

Rogue Valley Genealogical Society:  Rogue Valley Genealogical Society (rvgslibrary.org) 

Willamette Valley Genealogical Society: WVGS Home Page (wvgsor.org) 

Books:

Research in Oregon - NGS Research in the States Series by Connie Miller Lenzen, CG, FNGS, 3rd edition, 2022. Available in Print and PDF formats at NGS Research in the States 

Oregon Geographic Names by Lewis A Aurther. Now out of print, but several editions available from resellers.