About Oregon Land Records
Oregon is a federal-land state. Lands were generally acquired from
the federal government or from other individuals. Lands from the government
were dispersed through a variety of programs, including the popular
Homestead and Oregon Donation Land claims. Donation land claims were
for early settlers who were in Oregon by 1855. These claims, filed
with each land office, have been abstracted, indexed, and published
by the Genealogical Forum of Oregon. Indexing is both by name and geographical
location. The Oregon State Archives has the National Archives' microfilm
copy of the U.S. Bureau of Land Management, Oregon Donation Land Claim
Files, as does the FHL. The original Oregon homestead applications
have been moved to the National Archives Pacific Northwest Region.
The indexes and record books have been microfilmed and are available
through the FHL.
Other records generated through the federal land offices
included cash entries, homestead final certificates, canceled homestead
entries, timber-culture final certificates, canceled timber-culture
entries, desert-land final certificates, canceled desert-land entries,
town lots, Indian allotments, and notifications of settlers on unsurveyed
lands to the surveyor general of Oregon.
Subsequent land records, including deeds and mortgages, were recorded
in each county beginning at the creation of the county. For further
information, consult E. Wade Hone, Land and Property Research in
the United States (Salt Lake City: Ancestry, 1997).
Oregon BLM Office:
Oregon State Office
Bureau of Land Management
333 SW 1st Avenue, Portland, Oregon 97204
P.O. Box 2965, Portland, Oregon 97208
Telephone: 503-808-6002
Fax Number: 503-808-6308
TDD: 503-808-6372
Oregon State Historical
Society:
Oregon Historical Society
Oregon Historical Records Advisory Board
1200 SW Park Ave
Portland, OR 97205
(503) 222-1741
Oregon County Courthouses:
Baker County
Baker County Clerk
Suite 150
1995 3rd St.
Baker, OR 97814
Telephone: (541) 523-8207
Benton County
Benton County Clerk
120 N.W. 4th St.
Corvallis, OR 97330
Telephone: (541) 757-6831
Clackamas County
Clackamas County Clerk
906 Main St.
Oregon City, OR 97045
Telephone: (503) 655-8447
Clatsop County
Clatsop County Clerk
749 Commercial
Astoria, OR 97103
Telephone: (503) 325-1000
Columbia County
Columbia County Clerk
Strand Street
St. Helens, OR 97051
Telephone: (503) 397-3796
Coos County
Coos County Clerk
250 North Baxter Street
Coquille, OR 97423-1899
Telephone: (541) 396-3121
Crook County
Crook County Clerk
300 East Third Street
Prineville, OR 97754-1949
Telephone: (541) 447-6555
Curry County
Curry County Clerk
P.O. Box 746
Gold Beach, OR 97444-0746
Telephone: (541) 247-7011
Deschutes County
Deschutes County Birth Registration
2577 NE Courtney Drive
Bend, OR 97701
Telephone: (541) 322-7400
Douglas County
Douglas County Clerk
1036 SE Douglas
Roseburg, OR 97470-3317
Telephone: (541) 672-3311
Gilliam County
Gilliam County Clerk
221 South Oregon Street
Condon, OR 97823
Telephone: (541) 384-2311
Grant County
Grant County Clerk
200 South Canyon Boulevard
Canyon City, OR 97820
Telephone: (541) 575-0059
Harney County
Harney County Clerk
450 N. Buena Vista St.
Burns, OR 97720
Telephone: (541) 573-6641
Hood River County
Hood River County Clerk
309 State St.
Hood River, OR 97031
Telephone: (541) 386-1442
Jackson County
Jackson County Clerk
10 S. Oakdale, Room 216A
Medford, OR 97501-2952
Telephone: (541) 776-7258
Jefferson County
Jefferson County Health Department
66 SE D Street
Madras, OR 97741-1707
Telephone: (541) 475-4456
Josephine County
Josephine County Clerk
NW Sixth and C
Grants Pass, OR 97526
Telephone: (541) 474-5221
Klamath County
Klamath County Clerk
316 Main Street
Klamath Falls, OR 97601-6347
Telephone: (541) 883-5134
Lake County
Lake County Clerk
513 Center St.
Lakeview, OR 97630
Telephone: (541) 947-6006
Lane County
Lane County Clerk
125 E. 8th Ave.
Eugene, OR 97401-2922
Telephone: (541) 687-4203
Lincoln County
Lincoln County Clerk
225 West Olive Street
Newport, OR 97365-3811
Telephone: (541) 265-4131
Linn County
Linn County Clerk
P.O. Box 100
Albany, OR 97321-0031
Telephone: (541) 967-3831
Malheur County
Malheur County Clerk
251 "B" St. West, # 4
Vale, OR 97918-0130
Telephone: (541) 473-5151
Marion County
Marion County Clerk
100 High St. NE, Room 1331
Salem, OR 97301-3670
Telephone: (503) 588-5225
Morrow County
Morrow County Clerk
P.O. Box 338
Heppner, OR 97836-0338
Telephone: (541) 676-9061
Multnomah County
Multnomah County Clerk
P.O. Box 2716
Portland, OR 97208
Telephone: (503) 248-3745
Polk County
Polk County Clerk
850 Main St.
Dallas, OR 97338-3116
Telephone: (503) 623-9217
Sherman County
Sherman County Clerk
P.O. Box 365
Moro, OR 97039-0365
Telephone: (503) 565-3606
Tillamook County
Tillamook County Clerk
201 Laurel Ave.
Tillamook, OR 97141-2394
Telephone: (503) 842-3402
Umatilla County
Umatilla County Clerk
216 S.E. 4th St.
Pendleton, OR 97801-2500
Telephone: (541) 276-7111
Union County
Union County Clerk
1100 L Avenue
La Grande, OR 97850-2121
Telephone: (541) 963-1001
Wallowa County
Wallowa County Clerk
101 S. River St.
Enterprise, OR 97828-0170
Telephone: (541) 426-3586
Wasco County
Wasco County Clerk
5th and Washington
The Dalles, OR 97058
Telephone: (541) 296-6159
Washington County
Washington County Vital Records & Medical Examiner Division
Health & Human Services Department
155 North First Avenue
Hillsboro, OR 97124-3002
Telephone: (503) 640-3538
Wheeler County
Wheeler County Clerk
P.O. Box 327
Fossil, OR 97830-0327
Telephone: (541) 763-2400
Yamhill County
Yamhill County Clerk
5th and Evans
McMinnville, OR 97128
Telephone: (503) 472-9371
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