The Genealogy Blog

 

All year we have been delving into state resources; focusing on state census and its’ substitutes. This week the great state of Oregon is the featured state. Prior to 1859, state censuses were numerous, but not complete. All state censuses both pre-1859 and after are partial, with just a few counties for each year. For details of holdings contact the Oregon State Archives, http://arcweb.sos.state.or.us/. The University of Oregon, Knight Library, http://libweb.uoregon.edu/knight/ owns the most complete newspaper collection for the state, however, the Oregon Historical Society Research Library, http://www.ohs.org/ houses the major Oregon newspapers as well as, a clippings file.